The Red Hat Documentation Team - Official Red Hat Linux User's Guide
The Red Hat Documentation Team - Official Red Hat Linux User's Guide
ISBN: N/A
EAN: N/A
EAN: N/A
Year: 2002
Pages: 223
Pages: 223
- Table of Contents
- BackCover
- Official Red Hat Linux User s Guide
- Preface
- How This Book Is Organized
- Where to Go from Here
- Part I: Installing Red Hat Linux
- Chapter 1: Installation Options and System Requirements
- Do You Have the Right Red Hat Linux Components?
- Is Your Hardware Compatible?
- Do You Have Enough Disk Space?
- Do I Need a Driver Disk?
- Can You Install Using the Red Hat Linux CD-ROM?
- Which Installation Class Is Best for You?
- Chapter 2: Installing Red Hat Linux
- The Graphical Installation Program User Interface
- The Text Mode Installation Program User Interface
- Displaying Online Help
- Starting the Installation Program
- Booting the Installation Program
- Selecting an Installation Method
- Installing from CD-ROM
- Installing from a Hard Drive
- Installing via NFS
- Installing via FTP
- Installing via HTTP
- Welcome to Red Hat Linux
- Language Selection
- Keyboard Configuration
- Mouse Configuration
- Installation Type
- Disk Partitioning Setup
- Automatic Partitioning
- Partitioning Your System Manually
- Boot Loader Configuration
- Network Configuration
- Firewall Configuration
- Language Support Selection
- Time Zone Configuration
- Account Configuration
- Authentication Configuration
- Package Group Selection
- Preparing to Install
- Installing Packages
- Boot Disk Creation
- X Configuration - Monitor and Customization
- Installation Complete
- Chapter 3: Upgrading Your Current System
- Upgrading Your System
- Upgrading Your File System
- Customizing Your Upgrade
- Boot Loader Configuration
- Selecting Packages to Upgrade
- Unresolved Dependencies
- Upgrading Packages
- Boot Diskette Creation
- Upgrade Complete
- Chapter 4: After Installation . . .
- Troubleshooting Your Installation of Red Hat Linux
- Removing Red Hat Linux
- Part II: The Basics
- Chapter 5: Getting Started
- Logging In
- Graphical Interface
- Opening or Closing a Shell Prompt
- Creating a User Account
- Logging Out
- Shutting Down your Computer
- Chapter 6: Using the Graphical Desktop
- Introducing the Panel
- Using Nautilus
- Start Here
- The Home Icon
- Deleting Files with the Trash Icon
- Customizing your System
- Logging Out
- Chapter 7: Diskettes and CD-ROMs
- Using CD-ROMs
- CD-Rs and CD-RWs
- Additional Resources
- Chapter 8: Shell Prompt Basics
- Why Use a Shell Prompt?
- Changing Directories with cd
- View Directory Contents with ls
- Locating Files and Directories
- Printing from the Command Line
- Clearing and Resetting the Terminal
- Manipulating Files with cat
- Pipes and Pagers
- More Commands for Reading Text Files
- Command History and Tab Completion
- Using Multiple Commands
- Ownership and Permissions
- Chapter 9: Managing Files and Directories
- Identifying and Working with File Types
- File Compression and Archiving
- Manipulating Files at the Shell Prompt
- Chapter 10: Managing Users and Groups
- Managing Users
- Shadow Utilities
- Part III: Getting the Most from Your Red Hat Linux System
- Chapter 11: Working with Documents
- Viewing PDFs
- Chapter 12: Getting Online
- Network Configuration
- Chapter 13: Choosing Your Internet Software
- Email Applications
- Chapter 14: Audio, Video, and General Amusement
- Playing Digital Music Files
- Playing Digital Videos
- Troubleshooting Your Sound or Video Card
- Games
- Chapter 15: Working with Images
- Viewing Images
- Manipulating Images with The GIMP
- Part IV: Configuring Your Red Hat Linux System
- Chapter 16: Printer Configuration
- Introducing the Printer Configuration Tool
- Print Queue Types
- Adding a Local Printer
- Modifying Existing Printers
- Managing Your Print Jobs
- Additional Resources
- Chapter 17: Basic Firewall Configuration
- GNOME Lokkit
- Activating the iptables Service
- Chapter 18: Time and Date Configuration
- Time Zone Configuration
- Part V: Updating and Adding Packages to Red Hat Linux
- Chapter 19: Package Management
- Updating Packages with the Red Hat Network
- Updating Using the Errata List
- Updating Using the Installation CD-ROMs
- Chapter 20: Package Management with RPM
- RPM Design Goals
- Using RPM
- Impressing Your Friends with RPM
- Additional Resources
- Part VI: Additional References
- Chapter 21: Frequently Asked Questions
- Error Messages During Installation of RPMs
- Starting Applications
- Editing Your PATH
- Accessing a Windows Partition
- Finding Commands Quickly
- Tips on Using Command History
- Keep ls Output from Scrolling
- Forgotten Password
- Password Maintenance
- Changing Login from Console to X at Startup
- Chapter 22: Keyboard and Shell Prompt Shortcuts
- Chapter 23: System Directories
- The File System Hierarchy Standard (FHS)
- The proc File System
- Chapter 24: Comparing Common MS-DOS and Linux Commands
- Chapter 25: Gathering System Information
- Memory Usage
- File Systems
- Hardware
- Additional Resources
- Part VII: Appendixes
- Appendix A: Rescue Mode
- Booting Rescue Mode
- After Entering Rescue Mode...
- Commands You Can Run in Rescue Mode
- Booting Single-User Mode
- Appendix B: The KDE Desktop Environment
- Setting Up KDE
- Using the Desktop
- Using the Panel
- Working with Konqueror
- Customizing KDE
- KDE Keyboard Shortcuts
- Finding Help
- Logging Out of KDE
- Appendix C: Configuring a Dual-Boot System
- Allocating Disk Space for Linux
- Installing Red Hat Linux in a Dual-Boot Environment
- Partitioning with FIPS
- Appendix D: An Introduction to Disk Partitions
- Making Room for Red Hat Linux
- Partition Naming Scheme
- Disk Partitions and Other Operating Systems
- Disk Partitions and Mount Points
- How Many Partitions to Create?
- One Last Wrinkle: Using GRUB or LILO
- Appendix E: The X Window System
- XFree86
- Desktop Environments and Window Managers
- Runlevels
- Fonts
- Additional Resources
- Appendix F: About the CD-ROMs
- System Requirements
- Need Help?
- Index
- Index_A
- Index_B
- Index_C
- Index_D
- Index_E
- Index_F
- Index_G
- Index_H
- Index_I
- Index_J-K
- Index_L
- Index_M
- Index_N
- Index_O
- Index_P
- Index_Q-R
- Index_S
- Index_T
- Index_U
- Index_V
- Index_W
- Index_X
- Index_Z
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Sidebars
The Red Hat Documentation Team - Official Red Hat Linux User's Guide
ISBN: N/A
EAN: N/A
EAN: N/A
Year: 2002
Pages: 223
Pages: 223