Contents. Acknowledgments. Introduction. Making the Move from Windows to linux Introduction. 2 linux Distributions

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1 Acknowledgments v XVII Part 1 linux Fundamentals Making the Move from Windows to linux What is Linux? Where did Linux come from? How does Linux Compare to Windows? Where is Linux Going? 2 linux Distributions The Concept of Distros What's Available Other Distributions File Migration 3 Installing linux Getting Started Installing SuSE vii

2 viii Contents Disk Partitioning Software Continuing with the Installation Completing the Installation Installing Fedora Core Choosing Packages A BriefLook at Installing Other Distros Basicsof the linux Operating System Desktop and Shells Shell Basics Moving around in KDE Part II The linux Graphical User Interface 99 5 System Configuration in KDE Desktop Preferences Setting Preferences Hardware Information Configuring Network Settings Internet Settings

3 ix 6 Using KDEfor EverythingYou Used to Do in Windows Text Editors Calculators Paint Programs and Screen Capture The File Manager Accessibility Other Office Applications 7 Linux Administration from KDE Managing Users and Groups Important System Tools Using the KDEControl Center System Administration Regional and Accessibility Scheduling Tasks Auto Y ast 8 The GNOMEInterface Getting Around in GNOME GNOME Graphics Applications GNOME OfficeApplications System Tools

4 x Contents Part III Moving from Microsoft Office to Open Office Moving from Microsoft Word to Open Office Writer Open Office Address Book Essentialsof Open Office Writer Creating a Document File Importing, Shortcomings, and Quirks Extra Features Formatting and Configuring Printing Spreadsheets with Open Office Calc Calc Basics Working through a Spreadsheet Configuration Moving from Microsoft PowerPoint to Open Office Impress Getting Started with Impress Creating a Basic Slide Show Setting up Your Slide Show Formatting and Configuring Templates File Importing, Shortcomings, and Quirks

5 xi Other Open OfficeApplications Draw HTML Editor Open Office Setup Math Templates and Documents Running OfficeApplications Under Wine Part IVImportant LinuxApplications Web Browsers, ,and Internet Applications IP Addresses and the Web Web Browsers FTP Clients Usenet File Sharing Chat Movingfrom Adobe Photoshop to GIMP What is GIMP GIMP Basics

6 xii Contents Shortcomings and Quirks 377 The Toolbox Miscellaneous Linux Applications Sound Utilities 388 KPilot 390 KDEPrintFax 392 Configure Panel 393 K3B 397 Video and Multimedia 398 Kandalf s Tips 400 F-Spot Photo ALbum 401 Adding Packages 403 Utilities Web Servers in Linux How do Web ServersWork? 414 The Apache Web Server 417 Configuring Apache from within KDE 426 Other Web Serversfor Linux Fun and Games in Linux

7 xiii Freeciv Frozen- Bubble GL-1l7 Super Tux Finding other Linux Games First -Person Shooters Cedega Multimedia 18 linux Shell Commands The Shell Itself File and Directory Management System Commands Network Utilities Miscellaneous Commands 19 System Admnistration from the Shell Run Levels and ini t The File System Managing Users and Groups Configuring and Activaating Network Cards Miscellaneous Shell Commands File Compession from the Shell

8 xiv Contents 20 Basic Shell Scripting Script Basics Variables in Shell Scripts Getting Input from the User Math in Scripts if Statements in Scripts Loops in Scripts 21 Advanced Shell Functions Advanced Shell Commands Shell Editors Advanced Shell Scripting 22 Samba, Printing,and More What is Samba? Configuring Samba Other Services Appendix A About the DVD-ROM DVD-ROM Folders Overall System Requirements

9 XV AppendixB Other Resources General Linux Links Distributions Linux Tutorials Linux Software Linux Games General PC Tutorials Samba Apache Support via Usenet, Forums, and the Linux Community SUSELinux Documentation and Source Code AppendixC Glossaryof Linuxand OperatingSystemTerms 557 AppendixD Answersto 561 AppendixE PC Hardware 567 Index 575