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How-To Guides

Basic Commands

  • adduser: Adding a New User
  • bzip2 and bunzip: Files With .bz2 Extensions
  • chmod: Changing File and Directory Permissions
  • chown: Changing the Owner of a File or Directory
  • chgrp: Changing the Group of a File or Directory
  • groupadd: Adding a New User Group
  • gzip and gunzip: Files With .gz Extensions
  • locate: Find Files and Directories
  • newgrp: Changing to Another User Group
  • tar: Tape Archive Files
  • Basic Configuration

  • Burning a CD-ROM
  • Configuring a Local Printer Using Red Hat’s PrintTool
  • Configuring a Remote Printer Using Red Hat’s PrintTool
  • Configuring Your Sound Card with sndconfig
  • LILO Configuration
  • Making an Installation Floppy for Red Hat
  • Making a Boot Disk (mkbootdisk)
  • Setting Your Path
  • Setting Your Classpath
  • Understanding File and Directory Permissions
  • Using Your Floppy Drive
  • Using Your CD-ROM Drive
  • Using RPM
  • Programming Tools
    Interfaces, libraries, and development environments that will allow you to program in a variety of languages in Linux:

  • Code Crusader Programming Editor
  • Glade: GTK+ User Interface Builder
  • Sun’s JDK 1.2.2 for Linux: the Java Development Kit
  • Web Server Tools
    Programs, scripts, and tips to configuring your web server.

  • htdig: Web Server Search Engine
  • Introduction To GTK+ Programming
    If you are interested in learning how to write programs for Linux using the GTK+ graphics toolkit, have a look at our new guide Introduction to GTK+ Programming.

    Application Installation and Reviews
    These apps have been installed, tested and used by the Tammy and Brent. This list is not intended to be a complete list of Linux applications. Rather, these are apps that we have found useful and recommend to others:

  • Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader
  • GAIM: AOL Instant Messenger Client
  • Macromedia Flash Player Netscape Plugin
  • Networking Configuration
    Guides for configuring a variety of network services:

  • Cable Modem Configuration
  • Dial-up Networking Configuration using KDE’s Kppp
  • ipchains Configuration – Network Connection Sharing
  • Network Configuration Using the Command Line
  • Network Configuration Using SuSE YaST
  • Print Sharing Configuration
  • Squid Proxy Server Configuration
  • Samba Configuration – Linux / Windows Connectivity
  • Tuning and Performance
    Tips for optimizing and tuning Linux:

  • Things to Consider Before Recompiling Your Kernel
  • Applying a Kernel Patch
  • Finding and Installing Kernel Source Code
  • Configuring a New Kernel
  • Compiling a New Kernel
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