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    Xandros Linux Walk-Through

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    September 25, 2007
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      1Xandros Linux Walk-Through

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      After telling Xandros to install, this is your first big decision on the setup. Easy enough for you?

      2Xandros Linux Walk-Through – Continuing the Xandros Setup

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      All of this basic setup runs automatically. Foul something up? You can always re-run the First Run Wizard.

      3Xandros Linux Walk-Through – Setting Up Peripherals

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      Setting up your peripherals, such as a printer, is also simple, even if, as in this case, its a network printer on a Windows server on a Windows network.

      4Xandros Linux Walk-Through – Making Xandros Windows-Like

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      Making Xandros look and feel like Windows requires a simple one-step choice. On System Behavior choose Windows.

      5Xandros Linux Walk-Through – Xandros Windows

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      Ta-da, suddenly Xandros looks, and acts, a lot like Windows XP.

      6Xandros Linux Walk-Through – Installing Windows Applications

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      A little farther along, Ive placed the main bar on the top, where I like it, and Im getting ready to install Internet Explorer 6. Installing Windows applications with CrossOver is as easy as installing them in native XP.

      7Xandros Linux Walk-Through – Securing Xandros

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      Besides having Linuxs built-in security, Xandros makes setting up firewalls easy. Dont know networking? Just go with the defaults, and youll be fine.

      8Xandros Linux Walk-Through – Updating Xandros

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      Updating Xandros is also easy, and unlike Microsoft, they never try to sneak an update in on you.

      9Xandros Linux Walk-Through – Permissions the Right Way

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      Unlike Vista, which seemingly wants your password and permission every time you want to wipe your nose, Xandros only asks you for your administrator password when youre making a significant change to your system.

      10Xandros Linux Walk-Through – Networking and File Systems the Xandros Way

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      Yes, thats right, you can drop Xandros in a Windows Active Directory network and it works just fine. Try that with other Linuxes, or Vista for that matter.

      11Xandros Linux Walk-Through – Accessing Network Resources

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      Notice all those file resource options? Windows servers, NFS servers, local drives, whatever, Xandros make getting to file systems easy no matter what theyre running on.

      12Xandros Linux Walk-Through – The Full Xandros

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      And here we are at my complete desktop. In the foreground, weve got Internet Explorer, OpenOffice with a document thats on an AD server and Firefox with Acrobat showing a PDF. Xandros isnt just ready for work. Its working.

      13Xandros Linux Walk-Through – See More Slideshows Like This One

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