Moving to Linux(c) Kiss the Blue Screen of Death Goodbye!

Moving to Linux: Kiss the Blue Screen of Death Goodbye!

ISBN: 0321159985
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 2003
Pages: 247

Authors: Marcel Gagnu00e9

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Moving to Linux: Kiss the Blue Screen of Death Goodbye Second Edition
Table of Contents
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
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
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