Introduction | p. 1 |
About This Book | p. 1 |
How to Use This Book | p. 2 |
Three Presumptuous Assumptions | p. 3 |
How This Book Is Organized | p. 4 |
Icons Used in This Book | p. 6 |
Where to Go from Here | p. 6 |
Getting Your Feet Wet | p. 7 |
Getting Acquainted with Linux | p. 9 |
Linux: Revolution or Just Another Operating System? | p. 10 |
Anatomy of an Open Source Software Project | p. 13 |
GNU who? | p. 13 |
Packaging Linux: The Distribution | p. 16 |
Prepping Your Computer for Linux | p. 19 |
Installation Considerations | p. 19 |
Preparing to Use Linux and Microsoft Windows Together | p. 20 |
Working with Disk Partitions | p. 26 |
Assessing Your Computer | p. 31 |
Finally, Preparing for Your Installation | p. 34 |
Enabling Booting from a CD- or DVD-ROM | p. 36 |
Preparing to Boot from the Floppy Installation Disk | p. 37 |
Installing Fedora Core | p. 39 |
Things to Consider before You Begin Installation | p. 39 |
The Installation Process | p. 41 |
Your First Boot | p. 58 |
Installing Other Distributions | p. 63 |
Distribution Geography | p. 64 |
Mandrake | p. 66 |
SuSE | p. 68 |
Booting and Stopping Linux | p. 73 |
Giving Linux the Boot | p. 74 |
Troubleshooting the Boot | p. 78 |
Don't Just Turn Off the Machine! | p. 81 |
Dip in Those Toes | p. 83 |
The Interfaces | p. 84 |
Accounts Great and Small | p. 96 |
Printing | p. 101 |
Zen and the Art of Linux Configuration | p. 103 |
Internet NOW | p. 107 |
Connecting to the Internet | p. 109 |
Internet Connectivity 101 | p. 109 |
Creating Your Internet-O-Matic | p. 111 |
Turning to TCP/IP | p. 119 |
Surfing the Web and Managing E-Mail | p. 125 |
Configuring Mozilla | p. 126 |
Them Dad-Gum Browser Plug-Ins | p. 131 |
Shifting Mozilla into Gear | p. 133 |
Evolving into E-Mail | p. 135 |
Cool Internet Tools | p. 143 |
Instant Messaging | p. 143 |
Other Browsers to Consider | p. 147 |
E-Mail Client: KMail | p. 149 |
Transferring Files with FTP | p. 150 |
Getting Up to Speed with Linux | p. 153 |
Manipulating Files and Directories | p. 155 |
Comprehending File Types | p. 155 |
Working with the File System | p. 159 |
Haggling with Permissions | p. 164 |
Wildcards, or Legal Cheating | p. 171 |
File Managers | p. 173 |
Working without the GUI | p. 181 |
Playing the Shell Game | p. 182 |
Understanding bash Command Syntax and Structure | p. 184 |
Starting Programs from the Shell | p. 186 |
Putting Wildcard Expansion to Good Use | p. 186 |
Working with Long Commands | p. 187 |
Working with Variables | p. 189 |
Using Redirection and Pipes | p. 193 |
Altering the Shell Environment | p. 196 |
Your Handy Command Toolkit | p. 196 |
Gettin' Gooey with the GUIs | p. 199 |
Changing GNOME's Look and Feel | p. 200 |
Customizing KDE | p. 203 |
Prettying Up Your Desktop | p. 205 |
Tweaking the GUI's Innards | p. 210 |
Putting the X in Text | p. 213 |
Viewing the Contents of a Text File | p. 213 |
Getting Prehistoric with vi | p. 214 |
Going with gedit | p. 218 |
Word Processing and More with OpenOffice.org | p. 223 |
Installing OpenOffice.Org | p. 224 |
Word Processing with OpenOffice.Org Writer | p. 227 |
Spreadsheets with OpenOffice.Org Calc | p. 233 |
Presentations with OpenOffice.Org Impress | p. 238 |
Using the AutoPilot Presentation Wizard | p. 243 |
Fine Art with OpenOffice.Org Draw | p. 244 |
Calculations with OpenOffice.Org Math | p. 249 |
Multimedia Wow! | p. 257 |
Some Preliminaries | p. 257 |
Checking Your Sound Card | p. 258 |
Watchin' Movies | p. 273 |
Dealing with Windows-Only Media Formats and Programs | p. 274 |
Available Software | p. 275 |
Installing and Using Wine | p. 279 |
Sinking Your Teeth into Linux | p. 283 |
Checking Out the Linux File System | p. 285 |
Introducing the Linux File System | p. 285 |
Partitions versus Directories | p. 288 |
Adding Media to Your File System | p. 291 |
Care and Feeding of Your File System | p. 294 |
Sharing Files by Using NFS | p. 297 |
Accessing Shared Files on a Windows Computer | p. 300 |
Adding Software to Linux | p. 303 |
Getting Tarred and Feathered | p. 303 |
Revving Your RPMs | p. 307 |
Updating Your Machine | p. 311 |
Finding New Software | p. 312 |
A Secure Linux Box Is a Happy Linux Box | p. 313 |
Choosing Secure Passwords | p. 314 |
Updating Software | p. 314 |
Plugging Security Holes | p. 315 |
Keeping an Eye on Your Log Files with the System Log Viewer | p. 324 |
Securing Your System | p. 325 |
The Part of Tens | p. 327 |
Eleven Troubleshooting Tips | p. 329 |
"The Linux Installer Froze" | p. 330 |
For Fedora Core Users | p. 331 |
"My Graphics Fail the Installer Test" | p. 333 |
"The Installer Tested My Graphics Fine, but My GUI Won't Start" | p. 333 |
"I Think I'm in Linux, but I Don't Know What to Do!" | p. 334 |
"I Don't Want to Boot into This!" | p. 335 |
"I Want to Use Multiple Screen Resolutions" | p. 337 |
"My GUI Is Hung and I'm Stuck!" | p. 338 |
"Help, my machine hangs during boot!" | p. 338 |
"How Do I Stop Scripting Screw-Ups?" | p. 339 |
"Aaargh! I Forgot My Root Password! What Do I Do?" | p. 340 |
Ten Superior Sources of Linux Information | p. 341 |
The Best-Ever Linux Resource | p. 341 |
Keeping the Bad Guys at Bay | p. 342 |
The Kernel's at Linux Headquarters | p. 342 |
Everything Linux | p. 342 |
Looking for Linux Applications? | p. 343 |
Lifelong Learning Includes Linux | p. 343 |
Peerless Linux Publications Online | p. 343 |
Supporting Linux Online | p. 344 |
Slashdot: The Creme de la Nerd | p. 344 |
More Tips off the Linux Berg | p. 344 |
Appendixes | p. 347 |
Common Linux Commands | p. 349 |
Linux Commands by Function | p. 349 |
About the DVD-ROM | p. 355 |
System Requirements | p. 355 |
Using the DVD-ROM | p. 356 |
What You Find in Fedora Core 1 | p. 358 |
If You've Got Problems (Of the DVD-ROM Kind) | p. 358 |
Index | p. 361 |
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