- History and Politics Lesson
- About SUSE Linux
- About the Author
- About the Dvdrom Supplied with This Book
- About the Technical Reviewer
- Accessing a Remote SUSE Linux Computer Using a Web Browser
- Accessing a Remote SUSE Linux Computer Using Windows
- Accessing Computers Remotely
- Accessing GUI Applications Remotely
- Accessing Removable Storage Devices
- Accessing Windows File Shares and Servers
- Acknowledgments
- Activating Remote Administration VNC on the Remote Computer
- Activating Virtual Desktops in GNOME
- Adding a Job with at
- Adding a New Toolbar
- Adding a Printer
- Adding a Shortcut - 2
- Adding a Software Repository Using rug
- Adding a Software Repository Using Software Updater
- Adding a Software Repository Using YaST
- Adding a Table
- Adding and Deleting Users and Groups at the Command Line
- Adding and Deleting Users and Groups with YaST
- Adding and Removing Menus
- Adding Controls to the Form Manually
- Adding Functions to Toolbars
- Adding Headers and Footers
- Adding Installation Sources
- Adding MP3 Support to SUSE Linux
- Adding or Editing a Diary Entry
- Adding or Editing Contact Information
- Allowing RDP Connections
- Altering Permissions
- An Overview of the Installation Process
- Animating Slides
- App Armor
- Applying Filters
- Applying Fontwork
- Audio Playback Banshee and CD Player
- Audio Playback KsCD and amaroK
- Autocompletion with Files and Paths
- Autoconfiguring Using SaX2
- Backing Up Data
- Backing Up Using YaST
- BASH Command Index
- Beginning SUSE Linux
- Benchmarking Your Hard Disk
- Booting Linux for the First Time
- Calculator
- Case Sensitivity
- Caution As soon as you successfully connect to the Internet I advise you head straight to Chapter 9 and follow the instructions to update your system online This will download many system bug fixes and security patches some of which might make it easier t
- Caution In my tests the NetBIOS name of the computer referred to within Windows as the Full Computer Name wouldnt work when I used it when setting up the printer within SUSE Linux
- CDDVD Burning K3b
- CDDVD Burning Nautilus and Banshee
- Changing and Creating Directories
- Changing Hard Disk Settings
- Changing Individual Theme Components - 2
- Changing Keyboard Settings
- Changing MPlayers Skin
- Changing Passwords
- Changing the Keyboard Language
- Changing the Look and Feel
- Changing the Splash Screen
- Changing the Wallpaper
- Changing Window Decorations
- Chat
- Common Sense Security
- Comparing Text Files
- Compiling from Source
- Compiling the Program
- Composing a Message
- Compressing tar Archives
- Compression Archive Tools
- Configuring a Network Printer
- Configuring a Static IP Address
- Configuring a WindowsSMB Shared Printer
- Configuring an Unrecognized Printer
- Configuring and Running Prelink
- Configuring Keyboard Options
- Configuring Mouse Options - 2
- Configuring Multiple Monitors
- Configuring Open Officeorg Options
- Configuring Sound Cards
- Configuring SUSE Linux to Use the Drive
- Configuring the Firewall to Allow File Sharing
- Configuring the Modem Hardware
- Configuring the Scanner
- Configuring the SUSE Linux Firewall
- Configuring via DHCP
- Configuring Wine
- Connecting to a Remote Machine via ssh
- Connecting to Other Windows Computers
- Connecting to Remote Windows Computers
- Contacts
- Contents
- Contents at a Glance
- Context Menu
- Controlling Jobs
- Controlling Processes
- Controlling Zombie Processes
- Conventions Used in This Book
- Cool Shell Tricks
- Copying Files
- Copying Windows Fonts
- Creating a Contact List
- Creating a Custom Run Level
- Creating a Form
- Creating a Link
- Creating a New Text File Using vi
- Creating a Quick Presentation
- Creating a Scheduled Task
- Creating Additional Virtual Desktops
- Creating an EMail Signature
- Creating Charts
- Creating Keyboard Shortcuts
- Creating Macros
- Creating Multiple Printer Queues
- Creating New Folders
- Creating Search Folders
- Creating tar Files
- Cropping and Cloning
- Customizing Menus
- Cutting and Pasting Text
- Database Open Officeorg Base
- Deactivating Prelinking
- Dealing with Junk EMail
- Defining a Backup
- Deleting and Inserting Data and Cells
- Deleting Files
- Deleting Messages
- Dialing Up to Your ISP
- Dictionary
- Different Flavors of Linux
- Digital Music
- Discovering the Amount of Free Space
- Downloading the Fluendo Codec
- Downloading Wine
- Drive References
- Editing Movies
- Editing the Database Table
- Ejecting Media from Drives
- Mail Contacts Manager Kontact
- Mail Personal Information Manager Evolution
- Emptying the tmp Folder
- Entering and Formatting Data
- Environment
- Evolution Modes
- Exploring the Desktop
- Exporting a Presentation As a Flash File
- Extracting Files from a tar Archive
- File Access and Storage
- File and Folder Icons
- File Views
- Firewall
- Fixing Graphical Problems
- Flagging Messages
- Floppy Disk Formatting
- Formats of Linux Installation Files
- Formatting Floppies
- Forums
- Freeing Disk Space
- Freeing Up Space
- Games
- Getting Everything Up and Running
- Getting Further Help
- Getting Help - 2
- Getting Help Online
- Getting Hold of Linux
- Getting Online
- Getting Started with Base
- Getting Started with the Shell
- GNOME Accessing a Remote SUSE Linux Computer
- GNOME Accessing Windows Shares
- GNOME Adding Sound Controls
- GNOME Burning Audio CDs
- GNOME Configuring EMail
- GNOME Installing the MP3 Codec Under Banshee
- GNOME Pausing Resuming Printing
- GNOME Playing CDs Using Banshee
- GNOME Using Banshee
- GNOME Using Banshee to Rip CD Tracks
- GNU and Linux Together
- Hardware Support Under SUSE Linux
- How SUSE Linux Handles Multimedia
- How to Secure Your Computer
- Important How to Safely Remove Devices Under GNOME
- In Depth Base
- In Depth Calc
- In Depth Evolution
- In Depth Impress
- In the Beginning
- Installation Problems
- Installing 3D Graphics Card Drivers
- Installing Additional Theme Components
- Installing and Configuring Wine
- Installing and Removing Software
- Installing ATI Graphics Drivers
- Installing KInternet
- Installing MPlayer and Other Playback Software
- Installing Other Windows Programs
- Installing SUSE Linux
- Installing the Compiler Tools
- Installing the Microsoft True Type Core Fonts Package
- Installing the Prelink Software
- Installing Windows Network Card Drivers
- Internet Attacks
- Introducing the BASH Shell
- Introduction
- Issues Surrounding Multimedia on Linux
- KDE Accessing a Remote SUSE Linux Computer
- KDE Accessing Windows Shares
- KDE Burning Audio CDs
- KDE Burning the CDDVD
- KDE Connecting to Windows Using Krdc
- KDE Installing the MP3 Codec Under amaroK
- KDE Pausing Resuming Printing
- KDE Playing CDs using KsCD
- KDE Selecting Sound Functions
- KDE Using amaroK
- KDE Using KAudio Creator to Rip CD Tracks
- Killing Processes
- Konquerors Browsing Modes
- Learning to Use Linux
- Linux Today
- Listening to Audio CDs
- Listing Files
- Logging In
- Logging In to a Remote Computer
- Mailing Lists
- Making Backups from the Command Line
- Making Color Corrections
- Making Disk Optimizations Permanent
- Managing Printing
- Managing Software from the Shell
- Managing Users
- Managing Wireless Connections
- Managing Your Files
- Manually Mounting a Windows Partition
- Manually Running a Backup
- Modern Linux Development
- Mounting
- Mounting a Drive Manually
- Movie Playback Issues
- Movie Playback Kaffeine Media Player
- Movie Playback Totem Movie Player
- Movies and Multimedia
- Moving Files
- Note It might sound patronizing but if you run into problems dont forget to make sure that the network cable is inserted Check to make sure its fully connected and that you hear the click that indicates its locked into position On the back of the Ethernet
- Note Mounting is the process of magically making the contents of an external storage device available within a directory of the SUSE Linux file system The contents arent actually in the folderits just a trick I explain more about mounting in Chapter
- Note On my KDE test system the KNetwork Manager icon didnt appear in the system tray until I logged out and logged back in again To do this click K menu Log Out and then click the End Current Session button Then log back in again using your username and pa
- Note Printing will probably pause automatically if theres a problem with the printer such as a paper jam
- Note The printer configuration tools under Gnome Kde and YaST all do the same thing they act as an interface by which the CUPS system can be configured Because of this configuring a printer using YaST will mean its available to both GNOME and KDE because
- Note The URL in step 5 was correct as this book went to press If you find it is no longer accurate use a search engine to find the list using ndiswrapper list as a search term
- Note These two clusters of letters and numbers are actually hexadecimal digits For more details on the hexadecimal system see httpenwikipediaorgwikiHexadecimal
- Note Type the tilde symbol by pressing Shift along with the key to the left of the 1 at the top of your keyboard On UK keyboards the symbol can be produced by pressing Shift
- Note You can try clicking the Look Up button which is supposed to probe the remote computer to find out the printer share name but it didnt work for me Maybe youll have better luck
- Note You might be used to using color profiles within Windows By applying a color profile to every output device including your monitor these aim to match up what you see on screen with what is eventually printed out Unfortunately SUSE Linux currently doe
- Note You might see some instructions at the web site about configuring a special software repository to download the drivers Unfortunately this wouldnt work for me at the time of writing this book
- NX Protection
- Office Similarities
- Official Documentation
- Open Officeorg Overview
- Optimizing Hard Disk Settings
- Optimizing Run Level Services
- Optimizing Your System
- Other Settings
- Package Management - 2
- The Shell and Beyond
- Multimedia - 2
- Partitioning the Disk
- Personalizing SUSE Linux Getting Everything Just Right
- Personalizing the Panel
- Personalizing the Panels
- Phone Video Conferencing
- Piping and Redirecting Output
- Piping the Output of Commands
- Playing Movies
- Playing Music Files
- Postinstallation Problems
- Preinstallation Problems
- Preinstallation Steps
- Prelinking
- Preparing for Driver Installation
- Preparing the Remote Computer
- Presentations Open Officeorg Impress
- Printing from Mozilla Firefox
- Printing from Open Officeorg
- Proprietary Software and the GPL
- Proprietary vs Open Source
- Pruning Run Level Services
- Quick Desktop Guide GNOME
- Quick Desktop Guide KDE
- Quick Start General Software
- Reading EMail
- Readme Files and Other Documentation
- Real Files and Virtual Files
- Rearranging Panel Items - 2
- Redirecting Output
- Reducing the Boot Menu Delay
- Registering for Updates
- Removing a Mounted System
- Removing Unused Software
- Renaming Virtual Desktops
- Restoring a Backup
- Restoring Run Level
- Reverting to a Safe Graphics Driver
- Ripping Music from CDs
- Run level
- Running a Desktop Environment Across a Remote X Connection
- Running Microsoft Office Under SUSE Linux
- Running Programs
- Running the Shell via a Virtual Console
- Running X Applications Across a Remote Connection
- Running xf86config
- Saving a tar File to CDDVD
- Scanning Pictures
- Scheduling a Backup
- Scheduling Tasks
- Scheduling with crontab
- Script
- Selecting a Screensaver
- Selecting a Theme
- Selecting an Overall Theme
- Sending and Receiving EMail
- Setting Font Preferences
- Setting Program Launch Feedback
- Setting Up Local Security
- Sharing Root Powers via sudo
- Sharpening
- Shortcut Tabs
- Shortcuts for System Control
- Shortcuts for Working in BASH
- Software Installation Basics
- Solving Installation Problems
- Sorting and Filtering Messages
- Sorting Data
- Special Nautilus Windows
- Specifying Appointment Types
- Spell Checking
- Spreadsheet Open Officeorg Calc
- Starting Up
- Step 10 Choose Software Packages
- Step 11 Start the Installation
- Step 12 Monitor the Installation
- Step 13 Set the Hostname and Domain Name
- Step 14 Set the Root Password
- Step 15 Configure Your Network
- Step 16 Select the User Authentication Method
- Step 17 Create Users
- Step 18 Read the Release Notes
- Step 19 Configure the Hardware
- Step 20 Finish Installation
- Step 3 Select Your Language
- Step 4 Read the SUSE Linux License
- Step 5 Choose an Installation Mode
- Step 6 Set the Time Zone
- Step 7 Choose the Default Desktop Environment
- Step 8 Choose Installation Settings
- Step 9 Partition the Disk
- Stepby Step Guide
- Summary - 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
- Summing Figures
- SUSE Linux Replacements for Windows Programs
- Symbols
- Symbols and Numerics
- System Hardware Information
- Taking Control of the System
- Tasks
- The Age of Linux
- The Benefits of Linux
- The File System Explained
- The Formatting Toolbar
- The GNU Project
- The multcount Setting
- The Problems with Windows
- The Right Fonts
- The Style and Formatting Palette
- The usingdma Setting
- Tip If you cant connect to the printer you should also check the firewall settings on the Windows machine
- Tip Ndiswrapper gets better and better with every new release This is why its a good idea to update your system on a regular basis as described in Chapter
- Understanding Bootup
- Understanding Linux Files and Users
- Understanding Partitioning
- Understanding User and Group Accounts
- Understanding vi Modes
- Unix
- Unpacking the Tarball and Resolving Dependencies
- Updating Online
- Updating Online for the First Time
- Updating the System
- Users and File Permissions
- Using 3D Effects
- Using a Command Line Text Editor
- Using a Photo or Film Scanner
- Using a USB Memory Stick
- Using Autocompletion
- Using DialUp Telephone Modems
- Using Filters
- Using grep to Find Text
- Using Konqueror
- Using Nautilus
- Using Other Commands to Control Processes
- Using Regular Expressions
- Using rpm to Install and Remove Software
- Using rug to Install and Remove Software
- Using SaX2 to Change Your Configuration
- Using scp
- Using Secure Shell
- Using sftp
- Using SUSE Linux
- Using the cat Command
- Using the Command Line Prompt
- Using the Database
- Using the find Command
- Using the Function Wizard
- Using the head and tail Commands
- Using the less Command
- Using the locate Command
- Using the mount Command
- Using the Mouse
- Using the Software Installer and Software Remover Tools
- Using the SUSE Linux Firewall
- Using the whereis Command
- Using the YaST Software Management Tool
- Using vi to Edit a File
- Using Virtual Desktops
- Using Wireless Networking Technology
- Using Wizards
- Using YaST
- Viewing Available Options
- Viewing File Sizes
- Viewing Permissions
- Viewing Processes
- Viewing tar Archive Information
- Viruses
- Watching Movies
- Web Browsing and File Management Konqueror
- Welcome
- What Data Should You Back Up
- What Hardware Works
- What Is Linux
- What Youll Find in This Book
- Whats New in the Second Edition
- When Should You Use the Shell
- Who Uses Linux
- Why Bother with the Shell
- Working in Impress
- Working with Applets - 2
- Working with Files
- Working with Files in Windows Partitions
- Working with Formulas
- Working with Tables
- Working with Text Files
- Working with Virtual Desktops
- Worms