Getting Started

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Camille Bégnis, Christian Roy, Fabian Mandelbaum, Roberto Rosselli del Turco, Marco De Vitis, Alice Lafox, John Rye, Wolfgang Bornath, Funda Wang, Patricia Pichardo Bégnis, Debora Rejnharc Mandelbaum, Mickael Scherer, Jean-Michel Dault, Lunas Moon, Céline Harrand, Fred Lepied, Pascal Rigaux, Thierry Vignaud, Giuseppe Ghibò, Stew Benedict, Francine Suzon, Indrek Madedog Triipus, Nicolas Berdugo, Fabrice Facorat, Xiao Ming, Snature , Guylhem Aznar, Pavel Maryanov, Annie Tétrault, Aurelio Marinho Jargas, Felipe Arruda, Marcia Gawlak Hoshi, Roberto Patriarca, Sean Wheller, Laura Sebrie.

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September 2006


Preface
1. About Mandriva Linux
1.1. Contacting the Mandriva Linux Community
1.2. Join the Club!
1.3. Subscribing to Mandriva Online
1.4. Purchasing Mandriva Products
1.5. Mandriva Kiosk
1.6. Contributing to Mandriva Linux
2. About this Quick Start Guide
3. Starting the MandrivaOne Live CD
3.1. Booting the CD
3.2. Default User Paswords
1. Exploring your New Environment
1. Using the Internet
1.1. Sending and Receiving Emails
1.2. Browsing the Web
1.3. Chatting With Friends and Colleagues
2. Doing Office Work
2.1. Writing Documents
2.2. Calculations and Simulations
2.3. Communicating your Ideas
3. Multimedia
3.1. Playing Music
3.2. CD/DVD Burning
3.3. Playing Movies
3.4. Digital Photo Studio
2. Installing and Configuring your Peripherals
1. The Mandriva Linux Control Center
2. Setup your Printer
2.1. Installing a Printer
2.2. Configuring a Printer
2.3. Testing a Printer
3. Setup your Scanner
3.1. Installing a Scanner
3.2. Testing a Scanner
4. Setup your Webcam
4.1. Automated Webcam Installation
4.2. Testing a Webcam
5. Use your Digital Camera
5.1. Transfer and Process Images with Digikam
6. Memory Card Readers
3. Playing Around
1. Free Linux Games
1.1. Frozen Bubble
1.2. Supertux
1.3. X-Moto
1.4. KDE Cute Games
1.5. StepMania
2. Run Windows® Games on Mandriva Linux
3. More Games
4. Share and Install your Linux System
1. Live Copy
2. Live Install
2.1. Copy Files to Hard Disk
2.2. System Configuration
1. Configuring and Tweaking Your Box
5. Package Management
1. Adding, Removing and Updating Software
2. The Software Media Manager
6. Configuring your Hardware and Devices
1. Configuring your Hardware
1.1. Hardware Detection and Configuration
1.2. Problems/Troubleshooting
2. Controlling the Graphical Configuration
2.1. Changing the Monitor
2.2. Changing Resolution
2.3. Controlling All Video Parameters
3. Configuring the 3D Desktop
4. Changing your Keyboard Layout
5. Changing your Mouse
6. Configuring Printers with PrinterDrake
6.1. Automatic Installation
6.2. Manual Configuration
6.3. The Printer Management Interface
6.4. Print Server General Configuration
6.5. The Printer Configuration Wizard
6.6. Reconfiguring an Existing Printer
6.7. Controlling Automatic Installations
6.8. Expert Mode
7. Installing and Sharing Scanners
7.1. Main Interface and Scanner Installation
7.2. Share your Scanner
8. Setting up your UPS
7. Configuring your Internet Connection
1. Network and Internet Connection Management
1.1. Set Up a New Network Interface
1.2. Internet Settings
1.3. Reconfigure Interfaces
1.4. Monitoring Connections
1.5. Removing a Connection
1.6. Proxy Settings
2. Activating and Managing Network Profiles
2.1. Profile Handling
3. Wireless Connections Management (Roaming)
3.1. Switching Networks
3.2. Configuring a Wireless Connection
8. Managing your Users, Menus and Services
1. Configuring Start-Up Services
2. Managing Fonts on your System with DrakFont
3. Setting your Machine's Date and Time
4. Monitoring System Activity and Status
4.1. Browsing System Logs
5. Managing Users and Groups
5.1. The Interface
5.2. Adding a New User
6. Backing Up and Restoring your Files
6.1. A Practical Example Using the Wizard
6.2. Restoring Backups
6.3. Automating Periodic Backups
6.4. Advanced Backup Wizard Configuration
9. Securing your System
1. Securing your Internet Access via DrakFirewall
1.1. Choose Services to be Available from Outside
1.2. Activate Interactive Firewall Feature
1.3. Which Interface to Protect
10. Mandriva Online Services
1. Initial Configuration
2. The Web Management Interface
2.1. Subscribing New Machines
2.2. Host Management
2.3. Scheduling Updates
3. Mandriva Online Applet

List of Figures

1.1. Mail Account Type
1.2. Your Personal Data
1.3. Account Credentials
1.4. Mail Servers
1.5. KMail Client Interface
1.6. Konqueror Web Browser Interface
1.7. Messaging Service Selection
1.8. Account Parameters
1.9. IRC Basic Parameters
1.10. IRC Network Parameters
1.11. IM and Chat Interface
1.12. OpenOffice.org Writer's Main Window
1.13. OpenOffice.org Calc's Main Window
1.14. OpenOffice.org Impress' Main Window
1.15. Entering Chart Data
1.16. KsCD's Main Window
1.17. Amarok's Main Window
1.18. K3b's Interface
1.19. Selecting Files and Directories to Include on a CD
1.20. Setting Writing Parameters
1.21. Selecting Audio Tracks to Include on the CD
1.22. Kaffeine's Interface
1.23. DVD Playback Interface
1.24. New Album Settings
2.1. Hardware Tools
3.1. Installing Games
3.2. Cedega Main Interface
3.3. Click Install to Start Installing Games
4.1. Choosing the Connection Type
5.1. Software Management in the Mandriva Linux Control Center
5.2. Rpmdrake Interface
5.3. Dependency Alert Box
5.4. Alternative Packages
5.5. The “Software Media Manager
5.6. Adding a Custom Package Repository Media
5.7. Package Repository Authentication Key Management
5.8. Specifying a Proxy for Remote Media
6.1. Selected Device
6.2. Choosing a New Monitor
6.3. Changing the Resolution of your Screen
6.4. XFdrake Main Window
6.5. Activating 3D Desktop Effects
6.6. Choosing a Different Keyboard Layout
6.7. Choosing a Different Mouse
6.8. A new Printer was Detected
6.9. Activate Printing
6.10. Activating Network Printers
6.11. A New Printer Is Detected
6.12. Managing Printers
6.13. CUPS Printer Server Configuration
6.14. Client Mode Configuration
6.15. Printer Type
6.16. Detected Printers List
6.17. Testing the Printer
6.18. Modifying an Existing Printer
6.19. Set Automatic Installation Options
6.20. Installing your Scanner
6.21. The Tree-list of All Known Scanner Models
6.22. Sharing Scanners within a LAN
7.1. DrakConnect Tools
7.2. Entering Dial-up Connection Parameters
7.3. Configuring the Internet Access
7.4. Manage Network Connections
7.5. Real-Time Network Connection Monitoring
7.6. The Control Center Profiles Interface
7.7. DrakRoam Interface
7.8. Changing Wireless Network Configuration
8.1. Choosing the Services Available at Boot Time
8.2. DrakFont's Main Window
8.3. Changing Date and Time
8.4. Browsing and Searching through System Logs
8.5. The User List in UserDrake
8.6. Adding a New User in the System
8.7. Adding Users to a Group
8.8. Selecting What to Backup
8.9. Selecting Where to Store the Backup
8.10. Setting Optical Media Parameters
8.11. Review Configuration Parameters
8.12. Choosing the Restore Type to Perform
8.13. Daemon Options Window
8.14. Miscellaneous Options Window
9.1. The DrakFirewall Window
9.2. Interactive Firewall Options
9.3. The Internet Interface
10.1. Existing or New Mandriva Online Account?
10.2. Authentication on Mandriva Online
10.3. Uploading Your Configuration
10.4. Mandriva Online Hosts List
10.5. Up-To-Date Mandriva Online Host
10.6. Outdated Mandriva Online Host
10.7. Select Packages to be Updated
10.8. Mandriva Online Applet

List of Tables

1.1. KMail's Toolbar Buttons
1.2. Konqueror's Toolbar Buttons
1.3. Kopete's Toolbar Buttons
1.4. Suggested Styles
6.1. Considerations