Linux Transfer for Windows Power Users -- Our Contract with You, the Reader -- List of Chapters -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- How to Download the Files -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Why Linux? Why Not Linux? Which Linux? -- Why Linux? -- Freedom -- Choice -- Security -- Opportunity -- Why not Linux? The top 10 myths -- Linux is only for servers. -- Linux is only for techies. -- Linux doesn't have the software I need. -- Linux won't run my Windows software. -- You have to use the command line. -- You have to compile everything. -- You don't have to worry about security. -- I can't use my existing hardware. -- There isn't any technical support. -- It doesn't cost anything. -- Which Linux? -- About Linux "distributions" -- The original candidates -- Why I chose Fedora Core -- Chapter 2: Installing Fedora Core -- The big picture -- Installing Linux alongside a pre-existing OS -- The details-step by step -- Download Fedora Core -- Download the ISO files -- Verify that the bits came down properly -- Burn a CD -- Install Fedora Core -- Document your hardware -- Prepare for Installation -- Perform installation -- Welcome screen -- Language Selection -- Keyboard Configuration -- Mouse Configuration -- Monitor Configuration -- Installation Type -- Disk Partitioning Setup -- Automatic Partitioning -- Boot Loader Configuration -- Additional Language Support -- Time Zone Selection -- Set Root Password -- Package Installation Defaults -- Package Group Selection -- About to Install -- Required Install Media -- Installing Packages -- Boot Diskette Creation -- Congratulations! -- Final Setup -- License Agreement -- Date and Time -- User Account -- Sound Card -- Additional CDs -- Final Setup -- Welcome -- First login -- Advanced topics/alternatives/options -- Modifying automatic partitioning's choices.

Customizing the boot loader options -- Writing to the Master Boot Record -- Editing the boot loader's label -- Assigning static IP addresses instead of using DHCP -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Updating Fedora Core -- The big picture -- Dependencies -- RPMs -- Red Hat Network -- up2date -- yum -- APT -- Summary -- The details-step by step -- Are there updates available? -- Configuration -- Point up2date to a local mirror -- Launch up2date -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Getting Help -- Static help -- Online help -- The Linux Documentation Project -- Fedora Core Web sites -- Interactive help -- Mailing lists -- Subscribing -- Getting help effectively -- 1. Be nice. -- 2. Show that you've done your homework first. -- 3. Provide detailed information about the problem. -- 4. More ideas. -- Mailing list archives -- Where to search -- How to search -- Summary -- Chapter 5: Configuring Your Desktop -- Using the desktop as-is -- Switching between desktop environments -- Basic operation of the desktop -- Desktop -- Panel -- Main Menu -- Applets -- Customize the desktop -- Desktop -- Panel -- Menus -- Applets -- Notification tool -- System monitor -- Clock -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Files, Directory Structures, and File Managers -- Files: the data itself -- Symbolic links -- Directory structures -- Where's the C: drive? -- What do the folder names mean? -- /bin -- /boot -- /dev -- /etc -- /home -- /initrd -- /lib -- /lost+found -- /misc -- /mnt -- /opt -- /proc -- /root -- /sbin -- /tmp -- /usr -- /var -- Which ones are important? -- About multiple drives -- File managers -- Midnight Commander -- Nautilus -- Konqueror -- File associations -- Migration of data from Windows to Linux -- Using Linux programs to open your Windows files -- Accessing Windows files on a Linux computer -- Chapter 7: E-mail and Web Browsing -- Network connections -- E-mail -- Evolution.

Evolution setup -- Using Evolution -- KMail -- KMail setup -- Using KMail -- Web browsing -- Mozilla -- Mozilla preferences -- Konqueror -- Summary -- Chapter 8: Office and Productivity Applications -- Editors -- OpenOffice.org -- Installation -- Configuration and options -- Configure -- The OpenOffice.org interface -- The Stylist -- The Navigator -- Creating, printing, and saving documents -- KOffice -- Gnumeric -- GnuCash -- Summary -- Chapter 9: Fedora Core Utilities -- File Roller -- Formats -- Using File Roller -- Creating archives -- Extracting files -- KAlarm -- KArm -- PDF viewers -- Preference applets -- System Tools applets -- Summary -- Chapter 10: Digital Images -- Connecting and downloading images from your digital camera -- Capturing screen shots -- Draw freehand images with KPaint -- Draw icons with KIconEdit -- Modifying images with The GIMP -- The GIMP interface -- Capturing a screen shot -- Cropping an image -- Editing an image, pixel by pixel -- View images individually or as a slide show -- GQView -- gThumb Image Viewer -- Summary -- Chapter 11: Multimedia: Audio (and Video) -- Audio -- Testing the sound card -- Playing a CD with CD Player -- Moving CDs to disk, so you can keep them with you -- Audio formats -- Which format should you choose? -- Using Grip to rip -- Grip configuration options -- Playing a ripped track from the hard disk -- Rhythmbox -- XMMS -- Video -- Chapter 12: Devices: Printers, Scanners, CD Burners -- Printers -- Kudzu -- Adding a print queue -- Using a print queue -- Scanners -- CD-ROM burners -- Summary -- Chapter 13: Security -- Your own password -- Change root password -- Users and groups -- Authentication -- Virus scanners -- Download and install -- Testing and running -- Firewalls -- Summary -- Chapter 14: Under the Hood -- Top 10 things you need to know about the command window.

1. Command window title bar -- 2. Command prompt -- 3. Command prompts for root vs. regular user -- 4. Customize your prompt -- 5. Change to root inside the command window -- 6. Commands are case-sensitive -- 7. Move through command history -- 8. String completion -- 9. Multiple command windows -- 10. Command window attributes -- The environment -- Commands -- The Linux path -- The top 10 useful commands at the command prompt -- Help commands -- Directory navigation and manipulation -- File manipulation -- Finding stuff -- Working with files -- Permissions -- N.E.C. (not elsewhere classified) -- Shell scripts (Linux batch files) -- Creating your first shell script -- Creating cron jobs -- Using vi -- Summary -- Appendix A: How Partitions Work -- Machines and devices -- Partitions and sectors on a hard disk -- How Windows disks, partitions, and file structures work -- How Linux partitions work -- Various Linux partition configurations -- Put /home on its own partition -- Why more than four partitions? -- Configurations for a single hard disk -- Configurations for a multiple hard disk system -- Setting partition parameters -- Where to find more information on directory tree standards -- Summary -- Appendix B: Connecting to a Windows Network -- Overview of the process -- Definitions -- 1. Create an accessible share on the Windows computer -- 1a. Create a share -- 1b. Make the share accessible -- 2. Make sure the Samba client is installed and running -- 2a. Make sure Samba is installed -- 2b. Make sure Samba is running -- 3. Set up a mount point on the Linux workstation -- 4. Make changes to Linux workstation config files -- 4a. Change /etc/hosts -- 4b. Change /etc/fstab -- 4c. Create /etc/samba/ -- 5. Access the share -- Checklist -- Summary -- Index.