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Linux for Non-Geeks: A Hands-On, Project-Based, Take-It-Slow Guidebook

ISBN: 1593270348
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 2003
Pages: 188

Authors: Rickford Grant

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• Table of Contents
• BackCover
• Linux For Non-Geeks-A Hands-On, Project-Based, Take-It-Slow Guidebook
• Preface
• Concept and Approach
• How to Use This Book
• About the Conventions Used in This Book
• Version Compatibility and Updates
• About the CDs Accompanying This Book
• Chapter 1: Becoming a Penguinista
• What Is Linux?
• About the Penguin
• Why Should I Use Linux?
• But Is Linux Really Ready for the Desktop?
• What Is a Distribution?
• What Is Fedora Core?
• Hardware Compatibility
• Hardware Requirements
• Where Do I Go from Here?
• Chapter 2: Making Commitments
• Single- or Dual-Boot Setup?
• Pre-Installation: Can You Boot from CD?
• Doing the Deed
• Dual-Boot Installation
• Post-Installation Steps
• Chapter 3: A New Place to Call Home
• Welcome to the GNOME Desktop
• Desktop Icons
• Nautilus
• The Main Menu
• The GNOME Panel
• Project 3A: Customizing the GNOME Panel
• More Panel Fun
• Virtual Desktops
• Project 3B: Screenshots
• Shutting Down
• Chapter 4: More Than Webbed Feet
• Mozilla - Your Internet Browser
• Email
• Instant Messaging with Gaim
• Other Internet Applications
• Chapter 5: Dressing up the Bird
• Experimenting with a New User Account
• Project 5A: Customizing Your Desktop Environment
• Changing Your Login Screen
• Choosing a Screensaver
• Setting System Sounds
• Mozilla Themes
• Chapter 6: Gutenbird
• Setting Things Up
• Printing with the Printer
• Printing to PDF
• Changing Printer Settings
• Adding Another Print Queue (and Why You Might Want to Do So)
• Selecting Print Queues
• Canceling a Print Job
• Chapter 7: Putting Your Data on Ice
• Floppies
• Reading Data CDs
• Playing Music CDs
• CD-RW Drives
• Burning Data CDs
• Dealing with CD-RW Disks
• Duplicating Audio and Data CDs
• Burning ISO Images to Disk
• Chapter 8: RPM Isn t a 1980 s Atlanta-Based Band
• Project 8A: Working Directly with RPM Packages
• Project 8B: Adding and Removing RPM Packages via the Package Management Window
• Uninstalling Packages
• Chapter 9: Simple Kitten Ways
• Meet the Terminal
• Nontoxic Commands
• Commands with Some Teeth
• A Couple of Other Biters You ll Be Using Soon
• Project 9A: Command Practice with pyWings
• Project 9B: More Command Practice with pyChing (Optional)
• Project 9C: The Mozilla Flash Plug-In
• Chapter 10: Yes, Yet Another Way
• Project 10A: Installing APT and Synaptic
• Project 10B: Using Synaptic to Install MPlayer
• Updating the APT Package Database with Synaptic
• Finding New Packages and Upgrading Packages with Synaptic
• Removing Packages with Synaptic
• Adding Repositories to Synaptic s Lookup List
• Hungry for More?
• Chapter 11: Dining on Tarballs
• What Is Source?
• Tarballs: The Containers of Source
• Project 11A: Compiling and Installing Xmahjongg
• Project 11B: XPenguins (Optional)
• Chapter 12: Data on Ice Revisited
• Adding Additional USB Storage Devices
• Dual Booters: Mounting Windows Partitions or Drives
• Chapter 13: Tux Rocks
• Grip
• Sound Juicer
• Rhythmbox
• XMMS
• Project 13A: Installing MP3 Support for XMMS
• Project 13B: Using XMMS Skins
• EasyTAG
• Audacity
• Project 13C: RealOne Player
• Chapter 14: Brush-Wielding Penguins
• Project 14A: Tux Paint (Optional)
• Project 14B: Sodipodi (Optional)
• Viewing Your Images with gThumb
• Project 14C: Emblems Again Creating Your Own
• Creating Your Own Icons (and Emblems)
• Scanning
• Digital Cameras
• Chapter 15: Penguins Back to Work
• OpenOffice.org
• The OpenOffice.org Applications
• Another Office Suite
• AbiWord
• Some Other Cool Productivity Apps
• Making Your Own Tarballs (and ZIP Files) with File Roller
• Project 15A: Checking Your System for Viruses (Optional)
• Chapter 16: Font Feathered Frenzy
• Installing Fonts
• Project 16A: Installing TrueType Fonts Using the Easy Method
• Project 16B: Installing TrueType Fonts for Use with Core X
• Project 16C: Dual Booters: Installing Fonts from Your Windows Partition (Optional)
• Customizing Your System Fonts
• Project 16D: Creating Your Own Fonts with PfaEdit (Optional)
• Chapter 17: Tux Speaks Your Language
• Read-Only Language Support
• Typing Nonstandard Characters
• Viewing Your System in Another Language
• Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Input
• Kdeedu Language-Learning Programs
• Project 17A: Installing the StarDict Dictionary (Optional)
• Hungry for More?
• Chapter 18: Tux Untethered
• Should I Go Wireless?
• Wireless Protocols
• Wi-Fi Hardware
• Setting Up Your Wireless Card
• Activating Your Wireless Network Interface Card
• A Quick Fix for the Wi-Fi Quirkies
• Chapter 19: Leaving the Nest
• KDE
• Keeping Your System Up to Date
• Odds and Ends
• Project 19A: Programming for Linux? (Absolutely Optional, but Kind of Fun)
• Project 19B: Running Windows Programs Under Linux with Wine (Optional)
• Chapter 20: What To Do If Tux Starts Acting Up
• Problems and Solutions
• Appendix A: Launcher Specifications
• Command and Launcher Specs for Programs Hidden in GNOME
• Appendix B: Resources
• Mailing Lists
• Hardware Compatibility Issues
• Wireless Related Sites
• Download Sites
• Linux Reference Sites
• News and Information
• Buying Linux CDs
• Index
• Index_Numbers
• Index_A
• Index_B
• Index_C
• Index_D
• Index_E
• Index_F
• Index_G
• Index_H
• Index_I
• Index_J
• Index_K
• Index_L
• Index_M
• Index_N
• Index_O
• Index_P
• Index_Q
• Index_R
• Index_S
• Index_T
• Index_U
• Index_V
• Index_W
• Index_X
• Index_Z
• List of Figures