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Linux Annoyances for Geeks: Getting the Most Flexible System in the World Just the Way You Want It
Linux Annoyances for Geeks: Getting the Most Flexible System in the World Just the Way You Want It
ISBN: 0596008015
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2004
Pages: 144
Authors:
Michael Jang
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Linux Annoyances for Geeks
Table of Contents
Copyright
Dedication
Preface
Chapter 1. Configuring a Desktop Environment
Section 1.1. I Want the Advantages of Both KDE and GNOME
Section 1.2. I Need a Custom Login Menu
Section 1.3. I Can t Configure a Standard Background
Section 1.4. I d Like Desktop Icons for My Applications
Section 1.5. The Desktop Is Too Big for My Monitor
Section 1.6. My Mouse Doesn t Do What I Want
Section 1.7. My Users Mess Up Their Desktops
Section 1.8. My CDDVD Is Locked
Section 1.9. I Can t Get to the GUI
Section 1.10. User Downloads Are Overloading Workstations
Section 1.11. I Need to Manage Sound Events
Chapter 2. Configuring User Workstations
Section 2.1. I m Afraid of Losing Data
Section 2.2. My Boss Insists on Real-Time Backups
Section 2.3. I Lost Data When I Removed My FloppyMemory Stick
Section 2.4. That Command Doesn t Write to My DVD
Section 2.5. I Don t Remember Where That File Is
Section 2.6. I Need to Search Within a Bunch of Files
Section 2.7. I Can t Copy from the Command Line
Section 2.8. How Do I Deal with Spaces and Odd Characters in Filenames?
Section 2.9. Users Are Complaining There s No ZIP
Chapter 3. Optimizing Internet Applications
Section 3.1. Firefox Isn t Working as It Should
Section 3.2. I m Drowning in Good Email
Section 3.3. I m Having Trouble Converting from Outlook
Section 3.4. I m Having Trouble Chatting on AIM, Yahoo, or MSN
Section 3.5. I Need a Simple Web Browser
Section 3.6. I Keep Having to Start an FTP Download from Scratch
Section 3.7. I Need to Connect via Modem (GUI Tools)
Chapter 4. Setting Up Local Applications
Section 4.1. So Many Options for Applications
Section 4.2. Microsoft Word Documents Don t Work on Linux
Section 4.3. I Need My Microsoft Office
Section 4.4. I Can t Read PDFs or PostScript Documents
Section 4.5. I Want My Quicken
Section 4.6. I Need a Screenshot
Section 4.7. Making GUI File Managers Work for You
Section 4.8. I Need a Movie Viewer
Chapter 5. Installation Annoyances
Section 5.1. Linux Won t Work with All My Hardware
Section 5.2. I m Having Trouble with Microsoft-Dependent Hardware
Section 5.3. Making That Laptop Sing with Linux
Section 5.4. My Wireless Card Works on Another Operating System, but Not Linux
Section 5.5. So Many Distributions, So Little Time
Section 5.6. Downloading New Distributions Takes Too Long
Section 5.7. Too Many Computers on Which to Install Linux
Section 5.8. I Need Help and Am Afraid of Asking Online
Chapter 6. Basic Start Configuration
Section 6.1. It Takes Too Long to Boot
Section 6.2. Rooting Out the Bootloader
Section 6.3. Dual Boots Can Be Troublesome
Section 6.4. Dual-Boot Recovery
Section 6.5. My Computer Won t Stop Rebooting
Section 6.6. User Passwords Are Too Weak
Section 6.7. I Lost the Root Password
Section 6.8. My Server Is So Secure I Can t Log In as Root
Section 6.9. There Are Too Many Ways to Log In
Section 6.10. The Boss Told Me to Secure the Server Without Locking the Room
Chapter 7. Kernel Itches and Other Configuration Annoyances
Section 7.1. The Kernel Needs an Upgrade
Section 7.2. Recompiling the Kernel
Section 7.3. I Can t Boot Because of a Kernel Panic
Section 7.4. I Can t Boot Because of Some
Section 7.5. I Need to Add a Custom Kernel Module
Section 7.6. My Files Are on That Other Computer
Section 7.7. Regular Users Can t Mount the CDDVD Drive
Section 7.8. I m Having Trouble Connecting to an Existing Network
Section 7.9. I Need to Work with Microsoft-Formatted Partitions
Chapter 8. System Maintenance
Section 8.1. I Can t Boot Because the Partition Is Corrupt
Section 8.2. My Hard Drive Is Failing and I Need a BackupFast
Section 8.3. A Windows User Reinstalled Windows on a Dual-Boot System
Section 8.4. My home Directory Is Too Small
Section 8.5. My Hard Drive Is Too Slow
Section 8.6. Find the Right Update Repository
Section 8.7. Avoid Dependency Hell with yum
Section 8.8. Avoid Dependency Hell with apt
Section 8.9. I Need Those Microsoft Applications on Linux
Section 8.10. Keeping Up with Security
Section 8.11. My Firewall Blocks My Internet Access
Chapter 9. Servicing Servers
Section 9.1. Too Many Options for Services
Section 9.2. Users Need to Download Files
Section 9.3. Users Are Still Demanding Telnet
Section 9.4. I Can t Send out Email Because the ISP s Server Is Down
Section 9.5. I Need Multiple Web Sites but Have Only One IP Address
Section 9.6. I Can t Remember Which Printer to Use
Section 9.7. BIND Is Too Complex for My Growing Network
Section 9.8. The Windows Computers on My Network Don t Show Up
Chapter 10. User Management
Section 10.1. The Boss Wants to Set Up a Special Group of Users
Section 10.2. There Are Too Many Users Accessing the Internet from the Office
Section 10.3. Some User Is Taking Too Much Disk Space
Section 10.4. Too Many Tasks, Too Few Qualified Administrators
Section 10.5. Former Employees Keep Accessing the Server
Section 10.6. Securing by User
Chapter 11. Administration Tips
Section 11.1. Too Many Computers to Update over the Internet
Section 11.2. My Favorite Service Is Not Included with My Distribution
Section 11.3. Configuring a Linux Gateway
Section 11.4. My Other Computer Has No Monitor
Section 11.5. I Need to Run an X Application Remotely
Section 11.6. So Many Server Logs
Section 11.7. The Logs Are Overloading My Hard Drive
Section 11.8. Administration Is So Repetitive
Section 11.9. I Don t Want to Work Late to Do That Special Job
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Linux Annoyances for Geeks: Getting the Most Flexible System in the World Just the Way You Want It
ISBN: 0596008015
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2004
Pages: 144
Authors:
Michael Jang
BUY ON AMAZON
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