hackers versus crackers, 119
halt command in BASH shell, example of, 475
Hand-drawn selection tool in The Gimp, description of, 287
hard disk access mode, setting to LBA or Large, 57
hard disks
benchmarking with hdparm, 407–408
changing settings for, 408–410
freeing up space on, 419–420
installing SUSE Linux on, 42
locating personal area on, 165
optimizing settings for, 406–411
partitioning, 421
sharing with Windows, 41–42
using prior to installing SUSE Linux, 29
hard-disk optimizations, making permanent, 410–411
hardware
checking against SUSE Hardware Database, 31
compatibility of Linux with, 8–9, 82
configuring during installation of SUSE Linux, 50–51
configuring with YaST2, 82
hardware bus, scanning for SCSI devices, 431
hardware database, web address for, 285
hardware devices, location of, 209–210
hdparm command-line tool
benchmarking hard disks with, 406–407
changing hard disk settings with, 408–410
example of, 475
features of, 406–407
head command
example of, 475
viewing text files with, 230
headers, adding in Writer, 334
headlines, displaying with KNewsTicker applet, 139
help
accessing, 185–187
obtaining for BASH shell, 199–200
Help Agent core function in OpenOffice.org, using, 321
help command in BASH shell, example of, 475
HELP command in DOS, Linux shell equivalent for, 202
Help command in sftp, function associated with, 441
hidden files, displaying in Konqueror, 423
Hide button, description of, 75
hierarchical file system, explanation of, 217
history command in BASH shell, example of, 475
/home folder, advisory about deletion of, 165
home directories
contents of, 219
creating for users, 398
/home folder, backing up, 427
host command in BASH shell, example of, 475
hostname command in BASH shell, example of, 475
HTM and HTML extensions, file type associated with, 169
HTML Document configuration options in OpenOffice.org, description of, 319
Hue/Saturation option in The Gimp, effect of, 292
Hurd kernel, development of, 16
hwinfo command, scanning for SCSI devices with, 431