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Red Hat Linux 7.0 Copyright © 2000 by Red Hat, Inc. The Official Red Hat Linux Getting Started Guide Red Hat, Inc.         2600 Meridian Parkway         Durham NC 27713         US         919-547-0012         1-888-733-4281         919-547-0024         docs@redhat.com         13588         Research Triangle Park NC 27709        1-58569-076-7 Dedication This manual is dedicated to Paul Gallagher, creator of the Official Red Hat Linux Getting Started Guide and first Club Docs editor. Paul, thanks for all you've done to make Red Hat Linux documentation what it is today. We wish you every Success! Table of Contents Introduction Who Should Read This Book? A Peek Inside A Note About Environments Work With Your User Account Where to Find More Info More to Come Send In Your Feedback Sign Up for Support I. The Basics 1. Getting Started Log In, Please 2. GNOME in 60 Seconds (or so) An Overview The Desktop Folders The Panel Main Menu Button Finding Help Multiple Desktops Switching Environments 3. KDE in 60 Seconds (or so) An Overview The Desktop Folders The Panel The Main Menu K Icon The Taskbar Finding Help Switching Environments 4. Logging Out and Shutting Down Quitting from GNOME Quitting from KDE Shutting Down at the Shell Prompt 5. Setting Up Your Printer Using Printtool Printing Utilities in KDE and GNOME 6. Getting Online Using RP3 to Connect Connecting with Kppp 7. The Web, E-Mail and News in GNOME and KDE Using Navigator in GNOME and KDE E-Mail and News Settings for Messenger Reading and Composing Mail in Messenger Using Messenger to Read News 8. Customizing Your Desktop in GNOME and KDE Customizing with the GNOME Control Center Customizing with the KDE Control Center 9. A Short Introduction to the GIMP GIMP Basics Using the GIMP to Create a Web Page Where to Find More Information II. Managing Files and Directories 10. File Managers in GNOME and KDE The GNOME File Manager The KDE File Manager 11. An Introduction to Linuxconf Creating a New Account in Linuxconf 12. Using Gnome-RPM and RPM The benefits of RPM Using Gnome-RPM Installing New Packages Basic Configuration Package Manipulation RPM from the Shell Prompt Checking a Package's "Signature" 13. Getting Started with GnuPG Introducing GnuPG III. The Shell Prompt 14. Shell Prompt Basics Why Use a Shell Prompt? Pulling Yourself Up by the Boot A Good "Man" Is Easy to Find 15. You Are Here Finding Yourself with pwd Getting from Here to There: cd Looking Around with ls A Larger Picture of the Filesystem "Washing" the Window Using cat Using Redirection Appending Standard Output Redirecting Standard Input Pipes Stringing Commands Together Ownership and Permissions Fun with Numbers and chmod 16. Working with Files and Directories Shell Collecting Locating Files and Directories Command History and Tab Completion Identifying and Working with File Types Copying, Moving and Renaming Files and Directories IV. Q & A 17. Q & A: Quick Answers to Common Questions Your First Login Using a Diskette Switching Environments Shutting Down Error Message While Installing an RPM Starting Applications Accessing a Windows Partition Find Some Commands Fast Keep ls Output from Scrolling Tips on Using Command History Unable to Log In Starting "Services" Using All Available RAM Configuring a Sound Card Removing Red Hat Linux Changing Login from Console to X at Startup Configuring X V. Appendixes A. Glossary B. A Brief History of Linux and Red Hat What is Linux? C. DOS to Linux Cheat Sheet DOS and Linux Commands Different Paths Index     Next     Introduction

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