| | | Copyright |
| | | Praise for Marcel Gagne's Moving to Linux: Kiss the Blue Screen of Death Goodbye! |
| | | Preface |
| | | Chapter 1. Introduction |
| | | | Is Linux Really FREE? |
| | | | The GPL |
| | | | So What Do I Gain? |
| | | | What Do I Lose? |
| | | | Some Tips on Using This Book |
| | | | Help Me! |
| | | | About the CD |
| | | | It's My Philosophy |
| | | | Resources |
| | | Chapter 2. An Introduction to the WFTL Edition Knoppix Disk |
| | | | Ready to Try Linux? |
| | | | Playing with WFTL Knoppix |
| | | | Just Looking Around |
| | | | Configure Now, Remember Me Later |
| | | | The Persistence of Memory |
| | | | Setting Up the Network |
| | | | HELP! |
| | | | Remember to Share |
| | | | Resources |
| | | Chapter 3. Ready . . . Set . . . Linux! |
| | | | Getting Linux |
| | | | Getting a Free Copy of Linux |
| | | | Dual Booting |
| | | | Preserving Your Data |
| | | | A Linux-Only System |
| | | | Windows on Linux |
| | | | Breaking Free! |
| | | | Resources |
| | | Chapter 4. Getting Your Hands Dirty |
| | | | Getting to Know You . . . KDE |
| | | | Logging In |
| | | | Becoming One with the Desktop |
| | | | Your First Application |
| | | | Windows, Title Bars, and Menus, Oh My! |
| | | | Resizing Windows |
| | | | Command Central |
| | | | A Polite Introduction to the Command Line |
| | | | Give Me More! |
| | | | Changing Your Password |
| | | | User Security |
| | | | I Need More Help! |
| | | | Konquest of the Desktop |
| | | | Resources |
| | | Chapter 5. Konquering Your World |
| | | | Files, Directories, and the Root of All Things |
| | | | Wherever You Go . . . |
| | | | Enhancing Konqueror |
| | | | Uh, Roger, Copy That . . . |
| | | | Creating New Folders |
| | | | Copying Files and Directories (and Moving, Too!) |
| | | | Deleting Files and Directories |
| | | | My World, My Way |
| | | | Making Your Home a Home |
| | | Chapter 6. Customizing Your Desktop (or Making Your World Your Own) |
| | | | I Am Sovereign of All I Survey . . . |
| | | | Save My Screen, Please! |
| | | | Moving Things Around |
| | | | Is That a Theme or a Motif? |
| | | | Adding Icons and Shortcuts to Your Desktop |
| | | | Miscellaneous Changes |
| | | | Resources |
| | | Chapter 7. Installing New Applications |
| | | | Linux and Security |
| | | | The Many Faces of Software Installation |
| | | | SuSE Software Package Installs |
| | | | Mandrake's urpmi |
| | | | Searching for Common Ground |
| | | | Kpackage |
| | | | RPMs, the Shell Way |
| | | | Look, Use the Source . . . |
| | | | The Extract and Build Five-Step |
| | | | Resources |
| | | Chapter 8. Printers and Other Hardware |
| | | | Yes, It Runs with Linux! |
| | | | Plug and Play |
| | | | Getting Familiar with Your Hardware |
| | | | Printers and Printing |
| | | | Kprinter |
| | | | Modems versus Winmodems |
| | | | What? More Devices? |
| | | | Resources |
| | | Chapter 9. Connecting to the Internet |
| | | | Before You Begin |
| | | | Getting on the Net |
| | | | Connecting to the Net with a Modem |
| | | | Cable Modems and High-Speed DSL |
| | | | Okay, I'm Connected. Now What? |
| | | | Kopete |
| | | | Resources |
| | | Chapter 10. Surfing the Internet |
| | | | Konqueror |
| | | | Cool Konqueror Tricks |
| | | | Mozilla Firefox |
| | | | Wrapping Up |
| | | | Resources |
| | | Chapter 11. Electronic Mail Clients |
| | | | Be Prepared . . . |
| | | | Kontact |
| | | | KMail |
| | | | Let's Communicate! |
| | | | Evolution |
| | | | Other Options |
| | | | Resources |
| | | Chapter 12. Getting Organized |
| | | | KOrganizer |
| | | | Evolution |
| | | | Other Tools |
| | | | Resources |
| | | Chapter 13. Word Processors (It Was a Dark and Stormy Night . . .) |
| | | | OpenOffice.org Writer |
| | | | Write Now! |
| | | | Toolbars of Every Kind . . . |
| | | | Help! |
| | | | To Word or Not to Word? |
| | | | Personalizing Your Environment |
| | | | A Wizard of Words |
| | | | Navigating Style |
| | | | Speaking of Document Elements . . . |
| | | | More! Give Me More! |
| | | | Other Options |
| | | | Resources |
| | | Chapter 14. Spreadsheets (Tables You Can Count On) |
| | | | Starting a New Spreadsheet and Entering Data |
| | | | Basic Math |
| | | | Saving Your Work |
| | | | Complex Charts and Graphs, Oh My! |
| | | | Alternatives |
| | | | Resources |
| | | Chapter 15. Presentation Graphics (For Those Who Need No Introduction) |
| | | | Getting Ready to Impress |
| | | | Instant Web Presentations |
| | | | How About a Little Flash? Shocking! |
| | | | So What's with the Penguin? |
| | | | Extra! Extra! |
| | | | Alternatives |
| | | | Resources |
| | | Chapter 16. Digital Photography |
| | | | Working with a Digital Camera |
| | | | Picture-Perfect Konqueror |
| | | | Picture-Perfect digiKam |
| | | | Scanning . . . |
| | | | Scanning under KDE Kooka |
| | | | Optical Character Recognition |
| | | | Resources |
| | | Chapter 17. Digital Art with the GIMP |
| | | | Ladies and Gentlemen, Start Your GIMP |
| | | | Printing Your Masterpiece |
| | | | Tools, Tools, and More Tools |
| | | | Resources |
| | | Chapter 18. Linux Multimedia (If Music Be the Food of Love . . .) |
| | | | Adjusting the Levels |
| | | | KsCD, the KDE CD Player |
| | | | XMMS |
| | | | Noatun |
| | | | Ripping and Burning Songs |
| | | | KAudioCreator |
| | | | K3b, for a Friendlier Burn |
| | | | Put Another Nickel In . . . |
| | | | Lights, Camera, Action: Moving Pictures |
| | | | It's a Wrap! |
| | | | Resources |
| | | Chapter 19. Fun and Games (Very Serious Fun) |
| | | | Take Me Out to the Arcade |
| | | | Deal Those Cards, Ace |
| | | | B-4. Miss. E-7. Hit! |
| | | | Educational Games |
| | | | 3D Accelerated Fun |
| | | | The 13-Year-Old's Picks |
| | | | More Games! I Need More Games! |
| | | | Resources |
| | | Appendix A. The GNU General Public License |
| | | | GNU General Public License |
| | | | Resources |
| | | Appendix B. Installation |
| | | | Getting Ready for Your Installation |
| | | | Hardware Considerations |
| | | | Dual Booting Revisited |
| | | | An Installation Comparison |
| | | | A Mandrake Linux Install |
| | | | Putting On the Fedora |
| | | | A SuSE Install |
| | | | Xandros Desktop OS, Version 3.0 Deluxe |
| | | | Not-So-Tough Installs |
| | | | Starting and Stopping Linux |
| | | | Resources |
| | | Appendix C. Taking Command of Linux |
| | | | Linux Commands: An Easy Start |
| | | | Working with Files |
| | | | A Peek at Metacharacters |
| | | | File Permissions in the Shell |
| | | | More on rm (or "Oops! I Didn't Really Mean That.") |
| | | | Making Your Life Easier with alias |
| | | | Standard Input and Standard Output |
| | | | Pipes and Piping |
| | | | Linux Commands: Working with Directories |
| | | | There's No Place Like $HOME |
| | | | More on File Permissions |
| | | | User and Group Ownership |
| | | | Who Can Do What? |
| | | | Who Was That Masked User? |
| | | | Finding Anything |
| | | | Using grep |
| | | | Processes |
| | | | Killing Processes |
| | | | Forging On . . . |
| | | | Resources |
| | | Appendix D. Working with Editors |
| | | | Meet Kate |
| | | | I Am vi, the Great and Powerful! |
| | | | emacs, pico, and nedit, Oh My! |
| | | | Resources |
| | | CD-ROM Warranty |
| | | Index |