Introduction to LINUX by Cybernazi

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Vikas Mishra [ the Č Ý B Ē Я Ñ Ā Ź | ™ ]
Viswanathan Karthik
Linux

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The Birth of Linux
From: torvalds@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Linus Benedict Torvalds)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: What would you lik to see most in minix?
Summary: small poll for my new operating system
Message-ID: <1991Aug25.205708.9541@klaava.Helsinki.FI>
Date: 25 Aug 91 20:57:08 GMT
Organization: University of Helsinki
Hello everybody out there using minix -
I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won’t be big and professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones. This has been brewing since april, and is starting to get ready. I'd like any feedback on things people like/dislike in minix, as my OS resembles it somewhat (same physical layout of the file-system (due to practical reasons) among other things).
I've currently ported bash(1.08) and gcc(1.40), and things seem to work. This implies that I'll get something practical within a few months, and I'd like to know what features most people would want. Any suggestions are welcome, but I won't promise I'll implement them :-)
Linus (torvalds@kruuna.helsinki.fi)
PS. Yes - it's free of any minix code, and it has a multi-threaded fs. It is NOT protable (uses 386 task switching etc), and it probably never will support anything other than AT-hard disks, as that's all I have :-(.

Introduction
What is Linux
Linux is a kernel, the brains or control center a collection of software packages, usually referred to as a Linux distribution. Popular distributions include Mandrake, Red Hat, SuSE, Debian, and others.
Is Linux really FREE?
TANSTAAFL (Robert A. Heinlein)
A free download will still cost you connection time on the Internet, disk space, time to burn the CDs, and so on.
"Free as in speech"
"Free as in beer"
Distributed under the GPL

What do you gain?
No operating system will ever be perfect, but Linux is getting pretty close. With Linux, you'll gain :
Better Security
Increased Stability
Power from your OS
Money (saved!)
Freedom from legal hassles

What do you lose?
Hardware and peripheral support
Some hardware is designed to run exclusively with Windows (eg: Winmodems). Linux developers continue to work on drivers
Shrink-wrapped software.
Hot new games or popular packages may not be available at your local software store. Still, thousands of packages exist for Linux a click away.
A step into the unknown. Learning curve.
Even moving from 95 to XP will take some retraining.

What about support?
Corporate support through large vendors like Red Hat, SuSE, Mandrake, IBM, HP, and others.
Worldwide community support : IRC chats, Linux User Groups, mailing lists
Linux Documentation Project
http://www.tldp.org
HOWTOs, man pages, books
Linux technical support "among the best"

Getting Linux
Buy a boxed set of Red Hat, Mandrake, SuSE, Xandros, Lindows, and others.
Download ISOs (images) from the vendors or visit http://www.linuxiso.org
Borrow disks from a friend, copy, and burn your own.
Redistribute them yourself

Linux with Windows?
Set up a dual boot system
Use VMWare and run multiple distributions
http://www.vmware.com
Win4Lin for Win 95, 98, or ME
www.netraverse.com
WINE or FREEDOS for simple applications
CrossOver Office or CrossOver Plugin
lets you run some of the more popular apps without requiring a copy of Windows.

Installations
Modern Linux distributions are even easier to install than Windows
Most will repartition your drive automatically or resize it to allow for a Linux/Windows dual-boot system
Answer a few questions, click Next a few times and you are running Linux

Desktop Options
KDE (K Desktop Environment)
mature, friendly, integrated, and slick
east to use
first choice for new desktop users
GNOME (GNU Network Object Model Environment)
also very nice with GNOME 2 releases
IceWM, WindowMaker (dock apps!), XFCE

Desktop Customization
KDE is very customizable
icons, fonts, colors, backgrounds, window decorations, themes, sounds, etc
desktop can be themed to
suit any personal tastes or to
adhere within a corporate
look and feel
Visit http://www.kdelook.org for lots of ideas

File Management
KDE's file manager is Konqueror
Konqueror is many things
file manager
web browser
CVS browser
image gallery and digital camera tool
universal viewer

Konqueror
Konqueror
showing off
file manager,
icon view,
and shell
access.

Internet Access
Linux supports pretty much every form of network access
Dial-up through Kppp or wvdial
Cable modem connections through dhcp
ADSL
Modern distributions provide wizards for getting you connected, like Mandrake's Drakconf tool or SuSE's YaST2.

Dial Up Configuration
Kppp makes it
easy to set up a
dial up Internet
connection.

Instant Messaging
Linux Instant Messaging clients support many protocols and networks : Yahoo!, MSN, Jabber, ICQ, AOL, etc.
Popular clients
include :
GAIM
Kopete

Electronic Mail
Linux provides many different packages for electronic mail. From a variety of text-only clients to full featured graphical programs, you won't lack for anything.
Text only
mutt, pine, & elm are among the more popular
Graphical
Kmail, Evolution, Sylpheed, Mozilla, and more

Kmail Features
Integrates beautifully into KDE desktop
Supports IMAP, POP3, & multiple accounts
Includes privacy features like PGP/GnuPG encryption, user defined filters, and SSL/TLS.
PGP/MIME and S/MIME attachments
Fully configurable interface (colors/fonts)
Multi-level folders, drag and drop, spell checking, multiple identities, and more . . .

KDE's Kmail

Evolution Features
Integrates email, calendaring, scheduling, contact management in one place
Users coming from Outlook will feel right at home with the interface design.
With "Ximian Connector", Evolution can easily integrate into an MS Exchange environment.
Supports IMAP/POP and secure connects
Multiple identities

Evolution: Email & more

Web Browsing
As with Email, Linux has a number of options for web browsing, in both text-only and full graphical mode.
Text-only browsers include :
links, lynx, w3m (limited graphics capability), & more
Graphical browsers :
Konqueror, Mozilla, Galeon, Opera, & more

Konqueror Features
Aside from being a great browser, Konqueror is also a powerful file manager.
Supports Java, JavaScript, Netscape and Mozilla plugins (Flash, RealAudio, etc)
HTML 4.0, SSL, CSS 1 and 2
Tabbed browsing, multi-pane, multi-featured!
Use it to block pop-up ads, cookies
Will impersonate many other browsers

Browsing with Konqueror

Mozilla Features
Mozilla is a combination web browser, email client, HTML editor, IRC chat client, and more!
Standards compliant, SLL,
Also stop popup ads, cookies, etc.
Features tabbed browsing
Available for Linux, Windows, Mac OS/X
For Mozilla's lightweight 'browser only', check out Mozilla Firebird.

Browsing with Mozilla

Updates by Distribution
Red Hat Linux
up2date
Mandrake
urpmi / Mandrake Update (or through drakconf)
SuSE
Online Update through YaST2
Debian
apt-get

Word Processors
As with so many things in the Linux world, there are a lot of word processor choices. The most powerful is Writer, part of the OpenOffice.org suite (and its commercial cousin, StarOffice).
Microsoft Word users find themselves very comfortable with OpenOffice.
More than 99% Microsoft Word compatible.
"Moving to Linux" was written with OO Writer.
Other options include Abiword, Kword, etc.

Working with OO Writer

Working with OO Calc

Working with Impress

Scanning Images
Most popular scanning tools are XSane and Kooka (the GIMP also features scanner plugins)
Kooka is KDE's scanning tool. It is friendly and easy to use. With gocr, Kooka does optical character recognition (OCR)
XSane, while powerful, may not be quite as polished looking. On the other hand, it also makes a great fax machine and photocopier.

Scanning Images and Text

Image Manipulation
The GIMP is an amazingly powerful image manipulation package (similar to Adobe PhotoShop)
Create professional looking logos in seconds.
Easily manipulate digital camera images, adjust light levels, get rid of red eyes, and add special effects.
ripples, metallic embossing, borders, flares, shadows, canvas and cloth effects, distorts, blurs, and more!

Working with the GIMP

Multimedia
Modern Linux distributions offer an impressive selection of programs to satisfy your cravings for the multimedia experience. These include :
Mixers
Audio players
CD players, rippers, and burning tools
Video conferencing
Video and DVD players

Playing Music
For CD's, look at KsCD
For MP3 and OGG files, XMMS and NoAtun.
XMMS and NoAtun are slick, skinnable, and feature many visual and audio plugins.

Watching Movies
Many options including Mplayer, xine, and Ogle.
Watch video
clips, DVDs, etc.
Mplayerplugin
and Kmplayer lets
you integrate
mplayer into your
browser.

Playing Games
There are tons of games available for Linux. Several will be installed as part of your KDE setup. More again with GNOME.
They include single and multiplayer, networked games, board, adventure, and arcade games.
At this time, most 'boxed' commercial Windows games will not play under Linux. You can, however, use WineX to play many of the most popular games without resorting to Windows.

Card Games
Play poker, Solitaire, and many patience-type games.

Board Games
Board games are still cool! Cooler if you consider
that you can
now play
games like
battleship and
monopoly
over the
Internet.

Educational Games
Learn about the stars and planets. Learn to type. Or just make faces with the Potato Guy.

Arcade Action
You'll find a lot of your old favorites as well as some new ones.

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The Future
I hope you've enjoyed this little tour of Linux and the Linux Desktop. With all the power, stability, security, fun, and flexibility at your command . . .
Linux is the future of computing!

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THANK YOU ;-)
Linux is the future of computing!
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