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Linux for Non-Geeks: A Hands-On, Project-Based, Take-It-Slow Guidebook
Linux for Non-Geeks: A Hands-On, Project-Based, Take-It-Slow Guidebook
ISBN: 1593270348
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2003
Pages: 188
Authors:
Rickford Grant
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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
Email
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
Project 10B: Using Synaptic to Install MPlayer
Updating the APT Package Database with Synaptic
Finding New Packages and Upgrading Packages with Synaptic
Removing Packages with Synaptic
Adding Repositories to Synaptic s Lookup List
Hungry for More?
Chapter 11: Dining on Tarballs
What Is Source?
Tarballs: The Containers of Source
Project 11A: Compiling and Installing Xmahjongg
Project 11B: XPenguins (Optional)
Chapter 12: Data on Ice Revisited
Adding Additional USB Storage Devices
Dual Booters: Mounting Windows Partitions or Drives
Chapter 13: Tux Rocks
Grip
Sound Juicer
Rhythmbox
XMMS
Project 13A: Installing MP3 Support for XMMS
Project 13B: Using XMMS Skins
EasyTAG
Audacity
Project 13C: RealOne Player
Chapter 14: Brush-Wielding Penguins
Project 14A: Tux Paint (Optional)
Project 14B: Sodipodi (Optional)
Viewing Your Images with gThumb
Project 14C: Emblems Again Creating Your Own
Creating Your Own Icons (and Emblems)
Scanning
Digital Cameras
Chapter 15: Penguins Back to Work
OpenOffice.org
The OpenOffice.org Applications
Another Office Suite
AbiWord
Some Other Cool Productivity Apps
Making Your Own Tarballs (and ZIP Files) with File Roller
Project 15A: Checking Your System for Viruses (Optional)
Chapter 16: Font Feathered Frenzy
Installing Fonts
Project 16A: Installing TrueType Fonts Using the Easy Method
Project 16B: Installing TrueType Fonts for Use with Core X
Project 16C: Dual Booters: Installing Fonts from Your Windows Partition (Optional)
Customizing Your System Fonts
Project 16D: Creating Your Own Fonts with PfaEdit (Optional)
Chapter 17: Tux Speaks Your Language
Read-Only Language Support
Typing Nonstandard Characters
Viewing Your System in Another Language
Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Input
Kdeedu Language-Learning Programs
Project 17A: Installing the StarDict Dictionary (Optional)
Hungry for More?
Chapter 18: Tux Untethered
Should I Go Wireless?
Wireless Protocols
Wi-Fi Hardware
Setting Up Your Wireless Card
Activating Your Wireless Network Interface Card
A Quick Fix for the Wi-Fi Quirkies
Chapter 19: Leaving the Nest
KDE
Keeping Your System Up to Date
Odds and Ends
Project 19A: Programming for Linux? (Absolutely Optional, but Kind of Fun)
Project 19B: Running Windows Programs Under Linux with Wine (Optional)
Chapter 20: What To Do If Tux Starts Acting Up
Problems and Solutions
Appendix A: Launcher Specifications
Command and Launcher Specs for Programs Hidden in GNOME
Appendix B: Resources
Mailing Lists
Hardware Compatibility Issues
Wireless Related Sites
Download Sites
Linux Reference Sites
News and Information
Buying Linux CDs
Index
Index_Numbers
Index_A
Index_B
Index_C
Index_D
Index_E
Index_F
Index_G
Index_H
Index_I
Index_J
Index_K
Index_L
Index_M
Index_N
Index_O
Index_P
Index_Q
Index_R
Index_S
Index_T
Index_U
Index_V
Index_W
Index_X
Index_Z
List of Figures
Linux for Non-Geeks: A Hands-On, Project-Based, Take-It-Slow Guidebook
ISBN: 1593270348
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2003
Pages: 188
Authors:
Rickford Grant
BUY ON AMAZON
Lotus Notes and Domino 6 Development (2nd Edition)
Working with Text Properties
Testing and Debugging Agents, the Agent Log, and Agent Properties
Working with Forms, Views, and Shared Actions
Fundamental Elements of LotusScript
Enabling Database Encryption
Java for RPG Programmers, 2nd Edition
The World Of Java
Javas Language And Syntax
String Manipulation
An Object Orientation
Database Access
Cisco IOS Cookbook (Cookbooks (OReilly))
Saving Router Configuration to Server
Using the Cisco Discovery Protocol
Changing the Network Type on an Interface
Dealing with Passive Mode FTP
Limiting the Impact of IP Helper Addresses
Logistics and Retail Management: Emerging Issues and New Challenges in the Retail Supply Chain
Retail Logistics: Changes and Challenges
Fashion Logistics and Quick Response
Logistics in Tesco: Past, Present and Future
Temperature-Controlled Supply Chains
Transforming Technologies: Retail Exchanges and RFID
Professional Struts Applications: Building Web Sites with Struts ObjectRelational Bridge, Lucene, and Velocity (Experts Voice)
The Challenges of Web Application Development
Creating a Struts-based MVC Application
Form Presentation and Validation with Struts
Building a Data Access Tier with ObjectRelationalBridge
Building the JavaEdge Application with Ant and Anthill
Cultural Imperative: Global Trends in the 21st Century
From 2,000,000 B.C. to A.D.2000: The Roots and Routes of Culture
Culture and Climate
Cultural Spectacles
Empires Past, Present, and Future
Appendix A Cultural Categorization Characteristics
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