Linux desktop starter kit
John Lathrop
- New York McGraw-Hill c2000.
- xix, 696 p. ill. ; 24 cm. + 1 computer optical disc (4 3/4 in.)
Preface -- Acknowledgements -- pt. 1. Installation -- Ch. 1. Preparing for the Installation -- Ch. 2. Installing Red Hat Linux -- Ch. 3. Configuring Red Hat Linux for Windows -- Ch. 4. Installing Caldera OpenLinux -- Ch. 5. Configuring Caldera OpenLinux for Windows -- Ch. 6. Installing TurboLinux Workstation 3.6 -- Ch. 7. Installing SuSE Linux 6.1 -- pt. 2. Under the Hood: Linux at the Command Line -- Ch. 8. Command Line Basics -- Ch. 9. Reading and Editing Configuration Files -- Ch. 10. Accessing Drives and Manipulating Files -- Ch. 11. Hooking Up to the Internet -- Ch. 12. X Window and Sound Configuration -- pt. 3. X Window -- Ch. 13. Using Red Hat's Gnome Desktop -- Ch. 14. Using Caldera's KDE Desktop -- Ch. 15. Using TurboLinux's TurboDesk -- pt. 4. Productivity: E-Mail and the Web; Office Suites and Graphics -- Ch. 16. E-Mail and the Web: Netscape Configuration and Use -- Ch. 17. StarOffice Installation and Configuration -- Ch. 18. Word Processing with StarWriter -- Ch. 19. Spreadsheets with StarCalc -- Ch. 20. Presentations with StarImpress -- Ch. 21. Office Suites: The Promise of Corel -- Ch. 22. Graphics and Multimedia -- pt. 5. Guru Status -- Ch. 23. System Management -- Ch. 24. Laptops -- Ch. 25. FTP, DOS, and Kernel Recompiles -- Ch. 26. Home Networking with Linux -- Afterword: Installing Linux by Booting from A Floppy Disk -- Resource Appendix -- Sect. A. BootPrompt-HOWTO -- Sect. B. The Linux Modem-HOWTO -- Sect. C. Linux-Modem -- Sect. D. Sound-HOWTO -- Sect. E. Net3-4-Howto -- Sect. F. Linux IP Masquerade HOWTO -- Sect. G. Diagnosing Your Samba Server.
This is a guide and reference to Red Hat Linux. It is intended to take developers from the basics of applications through to a solid understanding of desktop capabilities.