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Index
Symbols
# (hash mark) root prompt, 161
$ (dollar sign) command
prompt, 160
A
ACPI (Advanced Configuration
and Power Interface)
power management, 145
putting laptops to sleep, 152
acpid daemon, 146, 152
Actions setting titlebar
(KDE), 50
Add Bookmark dialog, 67
Add Printer link on CUPS
administrative web
page, 127
Add to Panel option (KDE), 45
Advanced Configuration and
Power Interface (ACPI)
power management, 145
putting laptops to sleep, 152
Advanced Power Management
(APM), 146
Advanced window-configuration
setting (KDE), 50
Akregator, 74, 77
ALSA (Advanced Linux Sound
Architecture), 120
searching card support
database for drivers, 121
alsa.conf configuration file, 123
Always on Visible Workspace
option, 33
amaroK (music collection
management tool), 86
AMD PowerNow! processors
and CPU throttling, 148
Anaconda installation
program, 6
anti-aliasing
GNOME support for, 40
KDE support for, 63
antispam wizard (KMail), 76
APM (Advanced Power
Management), 146
Appearance and Themes
configuration panel
(KDE), 62
applets, adding to panels
in GNOME, 30
in KDE, 45
Application launcher (KDE), 46
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applications for Linux, xii
Applications menu in Fedora
Core 4, 30
Apply Initially option for
window settings, 48
apt package manager, 20
apt-cache search command, 112
apt-cache show command, 112
apt-get dist-upgrade
command, 111
apt-get install
command, 111–112
apt-get remove command, 112
apt-get update command, 111
apt-get upgrade command, 111
apt-rpm package management
tool, 96, 102
arcade games on Linux, 94
arch branch in Gentoo, 102
Arrow keys, using in vi
editor, 163
Atheros chipset and mad-wifi
project, 131
audio group needed to play
sounds, 122
audio, configuring for
Linux, 120–124
audiocd:/ KDE protocol
handler, 59, 85
Audioscrobbler web site, 86
B
Backgrounds and Emblems
menu item, 37
Base program
(OpenOffice.org), 80
batteries, extending life
of, 147–151
BitTorrents
downloading Gentoo, 9
downloading SUSE, 16
downloading Ubuntu, 19
free downloads available, 24
blackbox command, 27
blanking laptop displays, 149
BlankTime option, 150
bookmarks, creating for remote
filesystem
connections, 59
branches, stable/unstable, in
Gentoo, 102
browsers, web, 66–71
bunzip2 decompression
program, 117
burn:/// folder, 37
burning CDs
using Nautilus, 37
with Gnomebaker, 89
with K3b, 89
bzip2 compressed tar
archives, 117
C
Calc program
(OpenOffice.org), 80
case sensitivity of
commands, 160
CDs
burning, 89–90
using Nautilus, 37
with Gnomebaker, 89
with K3b, 89
ripping
using Grip, 84
using KAudioCreator, 85
using Konqueror, 59, 64,
85
Cedega software
(Transgaming), 93
Centrino chipsets, drivers that
support, 131
chat clients, 77–79
chipsets, figuring out which one
sound card uses, 120
chording (simulating middle-
button clicks), 141
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CircularScrolling option, 145
“clippings”, pasting into
documents, 45
CNR (click ’n’ run) service
(Linspire), 22
codecs, installing, 82
CodeWeavers CrossOver
Office, 81
available with Xandros, 23
color depth, setting, 136–139
colors
dragging/dropping onto files,
folders, and panes, 37
setting in KDE, 62
command line, xi, xiii, 159–162
command mode in vi, 162
command prompts, entering
commands at, 159–162
commercial games on Linux,
running, 93
Common Unix Printing System
(CUPS), 124
configuring printers, 127
compiling from source, 116–118
compressed tar archives, 117
configuration files, editing, 162
configuration panels in KDE
Control Center, 62–64
./configure command, 118
Configure link on CUPS web
site, 128
Configure Panel option
(KDE), 44
Configure Window Behavior
option (KDE), 49–51
configuring
Fedora, 6
Gentoo, 10
GNOME desktop
environment, 39–42
KDE desktop, 61–64
Mandriva, 13
SUSE, 17
Ubuntu, 20
Connectiva distribution, 12
console games on Linux, 94
consoles, booting to, 27
context-sensitive right-click
menus, supported by
Konqueror, 55
Contrib packages, adding to
Mandriva, 105
coordinates, positioning
windows via, 49
core pointer, telling X which
mouse is, 141
CPU throttling, 147–149
cpudyn program, 148, 151
cpufreqd daemon, 148
cpuspeed daemon, 148
Create Launcher menu item, 39
CrossOver Office, 81
available with Xandros, 23
CUPS (Common Unix Printing
System), 124
configuring printers, 127
D
date browsing feature of F-
Spot, 92
dates and times, setting, 42
dav:/// protocol handler, 38
davs:/// protocol handler, 38
Debian Linux and Ubuntu, 18
decompression programs, 117
DefaultDepth option in
xorg.conf file, 138
dependencies, automatically
handled by portage, 99
dependency checking done by
urpmi, 102
dependency hell, 115
source code variant of, 118
Desktop configuration panel
(KDE), 63
desktop environments, xii, 134
Desktop menu in Fedora Core
4, 31
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desktop sharing, enabling, 40
Details section, 40
/dev/input/mice device, 140
Device section of xorg.conf
file, 137
dhclient command, 130
dhcpcd command, 130
Dictionary applet (KDE), 45
digiKam application (KDE), 91
digital images, editing/
managing, 90–93
dimming laptop displays, 149
display managers
restarting, 136
stopping before configuring
X, 135
Display Power Management
Signaling (DPMS), 150
DISPLAYMANGER environment
variable, 26
displays
changing settings for, in
KDE, 64
configuring for Fedora, 42
laptop, dimming/
blanking, 149
distributions, Linux, 1–24
power management support
for, 154–157
Do Not Affect option for
window settings, 48
documentation
for Fedora, 7
for Gentoo, 11
for Mandriva, 14
for SUSE, 18
for Ubuntu, 21
download editions of
Mandriva, 13
DPMS (Display Power
Management
Signaling), 150
drivers for network cards and
projects supporting
them, 131
drivers for printers,
selecting, 125
drivers for sound cards, 120
adding/recompiling, 121
searching ALSA card support
database, 121
drivers for Synaptic and Alps
touchpads, 143
DVD burners, 89–90
E
editing
commands at command
line, 160
text files, 162–164
email clients, 71
Evolution, 73–74
Kontact, 74–77
Thunderbird, 73
emblems, dragging/dropping
onto files, folders, and
panes, 37
emerge command
(portage), 100–102
options for, 101
emerge sync command
(portage), 100
emerge unmerge command
(portage), 100
Emulate3Buttons option for
configuring mice, 141
encryption, wireless, turning on/
off, 132
enlightenment command, 28
Enlightenment Sound
Daemon, 124
/etc/conf.d/ifplugd file, 129
/etc/default/ifplugd file, 129
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/etc/group file, viewing, 122
/etc/ifplugd/ifplugd.conf
file, 129
/etc/init.d/xdm init script, 26
/etc/inittab file, 27
/etc/make.conf file (Gentoo), 99
/etc/modprobe.conf file, 123
/etc/modules.d/alsa file, 123
/etc/portage/package.keyword
file, 102
/etc/rc.conf file, 26
/etc/X11/xorg.conf
file, 134–141, 143
/etc/yum.conf file, 98
Evolution email client, 73–74
expanding tar files, 117
extending battery life, 147–151
extensions, adding to Firefox, 67
external storage devices and
Storage Media applet
(KDE), 45
F
failed dependency errors, 116
Fast User Switching
in GNOME, 34–35
in KDE, 53
feature comparison across Linux
distributions, 4
Fedora, 5–8
adding/removing
programs, 41
configuring
screen resolution, 42
sound cards, 124
controlling runlevel the system
boots to, 27
login manager for, 25
package management for, 7,
96–99
power management support
for, 155
file icons, changing view settings
for, 56
file manager
in GNOME (Nautilus), 35–38
in KDE (Konqueror), 54–60
filters for email, 72, 73, 76
Firefox Hacks,69
Firefox web browser, 67–69
fish:// protocol handler, 59
FLAC format, 84
Flash-based online games, 94
Flickr and F-Spot program, 92
Fluxbox desktop
environment, 28
focus, setting window focus
in GNOME, 33
in KDE, 50
Font Rendering section, 40
fonts, choosing system wide
in GNOME, 40
in KDE, 63
Foomatic printer drivers,
problems if not
installed, 125
Force option for window
settings, 49
frames in Konqueror windows,
splitting, 56–58
free downloads, obtaining Linux
via, 24
Free Software, x
Freshmeat web site, 65
F-Spot program, 92
FTP (File Transfer Protocol), 38
FTP site for SUSE, adding to
sources, 109
ftp:// protocol handler, 59
ftp:/// protocol handler, 38
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