Mandrake Linux documentation

Mandrake Linux 8.2

Installation And User Guide

MandrakeSoft

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 2002

http://www.mandrakelinux.com/


Table of Contents
Preface
1. Legal Notice
2. About Mandrake Linux
3. About This Installation And User Guide
4. Authors And Translators
5. Note From The Editor
6. Tools Used in The Making of This Manual
7. Conventions Used in This Book
I. Installation Guide
1. WARNING – README
2. Before Setup
3. Disks And Partitions
4. Installation With DrakX
5. Using Mandrake Linux For The First Time
II. Discover
6. Linux For Beginners
7. Where to Get Documentation
8. The Desktop According to KDE
9. Using GNOME
III. Use
10. Office Work
11. File Managers
12. Graphics Tools And Practical Devices
13. Audio, Movie And Video Applications
14. Using The Internet
IV. Personalize
15. Securing Your Machine
16. Mandrake Control Center
17. Configuring Internet Connections
18. Package Management
A. GNU Free Documentation License
A.1. GNU Free Documentation License
A.2. How to use this License for your documents
Glossary
Index
List of Tables
8-1. KDE's Desktop Icons
8-2. The KDE Panel
8-3. Stick-On And Stick-Off Thumbnails
11-1. Konqueror's Icons
13-1. GnomeMeeting's toolbar buttons
14-1. KMail's Tool-Bar Buttons
14-2. Message Send Button
16-1. A Fast Review of Mandrake Graphical Tools
18-1. RpmDrake Icons
List of Figures
2-1. The Rawrite Program
3-1. First Example of Partition Naming Under GNU/Linux
3-2. Second Example of Partition Naming Under GNU/Linux
4-1. Very First Installation Welcome Screen
4-2. Available Installation Options
6-1. The Login Window
6-2. The Pull-Down Session Type List
6-3. First Time KDE
6-4. First Time GNOME
6-5. KDE Logout Confirmation
6-6. Logging Out Using The Pop-Up Menu Under KDE
6-7. KDE's Log-out Icon
6-8. GNOME's Log-Out Menu
6-9. GNOME's Log-Out Icon
6-10. The KDE Desktop
6-11. The GNOME Desktop
6-12. Accessing The Mandrake Control Center
6-13. KDE And GNOME Retractable Panel
6-14. KDE And GNOME File Managers
6-15. Buttons For Virtual Desktops
6-16. Moving a Window to Another Desktop
6-17. Maximizing Windows For KDE And GNOME
6-18. Minimizing Windows For KDE And GNOME
6-19. The Task Bar Under KDE And Tasklist Under GNOME
6-20. Closing a Window For KDE And GNOME
6-21. Application Menu For KDE And GNOME
8-1. The KDE Desktop
8-2. KDE's Internal Help Window
8-3. Accessing Unix Manual Pages Through The HelpCenter
8-4. Configuring Virtual Desktops Under KDE
8-5. Creation Menu Under KDE
8-6. Creating an Application Icon Under KDE
8-7. Program to Create an Application Icon Under KDE
8-8. Creating an Icon For a Web Site Under KDE
8-9. Choosing an Icon Under KDE
8-10. KDE's Default Style
8-11. The Marble Style for KDE
8-12. Text Aside Icons Under KDE
8-13. Text Under Icons in KDE
8-14. Configuring The Background
8-15. Configuring The Wallpaper For The Background
8-16. Background Advanced Effects
8-17. Example of Advanced Effects
9-1. GNOME Desktop
9-2. GNOME Panel
9-3. GNOME Control Center
9-4. Getting Around The GNOME Menu
9-5. Run Your Favorite Applications
9-6. Add Applets to Your Panel
9-7. A Vast Array of Applications to Choose From
9-8. Multimedia: XMMS, GIMP, etc.
10-1. Writing Documents
10-2. Linking to StarOffice
10-3. Linking Properties
10-4. Finding And Replacing Words
10-5. StarOffice Navigator
10-6. Nonprinting Characters
10-7. Create Tables For Your Documents
10-8. Spellchecking Documents
10-9. StarOffice Options
10-10. Accessing Your Documents
10-11. Gnumeric's Main Window
10-12. Gnumeric's Toolbar
10-13. Gnumeric's Menus
10-14. Format Cells Menu
10-15. The Graphs Guru
11-1. Konqueror: The File Manager Under KDE
11-2. Selecting With Your Mouse in Konqueror
11-3. Selecting Many Files in Konqueror
11-4. Creating a New Directory
11-5. Opening a Text File
11-6. Choosing The Destination Folder
11-7. Drag'n'Drop With Konqueror
11-8. Three Methods to Remove Files
11-9. The Trash Icon, Empty or Full
11-10. Finding Files With Konqueror
11-11. Konqueror's Window Menu
11-12. MultiColumn View Under Konqueror
11-13. Tree View Under Konqueror
11-14. Detailed List View Under Konqueror
11-15. Text View Under Konqueror
11-16. Preview of a File's Contents With Konqueror
11-17. Viewing Hidden Files With Konqueror
11-18. Acting Upon Displays With Konqueror
11-19. Splitting The Konqueror Window
11-20. Nautilus' Main Window
11-21. Nautilus' History Window
11-22. Nautilus News
11-23. Adding News Web Sites
11-24. Editing News Web Sites
11-25. Nautilus Preferences
11-26. Changing Default Smooth Fonts
11-27. GNOME Theme For Nautilus
11-28. Browsing The Web With Nautilus
12-1. GIMP's Toolbox
12-2. Opening from the ToolBox
12-3. Creating a New File
12-4. Saving Files
12-5. GIMP Picture
12-6. Layers Dialog
12-7. Filter's Dialog
12-8. Color Selection Dialog
12-9. Brushes Dialog
12-10. Configuring The Camera Connection
12-11. Selecting Pictures to Transfer
12-12. Plug-In For GIMP
12-13. ScannerDrake Is Ready to Configure Your Scanner
12-14. xscanimage, a Basic But Effective Acquisition Program
12-15. XSane Multiple Windows And ScannerDrake Icon on Desktop
12-16. KPrinter Window
12-17. Printer Properties Window
12-18. Changing Printer Resolution
12-19. Telling Galeon to Print With KPrinter
12-20. CD-R(W) Drive Detection Under X-CD-Roast
12-21. Setting CD Reader And Writer Parameters
12-22. Setting up Temp Space on Disk
12-23. Setting up Users Allowed to use the CD Burner
12-24. Selecting The ISO Image to Write to CD
12-25. Selecting Files/Directories to Include on The CD
13-1. XMMS Main Window
13-2. XMMS Main Window With Equalizer And Playlist
13-3. Loading Files Into XMMS
13-4. Options Menu
13-5. XMMS Preferences Window
13-6. aRts Soundserver With KDE
13-7. G-Force Visualization Plugin
13-8. XMMS Skins Browser
13-9. Chaos Skin
13-10. Using WinAMP Skins With XMMS
13-11. Listening to a Streaming Channel
13-12. Aumix Application
13-13. Aumix View Menu
13-14. Kscd's Main Window
13-15. The Left Side of Kscd's Main Window
13-16. CD Database Editor
13-17. Configuration Menu
13-18. Kscd Options
13-19. GnomeMeeting's Main Window
13-20. Setting Audio Levels For GnomeMeeting
13-21. Setting Video Levels For GnomeMeeting
13-22. Video Conferencing With a Remote Party
13-23. Finding People on ILS Servers
14-1. The Galeon Browser
14-2. Tabbed Windows Under Galeon
14-3. Galeon Preferences
14-4. Mailer Preferences
14-5. Setting User Parameters
14-6. Setting The Outgoing Mail Server
14-7. Configuring a POP3 Mail Account
14-8. The Message-Compose Window
14-9. Gaim Login Window
14-10. Gaim Registration
14-11. Gaim Buddy List
14-12. Adding a Buddy
14-13. Joining a Chat
14-14. Loading Plugins
14-15. Managing Accounts
14-16. XChat Server List
14-17. XChat Channel
15-1. Introduction to The Bastille-Chooser Wizard
15-2. Choosing a Security Level
15-3. Is Your Machine Acting as a Server?
15-4. Choosing Allowed Services
15-5. A Typical InteractiveBastille Screen
16-1. The Control Center Icon
16-2. The Control Center's Main Window
16-3. Choosing The Boot Mode
16-4. Choosing The Steps to Replay or Not
16-5. Choosing a New Video Resolution
16-6. Test The New Video Mode?
16-7. Text or Graphical Login?
16-8. The X Information Window
16-9. HardDrake Main Window
16-10. HardDrake – Selected Device
16-11. HardDrake – Unknown Device
16-12. HardDrake – Probing Options Window
16-13. HardDrake - Sound Wizard
16-14. Choosing a Different Mouse
16-15. Managing Printers
16-16. Auto-Detecting Printers
16-17. The Printer Port
16-18. HP Multi-Function Device
16-19. Choosing a Name For Your Printer
16-20. Choosing The Printer Model
16-21. Configuring The Printer's Options
16-22. Test The Printer
16-23. Was The Printout Successful?
16-24. A Printer Is Now Configured
16-25. Modifying an Existing Printer
16-26. Configuring a Remote Printer
16-27. Choosing a Different Keyboard Layout
16-28. DiskDrake's Main Window
16-29. The /home Partition Before Resizing
16-30. Choosing a New Size
16-31. Defining The New Partition
16-32. The New Partition Table
16-33. Confirming The Writing of The Partition Table
16-34. Choosing What to Change For That Device
16-35. Scanning The Whole Network
16-36. Choosing The Machine to Import Files From
16-37. Choosing The Remote Directory to Import
16-38. Where to Make Remote Files Accessible
16-39. Choosing Export Protocol
16-40. Controlling Exports
16-41. Choosing The LAN Network Adapter
16-42. Configuring The LAN Interface
16-43. Configuring a Client For Using DHCP
16-44. Choosing The Security Level of Your System
16-45. Launching menudrake in System or User Mode
16-46. menudrake's Main Window
16-47. Adding a New Menu Entry With menudrake
16-48. Choosing a Menu Style
16-49. Choosing The Services Available at System Start-Up
16-50. drakfont's Main Window
16-51. The Users List in userdrake
16-52. Adding a New User in The System
16-53. Affect Users to a Group
16-54. userdrake's Parameters Window
16-55. userdrake's User View Parameters
16-56. Groups Are Different For Two Users
16-57. Date And Time Changing
16-58. Browsing And Searching Through System Logs
17-1. Connecting to The Internet
17-2. Choosing The Internet Connections to Configure
17-3. Configuring The Internet Connection
17-4. Try The Internet Connection
18-1. First RpmDrake Message
18-2. RpmDrake's Main Window
18-3. A Package's File List
18-4. RpmInst Replacing RpmDrake
18-5. Install in Progress Under RpmInst
18-6. Uninstalling Packages
18-7. Adding a Source in RpmDrake
18-8. Update Types in MandrakeUpdate

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