content: If you are new or have been using Linux or Unix this is a bookfor you desk next to your computer system. This book has been a pleassureto read and use. I am using the book as a teaching guide forfriends, family, and co-workers.This book caontains two cd's with examples to get your system up and runningas fast as possible. The explains on how to get X windows up.X windows is a windows like interface. The verison of Linuxis Slackware. You can partion your for a seprate installmentor run the system from the CD. Done both. You can use LiLo,a boot loader, to boot OS2, Win95, NT 3.51, and 4.0, I haveNT 4.0 on my system.Yes you can do your internet surfing. I use Netscape gold3.0 under Linux, e-mail, newsgroups, ftp, and etc. In fact thisreview is being done using Netscape under Linux.The main problem that I have found is that some of theexamples are printed small. This is good system to programdevelopement on, and networking.