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by Sam Hiser, Tom Adelstein
Exploring the JDS Linux Desktop
Exploring the JDS Linux Desktop
Foreword
Preface
Look and Feel
Audience
Conventions Used in This Book
Using Code Examples
We’d Like to Hear from You
Acknowledgments
1. Introducing the JDS Linux Desktop
So What Do You Get?
How to Use This Book
System Requirements
Installing JDS
What’s on Your JDS Screen
Icons on the Desktop
This Computer
Documents
Network Places
Trash
Learn About the Java Desktop System
Bottom panel
Workspaces
Where to Find the Information You Need
Other Sources of Information You May Need to Run JDS
What’s Next?
2. Essential JDS
Starting JDS
Booting and Logging In
Automatic Login
Ending a Session or Shutting Down JDS
Locking the Screen
Running Programs
Typical Program Behavior
General Window Tips
Closing an Application
Starting a Program with the Terminal
Accessing System Settings and Preferences
Managing Users
Accessing Directories (Folders)
Common Linux Directories
So What Have We Learned?
3. Toward JDS Proficiency
Role of the Operating System
Under the Desktop
The Nautilus File Manager
Icons and Thumbnails
What You Can Do in the File Manager
Looking through the hierarchy of folders
Computer Resources and the This Computer Window
File Types and Their Associated Applications
Adding a Home Directory to Your Desktop
Adding applications to the Panel and Launch menu
Adding items to the Launch menu
Utilities you can add to the Gnome JDS panel
JDS Printing System
Gaining JDS Proficiency
4. JDS Networking
Looking at the Internet
Built for Broadband
Dial-up Connections to the Internet
Connecting by Dial-up Modem
Adding Your ISP Information
Modem sessions
JDS in a Local Network
Going Wireless
Public and Private Hotspots
What Kinds of Hotspots Exist?
What Do You Need to Join a Hotspot?
How Do You Find a Public or Community Hotspot?
Joining Wireless Hotspots
Private Hotspots
How Secure Is the Hotspot?
Different Networking Protocols Available in JDS
JDS Networking Recap
5. Maintaining and Supporting JDS
Using Online Update
Using System Tools
Install/Remove Software
Maintenance Mode: Install/Remove Packages
Adding New Software
Understanding the JDS Text-Based Package Management System
Example: Installing XCDROAST
Backing Up and Restoring Files and Folders
JDS Backup Module
JDS Restore Module
Maintaining and Supporting JDS
6. Using the Internet Applications
Email and Calendar
Email and Calendar Setup
Email account setup: gathering the required information
Setting up your first email account: evolution setup assistant
Message Storage option
Importing Contacts (from Your Old Address Book)
Email and Calendar Basics
Inbox Views
Compose a message
Customizing the Compose window: From, Reply-to, Cc., Bcc
Contacts: adding and deleting a record
Calendar views
Calendar: highlighting contiguous dates
Summary: customizing News & Weather
Email and Calendar Power Tips
Email: setting up signatures
Email using security and encryption
Contacts: creating Contact Lists (or Groups)
JDS Instant Messenger (IM)
IM Setup
Sign up a new account, get a screen name
Account setup
IM Basics
Sign on
Auto-login
Begin to chat
The Buddy List
Adding buddies
Begin to chat with buddies
Add a group
The Conversation window
Conversation Text Customization
Conversation inserts
What’s that little keyboard icon in the top right?
Multiparty chat
IM Power Tips
Chat between IM and cell phone
Disable (or enable) sounds
Managing “Away Messages”
Privacy Control
Transferring files
Web Browser
Web Browser Setup
Resetting your Home Page
Launch shortcuts
Importing Favorites or Bookmarks (from your old desktop environment)
Step 1: exporting Favorites from Windows XP
Step 2: email your Favorites to yourself
Step 3: import your Favorites into the JDS Web Browser
Web Browser Basics
Elements of the web browser
Entering a URL directly
Clicking hyperlinks
Adding a Bookmark
Web Browser Power Tips
Quick entry for URLs
Managing Bookmarks
Creating Bookmark folders
Filing Bookmarks
Personal Toolbar
Custom keywords
Search
Sidebar
Tabbed browsing
Pop-up blocking
Allowing certain pop ups
Cookies
Managing history
Clearing history
Turning off the history function
Master password security
Manage passwords
Macromedia Flash
7. Word Processing with StarWriter
StarWriter Basics
Launching StarWriter
Initial Setup
Opening Files
Saving Files
Saving as different file types
The Save Progress Indicator
Feature Comparisons
Names of the Toolbars
Customizing the Toolbars
Basic Formatting
One-click character formatting
Inserting headers and footers
Page numbering
Inserting the filename
Introducing Templates and Styles
Introducing Templates
Introducing Styles
Basic Printing
StarWriter Power Tips
Saving or Exporting to Common File Formats
Saving in the MS Word file formats
Export as Adobe PDF
Sending a document as an email file attachment
Sending a document as a PDF attachment to an email
Power Formatting
Frames
Linking text frames
Borders
Sections
Generating a Table of Contents
Styles
The Stylist
First example: applying a character style
Stylist view modes
Modifying styles
Updating styles
Adding new styles (or creating styles)
Changing page styles in mid-document
Changing headers or footers in mid-document
Changing page numbers in mid-document
Mirrored (odd and even) page formats
Load (transfer) styles
Templates
Saving your own document as a template
Creating a new template
Editing templates
Managing templates
Template linkages
Change the default template for all new text documents
Autopilot: quick document creation
Master Documents
Collaboration with Documents
Changes Tracking
Comparing documents
Version control
Navigator
Keyboard Shortcuts
Function key defaults
Custom keyboard mappings
Searching Documents: Find & Replace
Insert Hyperlinks
Word Count
Password-Protecting Documents
StarOffice Initial Setup
StarWriter Customizations
Add an Icon on the Desktop or Panel
Adjusting Unpopular Default Settings
Word Completion (turning off)
Auto-Replace (turning off)
Auto-Capitalization (turning off or making exceptions)
User Data (for Tracking Changes)
StarWriter’s File Format
Defaulting to the MS Word File Format
Document Compatibility
Troubleshooting Incompatibilities
8. Spreadsheets and Presentations Using StarOffice
StarCalc
StarCalc Basics
Opening Files
Saving Files
Exporting a File as PDF
Sending Files as Email Attachments
Send as PDF
Send as StarCalc file
Entering Numbers
Entering Labels (Text)
Autofill
Entering Simple Formulas
Summing a Column of Numbers
Moving Cell Contents
Adjusting Widths and Heights
Merging Cells
Basic Formatting
The Object Bar
Underlining a cell
Underlining a cell label
Cell background color
Formatting numbers
Freezing and Splitting Windows
Page Break View
Setting the Print Range
Functions
Creating Graphs
Worksheets, or Sheets
Adding a new sheet
Deleting a sheet
Renaming a sheet
Selecting a group of sheets
Navigating among many sheets
Sorting Data
Data Sources
Macros
StarImpress
StarImpress Basics
Tips for Presentation
Creating a Presentation from Scratch with Autopilot
Opening an Existing Presentation
Saving a Presentation
Export Formats
Export to HTML
Export to Macromedia Flash
StarImpress Workspace Views
StarImpress Modes
Slide Mode
Master Mode
Layers Mode
Editing a Presentation
Entering text
Using bullets
Importing graphics, tables, and charts
Adding slides
Deleting slides
Moving slides around
Changing the background (color, fill, or gradient)
Changing the background (bitmap image)
The Presentation Palette
Putting on a Slideshow
Starting a slideshow
Ending a slideshow
Slideshow transitions
Custom slideshows
9. Using Windows Applications with JDS
Remote Desktop Protocol
WINE
VMWare
Win4Lin
WINEX
CodeWeavers Crossover Office
Starting CrossOver Office the first time
Using Windows Applications with JDS
10. Using Other JDS Software
Adobe Acrobat Reader and StarOffice PDF Creator
RealPlayer 8 Plug-in
GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP)
Using Other JDS Software
A. Linux Commands
B. Online Documentation
The Linux Documentation Project
JDS Community Support
Java Desktop System (Release2)
Web Browser (Mozilla)
Instant Messenger (gaim)
StarOffice 7
StarOffice Tutorials for Kids
OpenOffice.org Documentation (FAQs)
Tutorials (Digital Distribution’s Flash Demos)
Help, HOWTOs, Templates, and Other Items
Informational Mailing Lists
C. Secure Connections Through SSH
Examples
D. Using RPM Manager
The RPM Manager
The rpm Command
General options
Install, upgrade, and freshen options
Query options
Package selection options
Information selection options
Uninstall options
Verify options
Database rebuild options
Signature check options
Miscellaneous options
FTP/HTTP options
The rpmbuild Command
RPM Examples
E. Known Problems and Solutions
Problem: Panel Crashes
Solution
Problem: Connecting by Modem
Solution
Problem: Can’t Run File from Remote Directories
Solution
Problem: Sound Recorder Slide Bar
Solution
Problem: Sound Recorder Stops
Solution
Problem: Backspace Is Inserted
Solution
Problem: RPMs Don’t Recognize the Linux Release on Your Machine
Solution
Problem: Clock Settings
Solution
Problem: VMWare Failure
Solution
Problem: Help
Solution
Problem: Sun Java Desktop Doesn’t Support DVD Playback
Solution
Problem: ATI Video Cards
Solution
F. Installation Guide
System Requirements
Dual Booting
Installing JDS
Resizing Your Partition
Creating a Custom Partitions Table
Checking for and Installing System Updates
Some Common Troubleshooting
Monitor Out of Range
Sony VAIO Laptop with a ATI Radeon IGP 345M Video Card Does Not Work
Install Fails on Disk 2
Having Trouble with Wireless LAN Card
Glossary
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