Sams Teach Yourself GNOME in 24 Hours

Judith Samson

394 pages, parution le 22/05/2000

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Résumé

Sams Teach Yourself Gnome in 24 Hours enables you to utilize the GNOME desktop environment to its fullest potential. The fundamentals of GNOME are taught with a hands-on tutorial approach. Topics include installation, menus, desktop management, printing, file management, session management, Email and the Internet. The book also covers applications written for the GNOME desktop such as word processing and spreadsheets.

GNOME is distributed with the newest versions of Red Hat and Debian
Enables new Linux users to work within a familiar graphical interface
CD-ROM contains full GNOME release plus applications which are not included in the distribution

Table of contents

Introduction ..... 1
Part 1: Installing and Running GNOME ..... 5: Hour 1: Introducing GNOME ..... 7; 2: Installing GNOME ..... 15; 3: Starting and Logging Out of GNOME ..... 27; 4: Working with Window Managers ..... 37
Part II: Using and Customizing GNOME ..... 53: Hour 5: Exploring the Desktop ..... 55; 6: GNOME Under the Hood ..... 69; 7: Using the Panel and the Main Menu ..... 79; 8: Managing Files in GNOME ..... 89; 9: Common File Manager Tasks ..... 103; 10: Exploring Enlightenment ..... 123; 11: Customizing Your GNOME Environment ..... 141; 12: Understanding and Using Themes ..... 155
Part III: System Administration with GNOME ..... 165: Hour 13: GNOME Processes ..... 167; 14: Setting Up a Remote Connection in GNOME ..... 185; 15: The Internet and GNOME ..... 199; 16: Managing Printing with GNOME ..... 215
Part IV: GNOME Applications ..... 227: Hour 17: Installing and Running GNOME Applications ..... 229; 18: Using GNOME for Your Business ..... 243; 19: Working With Graphics in GNOME ..... 257; 20: Fun with GNOME ..... 271

L'auteur - Judith Samson

Judith Samson

is a technical writer and Linux for business evangelist. She regularly contributes to TechRepublic, as well as the GNOME Documentation Project. Judith is also pursuing graduate studies in mathematics and computer science at Eastern Michigan University. Send email to judith@samsonsource.com, or visit www.samsonsource.com.