Linux Desktop Hacks

Tips & Tools for Customizing and Optimizing Your OS

Nicholas Petreley, Jono Bacon - Collection Linux

318 pages, parution le 29/04/2005

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Résumé

Linux is the most customizable and configurable operating system you can run on your desktop. Where some people see a lack of polish or incomplete features, others see an opportunity for hacking.

And when all of the code is open, there is no end to what you can do.

Linux Desktop Hacks demonstrates how easy it is to modify Linux to suit your purposes. 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, the hacks in the book cover the following and much more, including creative how-tos that you never imagined!

Take control of Linux startup by mastering the boot loaders and creating splash screens that display during the entire boot process
Access your desktop over the Internet from Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux machines, and run applications at near local speed
Run the kernel, KDE, and GNOME on the bleeding edge
View Microsoft Word and PDF documents in a console or text email client
Encrypt and filter your email for increased security and reduced spam
Automate your system with cron and protect your network with a firewall
Make an Internet connection using Bluetooth and a mobile phone
Print to unsupported printers
Play Windows Media and Quicktime files and watch DVDs
Utilize 3D video cards and portable music players to their full potential

If you're craving information to make the Linux desktop easier, more powerful, and more fun, Linux Desktop Hacks has one hundred quick and easy hacks waiting for you.

L'auteur - Nicholas Petreley

Nick Petreley (Kansas City, MO) is the founding editor of LinuxWorld magazine, helped establish LinuxWorld Expo, created and first hosted the Golden Penguin Bowl keynote quiz show for the Expo, and is now the Linux analyst for Evans Data Corporation and founding editor of VarLinux.org. He was one of the first journalists to write about Linux, and Red Hat's own founder Bob Young credits Nicholas as a major force behind making the current popularity of Linux possible.

Sommaire

Credits
Preface
Booting Linux
Console
Login Managers
Related to X
KDE Desktop
GNOME
Desktop Hacks
Terminal Empowerment
Desktop Programs
Administration and Automation
Kernel
Hardware
Index

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	O'Reilly
Auteur(s)	Nicholas Petreley, Jono Bacon
Collection	Linux
Parution	29/04/2005
Nb. de pages	318
Format	15 x 22,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	481g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780596009113
ISBN13	978-0-596-00911-3