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- Table of Contents
- Table of Contents
- BackCover
- Linux For Non-Geeks-A Hands-On, Project-Based, Take-It-Slow Guidebook
- Preface
- Concept and Approach
- How to Use This Book
- About the Conventions Used in This Book
- Version Compatibility and Updates
- About the CDs Accompanying This Book
- Chapter 1: Becoming a Penguinista
- What Is Linux?
- About the Penguin
- Why Should I Use Linux?
- But Is Linux Really Ready for the Desktop?
- What Is a Distribution?
- What Is Fedora Core?
- Hardware Compatibility
- Hardware Requirements
- Where Do I Go from Here?
- Chapter 2: Making Commitments
- Single- or Dual-Boot Setup?
- Pre-Installation: Can You Boot from CD?
- Doing the Deed
- Dual-Boot Installation
- Post-Installation Steps
- Chapter 3: A New Place to Call Home
- Welcome to the GNOME Desktop
- Desktop Icons
- Nautilus
- The Main Menu
- The GNOME Panel
- Project 3A: Customizing the GNOME Panel
- More Panel Fun
- Virtual Desktops
- Project 3B: Screenshots
- Shutting Down
- Chapter 4: More Than Webbed Feet
- Mozilla - Your Internet Browser
- Instant Messaging with Gaim
- Other Internet Applications
- Chapter 5: Dressing up the Bird
- Experimenting with a New User Account
- Project 5A: Customizing Your Desktop Environment
- Changing Your Login Screen
- Choosing a Screensaver
- Setting System Sounds
- Mozilla Themes
- Chapter 6: Gutenbird
- Setting Things Up
- Printing with the Printer
- Printing to PDF
- Changing Printer Settings
- Adding Another Print Queue (and Why You Might Want to Do So)
- Selecting Print Queues
- Canceling a Print Job
- Chapter 7: Putting Your Data on Ice
- Floppies
- Reading Data CDs
- Playing Music CDs
- CD-RW Drives
- Burning Data CDs
- Dealing with CD-RW Disks
- Duplicating Audio and Data CDs
- Burning ISO Images to Disk
- Chapter 8: RPM Isn t a 1980 s Atlanta-Based Band
- Project 8A: Working Directly with RPM Packages
- Project 8B: Adding and Removing RPM Packages via the Package Management Window
- Uninstalling Packages
- Chapter 9: Simple Kitten Ways
- Meet the Terminal
- Nontoxic Commands
- Commands with Some Teeth
- A Couple of Other Biters You ll Be Using Soon
- Project 9A: Command Practice with pyWings
- Project 9B: More Command Practice with pyChing (Optional)
- Project 9C: The Mozilla Flash Plug-In
- Chapter 10: Yes, Yet Another Way
- Project 10A: Installing APT and Synaptic
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Linux for Non-Geeks. A Hands-On, Project-Based, Take-It-Slow Guidebook Authors: Grant R. Published year: 2003 Pages: 1/188 |
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