Moving to Linux: Kiss the Blue Screen of Death Goodbye!
Moving to Linux: Kiss the Blue Screen of Death Goodbye!
ISBN: 0321159985
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2005
Pages: 181
Pages: 181
Authors: Marcel Gagnu00e9
- Main Page
- Table of content
- Copyright
- Acknowledgments
- 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. 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 3. The Installation
- Getting Ready for Your Installation
- Hardware Considerations
- Dual Booting Revisited
- An Installation Comparison
- A Mandrake Linux Install
- Putting On The Red Hat
- A SuSE Install
- Not So Tough Installs
- Starting and Stopping Linux
- And Now . . . Linux
- 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
- Changing Your Password
- Konquest of the Desktop
- Chapter 5. Konquering Your World
- Files, Directories, and the Root of All Things
- Wherever You Go . . .
- Enhancing Konqueror
- Uh, Roger, Copy That . . .
- Creating New Directories
- 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
- Chapter 7. Installing New Packages
- Linux and Security
- Kpackage
- RPMs, the Shell Way
- Look, Use the Source . . .
- The Extract and Build Five-Step
- Resources
- Chapter 8. Working with Devices
- Yes, It Runs with Linux
- Plug and Play
- Getting Familiar with Your Hardware
- Printers and Printing
- 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
- Okay, I m Connected. Now What?
- What about My Windows Friends?
- Resources
- Chapter 10. Electronic Mail
- Be Prepared . . .
- Kmail
- Let s Communicate
- Evolution
- Other Options
- Resources
- Chapter 11. Surfing the Net (Just Browsing?)
- Konqueror
- Cool Konqueror Tricks
- Mozilla
- Wrapping up
- Resources
- Chapter 12. Keeping Up to Date
- Mandrake Update
- Red Hat up2date
- SuSE s Online Update
- Ximian s Red Carpet
- The Not-So-Final Word on Updates
- 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
- Running on AutoPilot
- 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
- So What s with the Penguin?
- Extra Extra
- Resources
- Chapter 16. Graphics and Art (Just Call Me Leonardo)
- Working with a Digital Camera
- Scanning . . .
- Optical Character Recognition
- Welcome to the GIMP
- Printing Your Masterpiece
- Tools, Tools, and More Tools
- Chapter 17. Multimedia (If Music Be the Food of Love . . . )
- Adjusting the Levels
- KsCD, the KDE CD Player
- XMMS
- Noatun
- Ripping and Burning Songs
- K3b for a Friendlier Burn
- Lights, Camera, Action: Moving Pictures
- Playing the MS-Only Plugin Game
- Then, There s Mplayer
- Using MPlayer as a Browser Plugin
- It s a Wrap
- Resources
- Chapter 18. Fun and Games (Very Serious Fun)
- Security Revisited
- Take Me out to the Arcade
- Deal those Cards, Ace
- B-4. Miss. E-7. Hit
- Educational Games
- 3D Accelerated Fun
- More Games I Need More Games
- Resources
- Appendix A. The GNU General Public License
- GNU General Public License
- Appendix B. Take Command of Linux
- An Easy Start
- Working with Files
- A Peek at Metacharacters
- File Permissions in the Shell
- Standard Input and Standard Output
- Pipes and Piping
- Working with Directories
- More on File Permissions
- User and Group Ownership
- Who Can Do What?
- Finding Anything
- Forging on . . .
- References
- About the CD-ROM
- Minimun Suggested Requirements and Instructions
- License Agreement
- Technical Support
Moving to Linux: Kiss the Blue Screen of Death Goodbye!
ISBN: 0321159985
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2005
Pages: 181
Pages: 181
Authors: Marcel Gagnu00e9