I nd ex 333 Index Note that you can download the PDF file for this book from www.hentzenwerke.com (see the section “How to Download the Files” at the beginning of this book). The PDF is completely searchable and will provide additional keyword lookup capabilities not practical in an index. A billing package, KArm, 221–222 /bin folder, 140 About to Install screen, 41, 42 Bluecurve theme, 108 Accessories menu, 120, 124–125 boot diskette, 46–47 Actions context menu, 120 /boot folder, 140 Add Files dialog, 215 boot loader configuration, 34–35, 61–63 Add/Remove Packages option, 40 Bourne Again Shell (bash), 311 Additional CDs screen, 54–55 browser window, creating, 182 Address value, 166 browsers. See Web browsers administration tools, 40 Bugzilla bug report, 104 Adobe Acrobat, PDF files, 223–224 bzip files, 214 alarm-clock utility, 220–221 bzip2 files, 214 Alert Notification Tool icon, 126 applets. See also Red Hat Network Alert C Notification Tool advantages, 115–116 C: drive, 137–139 customizing, 126–133 C Shell (csd), 311 apropos command, 323 Calculator Properties dialog, 118 archives camera. See digital images adding files to, 217 case sensitivity advanced options, 216 command windows, 316 creating, 215–218 echo command on the PATH environment default view, 218 variable, 320 definition, 213 file names, 136 file extensions, 214 “case” structure, 327 File Roller, 214–218 cd command, 322 mailing lists, 100–104 CD Database applet, 224–227 with subdirectories, 218 CD-ROM burner, 291–293 ARJ archive, 214 CDA file extension, 259–260 audio CDDB Track Editor, 259 moving CDs to disk, 259–264 CDRECORD command, 17–21 playing CDs, 258–259 CDs Rhythmbox, 265–268 Additional CDs screen, 54–55 testing the sound card, 257–258 burning, 16–21 XMMS, 268–273 checking for errors, 24 Audio Devices screen, 258 creating, 11–12 audio formats, 260–261 with Fedora Core, 31 authentication, 303–304 moving to disk, 259–264 authorization dialog, 163–164 playing, 257–258 automatic partitioning, 32–34 testing the sound card, 258–259 AVI file format, 273 Cervisia, CVS system, 153 Change Boot Loader dialog, 62 B chmod command, 325, 327 .bash_profile file, 313 chown command, 325 Biel Mean Time, 131 clear command, 325 334 Linux Transfer for Windows Power Users Clock applet, 120, 129–132 current directory, referencing (./), 322, 327 codec programs, 263–264 Current Session, advanced options, 227 color options GIMP interface, 245–248 D KPaint, 240–241 daemons, 328 command history, 316 data. See also data; files command line definition, 135 usability, 6–7 migration from Windows to Linux, utilities, 312 160–161 Command Line Interface (CLI), 311 data files, 192 command prompts Date and Time screen, 51–52 customizing, 313–315 Date/Time Properties dialog, 131 definition, 312–313 Debian, downloading, 9 Kudzu, 277 desktop configuration command windows customizing attributes, 317–319 applets, 126–133 case sensitivity, 316 desktop, 116–117 command history, 316 menus, 124–126 definition, 311 panel, 117–124 multiple, 317 default desktop, 108–116 opening, 315–316 interface considerations, 107–108 string completion, 316–317 Desktop Switching Tool, 109–110 title bar, 312 /dev folder, 140 commands. See also specific names of commands df command, 325 comments for, 327 DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol), 63. cron daemon, 328–329, 330 See also IP addresses directory navigation and manipulation, 322 DHCP server, 166 file manipulation, 323 digital images finding other commands, 323–324 advantages, 233 help commands, 321 downloading from digital camera, 233–239 info pages, 322 The GIMP N.E.C. (not elsewhere classified), 325–326 cropping images, 249–251 permissions, 325, 327 editing images, 251 running manually, 276 features, 244–245 shell scripts (Linux batch files), 327–328 interface, 245–248 types of, 320 screen shots, 248–249 working with files, 324 KPaint, 240–243 comments, with commands, 327 screen shots, 239–240 compress files, 214 viewing compressed archives, 214 with GQView, 124, 252–253 Configuration Complete screen, 74 with gThumb, 253–254 Control Center applet, 224–227 directory navigation and manipulation, 322 Convert Format function, gThumb, 254 directory structures cookies, managing, 182–183 C: drive, 137–139 cp command, 323 folder names, 139–144 Create Launcher dialog, 117 multiple drives, 144–146 cron daemon, 328–329, 330 path considerations, 321 crontab daemon, 328 up2date, 79 cropping images, 249–251 Disk Druid tool, 32 cross-platform systems, 192 disk partitioning, 32–33, 58–61 Crossover Office, WINE program, 6 Disk Setup screen, Fedora Core, 59–60 Current Conditions, 133 DNS (Domain Name Server), 166–167 I nd ex 335 Do Nothing option, 277 Evolution document templates, 195 basic functions, 173–174 documentation, for hardware, 22 icon, 124 drawing interface, 168 freehand images with KPaint, 240–243 setup, 168–172 icons with KIconEdit, 243–244 expanding panels, 122 Driver options, printers, 282 Eye of Gnome, 252 du command, 325 F E F-Prot, 304 echo command, 320, 325 FAILED message, 49–50 “Edit a print queue” dialog, 282 Fedora Core. See also installation; multimedia; Red Edit Interface dialog, 64 Hat Network Alert Notification Tool; Edit Partition dialog, 60–61 Red Hat Package Manager Edit | Repeat command, OpenOffice.org, advantages, 5, 213 197–198 APT (Advanced Packaging Tool), 71–72 editing archives, 100–104 icons, 243–244 Audio Devices, 258 images, 251 .bash_profile file, 313 menus, 125 burning CDs, 16–21 print queue, 282 configuration tasks or subtasks, 222 boot loader, 34–35, 61–63 editors boot menu, 89 basic functions, 187–191 Date and Time screen, 51–52 gedit, 188–191 firewall, 35–36 PlayList Editor, 271, 272 keyboard and mouse, 29–30 vi, 328, 329–330 language support, 37 e-mail clients monitor, 31 Evolution, 168–174 network, 35 icons, 124 root password, 37–38 KMail, 175–180 time zone selection, 37 network connections and, 163 user account, 52–53 selecting, 167 decision process, 10 encoder programs, 263–264 defaults Enterprise archive, 214 desktop, 57–58, 108–116 env command, 325 e-mail client, 168 environment variables, 319–320 shell program, 311 equal sign key (=) , cropping images, 248 distributions, 31–32 Equalizer, XMMS, 268, 272 downloading, 9, 13–16 error messages help system, 93–95 command not found, 327 ISO files, 11–12 disconnected printer, 281 login screen, 56 generic, 102–103 Mozilla Web browser, 180–184 invalid GPG signature, 78 PDF viewers, 223–224 scanner, 285 Preferences applets, 224–227 up2date, 70–71 System Tools applets, 228–232 /etc folder, 140 Unix-style editors, 188 Ethernet Device dialog, 165 up2date, 70–71, 76 Ethernet interface, 65 updating, 67–69 Everything check box, Package Group Selection, Username text box, 56–57 40 vi text editor, 328, 329–330 Web sites, 95–100 336 Linux Transfer for Windows Power Users Welcome screen, 29–30 Ghostview, PDF viewer, 223–224 X-CD Roast, 291 GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) yum, 71 cropping images, 249–251 file associations, 154–160 editing images, 251 file command, 325–326 features, 244–245 file compression software, 213 interface, 245–248 file formats node, 158–160, 227 archives, 214 print dialog, 283 audio, 260–261, 272 screen shots, 248–249 CDDA, 259–260 GKrellM System Monitor, 230 considerations, 194–195 global path settings, 321 converting audio formats, 264 GNOME interface, 93–94, 109–116. See also digital images, 242–243 gedit; Nautilus proprietary, 192 Rhythmbox, 264, 265–268 xine multimedia player, 273 RPM file, 305 File Management Preferences dialog, 150 GNU Privacy Guard (GPG), 76. See also GIMP file managers GnuCash, 40, 187, 208–211 features, 146–147 Gnumeric, 206–209 Konqueror, 150–154, 156 GQViewer, 124, 252–253 Midnight Commander, 147–148 graphical style, editors, 188. See also gedit Nautilus, 148–150 graphical user interface (GUI), 107–108 file name mask, 217 graphics. See digital images File Roller grayscale queue, 282 archives, 214–218 grep command, 324 basic functions, 213–214 Grip program extracting files, 219 configuration, 263–264 formats, 214 converting formats, 264 files. See also data; editors; OpenOffice.org features, 261–263 accessing, 161 Group Properties dialog, 300 adding to archives, 217 groups, passwords, 298–303 audio, 259–261 gThumb, 252, 253–254 case sensitivity, 136, 316, 320 gtkam tool, 233–234 executing programs, 321 GUI (graphical user interface), 107–108 extracting with File Roller, 219 gzip files, 214 importing QIF files, 208 manipulating, 323 H naming conventions, 135–136 Hardware Browser, 228 opening, 161 hardware documentation, 22 PDF files, 192 heading levels, OpenOffice.org, 203 filters, e-mail, 174 help commands, 321 find command, 323–324 help files Finish dialog, printer settings, 280 Fedora Core Web sites, 95–100 firewall configuration, 35–36, 308–309 GnuCash, 209 folders, naming conventions, 139–144 interactive help, 96 foomatic package, 88 mailing lists Forecast dialog, 132–133 archives, 100–104 Function toolbar, OpenOffice.org, 196 resources, 96–98 subscribing, 98–100 G online help, 93–95 gateway address, 66 static help, 93 gedit, 188–191, 189 TLDP, 95 Gentoo, downloading, 10 home directory, referencing, 322 I nd ex 337 HOME environment variable, 320 ISO files /home folder, 140 downloading, 13–16 Home Folder icon, 123 with Fedora Core, 11–12 Host field, 171 MD5 sums, 15 HOSTNAME environment variable, 320 updating, 68 Hostname field, 167 hostnames J assigned, 35 Java archive, 214 IP addresses and, 64 jukebox, 264, 265 manually entered, 66 K I KAlarm, 220–221 icons KArm, 221–222 drawing with KIconEdit, 243–244 KDE Desktop Environment,