Linux® By Table of Contents | Index Copyright spring into series YOUR OPINION IS IMPORTANT TO US! From the Series Editor Preface Who Should Read This Book? How Is This Book Organized? What's Unusual About This Book? Who Helped Me Write This Book? About the Author About the Series Editor Chapter 1. Understanding Open Source Software Open Source Software Open Source License Linux Is Open Source Software What Is GNU? Summary Chapter 2. Choosing a Linux Distribution Distribution Contents Red Hat/Fedora Mandrake SuSE Other Distributions Live CDs Summary Chapter 3. Getting Ready to Install Linux Hardware Requirements Hardware Compatibility Purchasing Linux Downloading Linux Planning Your Computer System Running Linux with Windows Examining Your Hard Drive Making Room for Linux During Installation Making Room for Linux Before Installation Booting from the CD or from a Floppy Summary Chapter 4. Installation Installation Overview Starting the Fedora Installation Procedure Collecting Hardware Information for Fedora Selecting the Installation Type for Fedora Selecting Where to Install Fedora Collecting Network Information for Fedora Languages and Time Zone for Fedora Creating the Root Account for Fedora Selecting Packages to Install on Fedora Installing the Fedora System Starting the Mandrake Installation Procedure Collecting Information for Mandrake Selecting Packages to Install on Mandrake Installing the Mandrake System Creating Accounts for Mandrake Configuration Summary for Mandrake Finishing Mandrake Installation Starting the SuSE Installation Procedure Configuration Settings for SuSE Selecting Packages to Install on SuSE Installing the SuSE System Configuring the Installed SuSE System Finishing SuSE Installation Summary Chapter 5. Interacting with Linux The Graphical User Interface on Linux GNOME KDE The Command-Line Interface on Linux Choosing the Interface Summary Chapter 6. Using Your Desktop Logging In Your First Login Anatomy of a Desktop KDE and GNOME Desktops The Panel Working on the Desktop Configuring the Desktop Changing the KDE Background Changing the GNOME Background Setting Fonts Setting the Screen Saver Organizing the Desktop Changing the Panel Location and Size Configuring Multiple Virtual Desktops Logging Out Summary Chapter 7. Using the Command Line Entering Commands Entering a Single Command Command-Line Syntax Redirecting Input and Output Running Commands in the Background Editing the Command Line Command-Line Help Some Useful Commands The sort Command The grep Command Configuring the Terminal Window Summary Chapter 8. Linux Accounts Account Types Groups Account Information Adding Accounts Passwords Group Information Adding Groups Forgotten Root Password Summary Chapter 9. File Management File Organization File Information Examining Files from the Desktop Examining Files from the Command Line File Permissions Changing Permissions Managing Owners and Groups File Types Finding Files Creating Directories, Files, and Links Copying, Renaming, and Moving Files Viewing and Editing Text Files Deleting Files and Directories Summary Chapter 10. Applications and Programs Programs Linux Commands Applications Managing Application Software Installing from the Distribution CDs Installing from the Distribution Web Site Finding Packages on the Internet Installing Packages Using RPM Installing Packages from Source Code Summary Chapter 11. Word Processing Creating a Document Menus and Toolbars Formatting Styles Using Templates Creating Templates Editing Document Contents Autocorrection Spell Checking Tables and Columns Frames Graphics in Documents The Gallery Document File Formats Tracking Changes Summary Chapter 12. Spreadsheets Creating a Spreadsheet Menus and Toolbars Formatting Cells Formatting Pages Editing the Spreadsheet Content Formulas and Functions Saving and Printing Summary Chapter 13. Graphics Graphics File Formats Viewing Graphics Files Scanning Documents Presentation Graphics Digital Cameras Screen Shots Diagramming with Dia Drawing with OpenOffice Draw Creating and Opening Images in the GIMP The GIMP Toolbox Changing Image Size in GIMP Removing Elements from an Image in GIMP Adding Elements to an Image in the GIMP Working with Layers in the GIMP Summary Chapter 14. Printing Installing Your Printer on Fedora Installing Your Printer on Other Distributions Printing Managing Print Jobs Summary Chapter 15. The Internet Accessing the Internet Hardware for Accessing the Internet Checking Your Network Connections Adding a Dial-Up Network Connection Adding a Broadband Network Connection Web Browsers Browsing with Mozilla Mozilla Menus and Toolbars The Mozilla Sidebar Tabbed Browsing in Mozilla Controlling Pop-Ups with Mozilla Downloads, Forms, Passwords, and Cookies Plug-Ins Summary Chapter 16. Multimedia Configuring Your Sound Card Playing Audio CDs Downloading Music Xmms Rhythmbox Video Players RealPlayer MPlayer Listening to Radio Copying Music Files from CD to Hard Disk Summary Chapter 17. Email, Messaging, and News Email Accounts Email Software Setting Up an Email Account Configuring Mozilla Email Reading Email in Mozilla Sending Email in Mozilla Mozilla Message Filters Creating a Message Filter in Mozilla Spam Mozilla Address Book Adding and Editing Address Cards Instant Messaging Signing Up for AIM Signing Up for MSN Messenger Signing On with Gaim IM Conversations Newsgroups Summary Chapter 18. Editing Text Files Opening a File in Kate Editing in Kate Kate Features for Programmers Opening a File in vi Editing and Saving Files with vi Moving Around a File in vi vi Editing Commands Sample vi Editing Session Summary Chapter 19. Shell Scripts A Simple Shell Script The Basics of Variables and Arrays Reading Data into Variables Special Characters and Quotes Flow Control Testing Conditions If Statements Case Statements For Loops While Loops and Until Loops Infinite Loops Scheduling Scripts to Run Automatically A Sample Script Summary Appendix A. Regular Expressions Match a Single Character ( . ) (?) Specify the Location (^) ($) Group Characters ( () ) Match One of a Set of Literal Characters ( [ ] ) Exclude a Set of Literal Characters ( [^ ] ) Match a String of Characters (+) (*) ( { n} ) Match One of Alternate Literal Strings ( ( | ) ) Using Regular Expressions Examples Appendix B. Command Reference basename (display filename only) bunzip2 (decompress bz2 files) bzcat (display bz2 files) bzip2 (compress files) bzip2recover (recover bzip2 files) cal (displays a calendar) cat (display files) cdage (change password expiration) chgrp (change group) chmod (change permissions) chown (change owner) clear (clear the screen) cmp (compare files) colrm (remove columns from a text file) comm (compare two sorted text files) cp (copy files) crontab (schedule commands) date (displays date and time) df (display disk space) diff (compare two text files) diff3 (compare 3 text files, merges files) dir (list filenames) du (display disk usage) echo (display text) env (display and set environmental variables) file (display file type) find (find files) finger (display user information) fold (break lines at a specified column) ftp (transfer files) gawk (process text) grep (find text in files) groupadd (add a group) groupdel (delete a group) groups (show groups) gunzip (uncompress gzip file) gzip (compress files) info (display online documentation) less (display file one page at a time) lpq (check print queue) lpr (print) lprm (remove a job from the print queue) ls (list filenames) man (display manual page) merge (merge 3 files) mkdir (create a new directory) more (display files to screen) mv (move or rename a file) passwd (change password) pwd (show current directory) quota (show disk usage) rename (rename series of files) rm (delete files) rmdir (remove directories) sed (edits text files) sleep (pause) sort (sort contents of a file) tar (copy files into or restore files from an archive file) touch (update access and modification date) uniq (remove duplicate lines) unset (remove an environmental variable) useradd (add accounts) userdel (remove account) w (display system information) wc (count characters, words, and lines) who (display users who are logged in) whoami (display current user) Index