Red Hat Linux 6.0 Fast and Easy

by Witherspoon, Coletta; Witherspoon, Craig

• ISBN13: 9780761521587
• ISBN10: 0761521585
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-06-01
• Publisher: Cengage Learning Ptr

Summary

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Table of Contents

Introduction	p. xix
Getting Started With Linux and Gnome	p. 1
Discovering Linux	p. 3
Starting Linux for the First Time	p. 4
Creating a New User	p. 4
Getting to GNOME	p. 8
Exploring GNOME	p. 9
Understanding Desktop Elements	p. 9
Starting Programs from the Main Menu Button	p. 11
Using Buttons, Menus, and Dialog Boxes	p. 12
Getting Help	p. 16
Using the Mouse to Get Help	p. 16
Getting Help	p. 17
Browsing the Help Files	p. 17
Setting Bookmarks	p. 20
Finding Previously viewed Help Files	p. 21
Finding Help Files in Applications	p. 22
Exiting Linux	p. 23
Working with Program Windows	p. 25
Opening Program Windows	p. 26
Displaying a Program Window	p. 26
Making Windows Slide When Opened	p. 28
Resizing a Window	p. 32
Using the Maximize Button	p. 32
Using the Mouse	p. 33
Changing the Windows Resize Display	p. 34
Turning Windows into Bars and lcons	p. 37
Moving a Window around the Screen	p. 40
Closing a Program Window	p. 41
Moving around Your Desktop	p. 43
Working with Multiple Windows	p. 44
Finding a Few Applications to Open	p. 44
Cleaning Up Your Desktop	p. 46
Shading and Organizing Windows	p. 48
Working with Multiple Desktop Areas	p. 50
Understanding the GNOME Pager	p. 50
Pushing Windows off a Desktop Area	p. 51
Moving between Desktop Areas	p. 53
Searching for Lost Applications	p. 55
Creating Multiple Desktop Areas	p. 56
Customizing the Screen Display	p. 59
Changing the Desktop Background	p. 60
Using a Solid Color Background	p. 60
Creating a Gradient Background	p. 62
Selecting a Wallpaper	p. 66
Setting Up a Screen Saver	p. 71
Working with Themes	p. 74
Selecting a Window Theme	p. 74
Choosing an Interface Theme	p. 77
Managing Your Desktop	p. 79
Working with Applets on the GNOME Panel	p. 80
Entertaining from the GNOME Panel	p. 80
Playing Your CDs	p. 81
Moving Applets around on the GNOME Panel	p. 83
Removing Applets from the GNOME Panel	p. 84
Using Application Launchers	p. 85
Adding a Launcher to the GNOME Panel	p. 85
Changing the Launcher lcon	p. 87
Deleting Launchers	p. 89
Adding Drawers to the GNOME Panel	p. 90
Creating the Drawer	p. 90
Filling up the Drawer	p. 92
Creating a Drawer from the Main Menu	p. 94
Changing Launcher and Drawer lcon Backgrounds	p. 95
Review Questions	p. 99
Using the File System	p. 101
Exploring the File System	p. 103
Opening the File System	p. 104
Looking at File Manager	p. 104
Understanding the Linux File System	p. 106
Browsing the File System	p. 109
Selecting Files	p. 112
Using the Mouse	p. 112
Using Selection Criteria	p. 114
Sorting the File List	p. 116
Reordering the File List	p. 116
Filtering the Files List	p. 117
Organizing the File System	p. 121
Creating Directories	p. 122
Copying and Moving Files	p. 124
Using Drag and Drop	p. 124
Using a Right-Click	p. 126
Renaming Files	p. 129
Removing Files and Directories	p. 131
Deleting Files	p. 131
Working with Confirmation Dialog Boxes	p. 132
Finding Files in Your Home Directory	p. 133
Working with Files on Your Desktop	p. 135
Opening the File	p. 137
Managing in a Multi-User Environment	p. 139
Working with User Accounts	p. 140
Creating a New User Account	p. 140
Editing a User Account	p. 143
Changing User Information	p. 144
Changing the Password	p. 145
Disabling a User's Account	p. 147
Deleting a User Account	p. 148
Allowing Users to Change Their Password	p. 150
Forming Groups	p. 152
Creating a Group	p. 153
Assigning Users to a Group	p. 154
Sharing Files with a Group	p. 156
Setting File Permissions	p. 156
Maintaining Linux	p. 159
Finding System Information	p. 160
Mounting a Floppy Disk Drive	p. 163
Creating a Linux Floppy Drive	p. 163
Creating a DOS Floppy Drive	p. 167
Mounting the Floppy Drive in the User Account	p. 170
Preparing a Recovery Disk Set	p. 172
Creating a Boot Disk	p. 172
Creating a Recovery Disk	p. 174
Checking for Available Disk Space	p. 176
Resetting the Clock	p. 177
Review Questions	p. 178
Making Linux Work For You	p. 179
Working with Files	p. 181
Creating a New File	p. 182
Working with Text	p. 183
Selecting Text	p. 183
Copying and Deleting Text	p. 184
Saving a File	p. 186
Closing a File	p. 188
Opening an Existing File	p. 188
Drawing with XPaint	p. 191
Getting Started with XPaint	p. 192
Opening XPaint	p. 192
Getting Familiar with the XPaint Toolbox	p. 193
Creating a New, Blank Canvas	p. 195
Understanding the Paint Window	p. 196
Creating Great Graphics with XPaint	p. 199
Drawing Shapes	p. 199
Selecting and Moving a Shape	p. 201
Experimenting with Brush Strokes	p. 202
Adding Text to Your Picture	p. 203
Getting Organized Using Linux	p. 207
Adding It up with the Calculator	p. 208
Turning on the Calculator	p. 208
Performing Simple Math Calculations	p. 209
Keeping Track of Important Dates	p. 212
Starting the Calendar	p. 212
Changing the Time View	p. 213
Adding an Appointment	p. 214
Maintaining an Address Book	p. 219
Opening the Address Book	p. 219
Adding an Address	p. 220
Updating Address Information	p. 223
Sorting Addresses	p. 224
Adding Column Headings	p. 225
Printing Files	p. 229
Configuring a Local Printer	p. 230
Setting Up the Printer	p. 230
Testing the Printer	p. 234
Printing Files	p. 236
Sounding Off with Your Computer	p. 237
Setting System Sounds	p. 238
Changing the Keyboard Bell	p. 238
Changing Sound Events	p. 240
Tuning Up with the CD Player	p. 242
Starting the CD Player	p. 242
Playing Music CDs	p. 243
Keeping a Play List for Your Favorite CDs	p. 246
Playing CDs Automatically	p. 249
Changing the Look of the CD Player	p. 250
Review Questions	p. 254
Tuning Up Your Linux	p. 255
Managing Disk Drives	p. 257
Configuring the CD-ROM Drive	p. 258
Working with CDs	p. 262
Mounting the CD	p. 262
Browsing the Contents of the CD-ROM	p. 264
Reading Files on a CD	p. 266
Ejecting the CD	p. 267
Working with Floppy Disks	p. 268
Formatting a Floppy Disk	p. 268
Copying Files to a Floppy Disk	p. 270
Reading a Floppy Disk	p. 272
Adding Applications to Your Linux	p. 273
Starting the GNOME RPM	p. 274
Verifying Installed Packages	p. 275
Installing a Package	p. 278
Loading the StarOffice Application Suite	p. 278
Getting StarOffice to Your Desktop	p. 287
Getting On the Internet	p. 293
Creating the Connection	p. 294
Setting Up a PPP Connection	p. 294
Giving Users Internet Access	p. 298
Connecting to Your ISP	p. 299
Surfing the Web	p. 303
Using the Netscape Navigator Web Browser	p. 304
Accessing Web Pages	p. 304
Changing Your Home Page	p. 307
Keeping a List of Often Visited Web Sites	p. 308
Setting Up E-mail and News Accounts	p. 312
Managing E-mail	p. 316
Receiving Messages	p. 317
Sending Messages	p. 318
Lurking through the Newsgroups	p. 319
Subscribing to Newsgroups	p. 319
Reading Newsgroup Messages	p. 321
Review Questions	p. 322
Appendix	p. 323
Installing Linux	p. 325
Understanding Your Installation Options	p. 326
Getting Ready	p. 327
Determining Your System Devices	p. 327
Formatting the Linux Drive	p. 331
Loading the Linux Operating System	p. 334
Glossary	p. 339
Index	p. 345
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