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3D accelerated games, Bookmark tab, 66 CDs 305–08 Boot diskettes, 29 burning, 274–81. See also 3D accelerated video cards Boot loaders, 18 3D support, testing for, Boot order, changing, 11 ripping, 271–74. See also 305 Boucher, Marc, 123 acceleration, testing with Bricklin, Daniel, 203 storage capacity, 279 gears program, 305–06 Buddy lists, 139–40 Centered Maxpect, 81 Bugs, reporting, 182, 183 Channels, 178, 181 Abiword, 201 Bulwer-Lytton, Edward Charts and graphs Address books, 150–51 George, 185 labels, assigning rows and Administrative user (root) Burning CDs, 274–81. See columns as, 210 password, 28, 31, 34, 38 also K3b merging cells, 212 printer installations, 116 Burn-Proof technology, 279 moving and resizing, 212 software, installing and Bzip2 archive, 104 selecting and deselecting compiling, 94, 98 cells, 210 .alpha.rpm, 97 tabbed pages, placement AltaVista search engine, 163 Calc on, 210 AOL Instant Messenger, AutoPilot functions, types, previewing and se- 135, 136 206–07 lecting, 211 Application Starter, 49–50 averages, calculating, Click-N-Run service, 95 Arcade games, 294–97 205–07 Codecs, 285 Artists Guide to the GIMP cell range, specifying, 206 CodeWeavers, 19 (Hammel), 260 cells, sizing, 205 CodeWeavers CrossOver aRts driver, 266 charts, creating, 210–12. Plugin, 284 Atlantik, 300 See also Charts and Command line commands. Attachments, sending email, graphs See also Shells 152 closing and opening files, 3D support, testing for, aumix, 263 207 305 AutoPilot feature (Writer), fonts, changing, 205 the ampersand (&), 130 196–97 format, specifying, 207 basic, 320 AutoPilot functions (Calc), Formula bar, 204, 206 case-sensitivity of, 100 206–07 Function bar, 204 codecs, downloading, 285 Object bar, 204 copying files, 71 Backgrounds, 80 printing, 213 date and time, 57–58 Backup saving files, 207–08 deleting packages, 100 importance of, 18, 24, 26 starting, 204 directories, working with, using CD-RWs, 278–80 sums, calculating, 209 326–27 Banner pages, 119 Card games, 297–98 directory files, listing, 65 , 56 CD, included with book, 10 DSL, installing, 134 Bauer, Travis, 200, 229 cdparanoia, 271 files, working with, Blue Screen of Death, 5 cdrdao, 274, 275 320–22 Blur Scope, 266 cdrecord, 275 finding and locating files, Board games, 299–300 CD-RWs, blanking, 277–78 330–32

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Command line commands CSS (Content Scrambling DNS (domain name server), (cont.) System), 283 128 grep (global regular ex- CUPS (Common Unix Print- DrakConf, 176 pression parser), using, ing System), 115 Drivers 332–33 audio, 266 installing RPM packages, installing, 111 99–100 DeCSS, 283 locating, 25, 111 logging out, 41 Default route, 128 modem, 123 lynx or links, running, 173 Defragmentation, 25, 30 troubleshooting, 114 metacharacters, 322 Deleting files and directories, Dual booting modem location, verify- 75–76 D: drive, using for Linux, ing, 124 Dependency checks, 94 25 password, changing, 59 Desktop, customizing defragmenting the disk, PCI devices, listing, 113, backgrounds, 80 25, 30 123 files, linking, 72–73 explained, 18 permissions, 75, 322–23, icons, moving, 84 FIPS, 25–27 327–28, 329–30 programs, linking, 89–91 Mandrake and SuSE, 25 pipes and piping, 325–26 screensavers, 82–84 PartitionMagic, 27 processes, 333–35 taskbar, 84–85 resizing the partition, programs, locating on themes and styles, 85, 25–27, 30 disk, 91 88–89 separate dedicated disks, querying the RPM data- wallpaper, 80–82 25 base, 100–102 Desktop environments, 8, 44 and Windows XP, 27 renaming files and direc- Desktop themes, 48–49, 85, DVDs tories, 70 88–89 CSS, 283 scanner model file, locat- DHCP (Dynamic Host Con- DMCA, 283 ing and editing, 234–36 figuration protocol), 133 encrypted, 283 standard in and standard Dictionary, online search Ogle, 288 out, 323–25 shortcut, 164 watching, 281–82 emulator, show- Digital cameras , 281–82 ing, 76–77 images, getting from USB Dynamic Host Configura- upgrading existing pack- cameras, 232–34 tion protocol (DHCP), ages, 100 previewing pictures, 133 user and group owner- 233–34 Dynamic IP addresses, 128 ship, 328–29 supported cameras, list- working with, 7 ing, 232 Educational games, 300–305 Common Unix Printing Sys- Directories Edutainment Pack, 304–05 tem (CUPS), 115 copying and moving, Electronic mail Compress command, 104 70–71 Evolution, 153–58 Content Scrambling System creating new, 70 information, ISP-provid- (CSS), 283 deleting, 75–76 ed, 144 Controllerless modems, 122 expanding and collapsing, Kmail. See as main head- Cookies 63–64 ing explained, 164–65 home, 62 mutt, 158 in , controlling, permissions, 73–75 Netscape, 158 165 renaming, 70 pine, 158 in Mozilla, controlling, root, 62 Electronic mail gateways, 5 170–72 shredding, 76 Ethernet cards, 133 Copy and Paste option, 71 system, 62 Evolution Copying files and directories, DistroWatch, 16 versus Kmail, 158 70–71 DLL hell, 94 mail, sending and receiv- CrossOver plugins, 284 DMCA, 283 ing, 156–57 Index 339

setting up, 153–55 Gallery, 198–99 airbrush, 256 Ewing, Larry, 220, 227, 243 Games Bezier tool, 254 Expect/send dialog, 132 3D accelerated, 305–08 brush, pattern and gradi- Eye candy, 48 arcade, 294–97 ent selectors, 252 Eyecandy-O-Meter screen, Atlantik, 300 circle, dotted, 253 48 board, 299–300 clone tool, 256–57 card, 297–98 color menu, 252 File system, navigating, educational, 300–305 color picker, 255 65–66 the Edutainment Pack, convolver tool, 257 File tips, 67–68, 74–75 304–05 crop tool, 255 Files FlightGear, 306–07 dodge and burn tool, 257 copying and moving, Frozen-Bubble, 296–97 eraser, 256 70–71 KAsteroids, 295–96 fill tool, 256 deleting, 75–76 KBackgammon, 300 flip tool, 255 linking to desktop, 72–73, KBattleship, 299 ink tool, 257 89–91 KFoulEggs, 295 intelligent-scissors, 254 naming conventions, 321 Klondike, 298 lasso tool, 254 permissions, 73–75 KPatience, 298 magic wand, 254 renaming, 70 KPoker, 297–98 magnifying glass, 255 selecting, 69 KSertet, 295 measuring tool, 257 shell commands, 320–22 KSmileTris, 295 menu bar, 246 shredding, 76 KStars, 300–302 move tool, 255 tarred and gzipped, 104 KTouch, 302 paintbrush, 256 FIPS Mahjongg, 300 pencil, 256 locating a copy, 25 Potato Guy, 303–04 rectangle, dotted, 253 sample session, 26–27 solitaire, 298 smudge tool, 257 and Windows XP, 27 sources for, 308–09 text tool, 255 Focus, 47 TEG (Tenes Empanadas tool options dialog box, Fonts Graciela), 300 253 document default, chang- Tetris-like, 294–95 transform tool, 255 ing, 195–96 Tux Typing, 303 gimpprint, 251 screen, changing, 196 TuxRacer, 307–08 GNOME, 8, 31, 38, 44 spreadsheets, changing typing, 302–03 GNU Bourne-Again Shell, within cells, 205 xboard, 300 56 switching, within a docu- Gears program, 305–06 GNU GPL (General Public ment, 200 GIDs (group IDs), 292 License), 3, 4, 5, 102, Formula bar, 204, 206 GIMP 311–18 FrameMaker, 200–201 file type, specifying, 249 GNU project, 3 Frankston, Bob, 203 filters, 258–59 gocr, 241 Foundation, 3 first-time setup, 244–45 Google, 163 FreshMeat, 106, 163, 309 light levels, changing, gphoto2, 232 Frozen-Bubble, 296–97 257–58 Grand Unified Bootloader Function bar, 192, 204 logos, creating, 246–49 (GRUB), 18, 34 monitor resolution, 245 grep (global regular expres- GAIM printing, 250–51 sion parser), 332–33 accounts, 135–36, 137–39 saving and opening files, Grip buddy lists, 139–40 249–50 cdparanoia, 271 ICQ account default, 136 Script-Fu. See as main player-only mode, 272–73 Jabber, setting up, 136–39 heading ripping tracks to disk, plugins, 136–37 starting, 244 273–74 Windows, using with, 141 Tip of the Day, 245 starting, 272 Galeon, 173 GIMP toolbox Tracks tab, 272 340 Moving to Linux: Kiss the Blue Screen of Death Goodbye!

Group IDs (GIDs), 292 backgrounds, 223–24 IP addresses, 128 gzip command, 104 editing slides, 219–21 IP packets, 128 graphics, inserting, Hammel, Michael J., 260 220–21 Jabber, 136–39 Hardware. See also manual versus automatic Johanson, Jon Lech, 283 Modems; Printers advance, 218 Joliet extensions, 279 compatibility, 110–11 output medium options, drivers, 25, 111 216–17 K icon, 49–50 HOWTOS, 24, 110 slide layouts, selecting, K3b Linmodems versus Win- 218–19 backing up data, 278–80 modems, 122–24 starting, 216, 217 burn speed, adjusting, PCI devices, 113–14 templates, lack of, 216 279 plug and play, 111 toolbars, 219 CD-RWs, blanking, system information, transition effects, 218 277–78 112–13 Web presentations. See device detection, 275–76 unsupported, 6, 24–25 Web presentations, external applications USB devices, 111, 114–15 Impress used, 275 Heinlein, Robert A., 3 the work area, 216 first-time setup, 274–76 Help Installations. See Linux, in- Generate Joliet Exten- context-sensitive bubble, stalling sions box, 279 50 Instances, 121 interface, 276 file tips, 67–68 Instant messages, 135–41. , HOWTOS, 9, 24, 110 See also GAIM using CDs with, 279 life-preserver icon, 50 Internet music CDs, creating, Linux Documentation default route, 128 280–81 Project (LDP), 9 domain name server permissions, 276, 279–80 Linux User Groups (DNS), 128 projects, 276–77 (LUGs), 9–10 IP addresses, static and Simulate Writing option, mailing lists, 8–9 dynamic, 128 279 Open Office Writer, IP packets, 128 starting, 274 192–93 TCP/IP protocol suite, Writing on the Fly op- Tip of the Day, 57, 245 127–28 tion, 279 tooltips, 50 Internet, connecting to Kaiman, 269 user guides and manuals, cable modems, 133–34 KAsteroids, 295–96 9 DHCP, 133 KBackgammon, 300 Web site support for dial-up access, 129–33 KBattleship, 299 book, 8 DSL service, 133, 134 KDE 2 Classic window deco- History tab, 66 Ethernet cards, 133 ration, 87 $HOME, 62–63 HOWTOS, cable KDE Control Center Home directory, 62, 66 modem, 134 hardware information, HotBot, 163 information, ISP-provid- 112–13 HOWTOS, 9, 24, 110, 134 ed, 128–29, 144 keyboard shortcuts, 92 Hubble, 300 instant messaging, loading, 85–86 135–41. See also GAIM look and feel, changing, .i386.rpm, 97 KPPP. See as main heading 86–87 .i586.rpm, 97 PAP authentication, 132 printers, installing, IceWM, 8, 44 Point-to-Point Protocol 116–20. See also Print- ICQ, 136 (PPP), 129 ers; Printing “Illegal operation” messages, PPP Over Ethernet pack- Printing Manager. See as 5 age, 134 main heading Impress Internet Printing Protocol themes and styles, 88–89 adding slides, 221–22 (IPP), 115 window decorations, 87 Index 341

KDE (K Desktop Environ- system behavior, 47 KMidi, 287–88 ment) kdepasswd, 58 Kmix master mixer controls, advantages, 8, 44 Kedit, 235–36 262–63 context-sensitive bubble Keramik window decoration, Knopper, Klaus, 10 help, 50 87 Knoppix the Edutainment Pack, Keyboard shortcuts, 92 about, 10 304–05 KFoulEggs, 295 configuration, saving, 12 email identities, v.3.0 ver- Kicker Configure menu, 11–12 sus v.3.1, 145 Application Starter, loading, 11–12 Kedit, 235–36 49–50 network and Internet ac- Kicker. See as main head- K icon, 49–50 cess, 12 ing life-preserver icon, 50 swap files, creating, 11–12 Konqueror. See as main lock and power buttons, video card support, 11 heading 51 knoppix.swp, 12 , 56–58 print system, adding ac- Konqueror Kooka. See as main head- cess to, 120 capabilities of, 51 ing system tray, 50–51 Copy and Paste option, Kpackage. See as main taskbar, 50 71 heading virtual desktop pager, 50 copying and moving files, KPPP. See as main heading K-Jofol, 269 70–71 KsCD CD player, 263–64 Klondike, 298 deleting files and directo- KSpread, 213 Kmail ries, 75–76 KWord, 200–201 address books, 150–51 desktop files, 64–65 Mandrake installation, 31 attachments, 152 directories, creating new, menu organization, vari- configuring, 145–46 70 ances in, 51–52 destination folders, email attachments, 152 mouse buttons, 49 148–49 expanding and collapsing Noatun. See as main drafts folder, 153 directories, 63–64 heading versus Evolution, 158 file system, navigating, password, changing, identities, 145–46 65–66 58–59 incoming mail, 147–49 file tips, configuring, print dialog, 121–22 mail folders, default, 67–68 Red Hat installation, 35, 144–45 home directory, access- 37 network configuration, ing, 62 Run command, 55–56 146–49 images, getting from USB setting up, 45–49. See outgoing mail, 146–47 cameras, 232–34 also KDE personalizer POP password, storing, Kicker panel icon, 52 Show Desktop icon, 64–65 148 linking files to desktop, SuSE installation, 37 POP3, 147 72–73. See also Links User Manager, 292–94 port 25, 146–47 navigation panel, 52, windows, 53–55. See also port 110, 148 66–67 as main heading port 143, 148 opening as file manager, KDE media player tab, 66 queuing messages, 153 52–53, 62 KDE personalizer receiving mail, 150 permissions, 73–75 country and language sending messages, 149 renaming files, 70 choices, 46 Sendmail, 146 root directory, accessing, desktop themes, 48–49 server, deleting mail from, 62 eye candy, 48 148 selecting files, 69 first-time login, 45 signatures, adding, 146 split views, 68 focus, 47 SMTP, 146 , show- launching with Run com- transport, specifying, ing, 76–77 mand, 46 146–47 trash bin, emptying, 76 342 Moving to Linux: Kiss the Blue Screen of Death Goodbye!

Konqueror, as Web browser Show Log Window check Linux Format, 182 cookies, accepting and re- box, 133 Linux, installing, 38 jecting, 164–65 KsCD CD player, 263–64 administrative user (root) full-screen mode, 164 KSertet, 295 password, 28, 31, 34 home page, setting, 160 KSmileTris, 295 backup, importance of, launching, 160 KStars, 300–302 18, 24, 26 location field, entering KTouch, 302 distribution, using cur- URL and clearing, 160 KWord, 200–201 rent, 23 pop-ups, turning off, 166 dual booting, 18, 25–27 profiles, customizing libdecss, 283 generic instructions, views using, 160–62 libdvdcss, 283 28–29 search shortcuts, 163–64 Life-preserver icon, 50 graphical versus text, split views, 163 LILO (Linux Loader), 18, 34 27–28 tabbed browsing, 166–67 Links hardware, unsupported, windows, saving size of, changing icons and 24–25 160 names, 73 Linux-only systems, Konsole, 56–58 creating, 72 18–19 Kooka desktop icon properties, Mandrake, 29–32 file format, choosing, 239 72–73 Red Hat, 33–37 final scan, 239 explained, 72 SuSE, 37–39 navigation window, 237 Links, Web browser, 173 Linux Journal, 182 OCR, 241–43 Linmodems.Org Web site, Linux Magazine, 182 preview scan, 238–39 122 Linux TUCOWS, 106 resolution, 238 Linux Linux USB Device Overview Save Assistant, 239 advantages, 4–5 Web site, 115 saving, 240–41 defined, 1 Linux User Groups (LUGs), scanner settings, 237–38 desktop environments, 8 9–10, 106 starting, 237 device support, 6, 110 Lock button, 51 Kpackage disadvantages, 5–7 Logging in batching packages, 98–99 distribution, suggested , se- drag-and-drop method, entry-level, 16 lecting, 45 98 free copies, obtaining, 17 KDE personalizer. See as installing packages, 96–99 free versus freedom, 3, 5 main heading package information, GNU project, 3 username and password, viewing, 95 Knoppix, 10, 11–12 44–45 starting, 95 package managers and Logging off, 40–41 uninstalling packages, 96 updates, 17 Login managers, 45 KPatience, 298 platforms, 2 LPD, 116 kpersonalizer, 46 power, 5 LUGs (Linux User Groups), KPoker, 297–98 purchasing, 16 9–10, 106, 182–83 KPPP relearning curve, 6–7 Lycos, 163 accessing, 129 security, 4, 28 Lynx, 173 accounts, setting up, shutting down and log- 131–32 ging off, 40–41 Mahjongg, 300 configuration screen, 130 software, lack of com- Mailing lists, 8–9 Device tab, 131 mercial, 6 Main toolbar, 192 DNS tab, 132 stability, 5 Makefile, 105 Gateway tab, 132 viruses, 4 Mandrake IP tab, 132 Windows software, run- installing, 29–32 Login Script tab, 133 ning, 6, 19–21 KDE, inclusion of, 8 modem query, 131 Linux Documentation Pro- KPPP, accessing, 129 PAP authentication, 132 ject (LDP), 9 and MPlayer, 284 Index 343

NTFS partitions (Win- pop-ups, turning off, 170, Mutt, 158 dows XP), 27 171 ordering from Web, 16 searches, 172 Navigation panel (Kon- partitions, shrinking, 25 sidebar, customizing, 172 queror), 52, 66–67 for purchase versus free, 3 tabbed browsing, 169–70 Navigator, Open Office skins, for XMMS, 267 MP3 format, 264, 271 Writer, 198 updates, 176 MPAA (Motion Picture As- Netraverse, 20 Mandrake Control Center, sociation of America), 283 Netscape Navigator, 159, 176 MPEGs, 264, 271 167 Mandrake Update, 176 MPlayer Network tab, 66 Media check option, 33 as a browser plugin, Noatun Menu bar, 54–55 286–87 playlist, 268–69 Merriam-Webster Dictionary, capabilities of, 284 skins, 268, 269–70 164 codecs, 285 songs, playing, 268–69 Metacharacters, 322 config file, modifying, starting, 268 Microsoft Office, 193–95 286 styles, skinable, 269–70 Microsoft Windows formats, audio and video, video clips, playing, 281 and GAIM, 141 285 visualization plugins, 270 hardware, noting before running, 285–86 volume control, 269 Linux install, 24 skins, 286 NoteEdit, 288 partitions, shrinking, MSN Messenger, 135, 136 NTFS partitions (Windows 25–27, 30 Multimedia XP), 27, 30 running applications, 6, aumix, 263 19–21. See also Dual burning CDs, 274–81. See Object bar, 192, 204 booting also K3b OCR (optical character , CrossOver plugins, 284 recognition) 284 DVDs, encrypted, 283 defined, 236 mkisofs, 275 formats, digital audio, 271 gocr, 241 Modems KMidi, 287–88 Kooka, 241–43 Conexant chipset, Kmix master mixer con- format, 264, 271 122–23 trols, 262–63 Ogle, 288 drivers, 123 KsCD CD player, 263–64 OO Extras, 199–200, 216, identifying, 123 movies, watching, 281–82 228–29 Linmodems versus Win- MPlayer. See as main Open Office.org suite modems, 122–24 heading AutoPilot feature, 196 software/controllerless, Noatun. See as main Calc. See as main heading 122 heading enhancements and ex- ModSystem window decora- NoteEdit, 288 tras, 199–200 tion, 87 Ogle, 288 file format, Load/Save Motion Picture Association ripping CDs, 271–74. See settings for MS Office, of America (MPAA), 283 also Grip 194–95 Mouse buttons, uses for, 49 RoseGarden, 288 Function bar, 192, 204 Moving files, 70–71 skins, 267–68, 269–70, paths, setting, 194 Mozilla 286 screen fonts, changing, cookies, accepting and re- video clips, playing, 281 196 jecting, 170–72 visualization plugins, 266, versus Office suite, features, 167 270 186 home page, setting, Windows Media Player, Writer. See Open Office 168–69 284 Writer launching, 168 xine, 281–82 Open Office Writer and Netscape Navigator, XMMS. See as main address books, accessing, 159, 167 heading 186 344 Moving to Linux: Kiss the Blue Screen of Death Goodbye!

Open Office Writer (cont.) PAP authentication, 132 Internet Printing Protocol AutoPilot feature, 196–97 PartitionMagic, 27 (IPP), 115 closing and opening files, Partitions LPD, 116 190 and dual booting, 25 print queues, 115 directories, creating new, resizing, 25–27 spoolers, 115–16 190 Windows XP NTFS, 27, spooling, 115 font, changing default, 30 Printing Manager 195–96 Passwords adding to Kicker panel, fonts, switching within a changing, 58–59 120 document, 200 setting, for new users, information, 120 format, specifying and 293, 294 instances, 121 converting, 190, Paul Clifford (Bulwer- jobs, 120–21 193–94, 195 Lytton), 185 properties, 121 Function bar, 192 PDF files, 191 Proof-of-concept labs, 4 the gallery, 198–99 Permissions, 73–75, 322–23, Push-pin icon, 54 graphics and sounds, col- 327–28, 329–30 lections of, 198–200 Pine, 158 Quota settings, 119 Help, 192–93 Plug and play devices, 111 HTML editor, using as, Plugins, 136–37, 284, 286–87 README and INSTALL 200 Point-to-Point Protocol files, 105–06 language, changing de- (PPP), 129 Real Audio, 264 fault, 189 Pop-ups, turning off Red Hat Main toolbar, 192 in Konqueror, 166 installing, 33–37 Microsoft Office docu- in Mozilla, 170, 171 KDE, inclusion of, 8 ments, 193–95 Port 25, 146–47 and , 95 Navigator, 198 Port 110, 148 KPPP, accessing, 129 Object bar, 192 Port 143, 148 ordering from Web, 16 paths, setting, 194 Potato Guy, 303–04 for purchase versus free, printing, 191 Power button, 51 3 registration pop-up, 192 PPP Over Ethernet package . See as main saving files, 190 (PPPOE), 134 heading spell check, 189 Presentation graphics. See updates, 176–78, 179 starting, 186–87 also Impress Red Hat Network, 176–78 Status bar, 192 history, 215 Renaming files and directo- Stylist, 187, 197–98 PowerPoint, 215 ries, 70 Tips and Extended Tips, Print queues, 115 Resizing the partition, 25–27 192–93 Printers Resizing windows, 55 toolbars, 192 adding, 116–18 Resolution, 238 OpenGL Spectrum Analyz- banner pages, 119 Ripping CDs, 271–74. See er, 266 defaults, setting, 118–20 also Grip Opera, 173 KDE Add Printer Wizard, Root directory, 62, 66 OSS driver, 266 116–17 Root password, 28, 31, 34, name, location, and de- 38 Package managers, 17, 94 scription, 120 RoseGarden, 288 Packages, installing. See also network connected, 118 RPM, 17, 94 Source packages print dialog, 121–22 , 95 dependency checks, 94 quota settings, 119 RPMfind, 106, 163 Kpackage, using, 95–99. test page, printing, 118 Run command, 55–56 See also Kpackage user access settings, 119 security, Linux versus Printing SANE (Scanner Access Windows, 94 CUPS (Common Unix Now Easy), 236 the shell, using, 99–102 Printing System), 115 Save Assistant, 239 Index 345

Scaled, 81 Software partitions, shrinking, 25 Scanning commercial, lack of, 6 for purchase versus free, device file, creating, Windows applications, 3 235–36 running, 6, 19–21. See updates, 178–80 Kooka. See as main head- also Dual booting YaST2, 38–39, 95, ing Software installation. See 178–79 OCR, defined, 236 Packages, installing Swap files, 11–12 scanner file name, check- Software modems, 122 Swap space, 11 ing for, 234–35 Solitaire, 298 System Behavior screen, 47 Schulenburg, Joerg, 242 Source packages System directories, 62 Schulz, Charles M., 185 archive, extracting, 104 System tray, 50–51 Screensavers, 82–84 building the program, 105 Script-Fu extract and build five- Tabbed browsing explained, 260 , 103–04 in Konqueror, 166–67 font selection dialog, 248 mplayerplug-in, 287 in Mozilla, 169–70 logos, 246–48 README and INSTALL Tar archiving command, 104 Security files, 105–06 Tarballs, 104 adding users, 292–94 uninstall options, 105 Taskbars administrative user (root) use and availability, customizing, 84–85 password, 28, 31, 34, 102–03 in Kicker, 50 38 SourceForge, 106, 163, 309 TCP/IP protocol suite, computer screen, pass- Space Telescope Science In- 127–28 word protecting, 84 stitute, 300 Teach Yourself GIMP in 24 GIDs, 292 Spectrum Analyzer, 266 Hours (Pruitt and Pruitt), issues, 4 Split window views, 68 260 password, changing, Spoolers, 115–16 Tear off lines, submenu, 86 58–59 Spooling, 115 TEG (Tenes Empanadas passwords, setting, 293, Spreadsheets. See also Calc; Graciela), 300 294 Charts and graphs Terminal emulator, showing, permissions, 73–75 defined, 203 76–77 UIDs, 292 Gnumeric, 213 Tetris, 294–95 user properties, setting, history, 203 Themes. See Desktop 293 KSpread, 213 themes Sendmail, 146 .src.rpm, 97 Thesaurus, online search Services tab, 66 Static IP addresses, 128 shortcut, 164 Shading, 54 Status bar, 192 Thompson, Ken, 62 Shakespeare, William, 261 Sticking and unsticking win- Tiled, 81 Shell prompt, 57 dows, 54 Tip of the Day, 57 Shells. See also Command Styles, 85, 88–89 Title bar, 53–54 line commands Stylist, 187, 197–98 Toolbars, 192, 219 bash, 56 Submenu tear off lines, 86 Tooltips, 50 GNU Bourne-Again, 56 Support Torvalds, Linus Konsole, 56–58 hardware and peripherals, GNU project, 2–3 working with, 7 6, 24–25 and Tux, 227–28 Show Desktop icon, 64–65 help, getting. See Help Usenet group message, Shredding files and directo- video cards (Knoppix), 11 1–2 ries, 76 Windows applications, 6, Trash bin, 76 Shutting down your system, 19–21 Tux, 220, 227–28 40–41 SuSE Tux Typing, 303 Signatures, 146 installing, 37–39 TuxFinder, 106 Simulate Writing option, 279 KDE, inclusion of, 8 Twain, Mark, 129 Skins, 267–68, 269–70, 284 ordering from Web, 16 Typing games, 302–03 346 Moving to Linux: Kiss the Blue Screen of Death Goodbye!

UIDs (user IDs), 292 Web browsers Windows XP NTFS parti- up2date Galeon, 173 tions, 27, 30 demo versus premium Konqueror. See Kon- Wine, 19 service, 176–77 queror, as Web brows- Word processors. See also Red Hat Network config- er Open Office Writer uration, 178 links, 173 Abiword, 201 running, 177–78, 179 lynx, 173 KWord, 200–201 Updates and patches Mozilla. See as main Writer. See Open Office bugs, reporting, 182, 183 heading Writer the Linux community, mplayerplug-in, 287 Writing on the Fly option, 182 Navigator and Mozilla, 279 Mandrake, 176 compared, 159, 167 modem speed, 175 Opera, 173 X window system, 44 package managers, 17 Web presentations, Impress Xboard, 300 performing regularly, 175 button styles, 226, 227 XFree86, 44, 305 purpose, 175 color schemes, 226–27 Ximian desktop, 180–81 Red Hat, 176–78, 179 exporting to HTML for- Ximian SuSE, 178–80 mat, 224–25 distributions supported, Ximian Red Carpet, image resolution, 225 180 180–82 monitor resolution, downloading and in- USB (Universal Serial Bus) 225–26 stalling, 181 devices, 111, 114–15 sounds, 226 drawbacks, 182 User guides and manuals, 9 title page information, running, 181–82 User IDs (UIDs), 292 226 and the Ximian desktop, Web servers, 5, 43 180–81 VESA, 11 WhatIs query, 163 xine, 281–82 Virtual desktops Win4Lin, 20–21 XML (eXtensible Markup customizing, 80 Win32 codecs, 285 Language), 193 moving programs, 54 Window decorations, 87 XMMS sticking and unsticking WindowMaker, 8, 44 amplifier, equalizer, and windows, 54 Windows playlist, 264–65 switching, 50 browser, 160 audio drivers, changing, Viruses, 4 dragging and moving, 53 266 VisiCalc, 203 menu bar, 54–55 Easy Move option, 265 Visualization plugins, 266, minimizing, maximizing, playing songs, 265 270 and closing, 54 skins, 267–68 VMware, 20 resizing, 55 starting, 264 shading your program, 54 supported formats, 264 Wallpaper split views, 68 visualization plugins, 266 mode, 81 sticky and unsticky, 54 multiple, 81–82 title bar, 53–54 Yahoo!, 135, 136 none, 82 Windows Media Player, 284 YaST2 (Yet Another Setup single, 80 Windows, Microsoft. See Tool 2), 38–39, 95, WAV format, 264, 271 Microsoft Windows 178–79