\BOOKMARK [1][-]{section.1}{Overview}{} \BOOKMARK [2][-]{subsection.1.1}{Background Needed}{section.1} \BOOKMARK [2][-]{subsection.1.2}{What Is Linux?}{section.1} \BOOKMARK [1][-]{section.2}{Linux Distributions}{} \BOOKMARK [2][-]{subsection.2.1}{Which One Is Best?}{section.2} \BOOKMARK [2][-]{subsection.2.2}{Obtaining Linux}{section.2} \BOOKMARK [2][-]{subsection.2.3}{Live-CD Linux Distributions}{section.2} \BOOKMARK [1][-]{section.3}{Installing Linux}{} \BOOKMARK [2][-]{subsection.3.1}{Assumptions}{section.3} \BOOKMARK [3][-]{subsubsection.3.1.1}{Generality/Specificity of Coverage}{subsection.3.1} \BOOKMARK [3][-]{subsubsection.3.1.2}{Your Machine}{subsection.3.1} \BOOKMARK [2][-]{subsection.3.2}{Determine Your Hardware Details}{section.3} \BOOKMARK [2][-]{subsection.3.3}{Partioning Your Hard Drive}{section.3} \BOOKMARK [3][-]{subsubsection.3.3.1}{What Is Partitioning?}{subsection.3.3} \BOOKMARK [3][-]{subsubsection.3.3.2}{Before You Do the Partitioning}{subsection.3.3} \BOOKMARK [3][-]{subsubsection.3.3.3}{Partitioning Using GParted}{subsection.3.3} \BOOKMARK [2][-]{subsection.3.4}{The Installation Process}{section.3} \BOOKMARK [3][-]{subsubsection.3.4.1}{To Begin}{subsection.3.4} \BOOKMARK [3][-]{subsubsection.3.4.2}{Questions You May Be Asked During the Installation Process}{subsection.3.4} \BOOKMARK [2][-]{subsection.3.5}{Installing Linux to a USB Key}{section.3} \BOOKMARK [3][-]{subsubsection.3.5.1}{Installation Method I}{subsection.3.5} \BOOKMARK [3][-]{subsubsection.3.5.2}{Installation Method II \(from Linux\)}{subsection.3.5} \BOOKMARK [3][-]{subsubsection.3.5.3}{Usage}{subsection.3.5} \BOOKMARK [1][-]{section.4}{Post-Installation Configuration}{} \BOOKMARK [2][-]{subsection.4.1}{Help in Hardware Configuration}{section.4} \BOOKMARK [2][-]{subsection.4.2}{Configuring Your Search Path \(``Why can't I run my a.out?''\)}{section.4} \BOOKMARK [2][-]{subsection.4.3}{Configuring a Printer}{section.4} \BOOKMARK [2][-]{subsection.4.4}{WiFi Networking}{section.4} \BOOKMARK [3][-]{subsubsection.4.4.1}{General Information}{subsection.4.4} \BOOKMARK [3][-]{subsubsection.4.4.2}{Network Management Tools}{subsection.4.4} \BOOKMARK [3][-]{subsubsection.4.4.3}{Individual Linux Network Commands}{subsection.4.4} \BOOKMARK [3][-]{subsubsection.4.4.4}{If You Have a Problem}{subsection.4.4} \BOOKMARK [2][-]{subsection.4.5}{Configuring KDE/GNOME for Convenient Window Operations}{section.4} \BOOKMARK [3][-]{subsubsection.4.5.1}{Autoraise Etc.}{subsection.4.5} \BOOKMARK [3][-]{subsubsection.4.5.2}{Saving Window Places Between Sessions}{subsection.4.5} \BOOKMARK [1][-]{section.5}{Some Points on Linux Usage}{} \BOOKMARK [2][-]{subsection.5.1}{More on Shells/Terminal Windows}{section.5} \BOOKMARK [2][-]{subsection.5.2}{Cut-and-Paste Window Operations}{section.5} \BOOKMARK [2][-]{subsection.5.3}{Mounting Other Peripheral Devices}{section.5} \BOOKMARK [3][-]{subsubsection.5.3.1}{Mount Points}{subsection.5.3} \BOOKMARK [3][-]{subsubsection.5.3.2}{Reading Your DVD/CD-ROM Floppy Drive from Linux}{subsection.5.3} \BOOKMARK [3][-]{subsubsection.5.3.3}{CD/DVD Burning}{subsection.5.3} \BOOKMARK [3][-]{subsubsection.5.3.4}{Using USB Devices}{subsection.5.3} \BOOKMARK [2][-]{subsection.5.4}{A Note on Ubuntu}{section.5} \BOOKMARK [3][-]{subsubsection.5.4.1}{Root Operations}{subsection.5.4} \BOOKMARK [1][-]{section.6}{Linux Applications Software}{} \BOOKMARK [2][-]{subsection.6.1}{GUI Vs. Text-Based}{section.6} \BOOKMARK [2][-]{subsection.6.2}{My Favorite Unix/Linux Utilities and Applications}{section.6} \BOOKMARK [3][-]{subsubsection.6.2.1}{Text Editing}{subsection.6.2} \BOOKMARK [3][-]{subsubsection.6.2.2}{Web Browsing}{subsection.6.2} \BOOKMARK [3][-]{subsubsection.6.2.3}{E-Mail}{subsection.6.2} \BOOKMARK [3][-]{subsubsection.6.2.4}{HTML Editing}{subsection.6.2} \BOOKMARK [3][-]{subsubsection.6.2.5}{Compilers}{subsection.6.2} \BOOKMARK [3][-]{subsubsection.6.2.6}{Integrated Software Development \(IDE\)}{subsection.6.2} \BOOKMARK [3][-]{subsubsection.6.2.7}{Word Processing}{subsection.6.2} \BOOKMARK [3][-]{subsubsection.6.2.8}{Playing Movies, Music, Etc.}{subsection.6.2} \BOOKMARK [3][-]{subsubsection.6.2.9}{Video Editing}{subsection.6.2} \BOOKMARK [3][-]{subsubsection.6.2.10}{Image Viewing, Manipulation and Drawing}{subsection.6.2} \BOOKMARK [3][-]{subsubsection.6.2.11}{Accessing Usenet Newsgroups}{subsection.6.2} \BOOKMARK [3][-]{subsubsection.6.2.12}{FTP}{subsection.6.2} \BOOKMARK [3][-]{subsubsection.6.2.13}{Statistical Analysis}{subsection.6.2} \BOOKMARK [3][-]{subsubsection.6.2.14}{Video Chat}{subsection.6.2} \BOOKMARK [3][-]{subsubsection.6.2.15}{Runing Windows Applications from Within Linux}{subsection.6.2} \BOOKMARK [2][-]{subsection.6.3}{Downloading New Software}{section.6} \BOOKMARK [3][-]{subsubsection.6.3.1}{How to Find It}{subsection.6.3} \BOOKMARK [3][-]{subsubsection.6.3.2}{Automatic Download/Installation}{subsection.6.3} \BOOKMARK [3][-]{subsubsection.6.3.3}{Using RPMs}{subsection.6.3} \BOOKMARK [1][-]{section.7}{Dual-Boot Issues}{} \BOOKMARK [1][-]{section.8}{Live CDs or USB-Key Based Linux As Rescue Tools}{} \BOOKMARK [1][-]{section.9}{Learning More About Linux}{} \BOOKMARK [2][-]{subsection.9.1}{Wanna Get Good at Linux? Use It for Everything!}{section.9} \BOOKMARK [2][-]{subsection.9.2}{Getting Help}{section.9} \BOOKMARK [3][-]{subsubsection.9.2.1}{Newsgroups}{subsection.9.2} \BOOKMARK [3][-]{subsubsection.9.2.2}{The Web}{subsection.9.2} \BOOKMARK [3][-]{subsubsection.9.2.3}{LUGs}{subsection.9.2} \BOOKMARK [1][-]{section.10}{Troubleshooting}{} \BOOKMARK [2][-]{subsection.10.1}{Tools}{section.10} \BOOKMARK [2][-]{subsection.10.2}{A Program Freezes}{section.10} \BOOKMARK [2][-]{subsection.10.3}{Screen Freezes}{section.10} \BOOKMARK [2][-]{subsection.10.4}{Inaccessible Partition}{section.10} \BOOKMARK [1][-]{section.11}{If You Are Upgrading or Replacing Another Version or Distribution of Linux}{} \BOOKMARK [1][-]{section.12}{Accessing Your Windows Files from Linux}{} \BOOKMARK [1][-]{section.13}{If You Wish to Remove Linux}{}