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5. GOING BEYOND THE BASICS
by Dru Lavigne
The Definitive Guide to PC-BSD
Copyright
Foreword
About the Author
About the Technical Reviewers
Acknowledgments
Introduction
What You'll Find in This Book
1. Getting Started with PC-BSD
1. Introducing PC-BSD
1.1. A Little History
1.1.1. Free and Open Source Software
1.1.2. BSD Software
1.1.3. PC-BSD
1.2. Why PC-BSD Instead of FreeBSD?
1.2.1. No Previous Knowledge Required
1.2.2. Stability and Security
1.2.3. Friendly and Helpful Community
1.2.4. Best of Both Worlds
1.3. Why Not Linux?
1.4. Summary
2. Installing PC-BSD
2.1. What's New in PC-BSD 8
2.2. System Requirements
2.2.1. Minimum for PC-BSD Installation
2.2.2. Minimum for FreeBSD Installation
2.2.3. Recommended
2.2.4. Determining Hardware Settings
2.3. Obtaining PC-BSD
2.3.1. Downloading and Burning a .iso File
2.3.2. Purchasing PC-BSD
2.4. Using the Live DVD
2.5. Using a Virtual Environment
2.6. Installation
2.6.1. Keyboard Setup
2.6.2. Installation Type
2.6.3. Disk Setup
2.6.4. User Creation
2.6.5. Date and Time Zone
2.6.6. Optional Components
2.6.7. Installation Summary
2.6.8. If Something Goes Wrong
2.7. Post Installation
2.8. Advanced Installation
2.8.1. Creating Partitions
2.8.2. Booting Multiple Operating Systems
2.8.2.1. If You Prefer GRUB
2.8.2.2. If You Need to Add PC-BSD to GRUB
2.8.2.3. If You Want to Replace GRUB
2.8.2.4. Using the GAG Boot Loader
2.9. Summary
2. USING THE PC-BSD DESKTOP
3. Customizing the Desktop
3.1. KDE4
3.2. Default Desktop Components
3.2.1. Plasma Panel (Taskbar)
3.2.2. Plasma Workspace
3.2.3. Plasma Dashboard
3.3. Customizing the Plasma Panel
3.3.1. Removing Icons
3.3.2. Adding Icons
3.3.3. Changing Icon Graphic
3.3.4. Adding Widgets
3.3.4.1. Installing New Widgets
3.3.5. More Panel Settings
3.4. Folder Views
3.4.1. Adding a Folder View
3.4.2. Adding a Folder View to the Panel
3.4.3. Configuring Folder Views
3.4.4. Adding Contents to a Folder View
3.4.5. More Folder View Settings
3.5. Configuring Windows
3.5.1. Advanced Window Options
3.5.2. Special Window Settings
3.5.3. Configuring Window Behavior
3.5.4. Desktop Effects
3.5.5. Windows
3.5.6. Actions
3.5.7. Focus
3.5.8. Moving
3.5.9. Advanced
3.5.10. Window-Specific
3.6. Configuring Themes and Wallpapers
3.7. Switching Desktop Environments
3.7.1. Fluxbox
3.7.2. TWM
3.8. Switching to GNOME
3.9. Other Desktop Managers
3.10. Summary
4. Getting Around
4.1. Dolphin File Manager
4.1.1. Dolphin Menu Options
4.1.2. Dolphin Places
4.1.2.1. Home
4.1.2.2. Network
4.1.2.2.1. Adding a Network Folder
4.1.2.3. Root
4.1.2.4. Trash
4.2. Konqueror
4.3. KRunner
4.4. Launching Applications with Kickoff
4.5. Menu Editor
4.6. Summary
5. Performing Common Tasks
5.1. Which Built-In Application Do I Use?
5.2. Which PBI Do I Use?
5.3. Windows Equivalents
5.4. Importing Data
5.5. Web Browser
5.5.1. Flash and Java
5.5.2. MS TrueType Fonts
5.6. Files
5.6.1. File Encryption
5.6.1.1. Creating a Key Pair for Encryption
5.6.1.2. Encrypting/Decrypting
5.6.1.3. Exporting Your Public Key
5.6.2. Compressing Files
5.6.2.1. Using Ark
5.6.2.2. Using Dolphin
5.6.3. Using the Clipboard
5.6.4. Removable Media
5.6.4.1. CDROM/DVD
5.6.4.2. USB Devices
5.6.5. Printing
5.6.5.1. Configuring a Printer
5.6.5.2. If You Share Your Printer
5.6.6. Desktop Sharing with Krfb
5.7. Summary
6. User System Settings
6.1. Look and Feel
6.1.1. Appearance
6.1.2. Desktop
6.1.3. Notifications
6.1.4. Window Behavior
6.2. Personal
6.2.1. About Me
6.2.2. Accessibility
6.2.3. Default Applications
6.2.4. Regional and Language
6.3. Computer Administration
6.3.1. Date and Time
6.3.2. Display
6.3.3. Font Installer
6.3.4. Input Actions
6.3.5. Keyboard & Mouse
6.3.6. Multimedia
6.4. Summary
7. Administrative System Settings
7.1. Network and Connectivity
7.1.1. Firewall
7.1.2. Network Settings
7.1.3. Sharing
7.1.4. System Network Configuration
7.2. Computer Administration
7.2.1. Password & User Account
7.2.2. Printer Configuration
7.2.3. Services Manager
7.2.4. Software & Updates
7.2.5. System Manager
7.3. Advanced User Settings
7.3.1. Akonadi Configuration
7.3.2. Audio CDs
7.3.3. Autostart
7.3.4. CDDB Retrieval
7.3.5. Desktop Search
7.3.6. Desktop Theme Details
7.3.7. Device Actions
7.3.8. File Associations
7.3.9. KDE Resources
7.3.10. KDE Wallet
7.3.11. Service Manager
7.3.12. Session Manager
7.4. System
7.4.1. Login Manager
7.4.2. PolicyKit Authorization
7.4.3. Power Management
7.4.4. Samba
7.4.5. Task Scheduler
7.5. Summary
3. SOFTWARE
8. Push Button Installer System
8.1. What Is a PBI?
8.2. Software Manager
8.3. Installing a PBI
8.3.1. Installing from a DVD
8.3.2. Installing from Another PC-BSD System
8.3.3. Installing from the Temporary Directory
8.4. Removing a PBI
8.5. Updating PBIs
8.6. Update Manager
8.7. When a PBI Doesn't Exist
8.8. Summary
9. FreeBSD Packages
9.1. What Is the Ports Collection?
9.2. What Is a Package?
9.3. Why Use Packages on PC-BSD?
9.4. Finding Packages
9.5. Ports Console
9.6. Installing a Package
9.6.1. Determining what was Installed
9.6.2. What to Do if Something Fails
9.7. Updating Packages
9.7.1. Automatic Notifications with FreshPorts
9.7.2. Performing the Upgrade
9.8. Removing a Package
9.9. Summary
10. FreeBSD Ports
10.1. Package or Port?
10.2. What is Compiling a Port?
10.3. Installing the Ports Collection
10.4. What Does a Port Contain?
10.5. make Targets
10.6. Troubleshooting Errors
10.7. Keeping the Ports Tree Updated
10.8. Updating Ports
10.9. Creating Your Own Notification Script
10.10. Using portupgrade
10.11. Uninstalling a Port
10.12. Summary
4. COMMUNITY
11. Getting Help
11.1. What Is Netiquette?
11.2. PC-BSD Forums
11.2.1. Creating or Responding to a Post
11.2.2. User Control Panel
11.3. PC-BSD Wiki
11.4. PC-BSD IRC Channel
11.4.1. IRC Fundamentals
11.4.2. Configuring Pidgin for IRC
11.4.3. Participating in the Channel
11.5. PC-BSD Mailing Lists
11.6. Documentation
11.6.1. PC-BSD FAQ and Knowledge Base
11.6.2. PC-BSD Users Handbook
11.6.3. FreeBSD Resources
11.6.4. KDE User Guide
11.6.5. Community Sites
11.7. Commercial Support
11.8. Summary
12. Getting Involved
12.1. How You Can Help
12.2. Submitting Feature Requests
12.2.1. Adding to the Package Wishlist
12.2.2. Requesting a Feature
12.3. Submitting Bug Reports
12.3.1. Using the Forums
12.3.2. Using the Mailing Lists
12.3.3. Using trac
12.4. Testing Prerelease Builds and PBIs
12.5. Join the Translation Team
12.5.1. Localizing PC-BSD
12.5.2. Translating Documentation
12.6. Contributing Documentation
12.7. Contribute Artwork or Videos
12.8. Conferences
12.8.1. As an Attendee
12.8.2. As a Speaker
12.8.3. As a Volunteer
12.9. Summary
5. GOING BEYOND THE BASICS
13. Advanced Tasks
13.1. Backups
13.1.1. KBackup
13.1.2. Life Preserver
13.1.3. System Snapshots
13.2. Upgrading PC-BSD
13.3. Restoring PC-BSD
13.3.1. Single User Mode
13.3.2. Using /rescue
13.4. Custom Installation
13.4.1. Custom Configuration with pcinstall.cfg
13.4.2. Starting a Custom Install
13.5. Rolling Your Own ISO
13.6. Jail Management with The Warden
13.7. Thin Client Server
13.8. PC-BSD-Specific Scripts and Programs
13.8.1. Mini-Registry
13.9. Summary
14. Becoming a Developer
14.1. PC-BSD Release Engineering Process
14.2. System Developer Resources
14.3. Getting System Source
14.4. Overview of PBI Development Process
14.5. PBI Developer Resources
14.6. Converting a FreeBSD Port Using PBI Builder
14.6.1. Building Your First PBI
14.6.2. Advanced Module Configuration
14.6.3. Troubleshooting
14.6.4. Testing and Submitting Your PBI
14.7. Summary
A. Reference Tables
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