A
- AbiWord, AbiWord
- absolute pathnames, Absolute and relative pathnames
- accelerated
graphics cards, XFree86 servers, Configuring X
- access
mode, File Permissions
- defined, Glossary
- ls
command, Displaying directory contents
- access
permissions, File Permissions
- accounts
- modifying, Modifying a user account, Modifying a user account
- user
accounts, User Accounts
- adapters,
sound, Configuring Sound, Configuring Sound
- Additional Language Support
screen, Configure the Language
- addresses, Apache web
server, Configuring Apache
- adduser command, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- administration
- groups, Configuring groups
- new, Configuring groups
- LANs,
Neat and, LAN Administration Using Neat, Configuring DNS
- modular
drivers, Administering Modular Drivers
- users
- deleting, Deleting a user account
- new, Adding a new user
- alias command, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- aliases, Hardware device options, Loading Modular Drivers at Boot Time
- command, Shell Aliases
- defined, Glossary
- root, Shell Aliases
- self-aliased
commands, Shell Aliases
- Unix
shell, Shell Aliases
- anonymous
FTP, Running an FTP Server
- Anonymous FTP Server package
group, Selecting Packages
- Apache web
server, Running Apache
- configuration, Configuring Apache
- HTML pages, Starting and Stopping Apache
- installation, Installing Apache
- Links browser, Starting and Stopping Apache
- log
files, Starting and Stopping Apache
- performance, Configuring Apache
- starting/stopping, Starting and Stopping Apache
- virtual hosts, Configuring Apache
- applets, The GNOME Start Here Facility
- GNOME, The GNOME Panel
- downloading, Using GNOME Terminal
- launcher
applets, The GNOME Panel
- apropos command, Using apropos, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- arguments, Glossary
- boot arguments, General Boot Arguments
- bus mouses, Bus Mouse Boot Arguments
- CD-ROMs, IDE Hard Drive and CD-ROM Boot Arguments
- floppy drives, Floppy Drive Boot Arguments
- IDE hard drives, IDE Hard Drive and CD-ROM Boot Arguments
- parallel
ports, Parallel Port Printer Boot Arguments
- RAM disks, RAM Disk Boot Arguments
- SCSI host adapters,
SCSI Host Adapter Boot Arguments
- command
line, Commands and Arguments
- shell
scripts, Processing Arguments
- at command, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- atq command, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- atrm command, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- audio cards, Sound
and Multimedia package group, Selecting Packages
- Audio Mixer, GNOME
- authentication
- configuration, Configure User Accounts and Authentication
- FTP
servers, Running an FTP Server
- Authoring and Publishing package
group, Selecting Packages
B
- background, Glossary
- jobs,
displaying, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- placing jobs
in, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- backups,
Samba, Using the Linux Samba Client for File Backup and Recovery
- bash shell, Conquering the bash Shell
- built-in
commands, Commands and Arguments
- command
completion, Correcting Commands
- Command Line Interface
(CLI), Issuing Shell Commands
- command-line
format, Commands and Arguments
- commands, Issuing Shell Commands
- filename completion, Correcting Commands
- history
list, Correcting Commands
- terminal
window, Issuing Shell Commands
- Bell Labs, Multics
and, The Origins of Linux
- bg command, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- BIND (Berkeley Internet Name
Daemon), Configuring DNS
- BIOS
(Basic Input/Output
System), Glossary
- GRUB, booting
and, The GRUB Loader
- motherboards, Motherboard
- blocklists, GRUB, The GRUB Loader
- boot
arguments
- bus
mouses, Bus Mouse Boot Arguments
- CD-ROMs, IDE Hard Drive and CD-ROM Boot Arguments
- floppy
drives, Floppy Drive Boot Arguments
- IDE hard
drives, IDE Hard Drive and CD-ROM Boot Arguments
- parallel ports, Parallel Port Printer Boot Arguments
- RAM disks, RAM Disk Boot Arguments
- SCSI host adapters,
SCSI Host Adapter Boot Arguments
- boot
disk
- creating, Creating a Boot Floppy, Create a Boot Floppy, Creating a Boot Floppy
- defined, Glossary
- GNOME, Creating a Boot Floppy
- mkbootdisk
command, Creating a Boot Floppy
- using, Using a Boot Floppy
- boot filesystem, mounting, The GRUB Loader
- boot
loader, Booting Linux
- configuration, Configure the Boot Loader
- GRUB
Loader, The GRUB Loader
- kernel
parameters, Configure the Boot Loader
- boot parameters, Boot Parameters
- /boot
partition, Obtaining Sufficient Disk Space, Create the /boot partition
- allowable
drives, Create the /boot partition
- filesystems,
type, Create the /boot partition
- mount
point, Create the /boot partition
- size, Create the /boot partition
- boot
sectors, The GRUB Loader
- defined, Glossary
- booting
- boot disk,
creating, Creating a Boot Floppy
- boot
loaders, Booting Linux
- CD-ROM, Start the Installation
- floppy
disk, Drives, Booting Linux
- GRUB, Booting Linux
- installation
program, Boot the Installation Program
- loadln
utility, Configure the Boot Loader, Managing the Boot Process, Booting Linux, The loadlin Loader
- messages,
displaying, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- rebooting, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- virus protection
software and, Booting Linux
- bootloader
(LILO), Workstation Installation
- BootPrompt-HOWTO, Booting Linux
- break command, The break and continue commands
- broadcast option, network
configuration, Configure Networking
- browsers (see web
browsers)
- BSD (Berkeley Systems Division)
Unix, The Origins of Linux
- built-in commands, Commands and Arguments
- bus mouses, boot
arguments, Bus Mouse Boot Arguments
- buttons, installation
interface, Understanding the Installer’s User Interface
C
- C programming language, The Origins of Linux
- cable modems,
configuration, Configuring Linux to Use a Cable or DSL Modem
- caching
name server, configuration, Configuring DNS
- cal
command, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- calendar,
displaying, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- canceling jobs, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- capplets, GNOME, The GNOME Start Here Facility
- case command, The case command
- case sensitivity, commands, Commands and Arguments
- cat
command, Displaying the contents of a file, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- cd command, Changing the working directory, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- CD Player, GNOME
- CD-ROM
drives, Drives
- configuration
information, Collecting Configuration Information from Windows
- CD-ROMs, Filesystems
- boot
arguments, IDE Hard Drive and CD-ROM Boot Arguments
- burning, Sound and
Multimedia Support package group, Selecting Packages
- installing
from, Start the Installation
- CD-Writing-HOWTO, Booting Linux
- CDROM-HOWTO, Booting Linux
- chainloader command (GRUB), The GRUB Loader
- changing directories, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- characters, displaying
number, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- chatting, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- checkboxes, installation
interface, Understanding the Installer’s User Interface
- chgrp command, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- chmod command, Working with file permissions, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- chown command, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- CIFS (Common Internet
File System), Samba
- Classic X Window System package
group, Selecting Packages
- clear command, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- CLI (Command Line
Interface), Linux Features and Performance, Issuing Shell Commands
- client
configuration, Samba, Samba Client Configuration and Use
- clients
- defined, Glossary
- DHCP,
configuration, Configuring DHCP Clients
- Linux client,
Samba, Linux Client
- clipboard, KDE panel, The KDE Panel
- clock
- GNOME
applet, The GNOME Panel
- KDE
panel, The KDE Panel
- Clockchip,
Xconfigurator, Configuring X
- CMOS, floppy drive
booting, Using a Boot Floppy
- cmp command, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- color depth, video, Configuring X
- command completion, bash
shell, Correcting Commands
- command
interpreter
- defined, Glossary
- pausing, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- Command Line Interface
(CLI), Linux Features and Performance
- command-line format
- arguments, Commands and Arguments
- command
prompt, Working with the Linux Command Prompt, Commands and Arguments
- options, Commands and Arguments
- commands, Issuing Shell Commands
- (see also specific
command names)
- aliases, Shell Aliases
- bash
shell, Issuing Shell Commands
- built-in, Commands and Arguments
- case
sensitivity, Commands and Arguments
- correcting typing
errors, Correcting Commands
- directories
and, Using Commands That Work with Directories
- external, Commands and Arguments
- firewalls, Controlling the Firewall
- FTP
servers, Testing the FTP Server
- GRUB, The GRUB Loader
- issuing, Organization of This Book
- man
pages, Using man, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- options, Glossary
- self-aliased, Shell Aliases
- shell, Issuing Shell Commands
- system
administration, Commands and Arguments
- system
information, Viewing System Information
- system
status, Viewing System Information
- comparing files, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- diff
command, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- discrepancies, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- complex operations, Unix
shell, The Power of the Unix Shell
- compressed files, Working with compressed files, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- expanding, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- ZIP files, Working with compressed files
- conditional logic, shell
scripts, Conditional Logic
- config.sys
file, Collecting Configuration Information from Windows, Configuring loadlin
- configuration
- Apache web
server, Configuring Apache
- authentication, Configure User Accounts and Authentication
- boot
loader, Configure the Boot Loader
- cable
modems, Configuring Linux to Use a Cable or DSL Modem
- caching name
server, Configuring DNS
- collecting
information, Collecting Information About Your System, Collecting Configuration Information from Windows
- date/time, Date/Time Properties
- desktop, Switching Desktops
- DHCP
clients, Configuring DHCP Clients
- DHCP
server, Configuring the DHCP Service
- DNS, Configuring DNS
- DSL
modems, Configuring Linux to Use a Cable or DSL Modem
- Enlightenment
window manager, Using Nautilus
- filesystem
mounting, User Mount Tool
- firewalls, Configure Networking, Configuring the Firewall
- glyphs, Configuring the Locale
- GNOME, Configuring GNOME, The GNOME Panel
- GnoRPM, Configuring GnoRPM
- groups, User and Group Administration, Configuring groups
- hardware, Hardware Browser
- IP
masquerading, Configuring IP Masquerading
- KDE, The KDE Panel, The KDE Main Menu
- keyboard, Configuring the Locale
- language, Configure the Language
- loadln, Configuring loadlin
- locale, Configuring the Locale
- mail
servers, Configuring a Mail Server
- modem,
rp3, Configuring Your Modem Using rp3, Configuring rp3
- mouse, Select the Mouse Type
- Netscape
Communicator, Netscape Navigator and Communicator
- network
devices, Configuring Devices
- networks, Configure Networking, Configure Networking
- devices, Configuring Devices
- DNS, Configuring DNS
- hardware, Configuring Hardware
- hosts, Configuring Hosts
- nongraphical
login, Configuring a Nongraphical Login
- passwords, Change Password
- printers, Configuring a Printer
- local, Configuring a Printer
- parallel
ports, Configuring a Printer
- queues,
new, Configuring a Printer
- rp3, Configuring rp3
- runlevels, Configuring a Nongraphical Login
- Samba, Configuring Samba
- client
configuration, Samba Client Configuration and Use
- viewing
configuration, Viewing Samba Server Configuration
- sound, Configuring Sound, Configuring Sound
- system
clock, Configure the System Clock
- users, User and Group Administration, Configuring groups
- video, Configure Video
- custom
graphics, Selecting custom graphics options
- monitor, Identifying your system’s monitor
- wvdial, The /etc/wvdial.conf File
- X Window
System, Configuring X
- manual, Manually Configuring X, Screen Section
- troubleshooting, Selecting custom graphics options
- Xconfigurator, Configuring X
- conflicting files,
RPM, Conflicting File
- consoles, virtual (see virtual
consoles)
- continue command, The break and continue commands
- Control Panel,
KDE
- configuration, The KDE Control Panel
- desktop, The KDE Desktop
- Control Panel,
Windows 95/98, Collecting Configuration Information from Windows
- copying
- files, Copying a file, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- Nautilus,
GNOME, Using Nautilus
- subdirectories, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- text, X Window
System, Copying and pasting text
- copylefting, Free Software
- correcting command
typing errors, Correcting Commands
- cost, Linux Features and Performance
- cp command, Copying a file, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- current working
directory, Home and working directories
- cursor
- input
focus, Understanding the Installer’s User Interface
- installation
interface, Understanding the Installer’s User Interface
- Custom installation, Custom Installation
- cylinders, hard
disks, How Hard Disks Are Organized
D
- daemons, Glossary
- data organization, How Linux Organizes Data
- data
protection, Server Installation
- data
storage, Linux Features and Performance
- databases,
RPM, Querying the RPM Database
- date command, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- date/time
- configuration, Date/Time Properties
- displaying, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- GNOME
applet, The GNOME Panel
- system clock
configuration, Configure the System Clock
- time
zone, Date/Time Properties
- Date/Time Properties Tool, Date/Time Properties
- Debian
GNU/Linux, Linux Distributions
- deleting
- directories, Removing a directory, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- files, Removing a file, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- Nautilus,
GNOME, Using Nautilus
- partitions, Identifying an unused partition, Deleting a partition
- users, Deleting a user account
- dependency, packages, Failed Dependency
- desktop, Using Nautilus
- computer
sales, Desktop and Server Operating Systems
- default, Switching Desktops
- defined, Glossary
- environments, Workstation Installation, Desktop Environments
- GNOME, GNOME, Using the GNOME Desktop, GNOME Resources
- KDE, KDE, Using the KDE Desktop, KDE Resources
- pager, Virtual Desktop
- switching, Switching Desktops
- systems, Linux
as, Desktop and Server Operating Systems
- Desktop icon, KDE panel, The KDE Panel
- Desktop Switching Tool, Switching Desktops
- developers, How Linux Is Different
- Device Manager, Windows
95/98, Collecting Configuration Information from Windows
- Device section, X
configuration, Device Section
- devices, Devices
- enabling/disabling, General device options
- Ethernet,
nicknames, General device options
- mounting, Mounting and Unmounting Filesystems, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- networks
- configuration, Configuring Devices
- protocols, Device protocol options
- partitions, Devices
- startup
and, General device options
- swapping,
disabling, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- df command, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- DHCP server, Configure Networking, Setting Up a DHCP Server
- configuration, Configuring the DHCP Service
- clients, Configuring DHCP Clients
- installation, Installing the DHCP Server
- starting, Starting the DHCP Service
- DIAGNOSIS.txt file, Samba, Troubleshooting Samba
- dialog boxes, installation
interface, Understanding the Installer’s User Interface
- Dialup Support package
group, Selecting Packages
- diff command, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- Digital Equipment Corporation, X Window System
and, Using X
- directories, Filesystems, Directories and Paths
- / (slash) in
filename, Creating a directory
- changing, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- commands, Using Commands That Work with Directories
- creating, Creating a directory, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- deleting, Removing a directory, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- displaying
contents, Displaying directory contents
- /dosutils, Installing loadlin
- dot (.) in
names, Displaying directory contents
- home
directory, Home and working directories, Glossary
- moving, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- on
the path, Running programs
- ownership, Working with file permissions
- pathnames, Absolute and relative pathnames
- removing, Removing a directory
- root, Glossary
- subdirectories,
copying, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- working
directory, Home and working directories, Glossary
- absolute
path, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- changing, Changing the working directory
- displaying, Displaying the working directory
- directory
tree, The directory tree, Linux Directory Tree
- disabling devices, General device options
- Disk Drives icon,
Windows 95/98, Collecting Configuration Information from Windows
- disk drives, fixed, Viewing Disk Partitions
- Disk
Druid, Create Partitions, Use Disk Druid
- editing
partitions, Editing a partition
- resetting
partitions, Starting over
- disk
space, Drives
- free, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- used,
displaying, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- disks
- boot disk
creation, Creating a Boot Floppy
- formatting, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- distributions, How Linux Is Different, Linux Distributions
- defined, Glossary
- dmesg command, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- DNS (Domain Name
Server), Networking Overview
- configuration, Configuring DNS, Configuring DNS
- defined, Glossary
- DNS
Name Server package group, Selecting Packages
- network
configuration, Configure Networking
- DocBook, Selecting Packages
- documentation, system
configuration, Collecting Information About Your System, Collecting Configuration Information from Windows
- dollar sign ($), in shell
variables, Shell Variables
- domain, DNS
configuration, Configuring DNS
- DOS (see MS-DOS)
- DOSKEY
editor, Correcting Commands
- /dosutils
directory, Installing loadlin
- dot (.) in naming
conventions, Displaying directory contents
- dots within pathnames, Absolute and relative pathnames
- dotted quad notation, Glossary
- downloading
- Linux, Desktop and Server Operating Systems
- packages, Finding Packages
- drag and drop operations,
GNOME, Using Nautilus
- drawers (GNOME
desktop), The GNOME Panel
- drive icons, GNOME, Drive icons
- Drive icons, KDE desktop, The KDE Desktop
- drive
letters, How Hard Disks Are Organized
- partitions, Adding a partition
- drivers
- Ethernet, loadable
drivers, Loadable Ethernet Drivers
- graphics
cards, Configuring X
- modular
- adminstration, Administering Modular Drivers
- loading
at boot time, Loading Modular Drivers at Boot Time
- loading
dynamically, Dynamically Loading a Modular Driver
- video
driver, Configuring X
- DSL modems,
configuration, Configuring Linux to Use a Cable or DSL Modem
- du command, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- dual
boot, Reasons to Choose or Not Choose Linux, Workstation Installation
- dynamically linked libraries,
Opera, Opera
E
- echo
command, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- shell variables, Shell Variables
- echo requests, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- paths,
host, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- editing
partitions, Editing a partition
- editors
- GRUB, The GRUB Loader
- pico, Using the pico Editor
- launching, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- EIDE (Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics),
defined, Glossary
- EISA system
bus, Motherboard
- elm, GNOME
- Emacs package group, Selecting Packages
- email
- mail
command, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- Messaging and Web Tools
package group, Selecting Packages
- enabling devices, General device options
- Enlightenment window
manager, Copying and pasting text
- configuring, Using Nautilus
- environment variables, Shell Variables
- environments, desktop (see desktop
environments)
- Ethernet
- defined, Glossary
- device
nicknames, General device options
- drivers,
loadable, Loadable Ethernet Drivers
- Ethernet Device
dialog box, General device options
- Ethernet-HOWTO, Booting Linux
- MAC (Media Access
Control), Hardware device options
- Everything package
group, Selecting Packages
- exit
code, Exit Codes
- expanding compressed
files, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- expiring passwords, Modifying a user account
- exporting shell variables, Shell Variables
- external
commands, Commands and Arguments
F
- failed
dependency, packages, Failed Dependency
- FAT
(file allocation
table), How Hard Disks Are Organized
- Favorites, GNOME, Start Here icon
- fdformat
command, Formatting a Floppy Disk, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- fdisk command, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- fdisk
utility, Viewing Disk Partitions
- partitions and, Create Partitions
- unused
partitions, Identifying an unused partition
- features, Linux Features and Performance
- fg command, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- file command, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- file compression, expanding
files, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- file
managers, Using Nautilus
- GNOME
access, Home directory icon
- Konqueror, Using Konqueror
- Nautilus,
GNOME, Using Nautilus
- file
permissions, File Permissions, Working with file permissions
- file recovery,
Samba, Using the Linux Samba Client for File Backup and Recovery
- file
sharing
- Samba, Configuring file share parameters
- Windows File Server package
group, Selecting Packages
- filename completion, bash
shell, Correcting Commands
- filename globbing,
shell, Filename Globbing
- filename
metacharacters, Filename Globbing
- filenames
- dot (.)
in, Displaying directory contents
- slash (/)
in, Creating a directory
- files, Filesystems
- access
time, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- comparing, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- compressed, Working with compressed files, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- contents,
displaying, Displaying the contents of a file, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- copying, Copying a file, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- Nautilus,
GNOME, Using Nautilus
- deleting, Removing a file, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- Nautilus,
GNOME, Using Nautilus
- displaying, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- end
lines, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- finding, Finding a file
- formatting,
printing, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- gz, Working with compressed files
- hidden, Displaying directory contents, Glossary
- large
- displaying, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- less
command, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- listing, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- modes,
changing, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- moving, Renaming or moving a file, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- Nautilus,
GNOME, Using Nautilus
- names,
links, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- ownership, Working with file permissions
- changing, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- permissions, File Permissions
- printing, Printing a file
- queuing for
printing, Printing a file
- removing, Removing a file
- renaming, Renaming or moving a file
- Nautilus,
GNOME, Using Nautilus
- sorting, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- splitting, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- swap
files, Glossary
- tar
files, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- transferring to remote
system, Using SSH
- type, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- ZIP
files, Working with compressed files
- Files section, X
configuration, Files Section
- filesystems, How Hard Disks Are Organized, Filesystems
- (see also partitions)
- creating, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- floppy
disks, Filesystems, Formatting a Floppy Disk
- journal, Filesystems
- mounting, User Mount Tool
- operating systems
and, What Is Linux?
- type
- /
partition, Create the / partition
- /boot
partition, Create the /boot partition
- swap
partition, Create the swap partition
- types, Filesystems
- unmounting, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- filters, Input/Output Redirection and Piping
- find command, Finding a file, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- Find Packages window,
GnoRPM, Querying, Verifying, and Uninstalling Packages
- finger command, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- fips
utility, Shrinking a partition
- firewalls, Implementing a Basic Firewall
- commands, Controlling the Firewall
- configuration, Configure Networking, Configuring the Firewall
- fixed disk drives, Viewing Disk Partitions
- floppy
disks
- boot disk, Drives, Booting Linux, Creating a Boot Floppy
- Boot Disk Creation
screen, Create a Boot Floppy
- creating, Creating a Boot Floppy
- filesystems, Filesystems
- formatting, Formatting a Floppy Disk, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- floppy drive boot
arguments, Floppy Drive Boot Arguments
- folder contents, Nautilus
and, Using Nautilus
- for command, The for command
- foreground, Glossary
- jobs, moving
to, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- formatting
- files for
printing, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- floppy
disks, Formatting a Floppy Disk, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- partitions, How Hard Disks Are Organized
- free command, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- free disk space,
displaying, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- free operating
systems, Desktop and Server Operating Systems, How Linux Is Different
- free software, Free Software
- copylefting, Free Software
- Free Software Foundation
(FSF), Free Software
- Ftape-HOWTO, Booting Linux
- FTP (File Transfer
Protocol), gFTP FTP Client, Glossary
- (see also gFTP)
- ftp command, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- opening
connection, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- rpm command, General rpm Options
- servers, Selecting Packages, Running an FTP Server
- anonymous
connection, Running an FTP Server
- authentication, Running an FTP Server
- commands, Testing the FTP Server
- installation, Installing and Starting the FTP Server
- packet
sniffers, Running an FTP Server
- root
user, Testing the FTP Server
- testing, Testing the FTP Server
- wu-ftp, Running an FTP Server
- sites, Drives
G
- games, GNOME
- GNOME, GNOME
- KDE, KDE
- Games and Entertainment package
group, Selecting Packages
- Gateway
option, network configuration, Configure Networking
- gateways, networks, Networking Overview
- gEdit, GNOME
- General Electric,
Multics and, The Origins of Linux
- geometry of hard
disks, How Hard Disks Are Organized
- gFTP, GNOME, gFTP FTP Client
- Ghostview, GNOME
- GIMP (GNU Image
Manipulation Program), Selecting Packages, GNOME, The GIMP
- global variables,
Samba, Configuring global variables, Configuring global variables
- glossary, Glossary
- glyphs, configuration, Configuring the Locale
- GNOME, Workstation Installation, GNOME
- boot disk
creation, Creating a Boot Floppy
- capplets, The GNOME Start Here Facility
- clock, The GNOME Panel
- configuration, Configuring GNOME, The GNOME Panel
- drag and
drop, Using Nautilus
- Favorites, Start Here icon
- logging
out, Using GNOME
- login, Logging into GNOME
- main
menu, Configuring the GNOME Main Menu
- multimedia
applications, GNOME
- Nautilus, The GNOME Panel, Using Nautilus
- package
installation, Installing X
- pager, The GNOME Panel
- preferences, Start Here icon
- Programs
icon, Start Here icon
- resources, GNOME Resources
- rp3
configuration and, Configuring rp3
- Server
Configurator, Start Here icon
- session
awareness, GNOME
- Start
Here, The GNOME Start Here Facility
- System Settings
icons, Start Here icon
- themes, Themes
- GNOME desktop, The GNOME Desktop, Using Nautilus
- drive
icons, Drive icons
- Help
Viewer, The GNOME Panel
- Home
Directory, Home directory icon
- pop-up
menus, The GNOME Desktop
- Trash
icon, Trash icon
- GNOME
Office, GNOME Office, The GIMP
- AbiWord, AbiWord
- GIMP, The GIMP
- Gnumeric, Gnumeric
- GNOME package group, Selecting Packages
- GNOME panel, The GNOME Panel
- applets, The GNOME Panel
- drawers, The GNOME Panel
- launchers, The GNOME Panel
- main menu, The GNOME Panel
- Mozilla
launcher, The GNOME Panel
- Start
Here, The GNOME Panel
- Task
list, The GNOME Panel
- GNOME Terminal, The GNOME Panel, Using GNOME Terminal
- shell
commands, Using GNOME Terminal
- GNOME UserÕs Guide, The GNOME Panel
- GNOMEdesktop, Using GNOME
- GnoRPM, Gnome RPM
- Apache server
installation, Installing Apache
- BIND
installation, Configuring DNS
- configuration, Configuring GnoRPM
- finding new
packages, Finding New Packages
- installation, Installing GnoRPM
- packages, Installing and Upgrading Packages
- launching, Launching GnoRPM
- ppp package
and, Installing rp3
- querying
packages, Querying, Verifying, and Uninstalling Packages
- rp3 package
and, Installing rp3
- Samba
installation, Installing the Samba Server
- SSH
installation, Installing SSH
- uninstalling
packages, Querying, Verifying, and Uninstalling Packages
- upgrading
packages, Installing and Upgrading Packages
- verifying
packages, Querying, Verifying, and Uninstalling Packages
- wvdial package
and, Installing rp3
- Gnumeric, GNOME
- GNOME
Office, Gnumeric
- GPL (GNU Public License), Free Software, Glossary
- Grand Unified Boot
Loader (see GRUB)
- Graphical Interface (X) Configuration
screen, Configure Video
- graphical login,
failed, Failed Graphical Login
- graphical user
interface (see GUI)
- Graphics and Image Manipulation package
group, Selecting Packages
- graphics
cards, Collecting Configuration Information from Windows
- (see also video cards/video
adapters)
- drivers, Configuring X
- XFree86
servers, Configuring X
- graphics, custom
configuration, Selecting custom graphics options
- grep command, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- Group access, File Permissions
- Group permission, Working with file permissions
- groups, File Permissions
- administration, User and Group Administration, Configuring groups
- changing, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- configuration, Configuring groups
- creating, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- ls
command, Displaying directory contents
- new, Configuring groups
- package
groups, Selecting Packages
- root
and, Working with file permissions
- GRUB (Grand
Unified Boot
Loader), Managing the Boot Process
- blocklists, The GRUB Loader
- configuration, Configure the Boot Loader
- editor commands, The GRUB Loader
- installation, The GRUB Loader
- MBR and, The GRUB Loader
- passwords, Configure the Boot Loader
- GRUB (Grand Unified Boot Loader),booting
and, Booting Linux
- GRUB Loader, The GRUB Loader
- GUI (graphical user
interface), The X Window System, Workstation Installation,
Advanced Shell Usage and Shell Scripts, Glossary
- Classic X Window System package
group, Selecting Packages
- X Window and, The X Window System
- gunzip command, Working with compressed files, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- gz files (compressed), Working with compressed files
- gzip command, Working with compressed files
H
- hard
disks
- configuration
information, Collecting Configuration Information from Windows
- cylinders, How Hard Disks Are Organized
- geometry, How Hard Disks Are Organized
- GRUB
reference, The GRUB Loader
- installation
- new, Installing a new disk drive
- preparation, Preparing Your Hard Disk
- LBA, How Hard Disks Are Organized
- organization
of, How Hard Disks Are Organized
- partition
information, Viewing Disk Partitions
- sectors, How Hard Disks Are Organized
- space, Drives
- structure, How Hard Disks Are Organized
- hard links, Working with links
- hardware
- configuration, Hardware Browser
- networks, Configuring Hardware
- networks,
options, Hardware device options
- variations,
operating system and, What Is Linux?
- Hardware Browser Tool, Hardware Browser
- hardware
requirements, Minimum Hardware Requirements
- disk
space, Drives
- hard disk, Drives
- motherboards, Motherboard
- Hardware-HOWTO, Booting Linux
- head command, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- header, displaying, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- heads, hard
disk, How Hard Disks Are Organized
- Help
- installation, Getting Help
- installation
interface, Understanding the Installer’s User Interface
- Help Viewer, GNOME, The GNOME Panel
- hidden
files, Displaying directory contents, Glossary
- hide button, KDE panel, The KDE Panel
- High security, firewalls, Configuring the Firewall
- history list, bash shell, Correcting Commands
- history of
Linux, The Origins of Linux
- timeline, The Linux Kernel
- home
directory, Home and working directories, Glossary
- Home
Directory
- GNOME desktop, Home directory icon
- KDE
desktop, The KDE Desktop
- home directory icon
(GNOME), Home directory icon
- host
- defined, Glossary
- naming, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- host
configuration, networks, Configuring Hosts
- hostname, Glossary
- DNS
configuration, Configuring DNS
- DNS information
and, Device protocol options
- IP
addresses, Networking Overview
- network
configuration, Configure Networking
- hostname command, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- HOWTOs
- BootPrompt-HOWTO, Booting Linux
- CD-Writing-HOWTO, Booting Linux
- CDROM-HOWTO, Booting Linux
- Ethernet-HOWTO, Booting Linux
- Ftape-HOWTO, Booting Linux
- Hardware-HOWTO, Booting Linux
- Multi-Disk-HOWTO, Booting Linux
- PCI-HOWTO, Booting Linux
- PCMCIA-HOWTO, Booting Linux
- HTML (Hypertext Markup
Language), Glossary
- HTML pages, Apache web
server, Starting and Stopping Apache
I
- IDE hard drives, boot
arguments, IDE Hard Drive and CD-ROM Boot Arguments
- IDE, defined, Glossary
- if command, The if command
- ifconfig command
- Internet
connection, Connecting to Your ISP
- periscope, Periscope: A Useful Networking Script
- info command, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- init command, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- initrd command
(GRUB), The GRUB Loader
- input
focus
- cursor, Understanding the Installer’s User Interface
- windows, Keyboard Operations
- input/output
- completing
operations, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- piping, Input/Output Redirection and Piping
- redirection, Input/Output Redirection and Piping
- insmod command, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- installation,
Preparing to Install Red Hat Linux
- Apache web
server, Installing Apache
- boot
floppy, Creating a Boot Floppy
- booting
installation program, Boot the Installation Program
- CD-ROM, Start the Installation
- DHCP
server, Installing the DHCP Server
- FTP
servers, Installing and Starting the FTP Server
- GnoRPM, Installing GnoRPM
- GRUB, The GRUB Loader
- hard
disk, Preparing Your Hard Disk
- hardware
requirements, Minimum Hardware Requirements
- Help, Getting Help
- information
collection, Collecting Information About Your System, Collecting Configuration Information from Windows
- interface, Understanding the Installer’s User Interface
- keyboard
type, Select the Keyboard Type
- missing, Boot the Installation Program
- KOffice, Installing KOffice
- mouse
configuration, Select the Mouse Type
- new disk
drives, Installing a new disk drive
- packages, Selecting Packages, Installing the Packages, Installing a Package
- GnoRPM, Installing and Upgrading Packages
- partition
creation, Create Partitions
- partitionless, Obtaining Sufficient Disk Space
- preparation,
Preparing to Install Red Hat Linux
- Red Hat install
utility, Identifying an unused partition
- resource
guides, Additional Resources
- rp3, Installing rp3
- Samba, Installing the Samba Server
- sendmail, Configuring a Mail Server
- sound
adapter, Information You Need
- SSH, Installing SSH
- starting
process, Start the Installation
- types, Installation Types
- selecting, Select the Installation Type
- virtual
consoles, monitoring and, Use Virtual Consoles to Monitor the Installation
- Workstation, Workstation Installation
- X Window
System, Installing X
- GNOME packages, Installing X
- KDE packages, Installing X
- interfaces, The Origins of Linux, The X Window System
- installation, Boot the Installation Program
- keyboard
type, Select the Keyboard Type
- installation
process, Understanding the Installer’s User Interface
- ISP
connection, Connecting to Your ISP
- networks, Networking Overview
- Internet, Reasons to Choose or Not Choose Linux
- defined, Glossary
- Internet
connections
- failure,
rp3 and, Connecting to Your ISP
- ISPs, Connecting to Your ISP, Connecting to Your ISP
- PPP, rp3 and, Configuring Your Modem Using rp3
- termination, Terminating an Internet Connection
- wvdial, Using wvdial
- iobase option, SCSI host adapter boot
arguments,
SCSI Host Adapter Boot Arguments
- IP addresses
- aliases, Hardware device options
- hostname, Networking Overview
- network
configuration, Configure Networking
- IP masquerading, Implementing a Basic Firewall
- configuration, Configuring IP Masquerading
- IP numbers, defined, Glossary
- IRDA (infrared data
interconnection), Laptop Installation
- Laptop Support
package group, Selecting Packages
- ISA system
bus, Motherboard
- ispell command, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- ISPs
(Internet Service Providers), connecting to, Connecting to Your ISP, Connecting to Your ISP
- issuing
commands, Organization of This Book
K
- kbdconfig command, Select the Keyboard Type
- KDE, Workstation Installation, KDE, Using KDE
- configuration, The KDE Panel, The KDE Main Menu
- Control Panel
configuration, The KDE Control Panel
- installation, Installing X
- KOffice, KDE
- installation, Installing KOffice
- Konqueror, Using Konqueror, Using Konqueror
- licensing, KDE
- login, Logging into KDE
- main
menu, The KDE Main Menu
- multimedia
applications, GNOME
- resources, KDE Resources
- rp3 configuration
and, Configuring rp3
- themes, KDE Themes
- KDE Control Center, configuration
and, The KDE Control Center
- KDE desktop, KDE’s Desktop, The KDE Desktop
- KDE package group, Selecting Packages
- KDE
Panel, The KDE Panel, The KDE Panel
- KDE Terminal, Using KDE Terminal
- kernel, The Linux Kernel
- defined, Glossary
- monolithic, Loadable Ethernet Drivers
- parameters, Configure the Boot Loader
- partitions, Adding a partition
- kernel command
(GRUB), The GRUB Loader
- Kernel Development package
group, Selecting Packages
- keyboard
- command
editing, bash shell, Correcting Commands
- configuration, Configuring the Locale
- installation
interface, Select the Keyboard Type
- operations
with, Terminal Windows and Pop-up Menus
- operations,
X, Keyboard Operations
- Keyboard section, X
configuration, Keyboard Section
- keystrokes, virtual
consoles, Use Virtual Consoles to Monitor the Installation
- keywords
- apropos
command, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- descriptions, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- Kfract, KDE
- kill a process, Glossary
- kill command, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- killall command, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- Kmedia, KDE
- Kmines, KDE
- Kmix, KDE
- Konqueror, Using Konqueror, Using Konqueror
- Korganizer, The KDE Panel
- Kpoker, KDE
- Ktetris, KDE
- Kview, KDE
L
- LAN
(Local Area Network) administration, Neat, LAN Administration Using Neat, Configuring DNS
- language configuration, Configure the Language
- Laptop Support package
group, Selecting Packages
- large disk support, Viewing Disk Partitions
- launch icons, KDE panel, The KDE Panel
- launcher
applets, The GNOME Panel
- launchers, GNOME panel, The GNOME Panel
- launching
- GnoRPM, Launching GnoRPM
- KOffice
applications, Using KOffice
- programs, Running programs
- LBA (logical block
addressing), How Hard Disks Are Organized
- leasing configuration,
DHCP, Configuring the DHCP Service
- Legacy Application Support package
group, Selecting Packages
- less command, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- licensing, Desktop and Server Operating Systems
- copylefting, Free Software
- KDE, KDE
- LILO (Linux loader)
utility, Workstation Installation, Glossary
- lines, displaying
number, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- links
- file
references, Working with links
- ls
command, Displaying directory contents
- symbolic, Glossary
- Links browser, Links
- Apache web
server and, Starting and Stopping Apache
- links
command, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- Linux
- commands, Organization of This Book
- quick
reference, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- distributions, How Linux Is Different, Linux Distributions
- downloading, Desktop and Server Operating Systems
- features, Linux Features and Performance
- history
of, The Origins of Linux, The Linux Kernel
- operating system
comparisons, How Linux Is Different
- performance, Linux Features and Performance
- pronunciation, What Is Linux?
- purchasing, How Linux Is Different
- reasons to use/not use
checklist, Reasons to Choose or Not Choose Linux
- releases, The Linux Kernel
- resources for further
information, Desktop and Server Operating Systems, Reasons to Choose or Not Choose Linux
- running
concurrently with Windows applications, Reasons to Choose or Not Choose Linux
- Unix
and, How Linux Is Different
- versions
of, The Linux Kernel
- Linux Documentation icon, KDE
desktop, The KDE Desktop
- Linux Documentation
Project, Other Web Sites
- Linux Filesystem Hierarchy Standard web
site, Linux Directory Tree
- Linux Web Ring web site, Other Web Sites
- list boxes, installation
interface, Understanding the Installer’s User Interface
- listing files, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- ln
command, Working with links, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- loading
- modular
drivers
- at boot time, Loading Modular Drivers at Boot Time
- dynamically, Dynamically Loading a Modular Driver
- modules, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- loadln utility, Managing the Boot Process, Booting Linux, The loadlin Loader
- booting
and, Configure the Boot Loader
- configuration, Configuring loadlin
- testing, Using loadlin
- Windows 95
and, Configuring loadlin
- local printers
- configuration, Configuring a Printer
- Printing
Support package group, Selecting Packages
- locale
- configuration, Configuring the Locale
- glyphs, Configuring the Locale
- locate command, Finding a file, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- log files, Apache
web server, Starting and Stopping Apache
- logical structure,
partitions, How Hard Disks Are Organized
- login, Logging In
- GNOME, Logging into GNOME
- graphical,
failed, Failed Graphical Login
- KDE, Logging into KDE
- nongraphical, Configuring a Nongraphical Login
- SSH, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- telnet, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- text-based,
starting/stopping X, Starting and Stopping X from a Text-based Login
- virtual
consoles, Logging In
- logout
- GNOME, Using GNOME
- KDE, The KDE Panel
- virtual
console, Logging Out
- lpq
command, Printing a file, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- lpr command, Printing a file, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- lprm command, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- ls
command, Displaying directory contents, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- lsmod
command, Administering Modular Drivers
M
- MAC (Media Access
Control), Hardware device options
- mail command, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- mail
servers
- configuration, Configuring a Mail Server
- MTA (Mail
Transfer Agent), Configuring a Mail Server
- main
menu
- GNOME, Configuring the GNOME Main Menu
- panel, The GNOME Panel
- KDE, The KDE Main Menu
- panel, The KDE Panel
- main window, installation
interface, Understanding the Installer’s User Interface
- man
command, Using man, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- manpages (manual pages), Using man, Glossary
- apropos command
and, Using apropos
- commands, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- displaying, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- manual configuration,
X, Manually Configuring X, Screen Section
- MBR (Master Boot
Record), The GRUB Loader
- defined, Glossary
- GRUB, Configure the Boot Loader
- MD5 passwords, Configure User Accounts and Authentication
- Medium security, firewalls, Configuring the Firewall
- memory
- displaying used and
free, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- motherboard, Motherboard
- Messaging and Web Tools package
group, Selecting Packages
- metacharacters
- file transfer
and, Using SSH
- filename
characters, Filename Globbing
- MIDI synthesizers, configuration
and, Configuring Sound
- minieditor,
shell, Correcting Commands
- MIT (Massachusetts
Institute of Technology), The X Window System
- Multics
and, The Origins of Linux
- X Window
System, Using X
- mkbootdisk command, Creating a Boot Floppy
- mkdir command, Creating a directory, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- mkfs command, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- mkswap command, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- modems
- configuration
- cable
modems, Configuring Linux to Use a Cable or DSL Modem
- DSL
modems, Configuring Linux to Use a Cable or DSL Modem
- rp3, Configuring Your Modem Using rp3, Configuring rp3
- rp3
installation, Installing rp3
- troubleshooting,
installation, Configuring rp3
- WinModems, Configuring rp3
- modes, changing, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- modification date, ls
command, Displaying directory contents
- modprobe
command, Administering Modular Drivers
- modular
drivers
- administration, Administering Modular Drivers
- loading
- at boot
time, Loading Modular Drivers at Boot Time
- dynamically, Dynamically Loading a Modular Driver
- modules, loading, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- monitor
- configuration, Identifying your system’s monitor
- vertical refresh
rate, Identifying your system’s monitor
- VESA, Monitor Section
- Monitor section, X
configuration, Monitor Section
- Monitor Setup dialog box,
Xconfigurator, Configuring X
- monochrome monitor support, Configuring X
- monolithic kernel, Loadable Ethernet Drivers
- more command, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- motherboards, Motherboard
- mount command, Mounting and Unmounting Drives, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- root partition, Installing loadlin
- mount points, Mounting and Unmounting Drives
- /
partition, Create the / partition
- /boot
partition, Create the /boot partition
- /swap
partition, Create the swap partition
- mounted devices,
reporting, Installing loadlin
- mounting
- boot
filesystem, The GRUB Loader
- defined, Glossary
- devices, Mounting and Unmounting Filesystems, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- filesystems, User Mount Tool
- mounting/unmounting devices, Mounting and Unmounting Drives
- mouse, Using X
- configuration, Select the Mouse Type
- configuration
information, Collecting Configuration Information from Windows
- right-clicking, Terminal Windows and Pop-up Menus
- X Window
System, Mouse Operations
- copying text, Copying and pasting text
- pasting text, Copying and pasting text
- mouseconfig command, Select the Mouse Type
- moving
- directories, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- files, Renaming or moving a file, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- Nautilus,
GNOME, Using Nautilus
- Mozilla web
browser, GNOME, The GNOME Panel, Mozilla
- MS-DOS, Linux Features and Performance
- loadln
and, Booting Linux
- prompt, Linux Features and Performance, Terminal Windows and Pop-up Menus, Issuing Shell Commands
- Prompt Window, bash
shell and, Issuing Shell Commands
- MTA (Mail Transfer Agent), Configuring a Mail Server
- Mult-Disk-HOWTO, Booting Linux
- Multics (Multiplexed
Information and Computing
Service), The Origins of Linux
- multimedia
adapters, configuration
information, Collecting Configuration Information from Windows
- mv command, Renaming or moving a file, Linux CommandQuick Reference
N
- named
(BIND), Configuring DNS
- names, ls command, Displaying directory contents
- Nautilus, GNOME, The GNOME Panel
- copying files, Using Nautilus
- deleting files, Using Nautilus
- moving files, Using Nautilus
- renaming files, Using Nautilus
- NcFTP, GNOME
- Neat, LAN Administration Using Neat, Configuring DNS
- NetBIOS, starting, Starting and Stopping Samba
- netmask,
network configuration, Configure Networking
- Netscape Navigator and
Communicator, Netscape Navigator and Communicator
- GNOME support
for, GNOME
- network adapter
cards, configuration information, Collecting Configuration Information from Windows
- network
applications,
GNOME, GNOME
- Network
Configuration screen, Configure Networking
- Network Managed Workstation package
group, Selecting Packages
- Network Support package
group, Selecting Packages
- networking
- configuration, Configure Networking, Configure Networking
- devices
- configuration, Configuring Devices
- protocols, Device protocol options
- DHCP servers,
configuration and, Configure Networking
- DNS,
configuration, Configuring DNS
- Ethernet, Glossary
- firewalls,
configuration, Configure Networking
- gateways, Networking Overview
- hardware
configuration, Configuring Hardware
- hardware
options, Hardware device options
- host
configuration, Configuring Hosts
- interfaces, Networking Overview
- overview, Networking Overview, Networking Overview
- routing, Device protocol options
- Samba, Samba
- security, Network Security Tips
- subnetworks, Networking Overview
- newgroup command, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- News Server package
group, Selecting Packages
- newsgroups,
Messaging and Web Tools package
group, Selecting Packages
- NFS
(Network File System)
servers, Drives
- NFS File Server package
group, Selecting Packages
- nicknames,
Ethernet devices, General device options
- NMB, starting, Starting and Stopping Samba
- nmbd daemon, Installing the Samba Server
- No Firewall security, Configuring the Firewall
- nongraphical login, Configuring a Nongraphical Login
- notation, dotted quad
notation, Glossary
- NTFS
filesystem, Linux Features and Performance
O
- office
suites
- GNOME Office, GNOME Office, The GIMP
- KOffice, KDE, KOffice, Using KOffice
- Online Help, installation
interface, Understanding the Installer’s User Interface
- openssh, Installing SSH
- Opera web browser, Opera
- operating
systems
- defined, Glossary
- filesystems
and, What Is Linux?
- free, Desktop and Server Operating Systems
- hardware
variations and, What Is Linux?
- licenses, Desktop and Server Operating Systems
- Linux, Desktop and Server Operating Systems
- overview, What Is Linux?, Linux Features and Performance
- sales of for desktop
computers, Desktop and Server Operating Systems
- types
available, Desktop and Server Operating Systems
- options,
commands, Glossary
- command
line, Commands and Arguments
- organizing data, How Linux Organizes Data
- Other access, File Permissions
- Other permission, Working with file permissions
- output stream, text
display, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- owners, File Permissions
- access
permission, File Permissions
- files, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- ownership of files and
directories, Working with file permissions
P
- package groups, Selecting Packages
- packages
- conflicting
files, Conflicting File
- defined, Glossary
- dependency, Failed Dependency
- downloading, Finding Packages
- GnoRPM
- installation, Installing and Upgrading Packages
- new, Finding New Packages
- upgrading, Installing and Upgrading Packages
- installation, Selecting Packages, Installing the Packages, Installing a Package
- overwriting, Package Is Already Installed
- Red
Hat Package Manager,
Using the RPM Package Manager
- rmp
command, The rpm Command
- RPM
and, Packages
- uninstalling, Uninstalling a Package
- updating, Updating a Package
- verification, Package Is Already Installed
- X Windows, manual
installation, Installing X
- XFree86, Using X
- packet sniffers, FTP
servers, Running an FTP Server
- pagers, Virtual Desktop
- GNOME, The GNOME Panel
- KDE
panel, The KDE Panel
- parallel ports, Configuring a Printer
- boot
arguments, Parallel Port Printer Boot Arguments
- parameters
- boot
parameters, Boot Parameters
- kernel, Configure the Boot Loader
- parent directories,
creating, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- partition table,
editing, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- partitionless installation, Obtaining Sufficient Disk Space
- PartitionMagic, Shrinking a partition
- partitions, How Hard Disks Are Organized, Filesystems
- (see also filesystems)
- / (root)
partition, Create the / partition
- boot, Obtaining Sufficient Disk Space
- boot
partition, Create the /boot partition
- defined, Glossary
- deleting, Identifying an unused partition, Deleting a partition
- devices, Devices
- Disk
Druid, Create Partitions
- drive
letters, Adding a partition
- editing, Editing a partition
- fdisk utility
and, Create Partitions
- formatting, How Hard Disks Are Organized
- free space,
Windows Explorer, Shrinking a partition
- GRUB
reference, The GRUB Loader
- installation
and, Create Partitions
- kernel, Adding a partition
- logical
structure, How Hard Disks Are Organized
- new, Adding a partition
- partitioning with
Disk Druid, Use Disk Druid
- resetting, Disk
Druid, Starting over
- root
partition, Create the / partition
- root, mount
command, Installing loadlin
- saving
changes, Save your changes
- shrinking, Shrinking a partition
- splitting, Shrinking a partition
- swap
partitions, Adding a partition, Create the swap partition
- unused, Identifying an unused partition
- viewing
information, Viewing Disk Partitions
- passwd command, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- passwords
- changing, Change Password, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- choosing
secure, Modifying a user account
- configuration, Change Password
- expiring, Modifying a user account
- GRUB, Configure the Boot Loader
- MD5, Configure User Accounts and Authentication
- root
user, Configure User Accounts and Authentication
- Samba, Managing Users and Passwords
- security, Change Password, Modifying a user account
- pasting text, X Window
System, Copying and pasting text
- pathnames
- absolute, Absolute and relative pathnames
- dots
in, Absolute and relative pathnames
- relative, Absolute and relative pathnames
- paths, Running programs
- defined, Glossary
- relative
path, Glossary
- rpm
command, General rpm Options
- search
path, The Search Path, Glossary
- pausing command interpreter, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- PCI system
bus, Motherboard
- PCI-HOWTO, Booting Linux
- PCMCIA Laptop Support
package group, Selecting Packages
- PCMCIA-HOWTO, Booting Linux
- pending jobs, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- performance, Linux Features and Performance
- Apache web
server, Configuring Apache
- periscope
script, Periscope: A Useful Networking Script
- permissions
- access
permissions, File Permissions
- default, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- file
permissions, Working with file permissions
- files, File Permissions
- physical
structure (hard disks), How Hard Disks Are Organized
- pico command, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- pico editor, Using the pico Editor
- launching, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- pine, GNOME
- ping command, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- pinging, Connecting to Your ISP
- pipe operator, Displaying directory contents
- piping, Input/Output Redirection and Piping
- Pointer section, X
configuration, Pointer Section
- pointing
devices, Using X
- (see also mouse)
- X Window
System, Using X
- pop-up
menus, Terminal Windows and Pop-up Menus
- GNOME, The GNOME Desktop
- X, Terminal Windows and Pop-up Menus
- PostgreSQL
database, Selecting Packages
- PPP (Point-to-Point
Protocol)
- defined, Glossary
- rp3 and, Configuring Your Modem Using rp3
- wvdial
and, Using wvdial
- pr command, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- preferences, GNOME, Start Here icon
- preparation
for Linux installation,
Preparing to Install Red Hat Linux
- Primary DNS, network
configuration, Configure Networking
- print
queue
- listing
entries, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- new, Configuring a Printer
- print
sharing
- Samba, Configuring printer share parameters
- Windows File Server package
group, Selecting Packages
- printer configuration, Configuring a Printer
- local
printers, Configuring a Printer
- Printer
Configuration Tool, Configuring a Printer
- printing
- canceling, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- files, Printing a file
- formatting
files, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- queuing
files, Printing a file
- Printing Support package
group, Selecting Packages
- processes
- defined, Glossary
- displaying, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- killing, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- programming languages, The Origins of Linux
- Programs icon, GNOME, Start Here icon
- programs, launching, Running programs
- Project
Athena, The X Window System
- prompts
- defined, Glossary
- MS-DOS, Terminal Windows and Pop-up Menus
- pronunciations, What Is Linux?
- protecting
data, Server Installation
- protocol
tunneling, Protocol Tunneling
- protocols
- devices, Device protocol options
- PPP, Glossary
- ps command, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- pseudodevices, Devices
- publications, Desktop and Server Operating Systems
- publishing
tools, Selecting Packages
- purchasing Linux, How Linux Is Different
- PuTTY SSH
client, Using a Windows SSH Client
- pwd command, Displaying the working directory, Linux CommandQuick Reference
R
- radio buttons,
installation interface, Understanding the Installer’s User Interface
- RAID (Redundant Array of Inexpensive
Disks), Linux Features and Performance
- RAM (random access
memory), Motherboard
- RAM
disks
- boot
arguments, RAM Disk Boot Arguments
- GRUB, The GRUB Loader
- read/write heads, hard
disk, How Hard Disks Are Organized
- reboot command, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- rebooting, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- recovery,
Samba, Using the Linux Samba Client for File Backup and Recovery
- Red Hat
Linux, Other Web Sites, What Is Linux?
- (see also entries at
Linux)
- FAQ (Frequently Asked
Questions), Other Web Sites
- Red Hat Network, The Red Hat Network
- Red Hat Update Agent, The Red Hat Network
- redirection, Input/Output Redirection and Piping
- Redundant Array of
Inexpensive Disks (RAID), Linux Features and Performance
- relative
path, Glossary
- relative path names, Absolute and relative pathnames
- remote access (see periscope
script)
- remote printers,
Printing Support package group, Selecting Packages
- remote systems,
SSH file transfer, Using SSH
- removing directories, Removing a directory
- removing files, Removing a file
- renaming files, Renaming or moving a file
- Nautilus,
GNOME, Using Nautilus
- reset command, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- resetting
partitions, Disk Druid, Starting over
- resources
- books, Desktop and Server Operating Systems
- GNOME, GNOME Resources
- GNOME UserÕs
Guide, The GNOME Panel
- installation, Additional Resources
- KDE, KDE Resources
- Linux Documentation Project guides, Linux Documentation Project Guides, Linux Documentation Project Guides
- Linux Journal, Linux Journal and Linux Magazine
- Linux Magazine, Linux Journal and Linux Magazine
- Linux Systems Labs, Documentation Available Commercially
- Linux User Groups (LUGs), Linux User Groups (LUGs)
- mailing lists, Linux Mailing Lists
- modem
configuration, Configuring Linux to Use a Cable or DSL Modem
- Open Source
Writers Guild, Documentation Available via WWW
- Red Hat web site, Red Hat’s Web Site
- Specialized Systems Consultantsâ Inc. (SSC), Documentation Available Commercially
- Usenet newsgroups, Linux Usenet Newsgroups, General Linux topics
- web sites, Other Web Sites, Other Web Sites
- Red Hat, Red Hat’s Web Site
- RGB color scheme, Files Section
- right mouse
button, Copying and pasting text
- Ritchie, Dennis (Bell
Labs), The Origins of Linux
- rm command, Removing a file, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- rmdir command, Removing a directory, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- root, Configure User Accounts and Authentication, User Accounts
- aliases, Shell Aliases
- boot disk
creation, Creating a Boot Floppy
- defined, Glossary
- FTP
servers, Testing the FTP Server
- groups
and, Working with file permissions
- root command, GRUB, The GRUB Loader
- root
directory, The directory tree
- defined, Glossary
- subdirectories
and, Absolute and relative pathnames
- root partition, mount
command, Installing loadlin
- rootnoverify command
(GRUB), The GRUB Loader
- route
command
- Internet
connection, Connecting to Your ISP
- periscope, Periscope: A Useful Networking Script
- route, defined, Glossary
- Router/Firewall package
group, Selecting Packages
- routing, Device protocol options
- rp3
- configuration, Configuring rp3
- connection
failure, Connecting to Your ISP
- installation, Installing rp3
- termination, Terminating an Internet Connection
- wvdial, Using wvdial
- RPM (Red Hat Linux Package
Manager),
Using the RPM Package Manager
- advanced
techniques, Advanced RPM Techniques
- conflicting
files, Conflicting File
- databases,
querying, Querying the RPM Database
- installing
packages, Installing a Package
- package
dependency, Failed Dependency
- uninstalling
packages, Uninstalling a Package
- updating
packages, Updating a Package
- rpm command, The rpm Command
- packages
installation, Installing a Package
- rpmfind utility, Finding Packages
- runlevels, Configuring a Nongraphical Login
- defined, Glossary
- value,
changing, Linux CommandQuick Reference
S
- Samba, Samba
- backups, Using the Linux Samba Client for File Backup and Recovery
- client, Linux Client
- configuration, Configuring Samba
- client, Samba Client Configuration and Use
- viewing, Viewing Samba Server Configuration
- file
recovery, Using the Linux Samba Client for File Backup and Recovery
- file
sharing, Configuring file share parameters
- global
variables, Configuring global variables, Configuring global variables
- installation, Installing the Samba Server
- passwords, Managing Users and Passwords
- print
sharing, Configuring printer share parameters
- Server Password
Management, Troubleshooting Samba
- server status,
viewing, Viewing Samba Server Status
- starting/stopping, Starting and Stopping Samba
- troubleshooting, Troubleshooting Samba
- users, Managing Users and Passwords
- Windows
and, Windows Client
- scp command, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- Screen section, X
configuration, Screen Section
- screensaver icon, KDE
panel, The KDE Panel
- screensaver, virtual
consoles, Using Virtual Consoles
- scripts
- defined, Glossary
- shell
scripts, Shell Scripts, Understanding Shell Scripts
- argument
processing, Processing Arguments
- conditional logic, Conditional Logic
- periscope, Periscope: A Useful Networking Script
- scrollbars, X Window System, Using scrollbars
- SCSI (Small Computer Serial Interface)
- defined, Glossary
- host adapters, boot arguments,
SCSI Host Adapter Boot Arguments
- search engine for
Linux information, Other Web Sites
- search path, The Search Path, Glossary
- searches, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- find
command, Finding a file
- grep
command, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- locate
command, Finding a file
- Secondary
DNS, network configuration, Configure Networking
- secondary prompt,
shell, The if command
- sectors, hard disks, How Hard Disks Are Organized
- security
- firewalls, Implementing a Basic Firewall
- IP
masquerading, Implementing a Basic Firewall
- networks, Network Security Tips
- passwords, Change Password, Modifying a user account
- self-aliased
commands, Shell Aliases
- sendmail package, Configuring a Mail Server
- Server Configurator, GNOME, Start Here icon
- Server installation type, Server Installation
- Server
Password Management, Samba and, Troubleshooting Samba
- server platform, Linux as, Desktop and Server Operating Systems
- ServerFlags section, X
configuration, ServerFlags Section
- servers
- Apache web
server, Running Apache
- caching name
server, Configuring DNS
- defined, Glossary
- DHCP, Setting Up a DHCP Server
- configuration, Configuring the DHCP Service
- installation, Installing the DHCP Server
- starting, Starting the DHCP Service
- DNS, Configuring DNS
- FTP, Running an FTP Server
- Linux
as, Linux Features and Performance
- mail
servers, Configuring a Mail Server
- Samba
- installation, Installing the Samba Server
- status, Viewing Samba Server Status
- TCP/IP
and, Device protocol options
- Tux web
server, Running Apache
- X
server, Configuring X, Glossary
- XFree86-Mono, Configuring X
- XFree86-SGVA, Configuring X
- XFree86-VGA16, Configuring X
- session
awareness, GNOME, GNOME
- sharing files,
Samba, Configuring file share parameters
- sharing printers,
Samba, Configuring printer share parameters
- shell, Linux Features and Performance
- aliases, Shell Aliases
- command
prompt, Working with the Linux Command Prompt
- commands, Issuing Shell Commands
- defined, Glossary
- metacharacters, Using SSH
- minieditor, Correcting Commands
- piping, Input/Output Redirection and Piping
- quote
characters, Quoted Strings
- quoted
strings, Quoted Strings
- redirection, Input/Output Redirection and Piping
- secondary
prompt, The if command
- SSH, The Secure Shell
- X Windows
and, X and the Shell
- shell
scripts, Shell Scripts, Understanding Shell Scripts
- argument
processing, Processing Arguments
- conditional
logic, Conditional Logic
- periscope, Periscope: A Useful Networking Script
- Unix, The Power of the Unix Shell
- shell variables, Shell Variables
- echo command
and, Shell Variables
- exit
codes, Exit Codes
- exporting, Shell Variables
- PATH, The Search Path
- shellfilename globbing, Filename Globbing
- shrinking
partitions, Shrinking a partition
- shutdown command, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- signals, listing, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- Slashdot web site, Other Web Sites
- sleep command, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- slrn, GNOME
- SMB (Server Message
Block), Samba
- SMB shared
volume, Drives
- smbd daemon, Installing the Samba Server
- sndconfig
(sound), Configuring Sound
- sniffers, Configuring Samba
- FTP
servers, Running an FTP Server
- SNMP (Simple Network
Management Protocol), Selecting Packages
- soft links, Working with links
- software
- copylefting, Free Software
- free, Free Software
- PartitionMagic, Shrinking a partition
- Software Development package
group, Selecting Packages
- software distribution, Free Software
- Software in the
Public Interest, Inc., Linux Distributions
- sort command, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- sorting files, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- sound adapter, installation
and, Information You Need
- Sound and Multimedia package
group, Selecting Packages
- sound
cards, Collecting Configuration Information from Windows
- sound
configuration, Configuring Sound, Configuring Sound
- Sound Configuration utility, Configuring Sound
- spelling, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- split command, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- splitting
partitions, Shrinking a partition
- SQL Database Server package
group, Selecting Packages
- SSH (Secure Shell), The Secure Shell
- client
installation, Using a Windows SSH Client
- file transfer to remote
system, Using SSH
- installation, Installing SSH
- protocol
tunneling, Protocol Tunneling
- testing, Using SSH
- VPN, Protocol Tunneling
- ssh command, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- Stallman, Richard, Free Software
- Start Here icon, GNOME, Start Here icon, The GNOME Panel, The GNOME Start Here Facility
- starting/stopping
- Apache web
server, Starting and Stopping Apache
- X,
text-based login, Starting and Stopping X from a Text-based Login
- statically linked
libraries, Opera, Opera
- stdin (Unix input), Input/Output Redirection and Piping
- STDIN, command
execution, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- stdout (Unix output), Input/Output Redirection and Piping
- strings, quoted
strings in shells, Quoted Strings
- su command, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- subdirectories
- copying, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- root directory
and, Absolute and relative pathnames
- subnetworks, Networking Overview
- SVGA cards, XFree86-SVGA
server, Configuring X
- swap files, Glossary
- swap
partitions, Adding a partition, Create the swap partition
- swap space, creating, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- swapoff command, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- swapon command, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- swapping
devices, disabling, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- SWAT
(Samba Web Administration Tool), Configuring Samba
- switching desktops, Switching Desktops
- symbolic links, Working with links
- defined, Glossary
- symlinks, Working with links
- sync command, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- system
- administration
commands, Commands and Arguments
- information
display, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- commands for
viewing, Viewing System Information
- uptime
display, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- system administrator, Glossary
- system
buses, Motherboard
- system clock, configuration, Configure the System Clock
- System
Properties dialog box, Collecting Configuration Information from Windows
- System Settings icons,
GNOME, Start Here icon
- system shutdown, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- system status
- commands for
viewing, Viewing System Information
- w
command, Issuing Shell Commands
- System
V, The Origins of Linux
T
- tail command, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- talk command, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- tar command, Working with compressed files, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- tarfiles
- creating, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- listing
contents, Working with compressed files
- task
list
- GNOME, The GNOME Panel
- KDE
panel, The KDE Panel
- TCP/IP
(Transmission Control Protocol/Internet
Protocol)
- defined, Glossary
- networking, Reasons to Choose or Not Choose Linux
- servers and, Device protocol options
- settings, Device protocol options
- Telnet, Glossary
- telnet command, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- terminal
- defined, Glossary
- resetting, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- terminal
window, Terminal Windows and Pop-up Menus
- bash shell and, Issuing Shell Commands
- terminating Internet
connection, Terminating an Internet Connection
- terminating X Window, Terminating X
- test command, The test command
- testing
- FTP
servers, Testing the FTP Server
- SSH, Using SSH
- TeX, Selecting Packages
- Texinfo (GNU), Linux CommandQuick Reference
- text boxes, installation
interface, Understanding the Installer’s User Interface
- text
editors
- defined, Glossary
- pico, Using the pico Editor
- themes
- GNOME, Themes
- KDE, KDE Themes
- Thompson, Ken (Bell Labs), The Origins of Linux
- thumbnails, pagers, Virtual Desktop
- time (see date/time)
- time command, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- time
zone, Date/Time Properties
- timeconfig command, Configure the System Clock
- timeline of Linux
history, The Linux Kernel
- timing job execution, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- top command, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- Torvalds, Linus, What Is Linux?
- touch command, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- traceroute command, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- tracks, hard
disk, How Hard Disks Are Organized
- Trash
icon
- GNOME, Trash icon
- KDE
desktop, The KDE Desktop
- trees, directory tree, Linux Directory Tree
- troubleshooting
- Samba, Troubleshooting Samba
- X Window
System configuration, Selecting custom graphics options
- Trusted Devices, firewall
configuration, Configuring the Firewall
- Tux web server, Running Apache
- TWM (tiny window manager), Switching Desktops
- Type column, ls command, Displaying directory contents
U
- umask command, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- umount command, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- uname
command, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- uninstalling packages, Uninstalling a Package
- Unix, The Origins of Linux, Reasons to Choose or Not Choose Linux
- BSD, The Origins of Linux
- GNU, Free Software
- Linux
and, How Linux Is Different
- Unix shell, The Power of the Unix Shell
- complex operations
and, The Power of the Unix Shell
- shell
scripts, The Power of the Unix Shell
- unmounting devices, Mounting and Unmounting Drives
- until command, The until command
- unused
partitions, Identifying an unused partition
- unzip
command, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- updating packages, Updating a Package
- upgrading packages, GnoRPM, Installing and Upgrading Packages
- uptime command, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- URLs,
Linux, Other Web Sites
- user
accounts, User Accounts
- configuration, Configure User Accounts and Authentication
- User ID, Glossary
- User Manager tool, configured
groups, Configuring groups
- User Mount Tool, User Mount Tool
- User Properties dialog
box, Modifying a user account
- User/Owner access, File Permissions, Working with file permissions
- userid
- adduser
command, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- changing, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- users
- account
modification, Modifying a user account, Modifying a user account
- administration, User and Group Administration, Configuring groups
- deleting, Deleting a user account
- description,
displaying, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- device
enabling/disabling, General device options
- displaying, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- information
display, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- listing, Issuing Shell Commands
- messages
to, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- new,
adding, Adding a new user
- Samba, Managing Users and Passwords
- UTC (Universal Coordinate
Time), Configure the System Clock
- utilities
- fdisk, Viewing Disk Partitions
- fips, Shrinking a partition
- loadln, Managing the Boot Process, Booting Linux, The loadlin Loader
- mounting, Using loadlin
- rpmfind, Finding Packages
- Sound
Configuration, Configuring Sound
- Utilities package
group, Selecting Packages
V
- variables
- environment
variables, Shell Variables
- exit
codes, Exit Codes
- global,
Samba, Configuring global variables, Configuring global variables
- shell
variables, Shell Variables
- Verifying Packages window,
GnoRPM, Querying, Verifying, and Uninstalling Packages
- version
number, boot disk creation, Creating a Boot Floppy
- vertical refresh
rate, monitor, Identifying your system’s monitor
- VESA (Video Electronics
Standards Association), Monitor Section
- system
bus, Motherboard
- VGA cards, XFree86-VGA16
server, Configuring X
- video
- color depth, Configuring X
- configuration, Configure Video
- custom
graphics, Selecting custom graphics options
- monitor, Identifying your system’s monitor
- monitor, Identifying your system’s monitor
- video
cards/video adapters, Collecting Configuration Information from Windows
- memory,
Xconfigurator, Configuring X
- video drivers, Configuring X
- video modes, X Window
System, Switching video modes
- virtual
consoles, Using Virtual Consoles
- installation
monitoring, Use Virtual Consoles to Monitor the Installation
- login, Logging In
- logout, Logging Out
- XWindow
System, Using virtual consoles
- virtual desktops
- GNOME, The GNOME Panel
- X Window
System, Virtual Desktop
- virtual hosts, Apache web
server, Configuring Apache
- virtual terminal, wvdial
and, The /etc/wvdial.conf File
- virus protection,
booting and, Booting Linux
- VPN (Virtual Private
Network), Protocol Tunneling
W
- w command, Issuing Shell Commands, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- wall command, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- wc command, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- redirection
and, Input/Output Redirection and Piping
- web browsers, Web Browsers
- defined, Glossary
- Links, Links
- Mozilla, Mozilla
- Netscape, Netscape Navigator and Communicator
- Opera, Opera
- web pages, viewing
with links command, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- Web Server package
group, Selecting Packages
- web
servers
- Apache, Running Apache
- Tux, Running Apache
- web sites, Other Web Sites
- Linux
distributions, Linux Distributions
- Linux Filesystem Hierarchy
Standard, Linux Directory Tree
- which command, PATH shell
variable, The Search Path
- while command, The while command
- who command, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- wildcards (see filename
globbing)
- window
managers, Window Managers, Glossary
- Enlightenment, Using Nautilus
- GNOME, Using Nautilus
- X Window System, The X Window System
- Windows 95/98
- configuration
information
collection, Collecting Configuration Information from Windows
- dual boot with
Linux, Workstation Installation
- Windows applications
- running concurrently with
Linux, Reasons to Choose or Not Choose Linux
- WINE emulation and, Reasons to Choose or Not Choose Linux
- Windows Compatibility/Interoperability package
group, Selecting Packages
- Windows Explorer, partition free disk
space, Shrinking a partition
- Windows File Server package
group, Selecting Packages
- Windows
MS-DOS prompt, Terminal Windows and Pop-up Menus
- Windows, Samba
and, Windows Client
- WINE, Reasons to Choose or Not Choose Linux
- WinModems, Configuring rp3
- WML (Wireless Markup Language), Opera
browser, Opera
- words, displaying
number, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- working
directory, Home and working directories
- absolute
path, Linux CommandQuick Reference
- changing, Changing the working directory
- defined, Glossary
- displaying, Displaying the working directory
- Workstation installation
type, Workstation Installation
- wu-ftp, Running an FTP Server
- wvdial
- configuration, The /etc/wvdial.conf File
- Internet
connection, Using wvdial
- periscope, Periscope: A Useful Networking Script
X
- X
Consortium, The X Window System, Using X
- X servers, Configuring X, Glossary
- X Window System, The X Window System, Using X
- configuration, Configuring X
- manual, Manually Configuring X, Screen Section
- troubleshooting, Selecting custom graphics options
- defined, Glossary
- input focus, Keyboard Operations
- installation, Installing X
- KDE
packages, Installing X
- packages, Installing X
- keyboard
operations, Keyboard Operations
- mouse, Mouse Operations
- copying
text, Copying and pasting text
- pasting
text, Copying and pasting text
- pop-up
menus, Terminal Windows and Pop-up Menus
- scrollbars, Using scrollbars
- shell
and, X and the Shell
- starting/stopping from text-based
login, Starting and Stopping X from a Text-based Login
- terminating, Terminating X
- video modes,
switching, Switching video modes
- virtual
consoles, Using virtual consoles
- virtual
desktop, Virtual Desktop
- window
managers, The X Window System, Window Managers
- X Window System package
group, Selecting Packages
- X-Chat, GNOME
- Xconfigurator, Configuring X
- Monitor Setup
dialog box, Configuring X
- video adapter
memory, Configuring X
- video, color depth, Configuring X
- XFree86
package, Using X
- XFree86 Project, The X Window System, Using X
- XFree86-Mono server, Configuring X
- XFree86-SVGA
server, Configuring X
- XFree86-VGA16
server, Configuring X
- XML (eXtensible Markup Language), Opera
browser, Opera
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