Linux transfer for power users : a roadmap for migrating to Linux for experienced windows users / Whil Hentzen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hentzen, Whil.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Linux.

Operating systems (Computers).

Physical Description:

xx, 373 p. : ill.

Place of Publication:

Whitefish Bay, WI : Hentzenwerke Publishing, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Written for the experienced Microsoft Windows user who does not have time to set up and learn a new operating system and programs alone, this book shows the workings of Linux and reveals its similarities to the user's current software.

Contents:

Linux Transfer for Windows Power Users

Our Contract with You, the Reader

List of Chapters

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

How to Download the Files

Introduction

Chapter 1: Why Linux? Why Not Linux? Which Linux?

Why Linux?

Freedom

Choice

Security

Opportunity

Why not Linux? The top 10 myths

Linux is only for servers.

Linux is only for techies.

Linux doesn't have the software I need.

Linux won't run my Windows software.

You have to use the command line.

You have to compile everything.

You don't have to worry about security.

I can't use my existing hardware.

There isn't any technical support.

It doesn't cost anything.

Which Linux?

About Linux "distributions"

The original candidates

Why I chose Fedora Core

Chapter 2: Installing Fedora Core

The big picture

Installing Linux alongside a pre-existing OS

The details-step by step

Download Fedora Core

Download the ISO files

Verify that the bits came down properly

Burn a CD

Install Fedora Core

Document your hardware

Prepare for Installation

Perform installation

Welcome screen

Language Selection

Keyboard Configuration

Mouse Configuration

Monitor Configuration

Installation Type

Disk Partitioning Setup

Automatic Partitioning

Boot Loader Configuration

Additional Language Support

Time Zone Selection

Set Root Password

Package Installation Defaults

Package Group Selection

About to Install

Required Install Media

Installing Packages

Boot Diskette Creation

Congratulations!

Final Setup

License Agreement

Date and Time

User Account

Sound Card

Additional CDs

Welcome

First login

Advanced topics/alternatives/options

Modifying automatic partitioning's choices.

Customizing the boot loader options

Writing to the Master Boot Record

Editing the boot loader's label

Assigning static IP addresses instead of using DHCP

Summary

Chapter 3: Updating Fedora Core

Dependencies

RPMs

Red Hat Network

up2date

yum

APT

Are there updates available?

Configuration

Point up2date to a local mirror

Launch up2date

Chapter 4: Getting Help

Static help

Online help

The Linux Documentation Project

Fedora Core Web sites

Interactive help

Mailing lists

Subscribing

Getting help effectively

1. Be nice.

2. Show that you've done your homework first.

3. Provide detailed information about the problem.

4. More ideas.

Mailing list archives

Where to search

How to search

Chapter 5: Configuring Your Desktop

Using the desktop as-is

Switching between desktop environments

Basic operation of the desktop

Desktop

Panel

Main Menu

Applets

Customize the desktop

Menus

Notification tool

System monitor

Clock

Chapter 6: Files, Directory Structures, and File Managers

Files: the data itself

Symbolic links

Directory structures

Where's the C: drive?

What do the folder names mean?

/bin

/boot

/dev

/etc

/home

/initrd

/lib

/lost+found

/misc

/mnt

/opt

/proc

/root

/sbin

/tmp

/usr

/var

Which ones are important?

About multiple drives

File managers

Midnight Commander

Nautilus

Konqueror

File associations

Migration of data from Windows to Linux

Using Linux programs to open your Windows files

Accessing Windows files on a Linux computer

Chapter 7: E-mail and Web Browsing

Network connections

E-mail

Evolution.

Evolution setup

Using Evolution

KMail

KMail setup

Using KMail

Web browsing

Mozilla

Mozilla preferences

Chapter 8: Office and Productivity Applications

Editors

OpenOffice.org

Installation

Configuration and options

Configure

The OpenOffice.org interface

The Stylist

The Navigator

Creating, printing, and saving documents

KOffice

Gnumeric

GnuCash

Chapter 9: Fedora Core Utilities

File Roller

Formats

Using File Roller

Creating archives

Extracting files

KAlarm

KArm

PDF viewers

Preference applets

System Tools applets

Chapter 10: Digital Images

Connecting and downloading images from your digital camera

Capturing screen shots

Draw freehand images with KPaint

Draw icons with KIconEdit

Modifying images with The GIMP

The GIMP interface

Capturing a screen shot

Cropping an image

Editing an image, pixel by pixel

View images individually or as a slide show

GQView

gThumb Image Viewer

Chapter 11: Multimedia: Audio (and Video)

Audio

Testing the sound card

Playing a CD with CD Player

Moving CDs to disk, so you can keep them with you

Audio formats

Which format should you choose?

Using Grip to rip

Grip configuration options

Playing a ripped track from the hard disk

Rhythmbox

XMMS

Video

Chapter 12: Devices: Printers, Scanners, CD Burners

Printers

Kudzu

Adding a print queue

Using a print queue

Scanners

CD-ROM burners

Chapter 13: Security

Your own password

Change root password

Users and groups

Authentication

Virus scanners

Download and install

Testing and running

Firewalls

Chapter 14: Under the Hood

Top 10 things you need to know about the command window.

1. Command window title bar

2. Command prompt

3. Command prompts for root vs. regular user

4. Customize your prompt

5. Change to root inside the command window

6. Commands are case-sensitive

7. Move through command history

8. String completion

9. Multiple command windows

10. Command window attributes

The environment

Commands

The Linux path

The top 10 useful commands at the command prompt

Help commands

Directory navigation and manipulation

File manipulation

Finding stuff

Working with files

Permissions

N.E.C. (not elsewhere classified)

Shell scripts (Linux batch files)

Creating your first shell script

Creating cron jobs

Using vi

Appendix A: How Partitions Work

Machines and devices

Partitions and sectors on a hard disk

How Windows disks, partitions, and file structures work

How Linux partitions work

Various Linux partition configurations

Put /home on its own partition

Why more than four partitions?

Configurations for a single hard disk

Configurations for a multiple hard disk system

Setting partition parameters

Where to find more information on directory tree standards

Appendix B: Connecting to a Windows Network

Overview of the process

Definitions

1. Create an accessible share on the Windows computer

1a. Create a share

1b. Make the share accessible

2. Make sure the Samba client is installed and running

2a. Make sure Samba is installed

2b. Make sure Samba is running

3. Set up a mount point on the Linux workstation

4. Make changes to Linux workstation config files

4a. Change /etc/hosts

4b. Change /etc/fstab

4c. Create /etc/samba/&lt

credentials file&gt

5. Access the share

Checklist

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Digitized and made available by: Books 24x7.com.

ISBN:

1-280-54426-0

9786610544264

1-930919-43-3

OCLC:

80246416