Remote CW with RKI 1.05 and Sparkfun FT231X breakout board

I can attest to this: A Linux dekstop reference for the rest of us! Having recently installed Suse Linux 8.1 with no problems (installation was a snap- I did it three times before I was satisfied that the install was done correctly; getting my LinModem to work was the hard part!). What I really
needed was a desktop reference to ease me over some of the tough spots, such as upgrading packages with breaking dependancies, looking for key information in the /var/log directories, deciding when to set-uid some processes as root (I still run my ppp dialer as root!). Mark Rais new book "Linux for the Rest of Us" promises to change all that. From the book review:

Be not afraid, dear PC owner, be not afraid. Today's Linux flavors (or "distros", as they are called) are easy to install, easy to configure and easy to use. Yes, they are more configurable than any version of Windows, and you can tell a Linux computer to do things a regular Windows box doesn't even know of. The problem here is: Linux users know all this stuff already, or they at least pretend to, so sometimes very little advice is provided to the unsuspected user.

This is where Mark Rais comes into the picture. "Linux for the Rest of Us" tells you things even those, who try to market Linux to the novices, keep forgetting to mention. He tells you how to set up a system that works under both Windows and Linux - a re-assuring concept for those who won't give up on Windows yet. He tells you where your new Linux OS might run into trouble during setup - and what to do about. And to make sure you're not just a regular computer user with a different desktop look, he even introduces you to some basic features of the Linux world - such as Basic Linux commands that might be useful when you have to
troubleshoot, and might introduce you into the more powerful, but also more abstract world of Linux computing.