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
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2003
Pages: 188
Pages: 188
Authors: Rickford Grant
- 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
- 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
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2003
Pages: 188
Pages: 188
Authors: Rickford Grant