457 Numerics & (ampersand), in command syntax, 140 * (asterisk), metacharacter, 417–418 > (greater than sign), redirection, 423 < (less than sign), redirection, 423 # (pound sign), root prompt, 414 ? (question mark), metacharacter, 417–418 | (vertical bar), pipe symbol, 110 $ (dollar sign) prompt, 57 3D video support, 368–369 A Access permissions. See Permissions. Address book, 189–191 Administrative user, 28 Air brush tool, 314–315 Air brushing images, 314–315 Alarms, KOrganizer, 205 Album covers (music), displaying, 349–350 Albums, photo, 280–281 alias command, 421 amaroK jukebox, 350. See also Juk jukebox. Ampersand (&), in command syntax, 140 Application Starter, 19, 48 Applications. See also specific applications . finding, 115–116 limitations, 7 Appointments, 217–219. See also Evolution for calendars; KArm; KOrganizer. Architect of Linux, 3 Armagetron, 374 Artwork. See Digital art; GIMP . Asterisk (*), metacharacter, 417–418 Asteroids game, 357 Astronomy game, 363–364 Atlantik, 361 Attachments, e-mail, 191 Audio. See Music. Audio formats, 333, 336 aumix program, 323 =AVERAGE function, 248–249 Averages, calculating, 247–250 AVI format, 350 B Backgammon, 361 Background images, 84–86 Background tab, Impress, 268 Backgrounds, slides, 268 Backing up data, 34–35, 340–344 Bauer, Travis, 275 Beep Media Player (BMP), 325 Bézier tool, 311 Bit bucket, 427–428 "Blue Screen of Death", 5 Blurring images, 316 BMP (Beep Media Player), 325 Board games, 362 Bookmarks, 70 Boot diskette, creating, 28 Boot loaders, 34 Booting from CD, 17–18, 28 diskette, 22, 28 Brightness photographs, 318 scanned images, 290 Browsers. See Web browsers. Index index.fm Page 457 Thursday, July 14, 2005 10:03 AM
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Numerics& (ampersand), in command syntax, 140* (asterisk), metacharacter, 417–418> (greater than sign), redirection, 423< (less than sign), redirection, 423# (pound sign), root prompt, 414? (question mark), metacharacter, 417–418| (vertical bar), pipe symbol, 110$ (dollar sign) prompt, 573D video support, 368–369
AAccess permissions. See Permissions.Address book, 189–191Administrative user, 28Air brush tool, 314–315Air brushing images, 314–315Alarms, KOrganizer, 205Album covers (music), displaying, 349–350Albums, photo, 280–281alias command, 421amaroK jukebox, 350. See also Juk jukebox.Ampersand (&), in command syntax, 140Application Starter, 19, 48Applications. See also specific applications.
finding, 115–116limitations, 7
Appointments, 217–219. See also Evolution for calendars; KArm; KOrganizer.
Architect of Linux, 3Armagetron, 374Artwork. See Digital art; GIMP.Asterisk (*), metacharacter, 417–418Asteroids game, 357
Astronomy game, 363–364Atlantik, 361Attachments, e-mail, 191Audio. See Music.Audio formats, 333, 336aumix program, 323=AVERAGE function, 248–249Averages, calculating, 247–250AVI format, 350
BBackgammon, 361Background images, 84–86Background tab, Impress, 268Backgrounds, slides, 268Backing up data, 34–35, 340–344Bauer, Travis, 275Beep Media Player (BMP), 325Bézier tool, 311Bit bucket, 427–428"Blue Screen of Death", 5Blurring images, 316BMP (Beep Media Player), 325Board games, 362Bookmarks, 70Boot diskette, creating, 28Boot loaders, 34Booting from
CD, 17–18, 28diskette, 22, 28
Brightnessphotographs, 318scanned images, 290
Browsers. See Web browsers.
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Brush icon, 314–315Brush selector, 307–308Buddies. See Contacts.Bulwer-Lytton, Edward George, 228Burning digital art, 315–316Burning to CD
Comments, and pictures, 280, 281Common Unix Printing System (CUPS), 124Concatenating files, 415, 421–422Conexant chipset, 133Connecting to the Internet. See Internet,
DDashed line in menus, 301Date and time, 415, 444Date command, 415Deleting
directories, 420–421, 422–423, 428files and directories, 80, 420–421, 422–
423print jobs, 129
Desktop. See KDE desktop.Devices. See Hardware; specific devices./dev/null, 427–428df command, 415Dial-up connections, 139–143digiKam. See also Konqueror, for digital
cameras.adjusting light levels, 287automatic camera detection, 283–284camera not detected, 284comments, adding to albums, 281configuring cameras, 283–285creating an album, 281date, adding to albums, 281default picture directory, 281e-mailing pictures, 287–288finding pictures, 285–287getting pictures from cameras, 284–285image editor, 287interface description, 281–282organizing pictures, 285–287red-eye correction, 287selecting pictures, 285tags, 285–287titling an album, 281uses for, 280viewer window, 287
digikam command, 280
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GNU General Public License. See GPL (General Public License).
Gnumeric, 257. See also Calc; KSpread.Google shortcuts, 161gPhoto, getting pictures from cameras, 278–
279GPL (General Public License)
applied to new programs, 384–385copy rights, 379–383definition, 3distribution rights, 379–383modification rights, 379–383preamble, 378–379terms and conditions, 379–383warranty, 383–384
Gradient fill tool, 313–314Gradient selector, 307–308Gradients, 307–308, 313–314Grand Unified Boot Loader (GRUB), 34Grandfather's Clock, 360Graphics. See Digital art; Digital
photography; Pictures.
Greater than sign (>), redirection, 423Green checkmark, 248Green light, 16, 72grep command, 438–439Group ownership, files and directories, 431–
432GRUB (Grand Unified Boot Loader), 34
HHandles, in artwork, 313Handout tab, Impress, 264Handouts, slides, 264Hangman game, 368Hardware. See also specific devices.
compatibility guide, 118device support, 118, 123drivers, source for, 123external devices. See USB devices.getting information about, 120–121HOWTO documents, 118, 389installation considerations, 388–389internal devices. See PCI devices.limitations, 6–7Linux USB Device Overview, 122–123listing devices, 121, 122PCI devices, 121–122, 133plug and play, 119USB devices, 122–123
Heinlein, Robert, 3–4Help
Cable Modem HOWTO, 144Gagne's site, 9hardware HOWTO document, 118hardware HOWTO documents, 389Help Center, 61–62HOWTO documents, 10LDP (Linux Documentation Project), 10LUGS (Linux User Groups), 11mailing lists, 10man pages, 10, 62–63online, 62–63Tip of the Day, 56–57tooltips, 49WFTL Knoppix, 27–29Writer, 233–234
Help Center, 61–62Hidden directories, 419Hidden files, 419
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History list, 70–71, 172Home directory
definition, 66–67persistent, 23shortcut to, 429–430
IP addresses, 138It was a dark and stormy night., 228
JJabber protocol, 145–146Jobs. See Processes.Johanson, Jon Lech, 352juk command, 346–350Juk jukebox, 345–350. See also amaroK
jukebox.Jukeboxes, 345–350Junk on screen, 424
KK icon, 48K3b
backing up data, 340–344burning to CDs, 337–345calculating CD space, 341creating audio CDs, 339, 344–345erasing a CD-RW, 340interface description, 337–339label information, displaying, 342preserving permissions, 343projects, 339ripping from CDs, 337–345simulating a write to CD, 341starting, 337
KAlzium, 368
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kalzium command, 368karaoke, 353KArm, 223. See also Calendars; Evolution
for calendars; KOrganizer.karm command, 223KAsteroids, 357kasteroids command, 357Kate, 448–450kate command, 448–450KaudioCreator, 333–337kaudiocreator command, 333KBackgammon, 361KBattleship, 360, 362kbattleship command, 360KCalc, 275KDE desktop, 9. See also Konqueror; specific
calculating CD space, 341copying from. See Ripping.
copying to. See Burning.creating audio CDs, 339, 344–345erasing a CD-RW, 340interface description, 337–339label information, displaying, 342preserving permissions, 343projects, 339ripping from
simulating a write to CD, 341track information, displaying, 336–337
Music playersamaroK jukebox, 350BMP (Beep Media Player), 325CD player, 324Juk jukebox, 345–350jukeboxes, 345–350karaoke, 353KMid, 353KMix, 322–323KsCD, 324for MIDI files, 353Noatun
interface description, 330lightshows, 332loading songs to a playlist, 330playing songs from a playlist, 330skinning, 331–332special effects, 332starting, 329visualization plugins, 332
XMMSadding songs to a collection, 326CD audio player plugin, 328interface description, 325–326lightshows, 327–328playing songs, 326skinning, 328–329source for, 325special effects, 327–328starting, 325visualization plugins, 327–328
mutt, 199mv command, 416, 422, 428
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music playerinterface description, 330lightshows, 332loading songs to a playlist, 330playing songs from a playlist, 330skinning, 331–332special effects, 332starting, 329visualization plugins, 332
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Paul Clifford, 228PCI devices, 121–122, 133Pen icon, 314–315Pen point icon, 311Pencil icon, 314–315Penguin. See Tux.Percentage tutorial, 368Performance, WFTL Knoppix, 16Periodic table game, 368Peripheral support, limitations, 6–7Permissions
desktop icons, 95files and directories
changing, 78–79default settings, 433–435displaying, 79, 430–431execute, 79, 432, 434listing with Konqueror, 78–79listing with ls command, 418–419ownership, 431–433read, 79, 432, 434read-only, 79, 432write, 79, 432, 434
music CDs, 343preserving, 343printers, 127–128
Persistent home directory, 23Personal information organizers (PIMs). See
Evolution for calendars; KOrganizer.
Personalizer. See KDE personalizer.Perspective, 313Perspective tool, 313Philosophy of the author, 12Photo management, 280–282Photographs. See also Digital art; Digital
Tenes Empanadas Graciela (TEG), 361Test page, printing, 126Tetris-like games, 356Text, in digital art, 313–314Text files, paging, 416Text tool, 313–314.tgz file extension, 113Themes, 47, 90, 92–94Thompson, Ken, 663D video support, 368–369Thumbnails, 279Thunderbird, 199Time and date, 415, 444Time management. See Evolution for
calendars; KOrganizer.Time zones, specifying for e-mail, 195Tip of the Day, 56–57Title bar, 52–53To-Do items, 206–208, 222–223Tooltips, KDE (K Desktop Environment), 49Torvalds, Linus, 2, 274–275Transitions, slides, 261–262Trash bin, 80Tron-like games, 373–374Troubleshooting, desktop buttons are off
screen, 52tty command, 415Tux, the penguin
game character, 366, 372, 374–375history of, 274–275picture of, 274
directories, setting default, 236document elements, displaying, 242–243document formats, 231file format, default, 237Formatting bar, 233help, 233–234language, default, 231Microsoft Word documents, converting,
235, 236Microsoft Word format, 231, 235navigating documents, 241–242OpenDocument Text format, 231, 235Palm document format, 231personalizing, 231printing a document, 232–233registering, 227RTF format, 231saving a document, 231–232spell-check, 230Standard bar, 233starting, 226Status bar, 233straight text format, 231styles, 239–240stylist, 239–240templates, 238–239, 243toolbars, 233typing content, 228–229
Writer and Free Thinker at Large (WFTL), 10
XX window system, 42–43Xandros installation, 406–409xboard, 362xboard command, 362XChat, 153xclock command, 443–444XFree86, 42Ximian Evolution. See Evolution.XMMS
adding songs to a collection, 326CD audio player plugin, 328interface description, 325–326lightshows, 327–328playing songs, 326skinning, 328–329source for, 325special effects, 327–328starting, 325visualization plugins, 327–328
X.org, 42–43xsane command, 296XSane program, 296
Yyast2 command, 99
ZZooming, on images, 311, 316ZZ command, 451
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