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1 online resource (343 pages) : illustrations |
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"Tips & tools for customizing and optimizing your OS"--Cover |
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Includes index. |
| Contents |
Credits; About the Authors; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Nicholas Petreley; Jono Bacon; Preface; Why Linux Desktop Hacks?; How to Use This Book; How This Book Is Organized; Conventions Used in This Book; Using Code Examples; How to Contact Us; Got a Hack?; Safari Enabled; Booting Linux; Give Your Computer the Boot; Configure GRUB; Configure the Mac Bootloader; Boot from a CD-ROM; Kill and Resurrect the Master Boot Record; Save the MBR; Kill the MBR; Resurrect the MBR; How Do I fdisk/mbr?; See Also; Bypass the Boot Manager; Bypassing the Installer; Mounting Disks; Hacking the Hack. |
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Set a Bitmap Boot Screen for LILOCreate Your Own LILO Boot Splash; Picking Colors; Display a GRUB Boot Splash Background; Create a GRUB Boot Splash Background; Jazz Up Your Debian System Boot; make menuconfig; Install Boot Splash and the Boot Splash init Scripts; Set Up Your Bootloader; Reboot; Graphical Consoles; Graphics on the Console; Setting Up the Kernel; Configuring the Kernel; Configuring the Bootloader; Configure LILO; Configure GRUB; Console; Redefine Keyboard Actions; Virtual Consoles; Using the "Other" Alt Key; Deep-Six the Caps Lock Key. |
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Energize Your Console with Macro Music MagicDefining the Magic; Normal Keyboards; Special Keyboards; Undoing Your Custom Keys and Macros; Take a Screenshot from the Command Line; Take a Screenshot from an X Terminal; Take a Screenshot from a Command-Line Terminal; Put Your Command Prompt on a Diet; Simplify Changing Directories; The Catch; The Solution; One More cd Trick; Colorize Files in Your Pager; The Black-and-White Problem; Solution 1; Solution 2; Solution 3; Login Managers; Switch Users Fast; First, a Lesson on Virtual Terminals; The Built-In KDE and GNOME Way. |
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Double Your KDM (KDE) Login ScreensDouble Your GDM (GNOME) Login Screens; Get Multiple Desktops the Macho Way; Scrap X11 for Fancy Login Consoles; Prepare to Install Qingy; Install Qingy; Configure Linux to Use Qingy; When Qingy Doesn't Offer Session Choices; Personalize Your Qingy Theme; Personalize Every Terminal; Related to X; Take Your Screens Black; startx; xinit; The Xservers File; Spice Up Your Desktop with Creative Mouse Cursors; Does Your Desktop Support Cursor Themes?; What Themes Are Available by Default?; Set a Personal Default Theme; Tips for Users of NVIDIA Display Cards. |
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Get Custom Cursor Themes, Example 1Get Custom Cursor Themes, Example 2; Convert CursorXP Themes for Use with Linux; Use Windows and Mac Fonts; Use Windows Fonts; Use Mac OS X Fonts; Never Miss Another Reminder; The Way You Like It; Scripting the Attention-Getting Reminder; Make Applications Trigger On-Screen Alerts; KMail; Jpilot; Swatch; Heat Up Your Keyboard with Hotkeys; Get Hotter Hotkeys with LinEAK; Access Windows and Mac OS X from Linux; Configure a Linux VNC Server; Connect to a VNC Server; Configure a Windows VNC Server; Configure a Mac OS X VNC Server. |
| Summary |
The KDE and Gnome desktops have developed into mature operating environments. These technologies not only act as interfaces between the user, the powerful Linux kernel and GNU operating system, but they do so in a fun and intuitive way. Many users are content with the tools and facilities included with these desktops, but--for those who are ready to probe a little deeper--much more functionality can be found by going under the hood. With hacks that any user can follow, Linux Desktop Hacks demonstrates how easy it is to modify Linux to suit your desires. The book is packed with tips on customiz. |
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Linux.
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Linux |
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Operating systems (Computers)
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Systèmes d'exploitation (Ordinateurs) |
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operating systems. |
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Operating systems (Computers) |
| Added Author |
Bacon, Jono.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Petreley, Nick. Linux desktop hacks. Sebastopol, California : O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2005 xxi, 318 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. 9780596009113 |
| ISBN |
9780596154332 (e-book) |
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059615433X (e-book) |
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