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1. E 85 16 3 Other desktops e ie e Ge t eua e ER LL e i dte ARRX EE READER patea 86 17 Customizing the desktop 87 17 1 Changing the theme ined teer Pe Heec nra iia Reds 87 17 1 1 Changing the theme in GNOME ssssemI Henne nns 87 17 1 2 Changing the theme in KDE sessi 87 17 2 Changing the background insisting ia iaaa nennen 87 17 2 1 Changing the background in GNOME ssssee emen 87 17 2 2 Changing the background in KDE ssssssee mens 88 17 3 Customizing file browsing behavior ssssssssm Hmm 88 17 3 1 Customizing file browsing behavior in GNOME sese HH 88 17 3 2 Customizing file browsing behavior in KDE sssse HH 88 17 4 Customizing input methods ssssssssssssse mene mene enee rene nnne rennen 88 175 COMPIZ FUSION ts e re A ac tesa e c ade ende ae a e tus ade eoe etu 89 17 6 Widgets lace eem ede eee la e Rh a pd e eere he RE esd 89 TAOL GDesklets 2 aa 89 17 6 2 KDE plasmolds 5 5 rete eto Ee ra roO e o Er dele SPERARE Re Reed 90 18 Managing software 91 18 1 Using Package kit gc eere ee ers eere Dee pre a eave 91 18 1 1 Installing software in GNOME ssseem Hee ens 91 18 1 2 Removing software in GNOME sse Hee a 91 18 2 Using the command line interface 22 cece eter ee emen 92 18 2 1 Installing software scine isen ne eee eres Henne 92 18 2 2 REMO
2. Use the pull down menues at the bottom of the screen to change you desktop language or keyboard layout To use a desktop environment other than the default choice use the Sessions combo box on the bottom of the screen to select the desktop you wish to load before you enter your password The default is usually GNOME refer to Chapter 1 The Fedora desktops for other choices Note The Sessions combo box will be shown only if more than one desktop environment is installed 3 Enter your password in the text box and press the Enter key Like your username your password is case sensitive g Keep your password secret To keep your password secret the password field displays a dot for every character entered As with any password keep your account password private Do not share it with anyone or write it down in plain view 4 The desktop environment now loads In some desktop environments a small box containing a logo and some icons called a splash screen may temporarily appear When your splash screen if you have one disappears your desktop is ready for use You can now launch applications to access the Internet manage files and play media These tasks are described in the following chapters Chapter 2 Logging into the desktop 2 2 Logging in a technical explanation Fedora is a multi user operating system Multiple users each with different access privileges can be logged into the computer at the same time Durin
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4. scp user server path to wantedfile destinationFile Or even between two remote servers scp useri server1 path to source user2 server2 path to destination In every case that you access a remote server you will be prompted for your credentials Such as a username and password 39 40 Chapter 9 Communications Fedora can be used to send electronic mail and communicate in real time with people around the world through instant messaging and chat rooms In GNOME Evolution is used to send electronic mail email by default Evolution can also be used as a personal information manager or PIM You can maintain a calendar manage a list of tasks and keep an address book of contacts In KDE Kmail is used to send email by default While Kmail does not include a calendar a calendar application called KOrganizer is included as part of the KDE PIM suite There is also an application called Kontact which groups KMail Korganizer and other KDE PIM tools into a single interface comparable with GNOME s Evolution Thunderbird is an open source mail client maintained by Mozilla It is very extensible with an online plug in library akin to Mozilla Firefox Claws Mail is a more lightweight email client and news reader which is also extensible via additional plug ins Claws Mail only supports plain text emails by default Empathy and Kopete are both Instant Messaging IM programs that allow you to talk to people in real time
5. New Software Versions Require Reloading If a piece of software is in use when you update it the old version remains active until the application or service is restarted Kernel updates take effect when you reboot the system Kernel Packages Kernel packages remain on the system after they have been superseded by newer versions This enables you to boot your system with an older kernel if an error occurs with the current kernel To minimize maintenance yum automatically removes obsolete kernel packages from your system retaining only the current kernel and the previous version To update all of the packages in the package group PackageGroup enter the command su c yum groupupdate PackageGroup Enter the password for the root account when prompted Updating the Entire System To update all of the packages on your Fedora system use the command su c yum update Enter the password for the root account when prompted 18 3 3 Removing software with Yum Data and Configuration File Retention The removal process leaves user data in place but may remove configuration files in some cases If a package removal does not include the configuration file and you reinstall the package later it may reuse the old configuration file To remove software Yum examines your system for both the specified software and any software which claims it as a dependency The transaction to remove the software deletes both the software and t
6. 14 The Kickoff Application Launcher 4 3 1 The Kickoff Application Launcher The Kickoff Application Launcher contains Favorites your favorite applications and places Right click on an application or folder icon to add it to this list The initial list consists of Web Browser Konqueror the default web browser installed with KDE System Settings which allows you to personalize your computer File Manager which allows you to browse files and folders on your computer The default file manager installed with KDE is Dolphin Applications the applications installed on your computer sorted into the following groups Administration Development Education Games Graphics Internet Multimedia Office Settings System Utilities Find Files Folders Help Personal Files Computer information about your computer and links to important places on it Run Command which allows you to launch a piece of software by typing its name Home your Home folder the default storage location for your documents and media files Network which displays information about your network connections and allows you to change network settings Root the folder that contains every other file and folder in your file system 15 Chapter 4 Tour of the KDE desktop Cy warning Do not move or delete items from this folder unless you are certain that you understand what you are doing If you move or delete items within t
7. Be root to save your configurations Before creating your new configuration the application opens a window to confirm your operation To continue enter the root password When editing in the Network Manager window you will find these items e Connection name A user readable connection identifier name Connect automatically If checked Network Manager will activate this connection when its network resources are available If unchecked the connection must be manually activated by you Available to all users If checked Network Manager gives all users access to this network connection Additional tabs vary depending on the type of Internet connection 7 3 Wireless connections The most common items you should fill in when using a wireless connection will appear in the Wireless Tab e SSID The SSID of the WiFi network Mode The available modes are Infrastructure default Ad Hoc BSSID If specified directs the device to only associate with the given access point This capability is highly driver dependent and not supported by all devices Note this property does not control the BSSID used when creating an Ad Hoc network The Wireless Security tab allows you to choose no security or to specify one of the following security methods WEP 40 128 bit Key Your WEP personal key WEP 128 bit Passphrase The passphrase to decipher your WEP LEAP Dynamic WEAP 802 1x WPA amp WPA2 Personal Your
8. the User Switch area e a Clock and Calendar applet Function description If you hold the mouse pointer over the menu text or an icon a brief description of its function appears If you click one of these icons that application starts 3 1 1 1 The Applications menu This menu contains a categorized list of installed applications which are updated as necessary when software is installed or removed When you click on Applications a drop down list appears The default list installed is Accessories Games Graphics Internet Office Sound amp Video System Tools Other common menu items added with additional software include e Education Other Programming 3 1 1 2 The Places menu This menu is divided into four subsections The first subsection allows quick access to commonly accessed folders and makes it easy to keep your file system organized clicking on these links will open Nautilus the default graphical file manager of GNOME These links are Home Folder where your personal files are kept by default Desktop a folder within your Home Folder where the files and folders that appear on your desktop are stored Documents a folder within your Home Folder intended as a place for you to store documents such as those that you might have created with a word processor or spreadsheet program The Top Menu Panel Music a folder within your Home Folder intended as a place for yo
9. The above includes a file name a shell command and a keycap all presented in mono spaced bold and all distinguishable thanks to context Key combinations can be distinguished from keycaps by the hyphen connecting each part of a key combination For example Press Enter to execute the command Press Ctr1 A1t F2 to switch to the first virtual terminal Press Ctrl1 A1t F1 to return to your X Windows session The first paragraph highlights the particular keycap to press The second highlights two key combinations each a set of three keycaps with each set pressed simultaneously If source code is discussed class names methods functions variable names and returned values mentioned within a paragraph will be presented as above in mono spaced bold For example File related classes include filesystem for file systems file for files and dir for directories Each class has its own associated set of permissions Proportional Bold This denotes words or phrases encountered on a system including application names dialog box text labeled buttons check box and radio button labels menu titles and sub menu titles For example Choose System gt Preferences gt Mouse from the main menu bar to launch Mouse Preferences In the Buttons tab click the Left handed mouse check box and click i https fedorahosted org liberation fonts vii Preface Close to switch the primary mouse button from the left to the right making the mo
10. FTP transfers can be easily intercepted and FTP data is not encrypted For more security use SFTP which encrypts your data over SSH 8 2 1 Using FileZilla FileZilla an application with a simple graphical interface allows you to use the FTP protocol to transfer files over a network and the Internet Like many FTP applications it has two important panes a file browser for your local machine and a file browser for the remote machine This way you can browse to a file on a remote server and drag and drop it to a folder on your local machine To install FileZilla refer to Chapter 18 Managing software You can install FileZilla by either using PackageKit or on the command line using Yum More information about FileZilla is available at http filezilla project org FTP with web browsers If you do not need to send a file but only retrieve it you can use Firefox Konqueror and many other web browsers Just browse to the ftp server in the address bar and make sure to specify that you want to use FTP Generically you would type ftp ftp server com where ftp server com is the address of the FTP server 8 2 1 1 Connecting to a server To connect to an FTP server in FileZilla you must add the server to your Site Manager You can open the Site Manager dialog in three ways Click on File Site Manager Click the first icon to the left on the tool bar Use the keyboard shortcut Ctr1 S Click the New Site button when t
11. For more information refer to the Dragon Player website at http dragonplayer org 13 9 2 1 Using Dragon Player When Dragon Player is opened buttons on the left hand side give the options to Play File or Play Disc If you choose one of these the program loads the file 72 JuK Selecting Play gt Play Media allows you to play a DVD VCD or Video File Play Pause lets you pause and re start the movie Stop will stop the playback and Quit closes the application The Settings menu lets you choose the Full Screen Mode Aspect Ratio Subtitles Audio Channels to Configure Shortcuts and Toolbars or to Show Toolbar Help gt Dragon Player Handbook or pressing the F1 key opens the manual 13 9 3 JuK JuK is a collection and playlist manager as well as a music player For more information refer to the JuK website at htip developer kde org wheeler juk html 13 9 3 1 Using JuK When the application opens you can choose to Add or Remove a Folder and Import playlists from the pop up window Selecting File on the top menu bar you can choose to open a New file Open an existing file Add Folder Rename Edit Search Duplicate Reload Remove Save Save As or Quit the application Edit allows you to Undo Cut Copy Paste Clear or Select All Under View you can configure JuK to Show the Search Bar Show Tag Editor Show History Show Play Queue or Columns Resize Playlist Columns Manually and View Modes D
12. GnuCash GnuCash allows you to track personal and business bank accounts stocks income and expenses and is based on double entry accounting principles For additional help using the application refer to http www gnucash org docs phtml documents 12 1 1 Configuring GnuCash To configure GnuCash 1 Start GnuCash by clicking Applications Office Gnucash Finance Management Click the Close button to close the Tip of the Day window 2 From the Welcome Window select which wizard you want to open and click the OK button 3 Select Create a new set of accounts and click the Forward button on the New Account Hierarchy Setup window 4 Choose your curency and click the Forward button 5 Select all of the boxes next to the accounts you want to create in the Categories window then push the Forward button 6 Follow the directions in the Setup selected accounts window then click Forward 7 Click the Apply button to finish your account setup 8 To import a Quicken qif file select the box then press the Forward button 9 Select the qif file to load and click the Forward button 10 Now you have the option to load more QIF files for additional accounts Select the Forward button 11 Pressing the Forward button guides you through Matching QIF accounts with GnuCash account Matching QIF categories with GnuCash accounts and currency selection 12 Click the Apply button to import your data or the Back button to re
13. Kmail In the dialog that appears select Accounts then press the Add button to add an account or Modify to modify an existing account 9 4 2 Using Kmail Kmail allows you to create store and send email by clicking the appropriate buttons located on the toolbar or by selecting the appropriate menu options From the pull down menus specifically the Tools menu you can also manage the address book configure encryption and edit Out of Office replies From the Settings you can configure filters shortcuts toolbars accounts and more The Help menu provides access to the KMail Handbook a KMail Introduction and a Tip of the Day feature 9 5 Empathy Empathy is an instant messaging IM client that can access Gmail MSN AOL Yahoo Jabber and other IM and chat networks Empathy is the default instant messaging client for the GNOME desktop For further information please refer to http live gnome org Empathy 47 Chapter 9 Communications 9 5 1 Configuring Empathy To start and configure Empathy select Applications gt Internet gt Empathy Instant Messaging from the menu panel in GNOME or the Kickoff Application Launcher gt Applications gt Internet gt IM Client menu entry for Empathy in KDE Starting Empathy for the first time goes directly into the Messaging and VolP Accounts Assistant dialog Choose to configure Empathy to use an existing account create a new account or see people online nearby Fedora
14. Once enabled configure the preferences by clicking the Input Method Preferences button The first tab allows you to customize the keyboard shortcuts The second tab allows you to add and remove input methods and set the prefered input method The third tab has advanced settings You can customize preferences later by right clicking the ibus applet and selecting Preferences or from the command line with ibus setup 88 Compiz Fusion 17 5 Compiz Fusion The Compiz Fusion Project brings 3D desktop visual effects that improve usability of the X Window System and provide increased productivity though plugins and themes contributed by the community giving a rich desktop experience There may be problems with running Compiz Fusion if you do not have a 3D capable video card The Fedora Project does not enable Compiz Fusion by default and therefore if you want to use it you will need to install it first Refer to Chapter 18 Managing software for instructions on managing software You will need the compiz gnome or compiz kde depending on which desktop you use When you have installed Compiz Fusion you can launch the program by selecting System gt Preferences gt Desktop Effects in GNOME or Kickoff Application Launcher gt Applications gt Settings Compiz Switcher in KDE 17 6 Widgets gt 17 6 1 GDesklets GDesklets are Calendar Weather and Quote of the day widgets for the GNOME desktop To install them go to System
15. Template for a new document as well as a menu bar On the menu bar choose File to create a New file Open Close or Import a file or Quit the application choose the Settings drop down menu select Show Toolbar Configure Shortcuts or Configure Toolbars click Helpto open the KWord Handbook or Report a Bug You can also access the KWord Handbook by pressing the F1 key After selecting a template click the Use This Template button and check the box Always use this template if you want to make it the program default The next window has two menu panels on the top the document work area on the left and several dockers on the right The Tools Options docker provides text style edits such as bold italic and font type size and color Other Dockers provide shapes statistics and tools Configure dockers and toolbars from the Settings pull down menu The bottom panel shows the number of pages in the document which page is in the work area window and the Zoom in percentage 11 2 3 Abiword Abiword is a word processor with many of the everyday capabilities of OpenOffice org Writer or Microsoft Word but the omission of some advanced but less used features makes it significantly more lightweight Since Abiword does not depend on the Java virtual machine like Writer does you may find that it runs more quickly on older machines Abiword s interface is similar to that of Writer and most other word processors For more information use
16. and edit content rich documents is an important feature of any operating system In Fedora you have the option to select from many of options when it comes to document and spreadsheet editing In Windows you may have been familiar with the Microsoft Office suite of products Programs like Microsoft Word Excel and Publisher all have multiple counterparts in the realm of free software Each of these free and open source products has a distinct flavor some are minimalistic with few options and a simplistic interface some are feature rich with capacities even beyond proprietary options and many others fall in between these extremes This chapter will help you survey your options and choose the right application for you 11 1 Office Suites Overview One of the most popular opensource Office Suites is OpenOffice org This suite is included with Fedora and is also available for many other operating systems including Windows Documentation for OpenOffice org is available at http wiki services openoffice org wiki Documentation The OpenOffice org team has provided exceptional documentation in the form of an OpenOffice org manual entire documents devoted to using Writer and Impress and several smaller documentation sets that should answer any questions you might have about their software There are also many tutorials available at http wiki services openoffice org wiki Documentation Tutorials The KOffice suite is optimized for the KDE deskto
17. 00 23 8b dc ae 67 brd ff ff ff fF FF FF MTU Maximum Transmission Unit If non zero the card transmits packets of the specified size or smaller breaking larger packets up into multiple Ethernet frames You could set this to Automatic and les the system determine the MTU for you 7 5 2 802 1x Tab Use this tab if you want to cipher your Ethernet communications default is unset 19 https bugzilla redhat com 1 https bugzilla gnome org enter_bug cgi 30 IPv4 Tab 7 5 3 IPv4 Tab Automatic DHCP Specifying this method then the O S does it all for you default Automatic DHCP addresses only Specifying this method then only automatic DHCP is used and at least one IP address must be given in the DNS servers entry Manual Specifying this method static IP addressing is used and at least one IP address must be given in the DNS servers entry Link Local Only Specifying this method a link local address in the 169 254 16 range will be assigned to the interface Shared to other computers Specifying this method indicating that this connection will provide network access to other computers then the interface is assigned an address in the 10 42 x 1 24 range and a DHCP and forwarding DNS server are started and the interface is NAT ed to the current default network connection DNS Servers List of DNS servers For the Automatic DHCP method these DNS servers are appended to those if any returned by a
18. 1 Format of Yum transaction reports Package Arch Version Repository Size Installing tsclient 1386 0 132 6 base 247 k Installing for dependencies rdesktop 1386 1 4 0 2 base 107 k Transaction Summary Install 2 Package s Update O Package s Remove O Package s Total download size 355 k Is this ok y N Review the list of changes and then press Y to accept and begin the process If you press N or Enter Yum does not download or change any packages and will exit 94 Installing new software with Yum BD Package Versions The Yum utility only displays and uses the newest version of each package unless you specify an older version The Yum utility also imports the repository public key if it is not already installed on the rpm keyring For more information on keys and keyrings refer to the Fedora Security Guide This is an example of the public key import Example 18 2 Format of Yum public key import warning rpmts_HdrFromFdno Header V3 DSA signature NOKEY key ID 4f2a6fd2 public key not available for tsclient 0 132 6 1386 rpm Retrieving GPG key from file etc pki rpm gpg RPM GPG KEY fedora Importing GPG key 0x4F2A6FD2 Fedora Project lt fedora redhat com gt Is this ok y N Check the public key and then press Y to import the key and authorize the key for use If you press N or Enter Yum stops without installing any packages Ensure that you trust any key s owner before acc
19. Abiword s built in help or open the online manual at http www abisource com support manual 1 http www openoffice org product writer html 58 Spreadsheets 11 3 Spreadsheets Spreadsheets are commonly used to lay out data in a grid format or for tracking simple financial information All of the spreadsheets discussed in this section have the ability to merge cells split screens format text and define formulas and macros They also all have some advanced features for automatic calculations projections graphs and importing of raw data 11 3 1 OpenOffice org Calc Calc is the intuitive flexible yet powerful spreadsheet program in the OpenOffice org suite When started Calc presents a new untitled document with menu and toolbars across the top On the bottom are tabs for each sheet and notations of your current location and zoom level From the View menu you can customize which toolbars are visible The Tools and Data menus allow for advanced data manipulation such as solving optimization problems creating scenarios for comparison and pull in raw data from other databases For more information read Calc s documentation online or under Help gt Contents 11 3 2 KSpread KSpread is the KOffice spreadsheet program Open KSpread by selecting the Kickoff Application Launcher gt Office gt Spreadsheet entry for KSpread The first window contains options for opening Recent or Existing documents the type of Templa
20. Ctr1 A To deselect all photos press Ctr1 Shift A Once you have selected all the photos that you want to import click 82 Organising photos with digiKam the Download Selected button To cancel the import process before you begin the download close the window To cancel the process once the download is underway click the Cancel button DigiKam asks you for a name for this group of pictures which it calls an album Either click on an existing album on the list or click New Album and provide a name for the album DigiKam will suggest the current date as a name for the album but you might want to choose a name that will better help you to remember the subject of these photos When you have selected an album click OK and digiKam will import the photos to your computer To clear the photos from your camera click Image Delete Selected to delete just the images you imported to your computer or click Image Delete All to delete all images from your camera 15 3 2 Organising photos with digiKam A tag is a piece of information that you add to digiKam s database that helps you to identify a photo again in future For example you might tag a photo with the names of the people who appear in it the location at which that the photo was taken or the name of an occasion To tag an image right click on it then click Apply Tag then place checks against one or more tags from the list To add a new tag to the list click Add New Ta
21. Identify as and click the Next button This window shows the accounts you have available at the bank Click on the whichever one you want to link to your KMyMoney account and click Next Click the Finish button to complete the setup Press the blue icon on the top menu to Update the Account or select Account gt Account update also on the top menu bar The program connects to your bank and the Account selection window asks you to which KMyMoney account you want to download information You also have the option here to Create a new account Select your account and click Ok The Statement stats KMyMoney window summarizes the information downloaded Click the OK button Click the Ledger icon on the left menu panel to see the loaded information 66 Chapter 13 Playing multimedia Media formats not supported by default in Fedora Because of licensing and patent encumbrances Fedora cannot ship with certain audio and video playing capabilities known as codecs An example is the MP3 codec Refer to Section 13 1 The Fedora Project s approach to multimedia support for more information Fedora includes several tools for listening to audio and viewing video on both the GNOME and KDE desktops These applications will run in either Fedora desktop environment To install software packages not already installed refer to Chapter 18 Managing software You can install applications by either using the PackageKit application
22. Office Outlook To install Claws Mail refer to Chapter 18 Managing software You can install Claws Mail by either using PackageKit or on the command line by using Yum More information about Claws Mail is available at http www claws mail org 45 Chapter 9 Communications 9 3 1 Configuring Claws Mail To configure your email account you will need the email information provided by your Internet service or email provider 1 Open Claws Mail in GNOME click on Applications gt Internet gt Claws Mail in KDE click the Kickoff Application Launcher gt Applications gt Internet gt Claws Mail menu entry for Claws Mail 2 The first time you start Claws Mail the Claws Mail Wizard appears and will guide you through the set up of your account 3 After the welcome screen follow the dialogs to fill in your name sometimes it is guessed from the operating system and your email address 4 On the next page choose a protocol and enter details of how to retrieve your mail POP3 Enter the server address username and password Also select encryption in needed when connecting to your provider If you do not enter your password here you will be prompted for it each time it is needed IMAP Enter the server address username password encryption and IMAP server directory The password is optional if you do not provide it here you will be prompted for it each time it is needed The IMAP server directory is also optional o
23. Right click on the profile data folder and select Send To CD DVD or memory stick Then press the Back button until you arrive at My Computer and check to make sure the folder was saved to the media 3 Copy your profile data folder to Fedora Set up your email account or email accounts first To move the folder to Fedora you need to have your email account or accounts set up in Thunderbird on your Fedora installation When you set up an email account Thunderbird creates the profile data folder for that account If this folder does not yet exist you do not yet have a destination for the copy of the folder on your removable media Refer to Section 9 2 1 Configuring Thunderbird a Open the Thunderbird profile data folder in Fedora In GNOME click Places gt Home Folder to open Nautilus Next check the box under View to show hidden files and navigate to thunderbird gt xxxxxx default where xxxxxx isa random sequence of letters and numbers Note that this sequence will be different from the sequence that you saw in your Thunderbird installation on Windows If you cannot find the thunderbird folder If your Fedora installation originally had an early version of Thunderbird installed on it your profile data folder might be under mozilla thunderbird instead of thunderbird If you cannot find either a thunderbird or mozilla thunderbird folder within your Home Folder press Ctr1 H to display Hidden Fil
24. The Configuration window Intro provides a summary of what you can do 6 Type in the information required in the Users Accounts and Backends tabs on the top of the window 7 Select the OFX Direct Bbackend if you are not sure which one to use 64 KMyMoney 8 You may need to call your bank to get their server URL If you chose the OFX Direct backend it is likely their URL is https ofx yourbank com 9 Return to the Start Online Banking Wizard and click the Forward button 10 Check the appropriate boxes under the New column to match the bank accounts with your GnuCash accounts 11 Click the Forward button 12 Click the Apply button to finish 13 To download your bank transactions select the Accounts or Register tab then Actions gt Online Actions Get Transactions or Get Balance and fill in the information asked for to complete the operation 12 2 KMyMoney KMyMoney Is a double entry accounting software package for personal and small business use For additional help using KMyMoney refer to http kmymoney2 sourceforge net faq html 12 2 1 Configuring KMyMoney 1 Open KMyMoney by selecting Kickoff Application Launcher Applications Office Personal Finance Manager 2 Click the Next button on the Welcome to KMyMoney screen 3 Typein the information and press Next 4 Select your currency and click Next 5 Now type in the information for your bank account Then select Next a
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26. accounts for these services to Kopete using the steps above 9 8 XChat XChat is an IRC chat program It allows you to join multiple IRC channels chat rooms at the same time talk publicly private one on one conversations and is capable of transferring files To install Xchat refer to Chapter 18 Managing software You can install Xchat by either using the PackageKit or on the command line by using Yum More information is available at http xchat org 9 8 1 Configuring XChat 1 When you open XChat the XChat Network List window appears Fill in your choices for your Nick name username and realname Your username can be anything you like 2 Now choose a network to join from the Networks window Select the one you want by clicking it For example most Fedora projects use the FreeNode network to host chat rooms 3 Select Edit which opens another window listing the network you selected For now make sure the box Use global user information is checked Go down to the Favorite Channels field and type in the channel you want to join You can also click on the small button to the right of the field which will bring up a window where you can Add Remove and Edit your channels Most networks require placed before the name of the channel For example fedora doc is where you ask about writing and updating this and other documentation The fedora chat room is a good place to find help using fedora 4 Click the Close button 50 Usi
27. any additional icons are added to the desktop the desktop area contains three icons by default Home this is where all files such as music movies and documents belonging to the logged in user are stored by default There is a different home directory for each user and users cannot by default access each others home directories File System this contains all mounted volumes or disks on the computer all of these are also available by clicking on the Applications menu and selecting File Manager Ry warning Do not move or delete items from this folder unless you are certain that you understand what you are doing If you move or delete items within this folder you might damage your installation of Fedora to the point where it can no longer function Trash deleted files are moved here Empty the Trash folder by right clicking the Trash icon and clicking Empty Trash 19 Chapter 5 Tour of the Xfce desktop Permanently deleting files To permanently delete a file and bypass the file s move to Trash hold down the Shift key when deleting the file Right clicking on the desktop presents a menu of actions related to the desktop area For example clicking on Desktop Settings lets you choose a different image or photograph to display on the desktop 20 Chapter 6 Media When you insert or connect media such as a CD DVD hard drive or flash drive to your computer the desktop enviroment
28. ask for help on user forums or chat rooms for further assistance Chapter 3 Tour of the GNOME desktop This chapter introduces the GNOME desktop in Fedora The desktop becomes easier to use after you know some of the common terminology used beginning with the GNOME desktop If you installed Fedora 14 from the Fedora 14 Live image whether for Intel or compatible i686 or 64 bit x86_64 GNOME is the installed desktop You can find details of two alternative desktops in Chapter 4 Tour of the KDE desktop and Chapter 5 Tour of the Xfce desktop 3 1 The GNOME Desktop 3 Applications Places system WD a D d Sat Oct 30 2 37 AM Fedora User Computer Figure 3 1 The GNOME Desktop The GNOME Desktop has three distinct areas From top to bottom they are the Top Menu Panel the gray bar at the top the Desktop Area the workspace area in the center that fills most of the screen the Window List Panel the gray bar at the bottom 3 1 1 The Top Menu Panel This panel stretches across the top of the screen The left side contains the Applications Menu the Places Menu the System Menu Program Icons for the default email program web browser and reminder notes Users may add additional program icons Chapter 3 Tour of the GNOME desktop The right side of the Panel is home to the Notification area e a Volume Control and Sound Preferences applet e the Network Manager applet
29. burn an ISO image Launch the program by clicking Applications gt Sound and Video gt Brasero When first launched the left side of Brasero features buttons to create a new project This can be an audio project data project video project or it can be a project to copy a disk or burn an image Once you choose a new project type Brasero will provide instructions for that project For example to burn and Audio CD click the Audio Project button or select Project gt New Project gt New Audio Project On the following screen click the plus icon to add open a file browser and select files for the project When you are ready to burn your CD DVD select the image or media at the bottom of the application and click the Burn button If you need to delay burning your media you can save your project and return to it later Use the Project menu for these options 6 3 Making bootable USB media With the liveusb creator tool you can set up USB media to hold a bootable copy of Fedora This allows you to run Fedora on a computer without making any changes to the computer s hard drive as long as the computer is capable of booting from USB media and is set up to do so To create a bootable copy of Fedora on USB media you will need a USB media device with at least 1 GB of free space will work for most images but 2 GB of free space is strongly recommended USB media often comes in the form of flash devices sometimes called pen drives thu
30. desktops that can display and launch available applications and manage the overall appearance of the screen The desktop environment is sometimes referred to as the Graphical User Interface GUI Three widely used desktops included with Fedora 14 are GNOME which focuses on simplicity KDE which includes a large collection of applications and customization features Xfce a desktop with low hardware requirements suitable for older computers More Desktop Environments Exist Fedora s extensive repository of software offers other desktops as well such as Fluxbox minimalist desktop Sugar the desktop environment for the OLPC XO and LXDE To learn how to browse and install software from the repository refer to Chapter 18 Managing software With few exceptions applications included with a particular desktop environment run in other environments too For instance the OpenOffice org office suite runs on all three major desktop environments Some applications are created specifically for a particular desktop environment For example each major desktop has a preferred text editor GNOME uses Gedit and KDE supplies Kwrite but you can install and use these in either environment Fedora provides a wide choice of applications to browse the World Wide Web create documents and display and edit photos This guide describes the most commonly installed applications on the most common desktop environments as well as the useful alte
31. does not register all accounts Many IM networks require you to create an account before you can use them In many of these cases you cannot create the account in Empathy and will normally need to visit the website of the network to create an account For example you cannot use Empathy to create a Yahoo Instant Messenger account Instead you much first visit http messenger yahoo com to set up the account then access it using Empathy To configure Empathy to use an existing account follow these steps 1 Select Edit gt Accounts to bring up the Messaging and VolP Account Assistant dialog select the Yes I ll enter my account details now button and click Forward 2 Click the drop down menu to show the available protocols and select the network appropriate for the account being created 3 Enter details for the selected account including Screen name and Password Click on the Apply button to add the account to the account list and return to the main window To modify delete or add additional account select Edit Accounts from the main menu Highlight an account to modify or delete or click the Add button to configure an additional account 9 5 2 Using Empathy You can use the menus or double click on a Buddy to start a conversation All supported protocols are available at the same time within Empathy If you have setup several accounts such as Yahoo Google Talk and AIM accounts then all of your contacts for each of th
32. in your favorite channel or part of it in the Quick Search box Then click on the Join button when your channel appears in the box But you will have to do these steps each time unless you setup ChatZilla to attach automatically 52 Chapter 10 Despite the increasing availability of electronic services there are are still times when it is necessary or desirable to print documents Fortunately Fedora makes printing easy This chapter covers connecting to a single printer and connecting to an existing print server Like many other aspects of Fedora printing can be configured by a graphical program or with command line tools In this chapter the focus is primarily on the graphical program with some discussion of the basic command line tools 10 1 Adding a Single Printer Most users need to connect to a single printer often connected to the computer by a USB cable although some printer models have built in network cards for wired or wireless connection to your local network 10 1 1 Adding a USB printer 10 1 1 1 Adding a USB printer in Gnome For a USB printer Fedora makes the setup as easy as possible simply plug the USB cable into the computer You ll be prompted to install print drivers if they aren t already installed and Fedora will detect which ones you need in most cases Click Install to begin installing the drivers You may also need additional packages apart from the print drivers If you are asked to confirm inst
33. into a single event called Christmas 15 2 1 2 Categorizing by Tag You can add tags to your photos by selecting them in the main pane and choosing Tags gt Add Tags To add more than one tag at once enter them as a comma separated list without spaces Once you have added your tags a new menu option called Tags will appear in the left hand pane Click on a tag name to see all the photos under that tag You can modify rename and remove tags by selecting the appropriate option in the Tags menu 15 2 1 3 Publishing Photos to the Web You can publish your photos to Facebook Flickr or Picassa Web Albums from within Shotwell Select the photos you want to publish in the main pane and click Publish in the bottom bar or choose File Publish in the top menu bar A dialog box will appear in which you can select the service you want to publish to and log in if you are not already logged in When you log in via Shotwell for the first time you must allow Shotwell Connect to be enabled on your account Once this has been set up you will be given options regarding the size and viewing permissions of the uploaded photos Select your desired options and choose Publish Your photos will now be uploaded to your online account 15 3 Managing photos on the KDE desktop The KDE desktop uses digiKam to import and organize your photos DigiKam also provides image editing features through the showFoto program When you turn on a camera co
34. system that computer will need a VNC viewer TightVNC is a free and open source VNC program available for Linux and Microsoft Windows from http www tightvnc com 16 1 GNOME To activate desktop sharing select System Preferences Remote Desktop from the user menu This opens the Remote Desktop Preferences window To share your desktop securely 1 Under Sharing tick the box labeled Allow other users to view your desktop 2 Next tick the box next to Allow other users to control your desktop 3 Under Security tick the box next to You must confim each access to this machine 4 Next check Require the user to enter this password and enter a password This should not be your account s password pick a new password that you will only reveal to the remove viewer 5 Finally click on the Close button Be sure to inform the person performing remote technical support or remote viewing the assigned password When the person connects to your desktop click on the Yes button when asked for confirmation Once the remote viewing feature is no longer needed turn off desktop sharing 1 Select System gt Preferences gt Remote Desktop 2 Uncheck the Allow other users to view your desktop box 3 Click the Close button 16 2 KDE To activate desktop sharing in KDE select Kickoff Application Launcher gt Applications gt System gt Desktop Sharing This opens the Desktop Sharing control module window There are two met
35. the icon For Split Channels the right slider controls right side volume and the left controls left side volume Muted can be on or off You can select Hide to hide this device To configure KMix from the menubar choose Preferences Use Settings Configure KMix The options are Dock into panel will dock in the systray when pressing the window Close button Show labels will display labels for each of the sound devices Show lines to mark positions on the sliders 13 9 6 KsCD KsCD is a simple CD player 13 9 6 1 Using KsCD The button cluster on the left side contains Play in the center Previous to the left Next on the right side Stop on the bottom Ejecton the top The center window displays information about the file being played The icons along the bottom allow you to setup Random play Loop Tracklist and Mute The three buttons on the top and center right are Volume control place your cursor on the white dot hold down the right mouse key and drag it to the desired level 75 Chapter 13 Playing multimedia The button lets you minimize KSCD The X icon closes the application 13 10 Multimedia applications in the repository The applications below are not usually installed by default but are in the repository To install these packages please read Chapter 18 Managing software You can install applications either by using the PackageKit application or on the c
36. to configure them Network Proxy allows you to specify a proxy server for your computer Personal File Sharing lets you share your documents and other files with other users of this computer or with users of other computers over a network Power Management configures your computer to perform differently under different power settings Preferred Applications lets you choose which applications you prefer to use for particular tasks Remote Desktop permits you or other people to access your computer s desktop from a remote location over a network connection Screensaver sets your screensaver Seahorse Preferences allows you to set the cipher key s properties Software Updates specifies how you would like your computer to handle software updates when they become available Sound lets you choose sounds to accompany actions or events on your computer Startup Applications chooses applications to start automatically when you log in The Administration menu contains tools that affect the whole system and require root access These tools prompt for the root password when launched Add Remove Software lets you change the software installed on the system Authentication allows you to control how the system verifies users who attempt to log in Date and Time permits the system date and time to be changed Firewall link lets you setup and configure a firewall for your computer Logical Volume Management lets you configure the LVM in a grap
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38. Enter Type in your root password in the dialog box that appears and click OK Select New Printer and click New Network Printer New Printer and click New Network Printer Select the appropriate connection for your printer and enter the required information for that connection type Click Forward to proceed In the last window you ll be asked for some information to describe the printer For the Printer Name you should select a short easy to remember name such as laserjet The Description and Location fields are optional You can use those to provide information about the features of the printer and it s location Once you ve entered the information click OK The printer is now added to the system 10 2 Connecting to a print server If there are multiple computers on your network one of them may be serving as a print server providing connection to one or more printers to the rest of the network Print servers can run on a wide variety of hardware and operating system combinations but Fedora makes it easy to connect to a wide variety of print servers Firewall settings for printing By default CUPS uses TCP port 631 for network communication If you re connecting to a print server running CUPS ensure the server firewall allows connections on port 631 10 2 1 Connecting to a print server in Gnome Connecting to an existing print server is similar to adding a single printer To start open the printing configuration In GNOME this
39. Fedora 14 User Guide Using Fedora 14 for common desktop computing tasks fedora Fedora Documentation Project User Guide Fedora 14 User Guide Using Fedora 14 for common desktop computing tasks Edition 1 0 Author Fedora Documentation Project docs lists fedoraproject org Copyright O 2010 Red Hat Inc and others The text of and illustrations in this document are licensed by Red Hat under a Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 3 0 Unported license CC BY SA An explanation of CC BY SA is available at http creativecommons org licenses by sa 3 0 The original authors of this document and Red Hat designate the Fedora Project as the Attribution Party for purposes of CC BY SA In accordance with CC BY SA if you distribute this document or an adaptation of it you must provide the URL for the original version Red Hat as the licensor of this document waives the right to enforce and agrees not to assert Section 4d of CC BY SA to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux the Shadowman logo JBoss MetaMatrix Fedora the Infinity Logo and RHCE are trademarks of Red Hat Inc registered in the United States and other countries For guidelines on the permitted uses of the Fedora trademarks refer to https fedoraproject org wiki Legal Trademark guidelines Linux is the registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in the United States and other countries Java is a registered
40. If not you ll need to know the protocol and address to use to connect Consult your printer s owner s manual for this information Once the printer is selected click Forward You may be asked to choose a driver The drivers for many popular printers are already available Select the make for your printer and click Forward You ll then have the option to select the model and if there are multiple drivers to select the driver as well 53 Chapter 10 Printing In most cases you ll want the driver marked recommended Click Forward If your printer model is not found you ll need to click Back and provide your own driver The printer manufacturer s website will often have the driver also called a PPD file you need In the last window you ll be asked for some information to describe the printer For the Printer Name you should select a short easy to remember name such as laserjet The Description and Location fields are optional You can use those to provide information about the features of the printer and it s location Once you ve entered the information click Apply You ll then be prompted for the root password Enter it in the text box and click Authenticate As the final step you have the option to print a test page Click No or Yes as you prefer 10 1 2 2 Adding a network printer in KDE In KDE you first have to launch the Sytem Settings program Press Alt F2 type kdesu kcmshell4 system config printer kde and press
41. ME games while logged into KDE Graphical environment components are very modular When you install the game packs any dependencies will also be installed You may need additional packages to view the online help 14 1 Default GNOME games Many GNOME games are not installed by default from the Live CD or the DVD If you do not have access to the Internet you can use the Fedora DVD to install them either using the PackageKit application or on the command line by using Yum Refer to Chapter 18 Managing software for help installing new software Be sure to also install the separate Help Files for gnome games which provides the instruction for playing each game From the command line the package name is gnome games help With Help Files for gnome games installed use the menus to navigate to System gt Help gt Games to view a list of the available games There is a brief description along with a link to details about playing each game The detailed instructions can also be found from the Help gt Contents menu in each game There are a handful of small games in the basic GNOME games pack Aisle Riot Solitaire is a collection of solitare card games lagno is a A Reversi like disk flipping game Mines is a clone of a popular puzzle game Sudoku is popular logic puzzle where you place numbers in a grid Additional games are in a package called gnome games extra These games provide a variety of styles and genres including board games
42. ND are nmcli nm help Usage nmcli nm COMMAND help COMMAND status sleep wakeup wifi wwan j status Sleep wakeup wifi on off wan on off So running nmcli nm status we have NM running running NM state connected NM wireless hardware enabled NM wireless enabled NM WWAN hardware enabled NM WWAN enabled Refer to man nmcli for more information 7 8 2 nm tools The nm tool utility provides information about NetworkManager device and wireless networks For example nm tool 32 nm tools NetworkManager Tool State connected Device ethO System eth0 Type Wired Driver 8139too State connected Default yes HW Address 00 21 C0 C1 B3 29 Capabilities Carrier Detect yes Speed 100 Mb s Wired Properties Carrier on IPv4 Settings Address 192 137 1 2 Prefix 24 255 255 255 0 Gateway 192 137 1 1 DNS 192 137 1 1 33 34 Chapter 8 Accessing the Web For Fedora Mozilla Firefox is the default web browser when using GNOME and Konqueror is the default web browser when using KDE These browsers are used to access the Internet World Wide Web There are many other browsers available to suit different users needs Dillo is an example of a lightweight browser and browsers such as lynx w3m and elinks are console based Besides being standards compliant web browsers Firefox and Konqueror have
43. Open the folder Empty Trash Remove from Panel and Lock to Panel 11 12 Chapter 4 Tour of the KDE desktop This chapter introduces the KDE desktop in Fedora 14 It is easier to explain how to use the desktop throughout this guide after explaining some of the common terminology used with the KDE desktop 4 1 The KDE desktop If you installed Fedora 14 from the Fedora 14 KDE Live CD KDE is the default desktop on your computer If you installed Fedora 14 from the Fedora DVD your the default desktop is GNOME and KDE is available as an option at the login screen Chapter 3 Tour of the GNOME desktop describes the GNOME desktop Desktop Folder f3 Figure 4 1 The KDE desktop The KDE desktop has two main areas The desktop area The KDE panel The layout and location of these items can be customized but the term used for each of them remains the same The desktop area is the large space where windows are displayed Icons for the Home folder and Trash are located in the top left corner of this area within a tinted area that represents the contents of a folder in this case the Desktop folder The KDE panel is located at the bottom and spans the entire width of the screen It features the Kickoff Application Launcher Device Notifier and application launchers displays the running applications as buttons and gives access to the workplace switcher calendar and the clock 13 Chapter 4 Tour of
44. SXX0089 from search_city 89 Chapter 17 Customizing the desktop To use that information note the location code in this example ASXX0089 enter it into the weather desklet and select Close button The weather information will be available after the next update interval To get additional plugins visit htto gdesklets de 17 6 2 KDE plasmoids Plasmoids are widgets for the KDE desktop You can add plasmoids by clicking the plasma toolbox icon located at the top right of the desktop or right hand edge of the panel and then clicking Add Widgets You can also add plasmoids by right clicking on the desktop and panel and clicking Add Widgets When you install the KDE desktop a number of plasmoids are installed on your system by default although most of them are not visible until you add them to your desktop or panel These include various clocks calendars small games and widgets that present you with information about the status of your computer hardware or about multimedia files as you play them When you click the Add Widgets menu option the plasma toolbox presents you with a list of the widgets currently available to you along with short descriptions of each one The plasma toolbox also gives you the option to Get New Widgets either by downloading from KDE Look org or by installing ones that you have previously downloaded and saved to your computer 90 Chapter 18 Managing software 18 1 Using P
45. VING SoftWare eiii Erste deo eoe EET EE NR EE RE ER Y HER ERA X RE RA 93 18 3 Advanced Viera ee Late eec Lt te En ei eec ete a ale a 93 18 3 1 Installing new software with Yum sssssssem Hem 95 18 3 2 Updating software with Yum sss 95 18 3 3 Removing software with Yum ssssssssseem mene 96 A Contributors 97 B Revision History 101 vi Preface 1 Document Conventions This manual uses several conventions to highlight certain words and phrases and draw attention to specific pieces of information In PDF and paper editions this manual uses typefaces drawn from the Liberation Fonts set The Liberation Fonts set is also used in HTML editions if the set is installed on your system If not alternative but equivalent typefaces are displayed Note Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and later includes the Liberation Fonts set by default 1 1 Typographic Conventions Four typographic conventions are used to call attention to specific words and phrases These conventions and the circumstances they apply to are as follows Mono spaced Bold Used to highlight system input including shell commands file names and paths Also used to highlight keycaps and key combinations For example To see the contents of the file my_next_bestselling_novel in your current working directory enter the cat my_next_bestselling_novel command at the shell prompt and press Enter to execute the command
46. WPA personal key WPA amp WPA2 Enterprise The IPv4 Settings tab configures DHCP or static Internet settings View Section 7 5 3 IPv4 Tab with wired connections below for more information or see the Wireless Guide at docs fedoraproject org The IPv6 Settings tab similarly allows the configuration of IPv6 addresses with DHCP or static settings http docs fedoraproject org 28 Mobile Broadband 7 4 Mobile Broadband Once your card is inserted you can easily create a Mobile Broadband connection as indicated below For many mobile broadband cards Network Manager can visualize in the NM applet icon cellular signal strength and technology and listen for signal strength changes or poll modem manager for such changes while connected In this way you are able to know when the device has a signal and if it is roaming or not Network Manager uses the gnome bluetooth plugin to help to configure your Mobile Broadband with the service provider Also if you have a Bluetooth adapter and a mobile phone GPRS that supports Bluetooth DUN you can pair the phone with the computer and let Network Manager recognize your mobile phone at the end of the pairing process you ll see a screen with checkbox that says Access the Internet using your mobile phone After checking that box a progress indicator will appear and say Detecting phone configuration Supported Mobile Broadband For a list of supported devices look at N
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48. a currently installed package use the rpm q package command It will return a result as follows package version release Note the words in bold italics above username domain name file system package version and release Each word is a placeholder either for text you enter when issuing a command or for text displayed by the system Aside from standard usage for presenting the title of a work italics denotes the first use of a new and important term For example Publican is a DocBook publishing system 1 2 Pull quote Conventions Terminal output and source code listings are set off visually from the surrounding text Output sent to a terminal is set in mono spaced roman and presented thus books Desktop documentation drafts mss photos stuff svn books tests Desktop1 downloads images notes scripts svgs Source code listings are also set in mono spaced roman but add syntax highlighting as follows package org jboss book jca ex1 import javax naming InitialContext viii Notes and Warnings public class ExClient public static void main String args throws Exception it InitialContext iniCtx new InitialContext Object ref iniCtx lookup EchoBean EchoHome home EchoHome ref Echo echo home create System out println Created Echo System out println Echo echo Hello echo echo Hello 1 3 Notes and Warnings Finally we use three visual styles to draw attention to in
49. a new image from the list You can add your own images by clicking the Add button To set a color or gradient select Vertical gradient and make your choice of Solid color Horizontal gradient or Vertical gradient Then click the color bars next to the gradient window and select the colors you want 87 Chapter 17 Customizing the desktop 17 2 2 Changing the background in KDE To change the background in KDE right click an empty area of the desktop and select the Desktop Settings option When the Desktop Setting Plasma Workspace window appears you can select a new wallpaper style from the drop down menus or get new ones by clicking the Get New Wallpapers button You can also use an image from your computer as the wallpaper by clicking the Open button 17 3 Customizing file browsing behavior 17 3 1 Customizing file browsing behavior in GNOME By default GNOME uses the Nautilus file manager In Fedora 14 Nautilus defaults to opening in Browser mode which use one window with Forward and Back buttons You can change this behavior to the previous default where a new window is opened each time you open a folder To change this double click on Computer on the desktop click Edit and then Preferences You can also select Places Computer gt Edit Preferences from the menu panel Click the Behavior tab and click on the box next to the text Open each folder in its own window To install a program that modifies se
50. ackageKit Fedora 14 uses a program called PackageKit to assist the user with installing and removing software Any application from the Fedora repositories including the ones described in this user guide can be installed with the following method To start PackageKit in the GNOME environment click System gt Administration gt Addl Remove Software This will open the Add Remove Software application Use the command gk application to start the graphical application from the command line Details for installing and removing software with the Add Remove Software application can be found below To start PackageKit in the KDE environment click KMenu gt Applications gt System gt Software Management This starts the kpackagekit application The KDE Software Management browse section works similar to a file browser and contains descriptions of the applications The application uses install and remove buttons and there is a Help icon in the bottom left corner if you need additional assistance 18 1 1 Installing software in GNOME Here is how to install software using Add Remove Software in the GNOME desktop environment In the Search Box with the magnifying glass icon type the name of the application you wish to install If you are unsure of the specific application you need to install you can also type keywords in this box just like you would for an internet search engine Next click the Find button The message Querying appears in
51. allation of these packages click Continue to install them You will then be asked to authenticate Type in the password for the root account and click Authenticate When this process completes the printer is installed and ready for use 10 1 1 2 Adding a USB printer in KDE The KDE printing applet automates the installation of many models of printer Simply plug the printer in and in a few seconds it will be added to the system The printer information will be set automatically If you d like to change the settings go to KMenu gt Applications gt Settings gt System Settings and then click on Printer Configuration USB printers will appear under the Local Printers section 10 1 2 Adding a network printer In some cases the printer might not be in reach of a USB cable or it might be shared by several different computers One way to solve this is to print over the network Some printer models come with built in or optional network cards for either wired or wireless connection This allows the printer to be anywhere with a network connection even if it s in a different room 10 1 2 1 Adding a network printer in Gnome Even if the printer is on your local network connecting is still easy To start open the printing configuration In GNOME this is under System gt Administration gt Printing Click the Add button and enter the root password The system will scan for printers If yours is detected it will be listed on the left hand side
52. backward compatible with ISO 9660 An ISO image includes all the data of files contained on the archived CD or DVD They are stored in an uncompressed format In addition to data of the files it also contains all the file system metadata including boot code structures and attributes ISO images do not support multi track thus they cannot be used for audio CDs VCD and hybrid audio CDs 6 2 Writing CDs or DVDs Fedora includes support for writing to CDs and DVDs This means that you can permanently burn files to CDs or DVDs for backup file transport or any other reason Required hardware Not all optical drives CD or DVD drives are equipped to burn new media An easy way to check whether that you can burn optical media is to look at the front of your disc drive It should indicate the drive s capabilities You can also look up the model of your drive on line An even easier way is to simply try burning a disc chances are if you cannot select the option for burning discs it is not a problem with Fedora your drive simply does not support this operation 6 2 1 Using CD DVD Creator to burn media in GNOME To open CD DVD Creator To open CD DVD Creator select Applications System Tools CD DVD Creator The help manual can be accessed by pressing the F1 key or clicking Help Contents on the top menu bar 21 Chapter 6 Media To create a data disc 1 Drag the files and folders that you want to write to CD or DVD
53. band connection in following tabs The Mobile Broadband tab specifies the number to dial when establishing a PPP data session with the GSM based mobile broadband network In most cases leave the number blank and a number selecting the APN will be used automatically when required The tab also specifies the username and password used to authenticate with the network if required Note that many providers do not require a username or accept any username The PPP Settings tab is used to configure the authentication and compression methods In most cases the defaults are sufficient and the provider s PPP servers will support all authentication methods Point to point encryption is not enabled by default but can be selected on this tab The IPv4 Settings tab configures the Internet settings automatically default automatically for the addresses but manually for DNS settings or completely manually 7 5 Wired connections For wired connections a common user generally doesn t need to do any configuration Most users use DHCP to obtain all configuration information from the network 7 5 1 Wired Tab Mac Address The HW address of your network card When the system boots it recognizes the network card and its HW address If you need to know the Mac Address of an interface open a terminal and run ip link ip link show etho 2 ethO lt NO CARRIER BROADCAST MULTICAST UP gt mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state DOWN qlen 1000 link ether
54. called the univeral resource locator or URL into the long navigation bar across the top of the Firefox window replacing http start fedoraproject org If you do not know the URL enter a keyword or words into the search bar to the right of the navigation bar then press the Enter key The search engine used to perform your search can be changed by left clicking the logo in the search box You will be presented with a list of options including Google Yahoo eBay Amazon and Creative Commons Like other web browsers Firefox makes it possible to save the address for a web page for future reference by adding it to a list of bookmarks Use the key combination Ctr1 D to bookmark a page you are viewing To manage bookmarks use the Bookmark menu from the top of the Firefox window You can also create a live bookmark a feed that automatically checks for updates from a page with an RSS or Atom feed If a feed is available for a particular web page there will be an orange icon at the right hand edge of the address bar while you are visiting that page Left click the feed icon and a preview of the feed is displayed Select the method you would like to use to subscribe to the feed 35 Chapter 8 Accessing the Web B A Use your favorite feed reader Firefox can use a number of popular web based options for subscribing to feeds such as Bloglines My Yahoo and Google Reader as well as Firefox s own live bookmarks Another option is t
55. cally updated if they matched the artist before the edit Extracting Track Data 1 Select the tracks you want to save by clicking on the boxes in front of the tracks You can also use Edit gt Select All or Edit gt Deselect All 2 Click the Extract button This will change to a Stop button when the program begins to extract the data You will see an icon next to the track being extracting Press F1 or Help gt Contents to see the manual For more information see the Sound Juicer website at http burtonini com blog computers sound juicer 13 5 Sound Recorder Sound Recorder can record and play flac oga OGG audio and wav sound files 13 5 1 Using Sound Recorder From the top menu select File New or press the New button on the second panel Onthe Record as drop down menu choose what type of file you want to record to 69 Chapter 13 Playing multimedia Press the red Record button or select Control gt Record from the top menu to start recording Press the Stop button or use Control gt Stop on the top menu to end the recording Press the Play button or Control gt Play to start the play back To open the audio mixer select File gt Open Volume Control To save your file choose File gt Save As and name your sound file You can play an existing sound file by clicking the Open button or selecting File gt Open on the top menu choose the file and click the Open button Now press the Play but
56. click the Find button The message Querying appears in the lower left corner briefly then zero or more listings will appear that match your search query Untick the box next to the description of the application or applications you wish to remove Software Installed Outside of PackageKit If the box is already unticked then the program is probably not already installed If you are sure that you have selected the right application but it still appears to not be installed then it may have been installed using a method other than PackageKit If for example the program was compiled and installed from source then it may not register as installed in PackageKit If this is the case you will need to find an alternate method of removing it If it was installed from source you may find more information in the source distribution s Readme file The message Downloading repository information appears in the lower left corner The window area below the list of packages contains additional information about the selected software Select any additional packages to install or remove at this time by changing tick boxes next to the package name Finally click the Apply button This starts the removal process and concurrently installs or removes any additional packages where you modified the tick box Follow any prompts to remove additional packages such as dependencies that only your newly uninstalled program relied upon Unless an error is displayed
57. ction types set the camera s USB setting to PTP or point to point mode Consult your camera s user manual to determine if this option is available and how to choose it If it is not available the default settings should be sufficient 15 1 Connecting Your camera To connect the camera to your Fedora system 1 Make sure your camera is powered off 2 Connect a USB cable from the camera to your computer 3 If your camera requires you to select a knob or dial setting before connecting it to a computer make that selection now 4 Power the camera on When your camera powers on Fedora will recognise the device and launch any software that you have configured to import and manage photos for example the Shotwell Photo Manager on the GNOME desktop or the digiKam photo management program on the KDE desktop 15 2 Managing photos on the GNOME desktop After your camera powers on an informational window should appear on your desktop From the drop down menu you can select Open with Shotwell Photo Manager When the Shotwell window appears select your camera in the left hand pane When Shotwell asks if it can unmount the camera from the filesystem click Unmount Your photos will appear in the main pane Select the photos you want to import and choose Import Selected or choose Import All Open folder to view the files in the file manager Open with Other Application and select the appropriate application If you decide you do no
58. d First it aims to orient new users with Linux or Fedora specific conventions and methods that they may not already be familiar with even if they are comfortable using computers Simultaneously this document guides the user through carrying out common desktop tasks including but not limited to setting up email using an office suite and managing software Underneath all of this the User Guide also diverges into basic command line alternatives for many of the presented methods like installing software to help the newer user become familiar with using a terminal and it points to more advanced guides for tasks that the ambitious user may be interested in but which are not immediately within the scope of this guide 2 About this document Volunteer contributors from the Fedora Documentation Project create this guide for each release of Fedora If you have questions or suggestions about Fedora s documentation or if you would like to help document Fedora please visit the Fedora Documentation Project web site For assistance installing Fedora 14 please read the Fedora 14 Installation Guide available from http docs fedoraproject org install guide f14 i Thank you for choosing Fedora 5 https fedoraproject org wiki DocsProject http docs fedoraproject org install guide f xi Xii Chapter 1 The Fedora desktops In contrast to most proprietary operating systems Fedora 14 has several desktop environments or
59. dek Dolihal translator Czech e Michel Duquaine translator French Damien Durand writer e Maxim Dziumanenko translator Ukrainian e Eddie Elizondo editor e Paul W Frields writer 97 Appendix A Contributors Jorge A Gallegos translator Spanish Scott Glaser writer Dimitris Glezos editor Igor Gorbounov translator Russian Rui Gouveia translator Portuguese Guido Grazioli translator Italian Zachary Hamed writer Inna Kabanova translator Russian Alexey Kostyuk translator Russian Tim Kramer writer editor Ruediger Landmann writer editor Susan Lauber writer editor Eli Madrinich writer Alexey Matveichev translator Russian Jens Maucher translator German Dmitry Melnikov translator Russian Marco Mendonca translator Portuguese S rgio Mesquita translator Portuguese microcai translator Chinese Simplified Milo Komarcevic translator Serbian David Nalley writer editor Dan O Brien writer Rodrigo Padula translator Brazilian Portuguese Yuliya Poyarkova translator Russian Sergey Raspopov translator Russian Jonathan Roberts writer Misha Shnurapet translator Russian Tian Shixiong translator Chinese Simplified Thomas Spura dl translator German Sulyok P ter translator Hungarian 98 Nathan Thomas writer Dennis Tobar trans
60. desktop environment combo box from Desktop to Sessions Add note stating that the desktop environment combo box will be shown only if more than one desktop environment is installed Revision Thu Oct 01 2009 Ruediger Landmann 12 0 0 101 Appendix B Revision History Update for Fedora 12 Revision Thu Apr 23 2009 Laura Bailey Matthew Daniels Tim Kramer 11 0 0 Ruediger Landmann Susan Lauber Kirk Ziegler Update for Fedora 11 Convert to Docbook XML Revision 0 6 0 Sat Feb 24 2007 Matt Bird Cody DeHaan Damien Durand John Babich Paul W Frields Dimitris Glezos Bart Couvreur Version for Fedora Core 6 102
61. e list the theme will be applied automatically Fedora s repositories include many other themes that you can install in the gnome themes extra package You can install gnome themes extra by either using the PackageKit or on the command line by using Yum Refer to Chapter 18 Managing software for instructions When the gnome themes extra is installed on your computer the themes can be selected by using the Appearance program described in this section 17 1 2 Changing the theme in KDE By default KDE uses Oxygen as its theme with many more available from http www kde look org To change the theme click Kickoff Application Launcher gt Computer System Settings gt Appearance Click the Application Appearance item and then click Style To change the theme select one from the list and click the Apply button at the bottom of the window You can download additional icons and themes for KDE by installing the kdeartwork icons and kdeartwork packages You can install these packages by either using the PackageKit or on the command line by using Yum Refer to Chapter 18 Managing software for instructions 17 2 Changing the background 17 2 1 Changing the background in GNOME To change the background image on your desktop right click on an empty area of the desktop and select the Change Desktop Background option The Appearance Preferences window appears with the Background tab selected To change your desktop background choose
62. ect a Write speed from the drop down under Write Options You will also see the size of your data that will be written to the disc 4 Press the Write button to copy your data to the CD DVD To write a disc image to a CD DVD right click on the Disc Image File then choose Write to Disc from the popup menu To make a copy of a CD or DVD 1 Insert the disc you want to copy 2 Choose Places CD DVD Creator from the top panel menu bar 3 Right click on the CD icon and choose Copy Disc 4 Follow the Write to Disc dialogue as above If you have only one write drive the program will first create a file on your computer The original disk will be ejected and ask you to change it for a blank disk to copy on 13 7 2 Brasero Brasero can burn music or data to a CD Refer to Section 6 2 3 Using Brasero in GNOME or the Brasero website at htto projects gnome org brasero for more information 71 Chapter 13 Playing multimedia 13 8 GNOME multimedia applications in the repository These applications are not usually installed by default but are in the repository To install these packages refer to Chapter 18 Managing software You can install applications by either using PackageKit or on the command line by using Yum 13 8 1 GNOMEBaker GNOMEBaker can burn music or data to a CD the GNOMEBaker website at http www biddell co uk gnomebaker php for more information 13 9 KDE multimedia applications The KDE desk
63. ection manager The first time you launch the Rhythmbox Music Player an assistant will help you import your music On the second panel of the assistant click the Browse button and select the folder where your music is stored normally in your home directory under Music 13 3 1 Using Rhythmbox Music Player The main functions of the Rhythmbox Music Player window are The top panel Menubar which has all of the menus to perform tasks Press F1 or click Help gt Contents on the menubar to open the manual The second Toolbar panel accesses the player functions and provides details about the track that is playing A Time Slider under the Toolbar panel displays the position of the read of a track and allows you to jump to another part of a track n the left window the Source List lets you access your music library internet radio internet your portable music player your playlists and CDs This consists of The Rhythmbox Music Player library where all of the imported tracks are saved e The Radio with internet radio stations Podcasts Online Stores All Playlists normal and smart Audio CDs inserted into the computer s drives Portable players such as an MP3 player plugged in to your computer 68 Audio CD Extractor Sound Juicer If you have a wheel mouse you can adjust the volume by placing the cursor on the volume icon and turning the wheel In the Browser the rectangle window right of the Sou
64. efault Compact or Tree From the Player drop list you select to Random Play Loop Playlist Play Pause Stop Next Previous and Play the Next Album Tagger lets you Save or Delete tags Refresh Guess Tag Information open the Cover Manager and Rename a File From the Settings menu you can choose which Toolbars to display Show Splash Screen on Startup Dock in System Tray Stay in System Tray on Close Open Track Announcement Tag Guesser File Renamer and Configure Shortcuts or Toolbars The second menu panel displays icons of the most used commands which are also located in the top menu bar The right window is home to your collection or playlist The main window displays information about the file such as Track Name Artist Album Cover Track Genre Year and Length To open the manual select Help gt JuK Handbook or press the F1 key Closing JuK Clicking the X in the upper right corner of the window closes the JuK window but keeps the program running in the system tray This allows the music to keep playing without the window open To quit completely use File gt Quit 73 Chapter 13 Playing multimedia 13 9 4 Kaffeine Kaffeine is a media player that can play streaming content DVBs DVDs and CDs To get streaming content over the web you need a Mozilla plug in for the program which is available from http sourceforge net project downloading php groupname kaffeine amp filename kaffeine mozil
65. entry for Pidgin in KDE Starting Pidgin for the first time goes directly into the Accounts dialog To configure a new account follow these steps 1 Click on the Add button to bring up the Add Account dialog 2 Inthe Add Account window under Login Options click on the right side of the Protocol drop down menu to show the available protocols and select the network appropriate for the account being created 3 Enter details for the selected account including Screen name Password and Alias Select Remember password if desired Click on the Save button to add the account to the account list 4 Once the account is added the Accounts window displays the new account 5 New accounts can be added in the future by navigating to the Accounts Manage Accounts menu entry in the main Pidgin window 9 6 2 Using Pidgin All supported protocols are available at the same time within Pidgin If you have setup several accounts in Pidgin such as Yahoo Google Talk and AIM accounts then all of your contacts for each of these accounts will be available to chat with at the same time in the same contact list For more information see http developer pidgin im wiki Using 20Pidgin Not all features supported Pidgin does not support some features of the included protocols Pidgin is useful for chatting via text across different IM protocols but not all the features in each IM system are supported For example video is not supported at this
66. ents of mail from this account can reply to a different email address than the one that sent the email The Receiving Email and Sending Email screens both require information from the e mail provider There are many server types available from the pull down menu The most common protocols for receiving email are IMAP and POP If your provider support IMAPs choose IMAP as the Server Type then select an encryption method from the Security settings 41 Chapter 9 Communications To add a new account in the future or to modify an existing account launch the preferences dialog from the Edit gt Preferences menu In the dialog that appears press the Add button to launch the Evolution Account Assistant again 9 1 2 Using Evolution Evolution allows you to create store and send email by clicking the appropriate buttons located on the top toolbar Use the mouse to hover over each icon for a pop up description of each button You can also use the pull down menus to find each action as well as keyboard shortcuts for those actions These actions include creating New email messages Send Receive queued emails replying to the sender of an email or replying to all recipients of an email printing an email deleting an email and moving to the next or previous email in the folder There are also buttons to mark an email as Junk or Not Junk Do not miss important emails Check your Junk folder frequently as you begin with Evolution and if
67. epting it To ensure that downloaded packages are genuine Yum verifies the digital signature of each package against the public key of the provider Once all of the packages required for the transaction are successfully downloaded and verified yum applies them to your system haa i Transaction Log Every completed transaction records the affected packages in the log file var log yum log You may only read this file with root access 18 3 1 Installing new software with Yum To install a generic package my package enter the command su c yum install my package Enter the password for the root account when prompted To install a package group PackageGroup enter the command su c yum groupinstall PackageGroup Enter the password for the root account when prompted Examples of package groups include MySQL Database and Authoring and Publishing New Services require Activation When you install a service Fedora does not activate or start it To configure a new service to run on bootup choose System gt Administration gt Services from the top desktop panel or use the chkconfig and service command line utilities See the man pages for more details 18 3 2 Updating software with Yum To update the generic package my package to the latest version type su c yum update my package Enter the password for the root account when prompted 95 Chapter 18 Managing software A f Y V
68. er mobile media If you have set up multiple accounts in Thunderbird they can be moved as well one at a time following these steps 1 Find your profile data folder In Windows 2000 or Windows XP click Start gt My Computer gt Local Disk C gt Documents and Settings gt YourUserName gt Application Data gt Thunderbird gt Profiles The profile data folder looks like xxxxx default where xxxxx is a sequence of random numbers and letters If you cannot find the Application Data folder If you cannot find the Application Data folder go to the top menu and select Tools gt Folder Options gt View and check the box Show Hidden Files and Folders If you still cannot find the folder click Start gt Run type AppData and press Enter In Windows Vista click Start gt Computer gt C gt Users gt YourUserName gt AppData Roaming gt Thunderbird gt Profiles The profile data folder looks like xxxxx default where xxxxx is a sequence of random numbers and letters 43 Chapter 9 Communications If you cannot find the Application Data folder If you cannot find the Application Data folder click Start gt Control Panel gt Classic View gt Folder Options gt View and check the box Show Hidden Files and Folders If you still cannot find the folder click Start type AppData into the Start Search box and press Enter Copy your profile data folder to removable media
69. er or Connect to close the Site Manager and connect to the FTP server immediately Clicking Cancel will ignore any changes you made to the Site Manager and close the dialog To connect to servers already added to Site Manager open Site Manager and click on the server you want to connect to and then click Connect 8 2 1 2 Transferring files Once connected successfully status messages in most cases will appear in the top pane The right hand file browser pane will also display the contents of the directory To transfer a file simply drag and drop it from one browser pane into the folder of the other browser pane To disconnect from the server press Control D or select Server gt Disconnect 8 2 2 FTP on the command line To use the ftp program type ftp in the command line prompt You should be put into an FTP shell that looks like this ftp Type help to get a list of commands and help command for a simple description of that command This guide will only cover a fraction of these commands refer to the ftp manual page for further details 8 2 2 1 Connecting to an FTP server Use the open command to connect to an FTP server The syntax for this is open ftp server com port where ftp server comis the server you want to connect to Only specify a port if you are 38 FTP on the command line connecting to a server that uses a non default port the default is 21 Alternatively you can connect to an FTP server as yo
70. er web technologies All of these can be found at Mozilla s Firefox add ons site 8 1 2 Using Konqueror To start Konqueror in KDE select KMenu gt Applications gt Internet gt Web Browser To start Konqueror in GNOME select Applications Internet gt Konqueror Konqueror on the GNOME and Xfce desktops Konqueror is installed by default with the KDE desktop but not the GNOME or Xfce desktops If you want to use Konqueror on the GNOME or Xfce desktops you will need to install it first Refer to Chapter 18 Managing software for instructions on adding new software to your system 36 Transferring files 8 2 Transferring files This content is written for the more advanced user It assumes that you are comfortable with the command line and have a relatively good knowledge of Linux terminology It is probably not necessary while using Fedora as a desktop user but can help a desktop user expand his or her knowledge base and face more complicated troubleshooting issues Fedora includes several programs for transferring files between different computers on the same network or on the Internet One of the most common methods is called the File Transfer Protocol FTP There are several graphical programs available to use FTP including FileZilla and gFTP You can also use the command line utilities ftp Iftp and sftp If you are transferring files over a public network such as the Internet you may not want to use FTP
71. es In KDE click Kickoff Application Launcher Computer gt Home Once Dolphin starts show hidden files from the View menu then navigate to thunderbird gt xxxxxx default where xxxxxx is a random sequence of letters and numbers Note that this sequence will be different from the sequence that you saw in your Thunderbird installation on Windows 44 Using Thunderbird If you cannot find the thunderbird folder If your Fedora installation originally had an early version of Thunderbird installed on it your profile data folder might be under mozilla thunderbird instead of thunderbird If you cannot find either a thunderbird or mozilla thunderbird folder within your Home Folder press Alt to display Hidden Files b Inthe xxxxxx default folder press Ctr1 A to select all files and folders then press Delete to move them to the Trash The folder should now be empty c Plug in the media containing the folder you copied from Windows d Open the media and click on the xxxxxx default folder saved from Windows to open it Click Edit gt Select All gt Edit Copy Move back to the empty xxxxxx default window and click Edit gt Paste f Start Thunderbird and verify that you can see the email messages addresses and settings from your Thunderbird installation on Windows 9 2 3 Using Thunderbird The first time you press the Get mail button you are asked for your password T
72. ese accounts will be available to chat with at the same time in the same contact list Each conversation that is started with have menu options appropriate for the protocol of that account Select Edit Preferences to customize themes notifications sounds and more The Room menu allows you to join a chat room If you want to temporarily disable an account select Edit Accounts select the account to disable and uncheck the enabled box Your account settings will be saved and you can enable the account at any time 9 6 Pidgin Pidgin is an instant messaging IM client that can access Gmail MSN AOL Yahoo Jabber and other IM and chat networks For further information please refer to htip www pidgin im In previous versions of Fedora Pidgin was the default instant messaging program If you upgrade Fedora from a previous version you will still have Pidgin installed and configured If you have a fresh install of Fedora Empathy is the default IM client See Section 9 5 Empathy for more information 48 Configuring Pidgin To install Pidgin refer to Chapter 18 Managing software You can install Pidgin by either using the PackageKit or on the command line by using Yum 9 6 1 Configuring Pidgin To start and configure Pidgin select Applications gt Internet gt Pidgin Internet Messenger from the menu panel in GNOME or the Kickoff Application Launcher gt Applications gt Internet gt Instant Messenger menu
73. etworkManager Mobile Broadband on the gnome org site If your device is not supported please contact the mailing list with information on your device 7 4 1 Create a Mobile Broadband network connection Right click on the Network Manager applet Icon and select Edit Connections then select the Mobile Broadband tab and click on the Add button A wizard will open that will assist you in the configuration and ask for information about your provider Specifically you should know Broadband Provider s name Broadband Billing Plan name Broadband Billing Plan APN Access Point Name The wizard displays 1 An information page that let you choose if more than one are available the Mobile device to configure 2 A page where you select the Provider s Country 3 A page where you select your Provider 4 Asummary page of your selections Then you need to Section 7 4 2 Setup a Mobile Broadband connection 8 http live gnome org NetworkManager MobileBroadband http mail gnome org mailman listinfo networkmanager list 29 Chapter 7 Connecting to the Internet A My Service Provider is not listed If your Service Provider or plan ie APN is not listed you can submit additional information to Bugzilla or Bugzilla Gnome and tell us your provider name your country the common name of your plan and the APN you use 7 4 2 Setup a Mobile Broadband connection Enter your information for the Mobile Broad
74. eusb creator web page or the Fedora Wiki How to Create a Live USB page for more information Another option to create a USB Image is http fedorahosted org liveusb creator http fedoraproject org wiki How_to_create_and_use_Live_USB 24 USB image creation in Fedora Advanced usage This content is written for the more advanced user It assumes that you are comfortable with the command line and have a relatively good knowledge of Linux terminology It is probably not necessary to using Fedora as a desktop user but can help a desktop user expand his or her knowledge base and face more complicated troubleshooting issues 1 Install the livecd tools package on your system with the following command su c yum y install livecd tools 2 Plug in your USB media 3 Find the device name for your USB media If the media has a volume name look up the name in dev disk by label or use findfs su c findfs LABEL MyLabel If the media does not have a volume name or you do not know it use b1kid or consult the var log messages log for details su c less var log messages 4 Use the livecd iso to disk command to write the ISO image to the media Su c livecd iso to disk the image iso dev sdx1 Replace sdX1 with the device name for the partition on the USB media Most flash drives and external hard disks use only one partition If you have changed this behavior or have oddly partitioned media you may need
75. formation that might otherwise be overlooked Notes are tips shortcuts or alternative approaches to the task at hand Ignoring a note should have no negative consequences but you might miss out on a trick that makes your life easier Important boxes detail things that are easily missed configuration changes that only apply to the current session or services that need restarting before an update will apply Ignoring a box labeled Important will not cause data loss but may cause irritation and frustration RLY warning Warnings should not be ignored Ignoring warnings will most likely cause data loss 2 We Need Feedback If you find a typographical error in this manual or if you have thought of a way to make this manual better we would love to hear from you Please submit a report in Bugzilla htto bugzilla redhat com bugzilla against the product Fedora Documentation When submitting a bug report be sure to mention the manual s identifier user guide If you have a suggestion for improving the documentation try to be as specific as possible when describing it If you have found an error please include the section number and some of the surrounding text so we can find it easily Introduction 1 Purpose and Audience Welcome to the Fedora 14 User Guide This guide is intended for users who have a working Fedora 14 system and are able to use a mouse and keyboard The purpose of this guide is twofol
76. ften it is not needed and can be left empty Local mbox file Enter the location of your local mailbox spool file Values such as var mail username or var spool mail username are common username is your system login 5 On the next page enter the address of your SMTP Outgoing server Also fill in any authentication and encryption information that your provider requires for sending email 6 If you chose either POP3 or Local mbox file the next page will the show the default where it will save your mail 7 Click on the Save button to finish the configuration 9 3 2 Using Claws Mail Claws Mail allows you to create store and send email by clicking the appropriate buttons located on the toolbar Retrieving your email can be done from the toolbar button named Get mail or from the Receive submenu of the Message menu From the Tools menu you can collect addresses for the address book configure filters and manage certificates The Configuration lets you configure accounts filters templates actions and tags Claws Mail by default is a lightweight and fast email client that handles plain text email only With the addition of plugins Claws Mail can also render HTML email handle vCalendar messaging integrate with spamassasin or report spam to various locations Fedora packages many plugins as separate packages To install additional plugins refer to Chapter 18 Managing software You can install plugins by either using PackageKit or on
77. g and then apply it to the photo When digiKam displays the image in future any tags that you have applied will appear below the picture Applying tags does not alter the photo itself and you will not damage your photo by tagging it DigiKam stores tags separately from the photos To search for images with a particular tag click the Search button type the tag into the search box and press Enter DigiKam will display all the images to which you have applied that tag 83 84 Chapter 16 Sharing your desktop 1J Use this capability carefully Remote desktop sharing can be a serious security risk You should leave it turned on only when needed and should not leave it active Fedora lets you share your desktop remotely across a network so that a user at a different computer can view and with your permission interact with your computer This is useful for receiving technical support from a remote location or for demonstrating a desktop feature to another user You may also find it to be a useful way to remotely access files on your desktop from another computer Fedora uses a method called Virtual Networking Computing VNC to enable remote desktop sharing Therefore the remote viewer must use VNC as well Apple OS X uses VNC by default but Microsoft Windows uses a different method to share desktops called Remote Desktop Connection RDC To access your Fedora desktop from a computer with a Microsoft Windows operating
78. g installation you provided a password for the system administrator account sometimes called the superuser The user name for this account is root After installation Fedora asked you to set up a normal user account Use that account or any other such normal account for daily use of the system and the root account for administrative and maintenance tasks This design has many benefits Limited privileges reduce the possibility of doing significant damage to the entire system Each user account has individual settings Each user account maintains its data separate and private from others A problem in one user account does not put the entire system at risk J Do not log in as root Do not use the root account for routine purposes A normal user account can run all the desktop applications and greatly increases your security and safety Applications that require root privileges prompt you for the root password when they need it There is no need to log in as root to use them 2 3 Cannot Login help A common mistake during login is accidentally having the Caps Lock key turned on This situation can cause the login process to fail because usernames and passwords are case sensitive If problems persist re enter your username and password a few times to ensure that you have typed them correctly Recovering the password for a user account is not a difficult process but it is beyond the scope of this guide You may wish to
79. gain 6 Find your country and click on the next to its name 7 Select the type of account you want setup then click Next You can select multiple types of accounts 8 Press the Next button 9 Youcan keep the default path where KMyMoney will save your files type in a path or browse by clicking the button maked with a small folder on the right of the path window 10 Click the Finish button and your Home window opens 11 Open the account register by clicking on your accounts link in Your Financial Summary window 12 Click the Show KMyMoney welcome page link at the bottom to Get started and setup my accounts Usean existing KMyMoney data file Learn how to use KMyMoney Visit the KMyMoney Website 65 Chapter 12 Financial software Get help from the KMyMoney community See What s New in this Version 12 2 2 Setting up online banking 1 10 11 12 13 14 Click the Institutions icon on the left panel to make sure your bank information is linked to your new account Highlight your account under the bank in the main window On the top menu choose Account gt Map Account and the program will load a list of financial institutions in the Online Banking Account Setup window Type the name of your bank in the Search bar or scroll down the list to find it Click on your bank s name to select it then press the Next button Fill in your Username and Password Choose an option for
80. gt Administration Add Remove Software Type gdesklets into the window in the upper left corner and click the Find button GDesklets is the program that needs to be installed and the other programs listed are the plugins You will need to install both GDesklets and the GDesklets goodweather plugin Click the Apply button and enter the root password when prompted The packages can also be installed by using Yum at the command line When you have installed the software you can access GDesklets by going to Applications gt Accessories gt Gdesklets This will load up a program with all available plugins Select the uncategorized category and double click GoodWeather Display After a few moments the the desklet will appear on the desktop and allow you to move it to a preferred location on the desktop Where you initially place it is not important The desklet can be moved at any time by right clicking on the desklet and choosing move desklet To configure the the weather gdesklet right click and select configure desklet A dialog will appear with general settings Modifying the location can be done by going to http www weather com At the very top of the weather com website is a search box for local weather information Type in the location After searching the code for the location will be found in the url For example the weather for Perth Australia is at the following link http www weather com outlook travel businesstraveler local A
81. he Site Manager dialog is open In the text entry box under My Sites on the left side of the dialog enter the name you want to use to refer to this new server This name does not have any technical implications choose something convenient for you 37 Chapter 8 Accessing the Web On the right side of the dialog box you will need to enter the following information Host This is the address of the server If the server has a URL such as ftp server com you can type it in here If you do not have a this you will need to type in the P address An IP address is of the form A B C D where A B C and D are integer values between 0 and 255 inclusive Port Only enter a value in this field if the server you want to connect to is not using the default ports port 21 for FTP port 22 for SFTP Servertype Choose either FTP SFTP FTPS or FTPES Note that this section only discusses FTP and SFTP Logontype This field allows you to choose how you will authenticate with the server This information should be provided to you by the server administrator User Password Account These fields are only active when certain Logontypes are used If active you should use them for your username password and account on the remote server Comments This field has no technical relevance It may be convenient for you to make a note of something about the server here When you have filled out the fields click OK to close the Site Manag
82. he dependencies To remove the generic package my package from your system use the command su c yum remove my package Enter the password for the root account when prompted To remove all of the packages in the package group PackageGroup enter the command su c yum groupremove PackageGroup Enter the password for the root account when prompted 96 Appendix A Contributors Note Translator credits Due to technical limitations the translators credited in this section are those who worked on previous versions of the Fedora User Guide To find out who translated the current version of the guide visit https fedoraproject org wiki Fedora 14 Documentation Translations Contributors These translators will receive credit in subsequent versions of this guide e Arnes Arnautovi translator Bosnian John Babich writer Laura Bailey editor Jonathan Barrios translator Spanish e Domingo Becker translator Spanish Matt Bird writer e H ctor Daniel Cabrera translator Spanish e Thomas Canniot translator French Daniele Catanesi translator Italian e Yuri Chornoivan translator Ukrainian e Nicolas Corrarello writer Ben Cotton writer e Bart Couvreur writer editor e User Cyrushmh translator Simplified Chinese Claudio Rodrigo Pereyra Diaz translator Spanish e Matthew Daniels writer editor Cody DeHaan writer editor Lu
83. he following are common default choices About Me stores details about yourself that you can share with other people as an electronic business card Appearance customizes the appearance of your desktop including the background picture Assistive Technologies lets you choose software to magnify portions of the screen or to read the contents of screens to you Bluetooth configures Bluetooth devices to work with your computer Color Profiles to manage install and generate color profiles Desktop Effects enables or disables special visual effects for the desktop File Management controls how files and folders are presented to you Input Method allows you to choose methods to input languages whose writing systems do not use an alphabet such as some Indic and East Asian languages Keyboard specifies the type of keyboard that you use with this computer Keyboard Shortcuts sets key combinations to perform certain tasks within certain programs or within the desktop environment more generally Chapter 3 Tour of the GNOME desktop Messaging and VolP Accounts Configure accounts for Empathy instant messaging client and VoIP application Monitors sets the resolution and other details of your display Mouse configures the buttons and other controls on your mouse Network Authentication configure Kerberos Network Authentication preferences Network Connections displays your computer s network connections and allows you
84. he menus at the top you will have a chance to choose a template for your labels From the menus or toolbars you can then add objects such as text box line ellipse images or barcodes You can then resize move or align the objects You can customize the view magnification and toolbars The panel at the bottom of the work window allows you to configure the appearance of your data such as font selection alignment bolding and italics as well as text and line color For more information on using gLabels refer to the gLabels website at http glabels sourceforge nel 61 62 Chapter 12 Financial software Fedora offers software financial software for both the GNOME and KDE environments GnuCash is the financial software recommended for users with the GNOME desktop environment and KMyMoney is recommended financial software for the KDE environment Although each financial software application is recommended for a specific desktop environment remember both will work on any Fedora desktop environment Both applications can be used for personal and business and configured for online banking GnuCash and KMyMoney are not installed by default from the Live or Install DVD If you do not have access to the Internet you can install them from the Fedora Install DVD Refer to Chapter 18 Managing software for instructions You can install them by either using the PackageKit application or on the command line by using Yum 12 1
85. hen you choose to delete a file it is not permanently removed from your system Instead it is sent to the trash folder which you can access from this icon To permanently remove a file from your system you must empty the trash To empty the trash right click the icon and select Empty Trash Permanently deleting files To bypass the trash and permanently delete a file hold down the Shift key when deleting the file 10 The window list panel The Fedora Live CD desktop also includes an icon for installing Fedora to your hard disk Additional icons may appear depending on your system For example inserting a USB stick will cause an icon to appear for accessing the stick 3 1 2 1 Using the desktop Right click on the desktop area for a menu of actions related to the desktop area For example the Change Desktop Background action lets you choose a different image or photograph to display on the desktop Add program icons to your desktop by a left click on the program s icon and select Add this launcher to desktop 3 1 3 The window list panel This panel has three components Any open applications appear as button icons in the middle part of the window list panel It shows all application windows in use on the desktop workspace whether they are visible or hidden A hidden window button appears with a white background The currently selected application window button has a gray background and is said to have focus Usually th
86. hical setting Network permits configuration of your network connections and devices Network Device Control lets you monitor and control your network devices Printing allows you to configure your printers SELinux Management allows you to change security settings that protect your computer Services lets you decide which services will run when the system starts The Top Menu Panel Software Sources permits you to enable or disable software repositories Software Update looks for software updates at your selected software sources Users and Groups allows you to add or remove users and groups The second section provides access to the help documentation along with information about the Fedora project the GNOME project and information about your computer and its operating system Help is the guide for questions about GNOME About This Computer provides basic information about your computer and links to the process and resource monitor The third section contains entries to Lock Screen starts the screen saver or blanks the screen It will ask for your password to restore your session to the screen Log Out of the current session Shut Down gives you options to Hibernate Restart or Shut Down your computer Root password When your computer asks for your root password it means you are entering an area that changes your system s operation or performance Beware of the messages the program generates and be su
87. his folder you might damage your installation of Fedora to the point where it can no longer function Trash which holds files and folders that you have deleted from your system Recently Used applications and documents that you used recently Leave options to finish working with your computer Logout ends your session but leaves the computer running Lock leaves you logged in but blanks the screen and prevents interaction with the computer until you type in your password Switch User leaves you logged in but lets another user log in to the computer Suspend to Disk pauses your computer without logging out Restart restarts your computer Shutdown turns off your computer 16 Chapter 5 Tour of the Xfce desktop This chapter introduces the Xfce 4 desktop in Fedora It is easier to explain how to use the desktop after explaining some of the common terminology used with the Xfce 4 desktop 5 1 The Xfce 4 desktop One common reason for using the Xfce 4 desktop is to provide a feature rich desktop environment for a desktop computer or a laptop with limited memory File System Trash 6mso 24 s MA 4 E Figure 5 1 The Xfce desktop The Xfce 4 desktop has two distinct areas From top to bottom the areas are the desktop area the menu panel The layout and location of these items can be customized but the term used for each of them remains the same The desktop area occupies mo
88. hods by which you can share your desktop 85 Chapter 16 Sharing your desktop You can create an invitation By default invitations are only valid for one hour This lessens the chance of forgetting to disable Desktop Sharing and is a good option if you only need it enabled temporarily You can leave Desktop Sharing turned on at all times To create a Desktop Sharing invitation open the Desktop Sharing window as described above click New Personal Invitation and give the information to the person you want to invite Alternatively you can share the same information via email by clicking on New Email Invitation If you want to have Desktop Sharing running at all times n the Desktop Sharing window click Configure Security then check the box Allow uninvited connections Next check Confirm uninvited connections before accepting optional but recommended If you wish to approve each connection individually check Ask before accepting connections A password should be set for security enter one in the Uninvited connections password box This should not be your user account password Select the Network tab at the top of the window check Use default port and make a note of the port listed Finally click on the Apply button followed by the OK button The person connecting to your computer remotely will need your IP address or hostname followed by a and the port number that you noted above When the person c
89. hunderbird 42 Moving your Thunderbird profile data from Windows to Fedora 2 The first time you start Thunderbird the Account Wizard opens to guide you through the setup of your account If the Account Wizard does not open select File New gt Mail Account in the main window to open the wizard 3 Fill in your name email address and password and click Continue 4 Thunderbird will attempt to detect your account settings automatically If the automatic detection is successful your account settings will appear 5 f Thunderbird fails to automatically detect the account settings enter the names of the Incoming and Outgoing servers Choose POP or IMAP and the appropriate secure setting if required Select Re test configuration 6 When Thunderbird has detected your account select Create Account Now Thunderbird connects to the server to download your email messages 7 Ifthe download fails your email account may require secure connections In this case select Edit Account Settings gt Server Settings and select your secure setting Often the setting is SSL but this information should be provided by your email service 9 2 2 Moving your Thunderbird profile data from Windows to Fedora The Thunderbird data profile folder contains your email messages addresses and program settings To move your profile data from Windows to Fedora requires that the data folder be copied to a CD DVD memory stick or oth
90. ia players such as AmaroK Rhythmbox and Banshee Gtkpod is not installed by default from the Live CD or the DVD If you do not have access to the Internet you can use the Fedora DVD to install Gtkpod You can install applications by using PackageKit or on the command line by using Yum Refer to Chapter 18 Managing software for more information Start Gtkpod by clicking Applications Music and Video gtkpod in GNOME or Kickoff Application Launcher gt Applications gt Multimedia gt iPod Manager For further help on iPod support through Gtkpod refer to the Gtkpod website at http www gtkpod org about html 76 Further information 13 12 Further information For more information on freely distributable formats and how to use them refer to the Xiph Org Foundation s web site at htip www xiph org 77 78 Chapter 14 Playing games A Fedora installation includes a selection of games by default You can also select additional game packages during or after installation To install new games on your Fedora system refer to Chapter 18 Managing software Most packages have games as part of their name You can find more information about games for Fedora at https fedoraproject org wiki Games For more information about the games in this list refer to the Help menu within each individual game You do not need to switch desktops to play games You can play KDE games while logged into GNOME and GNO
91. ice org Impress is used to create multimedia presentations Like many other presentation programs Impress supports 2D and 3D clip art special effects and animation Like all OpenOffice org components Impress can import or save as other presentation formats When Impress is first opened a presentation wizard launches to assist in the initial layout of a new presentation You can open an existing presentation start an empty presentation or work on a new presentation from a template For new presentations the wizard then offers a choice of backgrounds and output mediums followed by a choice of slide transition and presentation types Finally when creating a new presentation the wizard asks for some basic idea to start your title page With a template the wizard will also offer a choice of pages to include Once a presentation is opened toolbars are placed around the main slide You can customize which toolbars are visible from the View menu Each toolbar can also be undocked and placed in different i a 8 locations For more information read Impress s documentation online or under Help gt Contents 11 4 2 KPresenter KPresenter is the KOffice application for creating and performing presentations Open KPresenter by selecting the Kickoff Application Launcher gt Office gt Presentation entry for KPresenter The first window contains options for opening Recent or Existing documents the type of Template or Screen Presentati
92. iguring ChatZilla 1 OpenFirefox 2 On the top menu bar click Tools gt Chatzilla 3 The ChatZilla window opens where you will see the word Client as a tab near the bottom In the main window are welcome messages with links to additional help and at the bottom of that window are links to a few of the most popular Networks If your Network is among them just click on the link and Chatzilla will attach to it as a new tab 4 To configure your chosen networks so they automatically connect go to Chatzilla gt Preferences make sure that Global Settings is selected and choose the Startup tab Scroll down to the Auto connect URLs window click Add and type in your network For example irc your network click OK to add the entry then Ok to exit the preferences window 5 To configure channels in a network so they automatically connect select Chatzilla gt Preferences then select the Network and click on the Lists tab To automatically join a channel click Add by the Auto Perform box and type join your channel then click OK Add any username to the Nickname list or the Notify List then click Ok to save all changes 9 10 3 Using ChatZilla 1 OpenFirefox 2 Onthe top menu bar click Tools Chatzilla and you will automatically attach to your networks and channels rM It is not necessary to have your channels connect when you start ChatZilla Once you have attached to your networks you can select IRC Join channel and type
93. ing the dependencies and their disk space requirements which may be unexpectedly considerable type M The terminal downloads the necessary files and completes the installation of your application 18 2 2 Removing software Click Applications gt System Tools gt Terminal to open the command line Type su c yum remove application Where application isthe name of the program you wish to remove If you are unsure of the exact name of your desired installation you can search your installed repositories for a keyword Su c yum search keyword Where keyword is the word you wish to search for among the names and descriptions of programs in the available repositories After using the yam remove command you will be prompted for the computer s root password Type in the root password and press Enter You will not see the password as you type The terminal will start giving information about the application and end with Is this ok y N If dependencies that were installed with the application are unneeded by other applications you may be prompted to remove these as well If you wish to continue the software removal type The terminal deletes the necessary files and completes the removal of your application 18 3 Advanced Yum gt Advanced usage This content is written for the more advanced user It assumes that you are comfortable with the command line and have a relatively good knowledge of Linux terminology It
94. is is the application whose window is on top of all the others on the screen To switch from one running application to another using the mouse click on the desired application s button in the panel Use the key combination Alt Tab to switch between open indows Holding down the A1t key and pressing the Tab key will open a small window containing icons of all of your open windows Repeatedly pressing the Tab key cycles through the icons Release both keys on your selection to pull it to the front The Workspace Switcher is the group of squares situated on the far right They allow you to move between workspaces Workspaces have long been a feature of UNIX and Linux desktop environments Each workspace provides a separate desktop where applications can be organized and a corresponding window list panel By default there are two workspaces available To change this number right click on the workspace switcher and choose preferences Switching between workspaces Use the key combination Ctr1 A1t Left Arrow or Ctr1 A1t Right Arrow to switch between workspaces Hold down the Ctrl and Alt keys and press either the Left Arrow key or Right Arrow key to cycle through the available workspaces on your system The Trash icon on the right end of the window list panel works the same way as the Trash icon in the desktop area If you delete a file it is moved to this location A right click on the Trash icon brings up the options to
95. is probably not necessary to using Fedora as a desktop user but can help a desktop user expand their knowledge base and face more complicated troubleshooting issues 93 Chapter 18 Managing software Use the Yum utility to modify the software on your system in four ways to install new software from package repositories to install new software from an individual package file to update existing software on your system to remove unwanted software from your system Installing Software from a Package File The Yum commands shown in this section use repositories as package sources Yum can also install software from an individual package file This advanced usage is beyond the scope of this Guide To use Yum specify a function and one or more packages or package groups Each section below gives some examples For each operation Yum downloads the latest package information from the configured repositories If your system uses a slow network connection yum may require several seconds to download the repository indexes and the header files for each package The Yum utility searches these data files to determine the best set of actions to produce the required result and displays the transaction for you to approve The transaction may include the installation update or removal of additional packages in order to resolve software dependencies This is an example of the transaction for installing tsclient Example 18
96. is under System gt Administration gt Printing In the Printing window select Server gt Connect In the CUPS server field enter the host name or IP address of your print server for example print example com or 192 168 1 10 and check Require encryption if desired Then click Connect It may take a few seconds to connect to the print server but you should see all of the printers on the server in your printer list 10 2 2 Connecting to a print server in KDE KDE does not have an option for connecting to all queues on a remote printer To add printers connected to a print server follow the directions above 54 Connecting to a print server from the CUPS configuration files 10 2 3 Connecting to a print server from the CUPS configuration files Regardless of the desktop environment in use a computer can be connected to a CUPS print server by editing the file etc cups client conf By default this file exists but is empty To connect to a CUPS print server add the line ServerName server where serveris the host name or IP address of the server All of the available print queues on that system will immediately be shown on the client computer 10 3 Send a Print Job Now that you have one or more printers installed you probably want to use them Most applications use the standard File gt Print convention but some may have a slightly different menu structure However the printing menu is presented to you you l
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98. l probably have several options you can change for your print job Common options are printing in black and white versus color or selecting the paper size and layout Of course your printer will need to support these options for them to work If you have multiple printers installed you can select which printer to use Selecting a default printer If you have multiple printers there s probably one that you ll want to use the most often You can select a default printer in your Printing menu by right clicking the printer you want to be the default and select Set As Default Most applications will honor this setting Printing from the command line Some tasks involve using the command line to run commands Fortunately there s a way to print from the command line too You can use the 1pr to print a file For example lpr myfile txt prints the file myfile txt You can specify the printer to use with the P option The argument to P is the short name of the printer If you installed a printer called laserjet you would print your file with lpr P laserjet filename The default printer can also be set by setting the PRINTER environment variable Environment variables are set with the exportcommand export PRINTER printername To make the change persistent add the above line to your bash profile file 55 56 Chapter 11 Office Applications In today s communication oriented world the ability to create view
99. la 0 2 tar bz2 amp use mirror internap For more information about Kaffeine generally refer to the JuK website at htip kaffeine kde org 13 9 4 1 Using Kaffeine Media Player The first window that opens contains five shortcut icons Play File plays a file from the computer Play Audio CD plays the CD in your CD drive Play Video CD plays a CD that contains video files Play DVD plays a DVD Digital TVplays TV input from a capture card On the left side of the window are four small icons The Start tab on top brings up the first window wherever you are in the program The Playback tab opens the Player Window Selecting the next tab opens the Playlist The bottom tab takes shows the Television provides TV controls and output The toolbar along the bottom of this window allows you to Play Pause Skip Backward or Forward Stop and Adjust the Volume The top menu panel has File which allows you to Open a File URL or Directory Open a DVD VCD Audio CD and Network Broadcasting You can also Save Stream Save a Screenshot Quit with Options or Quit From the View menu you have the options for the Full Screen Mode Minimal Mode Toggle Playlist Player Enable Auto Resize or Keep Original Aspect Selecting Player gives you the option to Play Pause Stop go to the Next track or Previous track Fast Forward Slow Motion and Jump to Position You can also Navigate a DVD CD Video configure Subtitles acces
100. lator Spanish Alejandro Perez Torres translator Spanish Luigi Voita writer translator Italian Karsten Wade editor Geert Warrink translator Dutch Marc Wiriadisastra writer Yangkejin translator Chinese Simplified Kirk Ziegler writer editor 99 100 Appendix B Revision History Revision Fri Oct 29 2010 Ben Cotton Susan Lauber 14 0 0 Updates for Fedora 14 version Update Playing Multimedia BZ 588582 New Printing unit Ben Cotton BZ 508025 Revision Fri Apr 24 2010 Luigi Votta Ruediger Landmann Susan 13 0 1 Lauber Additional updates for Fedora 13 version New Connecting to the Internet with Network Management unit Luigi Rewrite of Office applications Susan pointer to recognition of current fabulous translation team Ruediger Revision Tues Apr 6 2010 Eli Madrinich Nathan Thomas David Nalley 13 0 0 Paul Frields Ruediger Landmann Susan Lauber Update for Fedora 13 version Revision Mon Mar 29 2010 Eli Madrinich Susan Lauber 12 0 4 Bumping revision to reflect a number of updates from bug stomping day Fixed bug 538628 Fixed grammar and format issues Merged recommendations from Murry s email Revision Sat Feb 06 2010 Nathan Thomas 12 0 3 Update Xfce desktop descriptions for v4 6 BZ 551197 Revision Tue Jan 12 2010 Nathan Thomas 12 0 2 Update Thunderbird instructions for v3 0 BZ 532186 Revision Fri Jan 8 2010 Nathan Thomas 12 0 1 Change name of the
101. many features beyond basic web browsing This chapter explains how to use some of the more popular features and provides links to further information The Internet can also be used to transfer files This chapter covers different methods of doing this using graphical applications as well as the command line If you wish to transfer files using email please refer to Chapter 9 Communications This is often the best choice for smaller files such as pictures and documents 8 1 Browsing web pages Firefox and Konqueror are the suggested web browsers for most users If you require a more lightweight browser especially if you are using a slower system you may want to try Dillo If you are using the command line then you may want to use lynx w3m or elinks None of these programs are installed in Fedora by default but can be installed using the instructions in Chapter 18 Managing software 8 1 1 Using Firefox To start Firefox in GNOME select Applications gt Internet gt Firefox or use the menu panel icon To start Firefox in KDE select KMenu gt Applications gt Internet gt Firefox Firefox has many more features than discussed here you can find more information on Firefox at the Mozilla Firefox website htto www mozilla org support firefox 8 1 1 1 Navigating the web Fedora starts Firefox with a default home page that has links to useful Fedora related sites Navigate to other web pages by typing the web address also
102. mb disks or keys or as an externally connected hard disk device Almost all media of this type is formatted as a vfat file system You can create bootable USB media on media formatted as ext2 ext3 or vfat USB Image Writing is Non destructive Existing data on the media is not harmed and there is no need to repartition or reformat your media However it is always a good idea to back up important data before performing sensitive disk operations Unusual USB media In a few cases with oddly formatted or partitioned USB media the image writing may fail The Fedora installation using the Fedora Live CD will occupy about 1 GB Beyond this you might want to allocate space for Fedora to store files such as documents or software installations These documents and programs will be available to you every time you start a computer with this USB media device since they are stored on the device itself and not on the computer to which it is attached This feature is a major advantage of running Fedora from Live USB media rather than from a Live CD 23 Chapter 6 Media a copy of the Fedora Live CD or Fedora KDE Live CD or a connection to the Internet The liveusb creator tool copies the files from a Fedora Live CD or Fedora KDE Live CD to create bootable USB media If you do not have a Fedora Live CD or Fedora KDE Live CD liveusb creator can download a CD image from the Internet However because this CD image is a very large file
103. multimedia support In short the Fedora Project encourages the use of open formats in place of restricted ones Fedora includes complete support for many freely distributable formats These include the Ogg media Vorbis audio Theora video Speex audio and FLAC audio formats These freely distributable formats 67 Chapter 13 Playing multimedia are not encumbered by patent or license restrictions and provide powerful and flexible alternatives to popular yet restricted formats such as MP3 that are not legally distributable with Fedora For more information refer to the Fedora Multimedia wiki at htips fedoraproject org wiki Multimedia 13 2 Cheese Webcam Booth Cheese Webcam Booth takes photos and videos with your webcam 13 2 1 Using Cheese Webcam Booth The top menu provides the following operations and options Selecting Cheese you can choose to turn on the Countdown timer Take a photo or Record depending on if you selected Photo or Video button see the Fullscreen and Quit the application Edit lets you turn on Effects Move to Trash Move All to Trash and change the Preferences Clicking on Help Contents or pressing F1 opens the Cheese Manual The tabs between the windows are shortcuts of the choices in top menu More information is available on the Cheese website at htip www gnome org projects cheese 13 3 Rhythmbox Music Player Rhythmbox Music Player plays CDs internet radio and is a music coll
104. nd provides access to Sheet Properties http www openoffice org product calc html 59 Chapter 11 Office Applications A KSpread tutorial is available at http docs kde org development en koffice kspread You can download pre formatted templates and scripts from htip kde files org index php xcontentmode 611 11 3 3 Gnumeric Gnumeric is a spreadsheet optimized for the GNOME desktop Gnumeric is a good spreadsheet alternative for those that needs a program which uses less memory then the larger OpenOffice org or KOffice suites In exchange for a lightweight program Gnumeric has fewer toolbars and not all other spreadsheet formats can be imported Gnumeric does have solver scenario and simulation tools but other advanced tools which can be applied to very large sets of data may not be supported Start Gnumeric by clicking on Applications Office Gnumeric Spreadsheet in GNOME or the Kickoff Application Launcher gt Applications gt Office Spreadsheet menu entry for Gnumeric in KDE A tutorial on using Gnumeric is available from http orojects gnome org gnumeric doc chapter quick start shtml 11 4 Presentations A Presentation program is designed to assist a speaker and energize the audience Both OpenOffice org Impress and KOffice KPresenter offer the ability to create dynamic presentation containing not only text but also animations images sounds and more 11 4 1 OpenOffice org Impress OpenOff
105. needed mark items that are Not Junk Evolution will learn what is Junk and what is Not Junk with each item that you mark In the lower left section of Evolution are buttons to switch from the default email tasks to other tasks including Contacts Calendar Memos and Tasks As you select each of these components of Evolution the toolbar at the top will adjust to provide buttons for the most common actions Using Contacts in emails As you read an email right click on the sender s email address and select Add to Address Book This will add an entry to your contacts When sending an email click the To or CC buttons to select recipients from your contacts 9 2 Thunderbird Thunderbird Is Mozilla s email application To install Thunderbird refer to Chapter 18 Managing software You can install Thunderbird by either using the PackageKit or on the command line by using Yum More information about Thunderbird is available at http www mozilla org support thunderbird You can find add ons for Thunderbird at https addons mozilla org en US thunderbird 9 2 1 Configuring Thunderbird To configure your email account you will need the email information provided by your ISP or email provider 1 Open Thunderbird in GNOME click Applications gt Internet gt Thunderbird on the top menu bar in KDE click Kickoff Application Launcher gt Applications gt Internet gt Email menu entry E https addons mozilla org en US t
106. ng XChat 5 Select Connect and you are connected to your channel 9 8 2 Using XChat On the top menu bar select Applications gt Internet gt XChat IRC Click the Connect button and you are attached to the networks and channels that you selected above You can configure your preferences for XChat while attached to the network On the top menu bar select Settings Preferences and choose your text background and sound preferences You can also configure alerts and logging Once logging to the disk is enabled in the preferences right click on the channel name and and select Settings to enable or disable logging for an individual channel XChat defaults to showing each channel as a tab Either right click the channel name or select Xchat and click Detach to view a channel in a separate window 9 9 Konversation Konversation is the default IRC application for the KDE Desktop You can find details at http konversation kde org 9 9 1 Configuring Konversation To configure Konversation select 1 Kickoff Application Launcher gt Applications gt Internet gt IRC Client 2 The Servers List window pops up and has a default network listed Select New or click on the default network then select Edit a Type in your chosen network in the Network Name field b Under Identity click Edit and add your user names c Check the box Connect on application start up to attach automatically when you open Konversation 3 Inthe A
107. nnected to your computer or plug in device containing photos such as a USB flash drive Fedora will notify you by opening a window from the Device Notifier located at the left of the KDE panel If you do not see a window click the Device Notifier to open the window manually You should see the camera or other storage device listed in the window Click on the device and a dialog box will open to ask What do you want to do Click Download Photos with digiKam and OK 15 3 1 Importing photos with digiKam When you first start digiKam it prompts you for a default location in which to store your photos and will suggest the Pictures folder inside your Home folder It will also ask for a location to store a database that it will create to store information about your photos DigiKam will use this database to help you organise and manage your photos and will again suggest the Pictures folder as the location for this database For both the default picture location and the database location you can type in the name of a folder on your computer browse to a folder by clicking on the folder icon or accept the defaults When you have made your choices click OK and the main digiKam window will open together with a separate window to show you the files on the camera or storage device In this dialog you can select or deselect photos to import by clicking on the corresponding thumbnail To select all photos click any photo and then press the key combination
108. o use a stand alone desktop feed reader such as Liferea 8 1 1 2 Tabs Open a new tab with Ctr1 T A blank page is presented and a new bar is available under the navigation bar showing all open tabs to switch between them left click the desired tab To close a tab you can either right click to access the context menu or press the red X on the tab Navigating a large number of open tabs can be difficult To make it easier use the arrow icon on the right hand side of the tabs toolbar Click this to reveal a list of all open tabs that you can switch to by clicking on the relevant item 8 1 1 3 Extensions Firefox is designed to be moderately fast and lightweight As a result some functionality found in other browsers may not be available by default To solve this problem the Firefox team made the browser extensible so it is easy to create and integrate extensions that add new functionality to the browser To manage and install extensions plug ins and themes select the Tools gt Add ons menu entry New extensions are found by visiting Mozilla s Firefox add on site at https addons mozilla org en US firefox To install an extension from this site follow the Add to Firefox link and when prompted click Install Now Themes plug ins and search engines Firefox can also be extended by adding new search engines to the search box installing new themes to customize the look and installing new plug ins allowing the use of Java and oth
109. ommand line by using Yum 13 10 1 K3b K3b is a CD and DVD burning application Refer to Section 6 2 2 Using K3b to burn media in KDE or the K3b website at hitp www k3b org for more information 13 11 MP3 players Personal digital media players can be used to store and listen to music away from a computer These are often referred to as MP3 players which is a potentially misleading name Not all of these players use MP3 files to store music Many MP3 players can be mounted as storage mediums and music can be added to them just like a file can be added to any other disk See Chapter 6 Media for more information Some players however require special applications to transfer music 13 11 1 Grip Grip is a CD player and a ripper for the GNOME desktop It provides an automated frontend for MP3 and other audio format encoders letting you transform the disc straight into MP3s Internet disc lookups are supported for retrieving track information Details are available on the Grip website at http nostatic org grip doc index html Grip is not installed by default but it is in the repository for installation with either using the PackageKit application or on the command line by using Yum Refer to Chapter 18 Managing software for more information 13 11 2 iPod connectivity There are several high quality tools available for Linux users to manage media content on the iPod Among them are gtkpod YamiPod and tools built into med
110. on are the buttons on which you click to swich to a different user log out restart and shutdown Xfce The Applications button consists of several components Run Program Terminal File Manager Web Browser Preferences Administration Accessories Development Games Graphics Multimedia Network Office Other System 18 The Xfce 4 desktop area Help About and Quit buttons Open applications appear as button icons in the middle part of the menu panel known as the Task List The application window that has focus appears as a depressed button Usually this is the application whose window is on top of all others currently on the screen To switch from one running application to another click on the desired application s button in the task list Jj Use the key combination A1t Tab to switch between open indows Holding down the A1t key while you tap the Tab key allows you to cycle through all open applications Customize the clock by right clicking the clock on the right hand side of the panel and choose Properties Properties allows you to change to or from a digital clock style change the clock s display to and from a 12 and 24 hour format change the date format Change the appearance of the panel by right clicking on it and selecting Customize Panel To add new items right click on the area where the new item should appear and select Add New Items 5 1 2 The Xfce 4 desktop area Before
111. on you want as well as a menu bar On the menu bar 3 http www openoffice org product impress html 60 gLabels choose File to create a New file Open or Import a file or Quit the application choose the Settings drop down menu select Show Toolbar Configure Shortcuts or Configure Toolbars click Helpto open the KPresenter Handbook or Report a Bug You can also access the KPresenter Handbook by pressing the F1 key After selecting a template click the Use This Template button and check the box Always use this template if you want to make it the program default The next window has two menu panels on the top a workspace and a number of dockers with additional tools From the top menu choose Settings to customize which Dockers are visible or customize the Toolbar or Shortcuts You presentation can not be created with styles shapes text in different fonts or colors images and more A KPresenter tutorial is available at http docs kde org development en koffice kpresenter You can download pre formatted templates from http kde files org index php xcontentmode 612 11 5 gLabels gLabels is a light weight GNOME application for creating labels business cards and labels for CD and DVDs Start gLabels by clicking on Applications Office gLabels Label Designer in GNOME or Kickoff Application Launcher gt Applications gt Office gLabels Label Designer in KDE When you open a new file from the icon or t
112. onnects to your desktop click on the Yes button when asked for confirmation Once the remote viewing feature is no longer needed turn off desktop sharing 1 Select Kickoff Application Launcher gt Applications System gt Desktop Sharing 2 Uncheck the Allow uninvited connections box 3 Click the Apply button 16 3 Other desktops Various desktop environments may offer their own graphical assistants for desktop sharing but the VNC server program can be used from the command line to accomplish this task on almost any desktop environment Setting up this service is beyond the scope of this guide 86 Chapter 17 Customizing the desktop Fedora allows you to customize the look and feel of your desktop environment All of the settings that determine the appearance of your desktop are referred to collectively as a theme 17 1 Changing the theme Most desktop environments including GNOME and KDE allow you to install new themes to tweak the appearance of the desktop The process for installing a theme varies for each desktop You can find the process for installing themes under GNOME and KDE in this chapter and most desktop environments include installation instructions in their own documentation 17 1 1 Changing the theme in GNOME To change the desktop theme choose System gt Preferences gt Appearance The Appearance Preferences window appears with the Theme tab selected To change the theme select one from th
113. or on the command line by using Yum Fedora provides the following applications for audio and video by default Amarok is a music player that features tools for organizing music CDs Internet radio stations and more and is included in KDE by default Brasero is an application for copying and making audio video and data CDs and DVDs in GNOME Cheese Webcam Booth takes photos and videos with your webcam is installed in GNOME and KDE Dragon Player is a simple video player in KDE JuK is a collection and playlist manager as well as a music player installed in KDE Kaffeine is an application for viewing videos in KDE KMix is a Sound Mixer for KDE KsCD is an application for listening to audio CDs in KDE Rhythmbox is a music player that features tools for organizing and listening to music CDs Internet radio stations and more and is included in GNOME and KDE by default Sound Juicer is an application for converting CDs to music files also known as ripping in GNOME and KDE Sound Recorder can record and play flac oga OGG audio and wav sound files Totem Movie Player is an application for viewing videos in GNOME and KDE To open these programs in the GNOME desktop click on their entries in the Applications gt Sound and Video menu in the top menu bar In the KDE desktop click on their entries in the Kickoff Application Launcher gt Applications gt Multimedia menu 13 1 The Fedora Project s approach to
114. oses automatically The VPN Connections submenu provides option to configure or disconnect to a VPN Right clicking on the nm applet show another context sensitive menu that allows you to Enable Networking and if available Enable Wireless or Enable Mobile Broadband You can also Enable Notifications as well as view the Connection Information or Edit Connections When editing connections Network Manager opens in a new window in which you configure the network devices and connections The About option provides information about the project and the people that created the application with a link to the Project Web Site Just like its GNOME counterpart KDE provides an applet interface for NetworkManager known as KNetworkManager This application development was started by Novell and provides an integrated QT based experience with similar usage and configuration as its GNOME counterpart nm applet For more information on Network Manager you can refer to Network Manager Project Web Site Network Manager FAQ Network Manager in Fedora 13 overview and interview with Dan Williams e Fedora 13 Release Notes 7 2 The Network Manager window To access to the Network Manager window to setup your network devices and connections right click on the Network Manager applet icon then select Edit Connections i http live gnome org NetworkManager i http www novell com 27 Chapter 7 Connecting to the Internet A
115. p environment The KOffice applications also create documents and files in open standards formats including OpenDocument ODF Rich Text Format RTF and HTML For the most up to date information on all of KOffice s program offerings visit the official KOffice site at http www koffice org This site also includes detailed documentation and help for each individual KOffice program GNOME does nat provide a suite but instead a number of individual office applications optimized for GNOME For more information on using these applications refer to hitp ive gnome org GnomeOffice Remember that any office application or suite will run on any Fedora desktop environment Once installed all office tools are available from the Applications Office menu in GNOME the Kickoff Application Launcher Applications Office menu in KDE or as icons located in the menu bar or on the desktop To install any Office suite or application refer to Chapter 18 Managing software You can install them by either using the PackageKit application or on the command line by using Yum 11 2 Word Processing A word processor is an extension of the classic text editor While text editors can write and store words and sentences to files word processors take this a step further by allowing the user to format his work with colors and fonts Word processors also allow users to format the way a document will appear on the printed page by managing page margins paper
116. pecify the Gateway Type Username and CA Certificate The IPv4 Settings tab configures the Internet settings automatically default automatically for the addresses but manually for DNS settings or completely manually 7 7 XDSL connections The items generally used in the xDSL connections are On the xDSL tab specify the Username and if needed the Password used to authenticate with the Service Provider For most providers the Service entry should be left blank 31 Chapter 7 Connecting to the Internet PPP Settings tab default values Wired tab View Section 7 5 1 Wired Tab The IPv4 Settings Tab configures the Internet settings automatically default automatically for the addresses but manually for DNS settings or completely manually 7 8 Network Manager in a CLI For those users who prefer the command line Fedora 13 introduced two new tools for managing networks with Network Manager at the command line 7 8 1 nmcli nmc1i is the console command that makes Network Manager available in a console nmc1i has the following format nmcli OPTIONS OBJECT COMMAND help OPTIONS allows you to view the output in terse t or pretty p mode OBJECT can be nm NetworkManager status con NetworkManager connections or dev devices managed by NetworkManager e COMMAND is the action on OBJECT Type nmc1i OBJECT help to see a list of the available actions For example when OBJECT is nm the COMMA
117. ptical drive the program will first create a file on your computer CD DVD Creator will eject the original disk and ask you to change it for a blank disk on which to burn 6 2 2 Using K3b to burn media in KDE K3b is included on the Live KDE media but is not installed by default from the Gnome Live CD or the DVD If you do not have access to the Internet you can use the Fedora DVD to install K3b After you install K3b using one of the methods described above launch the program by clicking the Kickoff Application Launcher gt Applications gt Multimedia gt K3b When the application opens the action buttons are displayed at the bottom of the window New Data CD Project New Audio CD Project Copy Medium More actions To add files to your K3b project drag the files into the project pane at the bottom of the screen Everything in this project pane will be burned to your optical medium When you are ready to burn the files or folders to disk click the Burn button If you need to delay burning the media you can use the menus at the top to save your work and return at a later time 22 Using Brasero in GNOME To burn an ISO image file use the Tools Burn Image Navigate to and select the iso image then click the Start button 6 2 3 Using Brasero in GNOME Brasero is the default GNOME application for burning audio and video media lt can also be used as an alternative to CD DVD Creator to backup data or to
118. rce List you can browse and filter the Library tracks by genre artist or album name It also provides a Search function The Tracks list is the bottom window and contains the lists of the tracks that belong to the source you selected The Statusbar is the panel that runs along the bottom that displays information about the source you selected Visit the Rhythmbox website at hitp orojects gnome org rhythmbox for more information 13 4 Audio CD Extractor Sound Juicer Audio CD Extractor Sound Juicer lets you extract the audio from CDs and convert them to audio files your computer can play This program also plays CDs 13 4 1 Using Sound Juicer To enter track data insert an audio CD and Sound Juicer will locate and retrieve the data from MusicBrainz a free service If MusicBrainz cannot match the CD you have the option to enter the track information manually The notifier will also ask you if you want to submit your album to the MusicBrainz database You will need to open a MusicBrainz account to submit albums to their database To enter track data manually 1 Fill in the text boxes for the title artist year genre and disc of the CD 2 Below that is a list of the audio tracks on the CD You can determine the track title and artist for each track To edit the title of a track first select the track then click on the title When you have finished entering the title press the Enter key Each track of the CD is automati
119. re you really want to make the changes 3 1 1 4 Application launchers The series of icons next to the menus provide quick access to commonly used applications These icons are called launchers The icon for Mozilla Firefox a web browser Eo The icon for Evolution a mail client and personal information manager The icon for Gnote note taking software To add more launchers to a panel right click on the panel and select Add to Panel You can also add launchers that are in the Applications menu Right click on the application you want to add and select Add this launcher to panel Chapter 3 Tour of the GNOME desktop 3 1 1 5 The Notification area The Notification area displays icons that alert you to new events taking place on your computer For example your email program might display an icon here to indicate the arrival of new email or your printer software might display an icon here to indicate that a document is now printing 3 1 1 6 Volume control The volume control allows you to quickly change the overall volume of sound on your computer Click the icon to show a slider and then use the mouse to drag the slider to the desired volume If you double click the icon a volume control window appears in which you can separately change the volume of different sound sources 3 1 1 7 Network Manager applet The Network Manager applet allows you to quickly connect and disconnect from available networks both wired and
120. rnatives http fluxbox org 5 http sugarlabs org 3 http Ixde org Chapter 2 Logging into the desktop This section of the Fedora User Guide explains how to identify yourself or log in to your system During the post installation process you created an identity with a user name and a password called an account If you have forgotten any of your user account details refer to Section 2 3 Cannot Login help For additional information about the login process refer to the section Section 2 2 Logging in a technical explanation 2 1 Logging in When you restart or turn on your computer it goes through a process called booting During the boot process your computer hardware powers on performs a series of self tests and loads the operating system Immediately after the computer has finished booting the login screen appears The login screen displays one or more user names depending on the number of user accounts present To log in to your account 1 Enter your username using one of the following methods Type your username and then press the Enter key The username is case sensitive capitalization matters A is not the same as a Click on your username in the list of choices 2 Custimize your desktop environment This step is optional You do not normally need to choose a desktop lauguage or keyboard If you skip this step Fedora will load the default environments for your computer
121. s Track Info and enable or disable Plugins The Playlist drop down lets you Shuffle Repeat Download covers Clear Current Playlist start a New Playlist Import Save or Remove a Playlist Settings allow you to select a Player Engine Xine or GStreamer choose the Toolbars Configure Shortcuts Toolbars and Kaffeine Player and to set xine Engine Paramenters Clicking Help Kaffeine Player Handbook or pressing the F1 key opens the manual 13 9 5 KMix KMix is a sound mixer that allows you to control volume settings for sound inputs to and outputs from your computer For more information refer to the KMix website at htip docs kde org stable en kdemultimedia kmix index html 74 KsCD 13 9 5 1 Using KMix Sound Mixer The application window has three sections with different controls Output Input and Switches These sections contain volume sliders switches for enabling disabling record or playback and multiple choice selectors Output controls are playback related like the Master volume control Input controls are recording related like Capture Switches has all controls allowing you to switch some functionalities ON or OFF like Mic Boost 20dB and multiple choice controls like Mic Select Mic1 or Mic2 KMix also features LEDs Green for playback Red for recording Yellow is for special soundcard functions Most of these controls have a context menu you can access by a right mouse click on
122. s in Fedora automatically recognizes the media and make it available for use An icon is placed on your desktop and in the Places menu in GNOME On the KDE desktop an icon is placed in the bottom panel next to the pager In GNOME you should unmount media before removing it from the computer To do this right click on the device s icon and then select Unmount Volume or Eject depending on what type of media you are using During this process any remaining changes to the data on the media are written to the device allowing safe removal without data loss If you remove media without unmounting it first you could cause data to be corrupted or lost There are several multi media applications available for GNOME and KDE desktops These applications will run in either Fedora desktop environment To install software packages not already installed refer to Chapter 18 Managing software You can install applications either by using the PackageKit application or on the command line by using Yum 6 1 ISO images The instructions in this chapter refer to image files at various points In this context an image file or disc image is an archive file of an optical disc in a format defined by the International Organization for Standardization ISO ISO image files typically have an iso extension The name ISO is taken from the SO 9660 file system used with CD ROM media but an ISO image can also contain Universal Disk Format UDF file system because UDF is
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124. size and document orientation portrait or landscape This section will explore the popular word processors available in Fedora and help you become familiar with the abilities and usage of each 57 Chapter 11 Office Applications 11 2 1 OpenOffice org Writer Writer is the word processing component of OpenOffice org Writer is arguably the most powerful of the open source word processors in the sense that it has the most features Writer like all of OpenOffice org is available for most operating systems including Linux OS X and Windows If you have used a word processor before Writer may seem immediately familiar to you The interface displays a large page where you can type your document and there are several toolbars across the top of the window with which you can choose formatting options and advanced features like mail merging or embeddable media From the View menu you can customize which toolbars are visible Some toolbars will appear as needed For example when a table is inserted a floating toolbar with options to manage the table appears For more information read Writer s product description online or access the documentation under Help gt Contents 11 2 2 KWord KWord is the KOffice word processing program Open KWord by selecting the Kickoff Application Launcher gt Office gt Word Processor entry for KWord The first window contains options for opening New Recent or Existing documents the type of
125. st of the screen The Home File System and Trash icons are located in the top left corner of this area The menu panel is located at the bottom of the screen On the left part of the panel it contains a number of default icons that start software applications On the right of the panel from left to right there is a Notification Area a Trash button a Workspace Switcher a Show Desktop button a Clock and Switch User and Action buttons In between the two sets of icons there is a Task List The following sections discuss the Xfce 4 menu panel and desktop area in further detail 17 Chapter 5 Tour of the Xfce desktop 5 1 1 The Xfce 4 menu panel This panel contains a number of launchers for common software To customize the appearance of a launcher right click on it and select Properties Applications contains all the programs Command Prompt opens the console Editor opens Mousepad a generic text editor File Manager opens Thunar a file manager program Web Browser opens Firefox a popular web browser Notification Area displays notices and applets from various applications for example the network and power managers Trash gives access to the Trash directory Workspace Switcher allows you to switch to other workspaces Four workspaces are provided by default Show Desktop minimizes all open windows to show a clear work area Clock is a generic clock that can be modified by right clicking on it Switch User Acti
126. such as Chess card games such as Freecell puzzle games such as Klotski arcade games such as Robots and tile matching games such as Mahjongg These are only a sampling of the games provided 14 2 Default KDE games Many KDE games are not installed by default from the Live CD or the DVD If you do not have access to the Internet you can use the Fedora DVD to install them either using the PackageKit application or on the command line by using Yum Refer to Chapter 18 Managing software for help installing new software The kdegames package contains games for the current version of KDE and the kdegames3 package contains additional games which have not yet been ported to KDE4 79 Chapter 14 Playing games The KDE games pack includes popular games similar to those provided by the GNOME games pack such as Kfourinline Ksudoku Kreversi and many more A sampling of other games included in the KDE games pack that may not be in other game packs include Kapman Pac man type game KGoldrunner A Lode Runner type of game KJumpingCube A territory capture game KNetWalk A network construction game KSquares Connect the dots to make squares Kubarick 3D game based on Rubik s Cube LSkat A card game Shisen Sho A mahjongg like game 80 Chapter 15 Managing photos Most USB compatible cameras will work automatically with Fedora and require very little configuration If your digital camera offers a choice of USB conne
127. t want to import photos click the Do Nothing button If you do not want to see this dialog each time you connect a camera you can select the Always perform this action option in conjunction with any option to make the choice permanent Other ways of accessing your photos are Click on the desktop device icon that contains the photos Click Places on the top menu bar and then click the camera or other device that stores your photos 15 2 1 Organizing and viewing photos If you have imported your photos using Shotwell click on Photos in the left hand pane to view them You can use Shotwell s powerful event and tagging features to group your photos and make them easier to manage 15 2 1 1 Categorising by Event When you import your photos Shotwell looks for information embedded by the camera in the images indicating the time and date at which they were taken You can then browse your photos by date by 81 Chapter 15 Managing photos clicking on Events in the left hand pane A single photo representing all the photos taken on each date will appear in the main pane Double click on a specific date to see all the photos taken on that date You can rename each event to something more appropriate by right clicking on the date in either pane for example Fri 25 Dec 2009 can become Christmas Day You can also merge events into longer timeframes for example Christmas Eve Christmas Day and Boxing Day can be merged
128. te for creating a new document as well as a menu bar On the menu bar choose File to create a New file Open Close or Import a file or Quit the application choose the Settings drop down menu to select Toolbars Shown Configure Shortcuts or Configure Toolbars Click Helpto open the KSpread Handbook or Report a Bug You can also access the KSpread Handbook by pressing the F1 key After selecting a template click the Use This Template button and check the box Always use this template if you want to make it the program default The next window has two toolbar panels on the top the spreadsheet spreadsheet tabs running along the bottom and dockers on either side with additional tools Select which toolbars and dockers are visible from the Settings menu item at the top You can now add data and formulas merge cells change fonts and colors insert charts and more The row of icons under the top menu bar contains the most frequently used functions plus a few icons for data manipulation Several Dockers surround the spreadsheet The Tool Options shows the contents of the cell and allows for adding formulas There are also Styles and Shapes dockers visible by default The panel at the bottom shows in bold which spreadsheet is currently selected and how many worksheets are in the file Worksheets can be added with a right mouse click on a worksheet tab This pop up window allows Rename the Sheet Insert Remove Hide or Show the Sheet a
129. the KDE desktop The following sections describe the KDE desktop area and the KDE panel in further detail 4 2 The KDE desktop area Before any additional icons are added to it the desktop area is fairly empty and contains only a translucent area that represents the contents of the Desktop Folder at the top left of the screen The Desktop Folder area contains icons for Home folder and Trash You can add icons to the desktop for applications or places by finding them in the Kickoff Application Launcher menu right clicking them and clicking Add to Desktop Right clicking on the desktop presents a menu of actions related to the desktop area For example selecting Appearance Settings lets you change the desktop background and visual theme You can also change the appearance of your desktop by clicking the plasma toolbox at the top right corner of the screen 4 3 The KDE panel By default the KDE panel extends the full width of the bottom part of the screen and contains the following controls called widgets the Kickoff Application Launcher In Fedora 14 this is represented by an icon of the Fedora Infinity logo The Kickoff Application Launcher gives you access to software and storage locations on your computer as well as allowing you to perform system related tasks It is described in more detail in Section 4 3 1 The Kickoff Application Launcher the Pager which allows you to switch between multiple desktops on your comp
130. the application is now removed from your computer 18 2 Using the command line interface Another way to install or remove an application is to use the command line and Yum the Yellowdog Update Manager This can be a much faster process than the PackageKit method but requires the user to use the command line If this feels uncomfortable the PackageKit method may be a more familiar way to manage software 18 2 1 Installing software Click Applications gt System Tools gt Terminal to open the command line Type su c yum install application Where application is the name of the program you wish to install If you are unsure of the exact name of your desired installation you can search your installed repositories for a keyword Su c yum search keyword Where keyword is the word you wish to search for among the names and descriptions of programs in the available repositories After using the yam install command you will be prompted for the computer s root password Type in the root password and press Enter You will not see the password as you type The terminal will 92 Removing software start giving information about the application and end with Is this ok y N Oftentimes the installation of an application will require that other programs called dependencies are installed as well These are programs or utilities upon which your selected application relies If you wish to continue installation after see
131. the command line by using Yum Use the search features to locate claws mail plugin packages Additional plugins can also be found at http www claws mail org plugins php 46 Kmail 9 4 Kmail Kmail is the standard email client used in KDE it is installed by default from the Fedora KDE Live CD and is also included in the DVD To start Kmail in KDE click the Kickoff Application Launcher gt Applications gt Internet gt Mail Client menu entry for Kmail or in GNOME click Applications gt Internet gt Kmail in GNOME 9 4 1 Configuring Kmail Running the software for the first time displays a wizard to configure mail accounts or cancel and create an account later ad Using IMAPs or POPs with KMail If your email provider requires the use of a secure connection such as IMAPs you may need to configure the account at a later time Not all configuration options are available through the connection wizard The dialog boxes will prompt you through choosing an account type such as IMAP or POP specifying your account information including real name email address and organization providing login information for your email account specifying server information for incoming and outgoing email Finally KDE may ask you to set a password for KDEWallet which manages account passwords across the KDE Internet applications To add a new account in the future or to modify an existing account click Settings gt Configure
132. the lower left corner breifly and then zero or more listings will appear that match your search query Tick the box next to the description of the application or applications you wish to install The message Downloading repository information appears in the lower left corner The window area below the list of packages contains additional information about the selected software Select any additional packages to install or remove at this time by changing tick boxes next to the package name Finally click the Apply button This starts the installation process and concurrently installs or removes any additional packages where you modified the tick box Follow any prompts to install additional packages Unless an error is displayed the application is now installed or removed on your computer 18 1 2 Removing software in GNOME To remove software using PackageKit you should follow the standard installation procedure but untick boxes beside the programs you wish to uninstall instead of ticking boxes to install new programs Click System gt Administration gt Add Remove Software This will open the Add Remove Software application In the Search Box with the magnifying glass icon type the name of the application you wish to remove If you are unsure of the specific application you need to remove you can also type keywords in this box just like you would for an internet search engine 91 Chapter 18 Managing software Next
133. time Fedora does not register all accounts Many IM networks require you to create an account before you can use them In many of these cases you cannot create the account in Pidgin and will normally need to visit the website of the network to create an account For example you cannot use Pidgin to create a Yahoo Instant Messenger account Instead you much first visit http messenger yahoo com to set up the account then access it using Pidgin 9 7 Kopete Kopete is the Instant Messenger installed in KDE by default To start the program in KDE click the Kickoff Application Launcher gt Applications gt Internet gt Instant Messenger menu entry 49 Chapter 9 Communications for Kopete In GNOME click Kopete can be found in Applications gt Internet gt Kopete For further documentation on Kopete refer to http kopete kde org 9 7 1 Configuring Kopete To configure an account in Kopete select Settings gt Configure then click Add Account Follow the dialog questions to choose a messaging service from the list then specify the account information for that service Make sure to fill out the details on the other tabs Once the account is added click Next and choose the option to connect to the service and then click Finish Kopete comes with a wide range of messaging services such as AIM Bonjour GroupWise ICQ Jabber Meanwhile WLM Messenger Testbed WinPopup Yahoo You can add
134. to consult other sources of help 25 26 Chapter 7 Connecting to the Internet 7 1 The Network Manager Applet Network Manager has been the default network configuration application for the GNOME desktop since Fedora 11 This application can be used to configure a wide variety of network devices and connections that allow you to access the Internet Network Manager is used to configure all your network connections from wired to wireless network as well as xDSL VPN and mobile broadband with extend support for Bluetooth DUN And if you don t know about DNS DHCP or pppoe Network Manager does it all for you If you use your computer at home and have an xDSL connection that is already working you do not need to configure anything Just connect to the wired network With a wireless or broadband connection the steps needed to setup them are simple and easy to do just a few clicks and fill in your personal information Network Manager executes automatically when you start your session and it is visible in GNOME as the nm applet icon on the top right of the desktop If you move the mouse over it it shows the active connection Left clicking on the icon provides a context sensitive menu divided in three sections The first section shows the active connection or connections along with an option to Disconnect The second section views the other available connections Switch to one of them with a simple click and the previous one cl
135. to the CD DVD Creator folder 2 Insert a writeable CD or DVD into your writer device Doing this step first usually opens the CD DVD Creator automatically or prompt you to choose an application If not you can configure the CD DVD Creator to open automatically by going to any Nautilus window and selecting Edit Preferences and on the Media tab select what applications should start with each media type Also be sure that the Browse media when inserted box is checked 3 Click the Write to Disc button or choose File Write to CD DVD Here you can choose write to your CD or DVD or to a File Image An image file ISO is a normal file that will be saved to your computer and you can write to a CD later If you are copying regular data you can type a name for your CD or DVD in the Disc name window and select a write speed from the drop down under Write Options You will also see the size of your data that will be written to the disc 4 Press the Write button to burn your data to the CD or DVD To burn an image file To write a disc image to a CD or DVD right click the disc image file then choose Write to disk from the menu to burn the image using CD DVD Creator When you burn a a disc image you cannot choose the disc name or write speed To make a copy of a CD or DVD 1 Insert the disc you want to copy 2 Right click on the CD icon and choose Copy Disc 3 Follow the Write to Disc dialogue as above If you have only one o
136. ton or select Control gt Play to play the selected file Selecting File gt Properties displays information about the current sound file Access the Sound Recorder manual by choosing Help gt Contents or press the F1 key 13 6 Totem Movie Player Totem Movie Player plays DVDs CDs and VCDs 13 6 1 Using Totem Movie Player To open an audio or video file select Movie gt Open Select the file you want and click the Add button You can also drag a file in to the Totem Movie Player window If Totem Movie Player displays error messages when you try to play a file refer to the information about codecs at http www gnome org projects totem codecs Click Movie gt Open Location to open a file by URL location Movie gt Play Disc will play a DVD VCD or CD Movie gt Eject will eject the disc Under the Eject option is the Playlist Movie gt Play and Movie gt Pause will play or pause the disc Choosing Movie gt Properties opens the sidebar which displays the properties of the file From the Edit menu you can Take a Screenshot or Create a Screenshot Gallery turn the Repeat Mode or Shuffle Mode on or off Clear the playlist configure Plugins and set Preferences View allows you to go to Fullscreen Fit Window to Movie set the Aspect Ratio Switch Angles Show Controls Subtitles and show or hide the Sidebar Go will let you go to the DVD Title Audio Angle and Chapter menus the Next Chapter or Movie the Pre
137. top groups multimedia applications together in the Kickoff Application Launcher gt Applications gt Multimedia menu 13 9 1 Amarok Amarok is a CD player and music collection manager For more information refer to the Amarok website at http amarok kde org 13 9 1 1 Using Amarok Click Play Media to play existing sound files go to a Previous Track Play Pause Stop go to the Next Track or Quit the application Playlist lets you Add Media Add Stream Save Playlist Undo Redo Clear Playlist Repeat and choose Random play Tools lets you access the Cover Manager Script Manager and to Update Collection Under Settings you can Configure Shortcuts and Configure Amarok Clicking Help gt Amarok Handbook or pressing the F1 key opens the manual On the left side of the application window you can select the Files you want to play Playlist Collections or access the internet for music podcasts and radio stations Details about your selection are displayed in the window to the right The bottom center icons are adds a widget deletes a widget the arrows let you go to a Previous or Next Group and you can Zoom in or out In the Playlist window you can do a Search go to the Next or Previous selection and Search Preferences The options along the bottom allow you to Clear Playlist Show Active Track Undo Redo Save a Playlist and Export a Playlist As 13 9 2 Dragon Player Dragon Player is a simple video player
138. trademark of Oracle and or its affiliates XFSO is a trademark of Silicon Graphics International Corp or its subsidiaries in the United States and or other countries MySQLO is a registered trademark of MySQL AB in the United States the European Union and other countries All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners The Fedora User Guide is focused on the end user looking to accomplish standard desktop computer user tasks such as browsing the web reading and sending email and doing office productivity work Preface vii T DOCUMENT CONVENTIONS stos saebinal dacamiuad sce ivt davaradeneebined un teouaddidind ldeclve de tolbrii ii 1 1 Typographic Conventions iiiseil ania aiieieo tni 1 2 Pull quote Conventions ereire en eN RREAK REA eE ERRARE enne nnns viii 1 3 Notes Md Wamms araen asena A IMP si i 2 We Need Feedback uumeniin iee A see E eed ened veiw bene i Introduction 1 Purpose and Audience n tosni doaia ie Eiai aaie e E a esent rss ir nnne these irse nnne nnne nnns 2 About THIS ACUMEM soc id ett 1 The Fedora desktops 2 Logging into the desktop 2 1 EOIN TM re assy eget ede te opere A A A a a aee balls os 2 2 Logging in a technical explanation sssssssssss emere 2 3 Cannot Login helpl iun tior EUR Eo NU ioe Ee edant exa Sce Esp ed 3 Tour of the GNOME desktop 3 1 The GNOME Desktop cit 3 1 1 The Top Menu Panel occcoocccnnccccnoncnncoconnnnnnnnnnoncnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnne nen
139. u start the ftp program To do this use the syntax ftp ftp server com port where the port option is optional 8 2 2 2 Downloading and Sending files FTP is used to retrieve a file from a public server Use the get file command where file is the name or path of the file you want to retrieve Use the pwd command to determine which directory you are currently in and the 1s command to view all files in that directory Use the cd command to change directories Use the put file command to send a file to the server where file is the name or path of the file you want to send Use the 1cd command to view all files in your local directory not the remote server You can also type 1cd directory to change to a new directory on your local machine 8 2 2 3 SFTP on the command line Secure FTP SFTP is an encrypted version of FTP It connects to a remote server through a secure socket layer using SSH This means that it is a much more secure solution than traditional FTP Use the command sftp to start the client The syntax is similar to that of FTP 8 2 2 4 Secure copy SCP The scp command is another option for transferring files between two computers via SSH scp attempts to use the same syntax as the traditional copy command cp but differs in that you can specify remote servers The following is an example of using scp to send a file to a remote server type scp localFile user server destination directory You can similarly fetch a file
140. u to store music files Pictures a folder within your Home Folder intended as a place for you to store photographs and other pictures Videos a folder within your Home Folder intended as a place for you to store videos Download a folder within your Home Folder intended as a place for you to store miscellaneous files that you have downloaded from the Internet The remaining items in this section are a list of folders that you have bookmarked in Nautilus The second subsection allows quick access to the Computer window which allows you to browse the computer s files and all data storage attached to the computer The third section provides links to tools that help you browse and manage network locations Network allows you to view the networks that your computer is attached to and to access files and other resources available through those networks Connect to Server allows you to create connections to public or local networks The fourth section helps you quickly access any file on the system Search for files allows you to search for files stored on your computer Recent Documents lists the documents and folders recently accessed 3 1 1 3 The System menu This menu is divided into three subsections The first provides access to configuration tools The Preferences menu contains tools that affect only your account and only require normal user access The choices will vary depending on the software installed and t
141. use suitable for use in the left hana To insert a special character into a gedit file choose Applications gt Accessories gt Character Map from the main menu bar Next choose Search gt Find from the Character Map menu bar type the name of the character in the Search field and click Next The character you sought will be highlighted in the Character Table Double click this highlighted character to place it in the Text to copy field and then click the Copy button Now switch back to your document and choose Edit Paste from the gedit menu bar The above text includes application names system wide menu names and items application specific menu names and buttons and text found within a GUI interface all presented in proportional bold and all distinguishable by context Mono spaced Bold Italic or Proportional Bold Italic Whether mono spaced bold or proportional bold the addition of italics indicates replaceable or variable text Italics denotes text you do not input literally or displayed text that changes depending on circumstance For example To connect to a remote machine using ssh type ssh username domain name at a shell prompt If the remote machine is example com and your username on that machine is john type ssh john example com The mount o remount file system command remounts the named file system For example to remount the home file system the command is mount o remount home To see the version of
142. using chat networks like AIM Yahoo Messenger or Gmail chat XChat is Fedora s default graphical IRC client and Konversation is the default IRC client for KDE ChatZilla is an IRC client installed and used via the FireFox web browser These clients can all connect to IRC servers which provide chat rooms for people around the world to discuss specific topics 9 1 Evolution Evolution is a full featured email program In addition to email Evolution features a personal information manager PIM a calendar task manager and an address book for your contacts More documentation for Evolution is available at http www gnome org projects evolution documentation shtml 9 1 1 Configuring Evolution To configure an email account 1 Start Evolution in GNOME click Applications gt Office gt Evolution Mail and Calendar on the top menu bar in KDE click the Kickoff Application Launcher gt Applications gt Office Groupware Suite menu entry 2 Running the software for the first time displays the Evolution Setup Assistant wizard After the initial welcome screen you will have an opportunity to restore Evolution from a backup or click the Forward button to continue and answer questions with information provided by your ISP or email provider The Identity screen relates to personal information about the account including Name Organization and Email Address There is also a Reply To field which will allow you to specify that recipi
143. uter Multiple desktops or workspaces have long been a feature of UNIX and Linux desktop environments Each desktop provides a separate view with different applications running in it Four desktops are configured by default Clicking on one of the faded workspaces will change to that workspace or you can switch between them by holding down the Alt key on your keyboard and pressing the F1 F2 F3 or F4 key To add more desktops right click on the Pager then click Pager Settings gt Configure Desktops the Task Manager which displays buttons for any applications that are running Clicking on one of these buttons brings that application to the foreground of your current view Use the key combination Alt Tab to switch between open indows Holding down the Alt key and pressing the Tab key will open a small window containing icons of all of your open windows Repeatedly pressing the Tab key cycles through the icons Release both keys on your selection to pull it to the front the System Tray which shows Klipper a clipboard tool and displays status notifications such as the status of network connections or remaining battery power e aclock Click on the clock to see a calendar or right click on it to change the way that the panel displays the time and date the plasma toolbox for the panel Clicking here allows you to change the size and proportions of the panel and to re arrange the order of the widgets that it displays
144. uto Join Channels window a Click on the default channel listed then Edit or just click the Add button to ad your choice b Type in your desired channels and passwords if needed then click the Ok button 4 You are returned to the Edit Network window Select the Ok button Now click the Connect button at the bottom right in the Servers List window to attach to the network and your channels 9 9 2 Using Konversation Choose Kickoff Application Launcher gt Applications gt Internet gt IRC Client If you selected the Connect on application startup then Konversation will automatically attach to your networks and channels To customize colors highlighting logging and more select Settings Configure Konversation 9 10 ChatZilla ChatzZilla is an IRC chat program from Mozilla It is easy to use and is a highly extensible IRC client It has all the usual features including a built in list of standard networks easy searching and 51 Chapter 9 Communications sorting of available channels logging DCC chat and file transfers For more information go to http chatzilla hacksrus com fag 9 10 1 Installing ChatZilla You can install ChatZilla using Firefox 1 Launch Firefox and from the top menu bar select Tools gt Add ons 2 Inthe box to the left of the Browse All Add ons link type ChatZilla and press Enter 3 Select Add to FireFox then Install Now You may get a message to re start Firefox 9 10 2 Conf
145. utomatic configuration DNS servers cannot be used with the Shared to other computers or Link Local Only methods as there is no usptream network In Automatic DHCP addresses only and Manual methods these DNS servers are used as the only DNS servers for this connection Search domains List of DNS search domains For the Automatic DHCP method these search domains are appended to those returned by automatic configuration Search domains cannot be used with the Shared to other computers or Link Local Only methods as there is no upstream network In Automatic DHCP addresses only and Manual methods these search domains are used as the only search domains for this connection Routes Fowarding table or routing table Each IPv4 route structure is composed of 4 32 bit values the first Address being the destination IPv4 network the second Netmask the destination network the third Gateway being the next hop if any and the fourth Metric being the route metric For the Automatic DHCP method given IP routes are appended to those returned by automatic configuration Routes cannot be used with the Shared to other computers or Link Local Only methods as there is no upstream network DHCP client ID The local machine which the DHCP server may use to customize the DHCP lease and options 7 6 VPN connections Here are some items depending on the VPN connection type required when configuring a VPN connection The VPN tab allows you to s
146. veral aspects of using Nautilus install Gtweakui which enables you to modify your GNOME desktop quickly and easily Applications gt Add Remove Software then searching for gtweakui will provide the program to install The program s location can be found under System Preferences 17 3 2 Customizing file browsing behavior in KDE By default KDE uses the Dolphin file manager To modify the appearance of Dolphin windows open the program by clicking the Kickoff Application Launcher gt Applications gt System gt File Manager icon for Dolphin At the top of the Dolphin window click Settings Configure Dolphin The tabs in the Dolphin Preferences window allow you to specify the folder that Dolphin displays when it starts the size of the icons it displays the font it uses to label icons and many other options 17 4 Customizing input methods For many people there is a need to switch between input methods such as Japanese or Chinese character sets This is handled in Fedora 14 by ibus The default keyboard shortcut to enable and disable input methods is Control Space Once enabled the default keyboard shortcut to cycle through input methods is Alt Shift To enable disable or select the type of input method in GNOME click System Preferences gt Input Method or in KDE click Kickoff Application Launcher gt Applications gt Settings gt Input Method You can also get to these settings from the command line with im chooser
147. view your matchings http www gnucash org docs phtml 63 Chapter 12 Financial software 12 1 2 Using GnuCash Open GnuCash by selecting Applications Office GnuCash on the top menu panel The Accounts tab opens The top menu bar allows you to manipulate your accounts You can Edit Delete and Create new accounts Set Preferences Schedule Transactions Do transfers Reconcile an account Enter Stock Splits Add Customers Vendors and Employees for a business Set Reminders Generate Reports Setup Online Banking Edit Prices of inventory Access the General Ledger Double click on an account to bring up a check book type register for that account The top menu bar changes to allow manipulation of transactions This menu includes the options above plus you can Change the view of the ledger from Basic Ledger to Auto Split Ledger Transaction Journal or Double Entry Cut Copy Paste Duplicate Delete Void and Enter transactions Set Billing Terms for customers Create Bills Invoices and Vouchers 12 1 3 Setting up online banking Online banking setup begins from the Accounts window or the Register 1 Onthe top menu bar select Tools Online Banking Setup 2 The Initial Online Banking Setup window lists what you need to complete the setup 3 Click the Forward button 4 Selectthe Start AqBanking Wizard in the Start Online Banking Wizard window 5
148. vious Chapter or Movie Skip to a track and Skip Forward or Backwards The Sound drop down menu lets you change Language and turn the Volume Up or Down You can open the manual by selecting Help gt Contents or pressing the F1 key 70 GNOME multimedia applications For more information visit the Totem Movie Player website at http projects gnome org totem 13 7 GNOME multimedia applications 13 7 1 CDIDVD Creator CD DVD Creator is a CD and DVD burner 13 7 1 1 Using CD DVD Creator To open select Applications gt System Tools CD DVD Creator You can access the Help manual can be accessed by pressing the F1 key or clicking Help gt Contents on the top menu bar To create a data disc 1 Drag the files and folders that you want to write to CD or DVD to the CD DVD Creator folder 2 Insert a writeable CD or DVD into your writer device Doing this step first usually opens the CD DVD Creator automatically You can configure the CD DVD Creator to open automatically by going to System gt Preferences gt Hardware gt Multimedia Systems Selector and on the Audio and Video tabs select Autodetect from the drop down menu 3 Click the Write to Disc button or choose File gt Write to CD DVD Choose to write to your CD DVD or to a File Image An image file ISO is a normal file that will be saved to your computer and you can write to a CD later You can type a name for your CD or DVD in the Disc name window and sel
149. wireless Left click on the applet to see what connections are enabled or available If you choose to connect to a connection say a wireless connection in a coffee shop you also have the option to save those settings and automatically connect when you return Right click on the applet to enable and disable network devices or to edit or remove saved connections See Chapter 7 Connecting to the Internet for more information 3 1 1 8 The user switch area If you click the current username located next to the clock a list of available users appears To switch to a different user account select the username 3 1 1 9 Clock and calendar To access the calendar click the clock on the right hand side of the panel When you double click a date the Evolution personal information manager opens There is also a weather feature Click the edit button to modify or add locations to be displayed 3 1 2 The desktop area The default desktop area or workspace contains three icons the Computer icon If you double click this icon a window appears that contains available storage devices on the computer These are also listed in the Places gt Computer menu the Home icon which represents the location where all of the logged in user s files such as music movies and documents are stored by default There is a different home directory for each user and users cannot access each other s home directories by default the Trash icon Normally w
150. you might find this approach impractical if you do not have a broadband Internet connection the liveusb creator tool for Fedora or Microsoft Windows Instructions for obtaining this tool appear in the following sections specific to each operating system 6 3 1 USB image creation in Windows 1 Download the liveusb creator program for Microsoft Windows at http fedorahosted org liveusb creator 2 Follow the instructions given at the site and in the liveusb creator program to create the bootable USB media 6 3 2 USB image creation in Fedora You can install liveusb creator by clicking on System gt Administration gt Add Remove Software then searching for 1T3veusb creator and installing it You can also install the application from the command line with the following command yum install liveusb creator To open liveusb creator click on Applications System Tools FEDORA LiveUSB Creator To create live USB media 1 Enter the root password if prompted 2 Choose whether to Use existing Live CD and specify its location on your comptuer or to Download Fedora and select a file from the drop down menu 3 Select your Target Device for your Fedora installation such as a USB memory stick 4 select how much Persistent Storage you want This is space that Fedora can use to hold documents and other files After you have made all of your choices just press the Create Live USB button to start the process Visit the liv
151. ype in your password and press Enter or click the Ok button You might want to check the box Use Password Manager to remember this password lf you do Thunderbird will automatically check your email without asking for your password in the future Before choosing this option remember that there is always some risk associated with storing a password If your password and setup was correct Thunderbird will now download your email messages from the server Thunderbird allows you to download and create email by clicking the appropriate buttons located on the toolbar at the top of the screen Get Mail prompts Thunderbird to send and receive all email Write opens a new email message dialog box Address Book opens the email addresses you have on file Tag Color codes messages that are important or need follow up Click on an email to view it in the message pane Double clicking on an email will open it in a new tab Buttons at the top right of the email message give access to various functions In addition to Reply Reply All Forward and Delete Archive compresses the message and stores it in the Archive Junk marks the email as junk and Other Actions provides access to other options including Save as and Print 9 3 Claws Mail Claws Mail is an email client and news reader built to be lightweight and easy to operate Claws Mail features mostly basic functionality but plugins can be used to add many of the features found in Evolution and Microsoft

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