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Linux Desktop Hacks
Tips & Tools for Customizing and Optimizing your OS
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- Contents
- + Credits
- + Preface
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Booting Linux
- + Give Your Computer the Boot
- + Kill and Resurrect the Master Boot Record
- + Bypass the Boot Manager
- Set a Bitmap Boot Screen for LILO
- + Create Your Own LILO Boot Splash
- Display a GRUB Boot Splash Background
- Create a GRUB Boot Splash Background
- + Jazz Up Your Debian System Boot
- + Graphics on the Console
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Console
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Login Managers
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Related to X
- + Take Your Screens Black
- + Spice Up Your Desktop with Creative Mouse Cursors
- Convert CursorXP Themes for Use with Linux
- + Use Windows and Mac Fonts
- + Never Miss Another Reminder
- + Make Applications Trigger On-Screen Alerts
- Heat Up Your Keyboard with Hotkeys
- Get Hotter Hotkeys with LinEAK
- + Access Windows and Mac OS X from Linux
- + Run Your Desktop over the Internet
- + Access Your Programs Remotely
- + Add Depth to Your Desktop
- Give Your Desktop X-Ray Vision
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KDE Desktop
- + Make Konqueror a Window into Remote Spaces
- + Konquer Remote Systems Without Passwords
- Ai Karamba! Flashy KDE Gadgets!
- + Start Applications in Weird and Wonderful Ways
- + Script Hacks with DCOP
- + Create Your Own KDE Right-Click Menu Actions
- Make KDE Even Easier to Use
- Give Depth to Your KDE Windows
- + Lock Down KDE with Kiosk Mode
- + Run KDE on the Bleeding Edge
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GNOME Desktop Hacks
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Terminal Empowerment
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Desktop Programs
- + Reduce OpenOffice.org Startup Time
- + Read Yahoo! Mail from Any Email Client
- + Encrypt Your Email
- + Reclaim Your Email with procmail
- + Convert Your Mailbox
- + Configure Firefox Under the Covers
- + Eliminate Annoying Browser Stalls
- + Get Browser Plug-ins Working
- + Create an Internet Phone
- + Motion Capture and Video Conferencing Fun
- + Put Screenshots Automatically on the Web
- + Scan for Wireless Networks
- + Map Your Meatspace
- + Connect to a Microsoft PPTP VPN
- + Play Restricted Media Formats
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Administration and Automation
- + Automate Your Life with cron
- + Update Your Clock via the Internet
- + Start Desktop Applications Automatically
- + Don’t Let Elvis Leave the Building
- + Clone Your Linux Install
- + Forward Ports over SSH
- + Take Control of New User Setups
- + Send Email Alerts for System Events
- + Create a Passwordless Login
- Magically Empower Your Network Cable
- + Protect Yourself from Windows Applications
- + Build a Custom Firewall Computer
- Link Monitoring in Linux with Wavemon
- + Make Network Backups
- Recover from Debian Disaster
- + Prelink for Performance
- + Grab the Latest Source Code
- + Speed Up Compiles
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Kernel
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Hardware
- Make an Internet Connection Using Bluetooth and a Mobile Phone
- + Perfect USB Devices with Project Utopia
- + Optimize Your Refresh Rates
- + Print to Unsupported Printers
- + Control Your Power with ACPI
- + Use an iPod with Linux
- + Sync Your iRiver with Linux
- Boost Hard-Drive Performance
- + Accelerate Your Gaming
- Index
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 customizing and improving the interface, boosting performance, administering your desktop, and generally making the most out of what X, KDE, Gnome, and the console have to offer.
From the practical to the whimsical, and some things you never thought of trying, the hacks in the book include the following, and more:
Kill and Resurrect the Master Boot Record
Jazz Up Your Debian System Boot
Energize Your Console with Macro Music Magic
Konquer Remote Systems Without Passwords
Run KDE on the Bleeding Edge
View Microsoft Word Documents in a Terminal
Read Yahoo! Mail from Any Email Client
Motion Capture and Video Conferencing Fun
Automate Your Life with cron
Protect Yourself from Windows Applications
Make an Internet Connection Using Bluetooth and a Mobile Phone
Print to Unsupported Printers
Accelerate Your Gaming
If you're yearning for information to make the Linux desktop easier, more powerful, and more fun, Linux Desktop Hacks is just the ticket.
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Book Details
Authors
Nicholas Petreley and Jono Bacon
Categories
Computers > Operating Systems > Linux
Publishers
Publication year : 2008
License: All rights reserved ©
Times read: 777
