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| Preface | |
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| Enjoying And Being Productive On Linux | |
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| Introduction to Linux | |
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| About This Book | |
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| Who's Using Linux? | |
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| System Features | |
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| About Linux's Copyright | |
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| Open Source and the Philosophy of Linux | |
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| Sources of Linux Information | |
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| Getting Help | |
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| Preinstallation and Installation | |
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| Distributions of Linux | |
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| Preparing to Install Linux | |
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| Post-Installation Procedures | |
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| Running into Trouble | |
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| Desktop Environments | |
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| Why Use a Graphical Desktop? | |
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| The K Desktop Environment | |
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| KDE Applications | |
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| The GNOME Desktop Environment | |
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| GNOME Applications | |
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| Basic Unix Commands and Concepts | |
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| Logging In | |
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| Setting a Password | |
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| Virtual Consoles | |
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| Popular Commands | |
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| Shells | |
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| Useful Keys and How to Get Them to Work | |
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| Typing Shortcuts | |
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| Filename Expansion | |
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| Saving Your Output | |
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| What Is a Command? | |
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| Putting a Command in the Background | |
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| Remote Logins and Command Execution | |
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| Manual Pages | |
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| Startup Files | |
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| Important Directories | |
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| Basic Text Editing | |
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| Advanced Shells and Shell Scripting | |
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| Web Browsers and Instant Messaging | |
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| The World Wide Web | |
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| Instant Messaging | |
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| Electronic Mail Clients | |
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| Using KMail | |
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| Using Mozilla Mail & News | |
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| Getting the Mail to Your Computer with fetchmail | |
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| OpenPGP Encryption with GnuPG | |
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| Games | |
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| Gaming | |
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| Quake III | |
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| Return to Castle Wolfenstein | |
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| Unreal Tournament 2004 | |
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| Emulators | |
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| Frozen Bubble | |
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| Tux Racer | |
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| Office Suites and Personal Productivity | |
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| Using OpenOffice | |
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| KOffice | |
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| Other Word Processors | |
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| Synching PDAs | |
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| Groupware | |
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| Managing Your Finances | |
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| Multimedia | |
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| Multimedia Concepts | |
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| Kernel and Driver Issues | |
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| Embedded and Other Multimedia Devices | |
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| Desktop Environments | |
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| Windows Compatibility | |
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| Multimedia Applications | |
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| Multimedia Toolkits and Development Environments | |
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| Solutions to Common Problems | |
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| References | |
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| System Administration | |
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| System Administration Basics | |
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| Maintaining the System | |
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| Managing Filesystems | |
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| Managing Swap Space | |
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| The /proc Filesystem | |
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| Device Files | |
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| Scheduling Recurring Jobs Using cron | |
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| Executing Jobs Once | |
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| Managing System Logs | |
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| Processes | |
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| Programs That Serve You | |
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| Managing Users, Groups, and Permissions | |
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| Managing User Accounts | |
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| File Ownership and Permissions | |
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| Changing the Owner, Group, and Permissions | |
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| Installing, Updating, and Compiling Programs | |
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| Upgrading Software | |
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| General Upgrade Procedure | |
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| Automated and Bulk Upgrades | |
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| Upgrading Software Not Provided in Packages | |
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| Archive and Compression Utilities | |
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| Networking | |
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| Networking with TCP/IP | |
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| Dial-Up PPP | |
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| PPP over ISDN | |
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| ADSL | |