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175
O
office suites, 79–82
OffTime option, 150
OGG format, 84
online documentation
for Fedora, 7
for Gentoo, 11
for Mandriva, 14
for SUSE, 18
for Ubuntu, 21
online gaming resources, 94
online resources for configuring
laptops, 142
online stores, looking for Linux
distributions in, 24
open source games on Linux, 94
OpenOffice.org (OOo), 79–80
OpenSUSE, 18
P
Package ISO (Gentoo), 10
package management, 95–118
for Fedora, 7, 96–99
for Gentoo, 11, 99–102
for Mandriva, 14, 102–107
for SUSE, 17, 107–110
for Ubuntu, 20, 110–115
packages
installing
from source code, 116–118
using apt-get, 111–112
using emerge, 100–102
using GUI package
manager, 99, 106, 112
using urpmi, 103–104
using YaST, 107–108
using Yum, 97–98
removing
from Fedora, 97
from Gentoo, 100
from Mandriva, 105
from SUSE, 108
from Ubuntu, 112
using GUI package
manager, 107, 113
searching for
in Fedora, 97
in Gentoo, 100
in Mandriva, 104
in SUSE, 108
in Ubuntu, 112
using GUI package
manager, 107, 113
updating
in Fedora, 97
in Gentoo, 100
in Mandriva, 103, 105
in SUSE, 108
in Ubuntu, 111
using GUI package
manager, 106, 113
Packman YaST source, useful for
desktop users, 110
Panel applet (KDE), 46
Panel menu (KDE), 44–46
panels/menus in GNOME
desktop environment, 30
passwords
for root users, 107, 161
KDE wallet and, 64
patterns, dragging/dropping
onto files, folders, and
panes, 37
PCI bus and lspci
command, 121
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Penguin Liberation Front (PLF)
sources, adding to
Mandriva, 105
Peripherals configuration panel
(KDE), 64
permissions, elevating, 161
pixels, setting window sizes
in, 49
Places menu in Fedora Core
4, 31
playback engines, 82–84
playing games, 93–94
playlists, creating
using amaroK, 87
using RhythmBox, 88
PLF (Penguin Liberation Front)
sources, adding to
Mandriva, 105
pmsuspend2 script
(Mandriva), 156
portage (package manager for
Gentoo), 11, 99–102
PORTAGE_NICENESS
option, 102
Postscript Printer Definition
(PPD) packages, 125
power management support
for Fedora, 155
for Gentoo, 155
for Mandriva, 156
for SUSE, 156
for Ubuntu, 157
power management, kernel
support for, 145
powering down hard drives, 150
powernowd program, 148
powersave daemon (SUSE), 156
PPD (Postscript Printer
Definition)
packages, 125
Preferences menu (Nautilus), 36
preferred applications,
choosing, 41
print:/ KDE protocol
handler, 60, 126
printer drivers, selecting, 125
printer wizard for adding new
printers
in GNOME, 125
in KDE, 126
Printers link on CUPS
administrative web
page, 128
printers, configuring
CUPS (Common Unix Printing
System), 127
in GNOME, 125
in KDE, 64, 126
printers, setting up new, 42
processes, running with niceness
values, 101
profiles for file management,
creating with
Konqueror, 56–58
profiles for web browsers,
creating with
Konqueror, 70
program launchers in
GNOME, 38
programs on Fedora CD, adding/
removing, 41
prompts, entering commands
at, 159–162
protocol handlers
for Konqueror, 58–60
for Nautilus, 38
Q
quick access sidebar in
Konqueror, 55
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R
Regional & Accessibility
configuration panel
(KDE), 64
Remember option for window
settings, 48
remote desktops, enabling, 40
remote filesystems, connecting to
using Konqueror, 58–60
using Nautilus, 38
remote:/ KDE protocol
handler, 59
removable drives/media, settings
for, 40
repositories, 95
adding to sources
for Fedora, 98–99
for SUSE, 109–110
for Ubuntu, 113–114
default, configured with
Yum, 98
handling, using urpmi
command, 104
synchronizing with, 106, 108,
113
web sites of, for Fedora, 98
resolution of screen, setting, 41,
136–139
resources (online) for configuring
laptops, 142
Restore manually saved session
option, 54
Restore previous session
option, 54
retail stores
looking for Linux distributions
in, 24
purchasing SUSE at, 16
RhythmBox application, 88
right-click menus (context-
sensitive), supported by
Konqueror, 55
ripping CDs
with Grip, 84
with KAudioCreator, 85
with Konqueror, 59, 64, 85
root passwords, 161
needed for YaST, 107
required to add printers using
CUPS, 127
RPM (RPM Package
Management) files
installing manually, 115–116
used by Fedora, 7
rpm –ivh command, 98
RSS (Really Simple Syndication)
feeds, supported by
Firefox, 67
RSS feed reader (Akregator), 74,
77
rule-based playlists, creating
using amaroK, 87
runlevel system boots to,
controlling, 26
S
“saved searches” feature in
KMail, 72, 76
saving power by
dimming/blanking
displays, 149
spinning down idle hard
drives, 150
SaX (control center), 17
screen resolution
configuring, 42
setting, 41, 136–139
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Screen section of xorg.conf
file, 137
screensavers, configuring
in GNOME, 40–41
in KDE, 62
screenshots, missing, xiii
Security & Privacy configuration
panel (KDE), 64
Select a Session option (Switch
User command), 53
Server Message Block (SMB)
protocol, 38
ServerLayout section of
xorg.conf file, 141, 144,
150
services, choosing which to
load, 41
sessions, starting/switching/
saving
in GNOME, 34
in KDE, 53
settings:/ KDE protocol
handler, 60
SFTP (Secure File Transfer
Protocol), 38
sftp:// protocol handler, 59
sftp:/// protocol handler, 38
shell prompts, entering
commands at, 159–162
shell, Linux, xi
shortcuts (see keyboard
shortcuts)
Simple Menu Editor for
GNOME (smeg), 39
single click, changing to double-
click (KDE), 55
size of windows, setting in
pixels, 49
Slackware, 22
sleep mode for laptops, 151–153
slowing down CPUs, 147–149
SMB (Server Message Block)
protocol, 38
smb:// protocol handler, 59
smb:/// protocol handler, 38
smeg (Simple Menu Editor for
GNOME), 39
Sound & Multimedia
configuration panel
(KDE), 64
sound cards,
configuring, 120–124
sound modules, configuring to
load at boot time, 123
source code, installing packages
from, 116–118
Sourceforge web site, 65
spatial view and Nautilus, 36
Special Button applet (KDE), 46
Specific Window Settings menu
item (KDE), 48
splash screens, selecting, 63
splitting Konqueror windows
into multiple
frames, 56–58
stable/unstable branches in
Gentoo, 102
Stallman, Richard, xi
StandbyTime option, 150
StarOffice, 79
Start New Session option (Switch
User command), 53
Start with an empty session
option, 54
startfluxbox command, 28
startkde command, 27
startx command, 27, 136
startxvfce4 command, 28
Storage Media applet (KDE), 45
su command, 161
sudo program, 161
superuser, running commands
as, 161
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surfing the Internet, 93–94
SUSE, 15–18
buying it cheaply, 16
controlling runlevel the system
boots to, 27
login manager for, 26
package management for, 17,
107–110
power management support
for, 156
SUSE FTP site, adding to
sources, 109
suspend to disk (hibernation
mode), 153
suspend to RAM (sleep
mode), 151
SuspendTime option, 150
switchdesk program, 25
switching between virtual
desktops, 32, 47
switching users fast
in GNOME, 34–35
in KDE, 53
Synaptic installer, 20
Synaptic Package Manager
(Ubuntu), 42, 112–115
Synaptic touchpads, enabling
support for, 143–145
synchronizing
packages for Gentoo, 100
packages for Mandriva, 103
with repositories, 106, 108,
113
System Administration
configuration panel, 64
System Settings menus in
GNOME, 39
system:/ KDE protocol
handler, 59
T
tabs in browsers, 66
tagging images
with digiKam, 91
with F-Spot, 92
tar archives, decompressing, 117
taskbars on KDE desktop, 46
terminal emulators, 160
Test Driving Linux, xvi, 13
testing battery life, 147
text files, editing, 162–164
text logins, 26–28
themes, choosing, 41
throttling, CPU, 147–149
Thunderbird email client, 73
times and dates, setting, 42
torrents (see BitTorrents)
Torvalds, Linus, ix, x
Totem (frontend to xine
player), 84
touchpads, enabling support
for, 143–145
Translucency setting (KDE), 51
trash:/ KDE protocol
handler, 60
troubleshooting
network cards, 130
wireless networks, 132
twm (window manager),
loading, 136
Typing Break tab in Layout
Options, 40
U
Ubuntu, 18–21
configuring sound cards, 124
controlling runlevel the system
boots to, 27
login manager for, 25
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