II. Discover

Discover a New Universe

Now that your installation is complete, let us introduce you to the Mandrake Linux operating system. This user guide will cover many subjects, ranging from very basic Linux information to Mandrake-specific tools. Here is a summary of each chapter.

The first chapter, "Linux For Beginners", is aimed at those of you who have no or very little knowledge about GNU/Linux. It contains very basic information. If you have previously used a GNU/Linux system with a graphical interface, just ignore this chapter.

The next one is dedicated to KDE, Mandrake Linux's default graphical environment. It is a powerful working environment, very intuitive, user-friendly and fully configurable. One of its strong points is its superior graphical design. It comprises a large number of stable applications. Hence, KDE is a very mature desktop project under Linux.

You will then encounter a chapter about GNOME, another favorite graphical interface. Easy to use and graphically appealing, GNOME is fully personalizable and stable. GNOME comes with a wide array of applications for all sorts of tasks such as Gnumeric (spreadsheet), The GIMP (raster graphics) and Galeon (web browser).


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