Index
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talk command, 226–227
tape backups, 317–318
tar command, 318, 319–320
tar files, 194–196
Technical Stuff icon, 4
telnet , 230–233, 301
Temp directory, 97–98
Terminal program (Macintosh), 42
terminal programs, 51. See also xterm program terminal windows, 51–52, 200
terminals computer doesn’t respond, 308–309
computer won’t turn on, 305–306
dumb terminals, 10, 11–12
job control and, 209
name, 13
Pine e-mail program and, 249
in ps command output, 202, 203, 204
real-time communication, 223–227
setting terminal type, 231
telnet and, 231, 232–233
terminal output stop mode, 210
terminal-control characters, 116–117
X terminals, 12
TeX text formatter, 150, 151
text editors clobbering files, 315
commonly used programs, 150, 167
ed , 168–173, 187–188
emacs , 158–164, 210, 315
overview, 150
pico , 164–168
redirection and, 104
uses for, 150, 152
vi or view , 153–158, 210, 315
text files, 83–84, 125
text formatters, 142–145, 150. See also specific programs
text-only Web browsers, 267
themes, 67–68, 71–72
three-button versus two-button mouse, 52
three-digit error messages, 341
three-digit numbers with FTP, 284
time finding, 178
in ps command output, 202, 203, 204
scheduling tasks, 178–179
Tip icon, 4
titles, printing, 140–141
Tittle, Ed (HTML For Dummies), 268
Too many links message, 340
Torvalds, Linus (Linux creator), 33, 34
Trash tool (CDE), 66
tree-structured directories, 93, 94
Tridgell, Andrew (Samba creator), 242
troff program, 142–143, 145, 150
troubleshooting. See also missing files; specific error messages
calling for help, 309
common mistakes, 345–349
computer doesn’t respond, 308–309
computer won’t turn on, 305–306
emacs text editor, 161
killing processes, 209, 327–329
Motif or other X Window system, 308
mouse problems, 306
networks, 307
returning to home directory, 307
stopping processes, 326–327
turning off the computer, avoiding, 30, 348
X Window system, 308, 329–330
Turbolinux Linux distribution, 215
turning on and off. See also starting or running; stopping
avoiding turning off the computer, 30, 348
computer won’t turn on, 305–306
Linux computers, 214
sounds in KDE, 68
terminals, 12
workstations, 10–11
TWM window manager, 46, 47
two-button versus three-button mouse, 52