Contents

The Debian GNU/Linux Desktop Survival Guide covers many topics. This is an ongoing work and the varying depth of coverage of different topics indicates this! The book is organised alphabetically over very many separate HTML pages. The top level topics are listed below.

• Preface
• Advocacy
• History: Unix, GNU, Gnome
• Distributions
• Installation
• Basic Survival
• Wajig: Packages and Administration
• Audio
• AbiWord: Word Processor
• APM: Power Management
• Backup
• Bash: Command Line
• Booting
• Cameras
• CD: Reading and Writing
• Chinese
• ChRoot: Multiple Distributions
• Clock: An Explanation
• Commercial
• Conference Management
• Configuration
• CRON: Regular Tasks
• CVS: Concurrent Versioning
• Databases
• DIA: Charts and Diagrams
• Directories: Linux Folders
• Disks
• Documentation
• DVD
• Email
• Eye of Gnome: Image Viewer
• Evolution: Groupware
• File Systems
• Firewalls
• Floppy Disks
• Fonts: X Window System
• Ghemical: Chemical Modelling
• GIMP: Image and Photo Manipulation
• Glade: GUI Builder
• Gnome: The Desktop
• GnuCash: Finances
• Gnumeric: Spreadsheet
• GQView: Viewing Images
• Graphics
• Groups: Managing Access Permissions
• HTML Editors
• ImageMagick
• Initialisations on Booting
• Java
• KDE: Desktop Management
• Kernels
• Keyboard
• Konqueror: The KDE File Manager
• KVM Switch
• LaTeX
• Log System
• Login
• Magellan: KDE Personal Information Manager
• Mathematics
• Memory
• Modems
• Mounting Devices
• MS/Windows
• Music
• MySQL
• Nautilus: Navigating Folders--Near and Far
• Networks
• NFS: Network File System
• NT File System
• OpenOffice
• Oracle: Database for Debian
• Packages: Debian Style
• Partitions
• Passwords
• PDF: Document Viewing and Annotaion
• PPP: Networking Over Modems
• Presentations
• Printing
• Python
• R: Statistical Software
• Remote Desktops
• Rsync: Remote Files
• Samba
• Scanning
• Science
• Security
• SH File System
• Sketch
• Spell
• SPlus: Statistical Software
• Spruce: Email
• SSH: Secure Communications
• SUDO: Root Access
• Swap