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Moving to Linux®: Kiss the Blue Screen of Death Goodbye! Second Edition
By Marcel Gagné
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Publisher: Addison Wesley Professional
Pub Date: August 01, 2005
ISBN: 0-321-35640-3
Pages: 512

Table of Contents  | Index

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		Copyright
		Praise for Marcel Gagne's Moving to Linux: Kiss the Blue Screen of Death Goodbye!
		Preface
		Chapter 1.  Introduction
			Is Linux Really FREE?
			The GPL
			So What Do I Gain?
			What Do I Lose?
			Some Tips on Using This Book
			Help Me!
			About the CD
			It's My Philosophy
			Resources
		Chapter 2.  An Introduction to the WFTL Edition Knoppix Disk
			Ready to Try Linux?
			Playing with WFTL Knoppix
			Just Looking Around
			Configure Now, Remember Me Later
			The Persistence of Memory
			Setting Up the Network
			HELP!
			Remember to Share
			Resources
		Chapter 3.  Ready . . . Set . . . Linux!
			Getting Linux
			Getting a Free Copy of Linux
			Dual Booting
			Preserving Your Data
			A Linux-Only System
			Windows on Linux
			Breaking Free!
			Resources
		Chapter 4.  Getting Your Hands Dirty
			Getting to Know You . . . KDE
			Logging In
			Becoming One with the Desktop
			Your First Application
			Windows, Title Bars, and Menus, Oh My!
			Resizing Windows
			Command Central
			A Polite Introduction to the Command Line
			Give Me More!
			Changing Your Password
			User Security
			I Need More Help!
			Konquest of the Desktop
			Resources
		Chapter 5.  Konquering Your World
			Files, Directories, and the Root of All Things
			Wherever You Go . . .
			Enhancing Konqueror
			Uh, Roger, Copy That . . .
			Creating New Folders
			Copying Files and Directories (and Moving, Too!)
			Deleting Files and Directories
			My World, My Way
			Making Your Home a Home
		Chapter 6.  Customizing Your Desktop (or Making Your World Your Own)
			I Am Sovereign of All I Survey . . .
			Save My Screen, Please!
			Moving Things Around
			Is That a Theme or a Motif?
			Adding Icons and Shortcuts to Your Desktop
			Miscellaneous Changes
			Resources
		Chapter 7.  Installing New Applications
			Linux and Security
			The Many Faces of Software Installation
			SuSE Software Package Installs
			Mandrake's urpmi
			Searching for Common Ground
			Kpackage
			RPMs, the Shell Way
			Look, Use the Source . . .
			The Extract and Build Five-Step
			Resources
		Chapter 8.  Printers and Other Hardware
			Yes, It Runs with Linux!
			Plug and Play
			Getting Familiar with Your Hardware
			Printers and Printing
			Kprinter
			Modems versus Winmodems
			What? More Devices?
			Resources
		Chapter 9.  Connecting to the Internet
			Before You Begin
			Getting on the Net
			Connecting to the Net with a Modem
			Cable Modems and High-Speed DSL
			Okay, I'm Connected. Now What?
			Kopete
			Resources
		Chapter 10.  Surfing the Internet
			Konqueror
			Cool Konqueror Tricks
			Mozilla Firefox
			Wrapping Up
			Resources
		Chapter 11.  Electronic Mail Clients
			Be Prepared . . .
			Kontact
			KMail
			Let's Communicate!
			Evolution
			Other Options
			Resources
		Chapter 12.  Getting Organized
			KOrganizer
			Evolution
			Other Tools
			Resources
		Chapter 13.  Word Processors (It Was a Dark and Stormy Night . . .)
			OpenOffice.org Writer
			Write Now!
			Toolbars of Every Kind . . .
			Help!
			To Word or Not to Word?
			Personalizing Your Environment
			A Wizard of Words
			Navigating Style
			Speaking of Document Elements . . .
			More! Give Me More!
			Other Options
			Resources
		Chapter 14.  Spreadsheets (Tables You Can Count On)
			Starting a New Spreadsheet and Entering Data
			Basic Math
			Saving Your Work
			Complex Charts and Graphs, Oh My!
			Alternatives
			Resources
		Chapter 15.  Presentation Graphics (For Those Who Need No Introduction)
			Getting Ready to Impress
			Instant Web Presentations
			How About a Little Flash? Shocking!
			So What's with the Penguin?
			Extra! Extra!
			Alternatives
			Resources
		Chapter 16.  Digital Photography
			Working with a Digital Camera
			Picture-Perfect Konqueror
			Picture-Perfect digiKam
			Scanning . . .
			Scanning under KDE Kooka
			Optical Character Recognition
			Resources
		Chapter 17.  Digital Art with the GIMP
			Ladies and Gentlemen, Start Your GIMP
			Printing Your Masterpiece
			Tools, Tools, and More Tools
			Resources
		Chapter 18.  Linux Multimedia (If Music Be the Food of Love . . .)
			Adjusting the Levels
			KsCD, the KDE CD Player
			XMMS
			Noatun
			Ripping and Burning Songs
			KAudioCreator
			K3b, for a Friendlier Burn
			Put Another Nickel In . . .
			Lights, Camera, Action: Moving Pictures
			It's a Wrap!
			Resources
		Chapter 19.  Fun and Games (Very Serious Fun)
			Take Me Out to the Arcade
			Deal Those Cards, Ace
			B-4. Miss. E-7. Hit!
			Educational Games
			3D Accelerated Fun
			The 13-Year-Old's Picks
			More Games! I Need More Games!
			Resources
		Appendix A.  The GNU General Public License
			GNU General Public License
			Resources
		Appendix B.  Installation
			Getting Ready for Your Installation
			Hardware Considerations
			Dual Booting Revisited
			An Installation Comparison
			A Mandrake Linux Install
			Putting On the Fedora
			A SuSE Install
			Xandros Desktop OS, Version 3.0 Deluxe
			Not-So-Tough Installs
			Starting and Stopping Linux
			Resources
		Appendix C.  Taking Command of Linux
			Linux Commands: An Easy Start
			Working with Files
			A Peek at Metacharacters
			File Permissions in the Shell
			More on rm (or "Oops! I Didn't Really Mean That.")
			Making Your Life Easier with alias
			Standard Input and Standard Output
			Pipes and Piping
			Linux Commands: Working with Directories
			There's No Place Like $HOME
			More on File Permissions
			User and Group Ownership
			Who Can Do What?
			Who Was That Masked User?
			Finding Anything
			Using grep
			Processes
			Killing Processes
			Forging On . . .
			Resources
		Appendix D.  Working with Editors
			Meet Kate
			I Am vi, the Great and Powerful!
			emacs, pico, and nedit, Oh My!
			Resources
		CD-ROM Warranty
		Index