Think of this book as a friendly, approachable guide to tackling terminology and the Linux collection of tools, utilities, and widgets. Although Linux isn't terribly hard to figure out, it does pack a boatload of details, parameters, and administrivia (administrative trivia, in UNIX-speak).Although it may seem, at first glance, that working with Linux requires years of hands-on experience, tons of trial anderror, advanced computer science training, and intense dedication, take heart It's not true ! If you can tell somebody how to find your office, you can certainly build a Linux system that does what you want.