100 Linux Tips and Tricks

Table of Contents......Page 2
Audience......Page 5
Web resources......Page 6
What this chapter covers......Page 8
Tip 1: Which distribution is good for you......Page 9
Tip 2: How to find a Linux CD-ROM at low cost......Page 10
Tip 3: Multiple operating systems......Page 11
Tip 4: Installing with no CD-ROM drive or modem......Page 12
Tip 5: Swap and memory......Page 13
Tip 6: More swap with a swap file......Page 14
Tip 7: Kernel size and modules......Page 15
Tip 8: The boot prompt......Page 16
Tip 9: Wrong memory size found......Page 17
Tip 10: Master boot record and LILO......Page 18
Tip 11: LILO can't find a kernel on a big drive......Page 19
Tip 12: X Window configuration options......Page 20
Tip 13: Allowing users to mount drives......Page 21
Tip 14: Allowing users to run root programs......Page 22
Tip 15: Linux and NT booting......Page 23
Tip 16: Annoying boot messages......Page 24
Tip 17: Programs on CD-ROM......Page 25
Tip 18: International console......Page 26
Tip 19: Multiple kernels choices......Page 27
Tip 20: Default file permissions......Page 28
Tip 21: Default boot mode......Page 29
Tip 22: More information from usenet......Page 30
Tip 23: Bytes per inodes......Page 31
Tip 24: LILO and boot problems......Page 32
Tip 25: Making CD-ROM images......Page 33
Tip 26: FTP access restrictions......Page 34
What this chapter covers......Page 36
Tip 1: Detecting 2 ethernet cards......Page 37
Tip 2: Everything on sound cards......Page 38
Tip 3: Non-PostScript printers......Page 39
Tip 4: Use Windows special keys in Linux......Page 40
Tip 5: Added processors......Page 41
Tip 6: Detecting an ISA device......Page 42
Tip 7: Find hardware information......Page 43
Tip 8: Blinking leds on the keyboard......Page 44
Tip 9: Reading a foreign file system......Page 45
Tip 10: Can't mount root fs......Page 46
Tip 11: Linux on a 286?......Page 47
Tip 12: Linux without a hard drive......Page 48
Tip 13: Shutdown and power off......Page 49
Tip 14: LPD started but no device found......Page 50
Tip 15: Read files from FAT32 drives......Page 51
Tip 16: TV on Linux......Page 52
Tip 17: Device drivers......Page 53
Tip 18: Mouse problems......Page 54
Tip 19: International keyboards......Page 55
What this chapter covers......Page 57
Tip 1: Background image in X Window......Page 58
Tip 2: Customize Netscape Communicator......Page 59
Tip 3: POP3 in Pine......Page 60
Tip 4: Multiple accounts in Pine......Page 61
Tip 5: Running Java programs......Page 62
Tip 6: Virtual hosts in Apache......Page 63
Tip 7: Libc versus Glibc......Page 64
Tip 8: Aliases with Qmail......Page 65
Tip 9: Samba with Windows 98 or NT 4......Page 66
Tip 10: KDE drag and drop icons......Page 67
Tip 11: Find files......Page 68
Tip 12: asm or linux include files not found......Page 69
Tip 13: ICQ on Linux......Page 70
Tip 14: Reading foreign documents......Page 71
Tip 15: Scanning with Linux......Page 72
Tip 16: Real audio and video......Page 73
Tip 17: Emulation......Page 74
Tip 18: Shared library not found......Page 75
Tip 19: Hard to erase files......Page 76
Tip 20: Files permissions......Page 77
Tip 21: Changing file permissions......Page 78
Tip 22: An international background......Page 79
Tip 23: Powerful file transfer system......Page 80
Tip 24: Editing in text editors......Page 81
Tip 25: Documentation and manual......Page 82
What this chapter covers......Page 84
Tip 1: Easy PPP dialup......Page 85
Tip 2: Internet for your LAN......Page 86
Tip 3: Domains to search in......Page 87
Tip 4: Display IP rather than hostname......Page 88
Tip 5: Is my modem a winmodem?......Page 89
Tip 6: Sharing files from a Windows system......Page 90
Tip 7: Sorry but this host is not in my list......Page 91
Tip 8: Access to various networks......Page 92
Tip 9: Accessing remote file systems......Page 93
Tip 10: Secure Web server......Page 94
Tip 11: Secure alternative to telnet......Page 95
Tip 12: Speed problems on a PPP connection......Page 96
Tip 13: Names and name servers......Page 97
Tip 14: Who owns this port......Page 98
Tip 15: Network printers......Page 99
What this chapter covers......Page 101
Tip 1: Graphical messages to the world......Page 102
Tip 2: Code reuse......Page 103
Tip 3: Makefile don't equal C......Page 104
Tip 4: Parsing the command line in BASH......Page 105
Tip 5: Don't grep grep......Page 106
Tip 6: Move a text into upper case letters......Page 107
Tip 7: Using PASCAL on Linux......Page 108
Tip 8: Segmentation fault......Page 109
Tip 9: Who is online?......Page 110
Tip 10: Graphical toolkits......Page 111
Tip 11: IDE and visual interfaces......Page 112
Tip 12: Free software and copyleft......Page 113
Tip 13: Talking to the terminal......Page 114
Tip 14: Internet technologies......Page 115
Tip 15: Library types......Page 116