LINUX DESKTOP HACKS. Nicholas Petreley andjono Bacon. O'REILLY 4 Beijing Cambridge Farnham Kbln Paris Sebastopol Taipei Tokyo

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1 LINUX DESKTOP HACKS Nicholas Petreley andjono Bacon O'REILLY 4 Beijing Cambridge Farnham Kbln Paris Sebastopol Taipei Tokyo

2 Contents Credits Preface ix xiii Chapter 1. Booting Linux 1 1. Give Your Computer the Boot 2 2. Kill and Resurrect the Master Boot Record 5 3. Bypass the Boot Manager 7 4. Set a Bitmap Boot Screen for LILO Create Your Own LILO Boot Splash Display a GRUB Boot Splash Background Create a GRUB Boot Splash Background Jazz Up Your Debian System Boot Graphics on the Console 26 Chapter 2. Console Redefine Keyboard Actions Energize Your Console with Macro Music Magic Take a Screenshot from the Command Line Put Your Command Prompt on a Diet Simplify Changing Directories Colorize Files in Your Pager 48 Chapter 3. Login Managers Switch Users Fast Double Your KDM (KDE) Login Screens 54

3 18. Double Your GDM (GNOME) Login Screens Get Multiple Desktops the Macho Way Scrap XI1 for Fancy Login Consoles Personalize Your Qingy Theme 67 Chapter 4. Related to X Take Your Screens Black Spice Up Your Desktop with Creative Mouse Cursors Convert CursorXP Themes for Use with Linux Use Windows and Mac Fonts Never Miss Another Reminder Make Applications Trigger On-Screen Alerts Heat Up Your Keyboard with Hotkeys Get Hotter Hotkeys with LinEAK Access Windows and Mac OS X from Linux Run Your Desktop over the Internet Access Your Programs Remotely Add Depth to Your Desktop Give Your Desktop X-Ray Vision 111 Chapter 5. KDE Desktop Make Konqueror a Window into Remote Spaces Konquer Remote Systems Without Passwords Ai Karamba! Flashy KDE Gadgets! Start Applications in Weird and Wonderful Ways Script Hacks with DCOP Create Your Own KDE Right-Click Menu Actions Make KDE Even Easier to Use Give Depth to Your KDE Windows Lock Down KDE with Kiosk Mode Run KDE on the Bleeding Edge 146 Chapter 6. GNOME Desktop Hacks Randomize Your GNOME Wallpaper Grow Your GNOME with gdesklets Steroids Create Your Own GNOME Right-Click Actions Compile a Bleeding-Edge GNOME Desktop 157 vi I Contents

4 Chapter 7. Terminal Empowerment Share Applications and Monitors with screen Stop Using Terminal Command-Line Switches Ultimate Terminal Transparency View Microsoft Word Documents in a Terminal Display PDF Documents in a Terminal View Word and PDF Files from Within Mutt 172 Chapter 8. Desktop Programs Reduce OpenOffice.org Startup Time Read Yahoo! Mail from Any Client Encrypt Your Reclaim Your with procmail Convert Your Mailbox Configure Firefox Under the Covers Eliminate Annoying Browser Stalls Get Browser Plug-ins Working Create an Internet Phone Motion Capture and Video Conferencing Fun Put Screenshots Automatically on the Web Scan for Wireless Networks Map Your Meatspace Connect to a Microsoft PPTP VPN Play Restricted Media Formats 214 Chapter 9. Administration and Automation Automate Your Life with cron Update Your Clock via the Internet Start Desktop Applications Automatically Don't Let Elvis Leave the Building Clone Your Linux Install Forward Ports over SSH Take Control of New User Setups Send Alerts for System Events Create a Passwordless Login Magically Empower Your Network Cable 240 Contents I vii

5 80. Protect Yourself from Windows Applications Build a Custom Firewall Computer Link Monitoring in Linux with Wavemon Make Network Backups Recover from Debian Disaster Prelink for Performance Grab the Latest Source Code Speed Up Compiles 260 Chapter 10. Kernel Compile a Kernel Upgrade Your Kernel to Use CKO to Make Your Desktop Go to Tweak Your Kernel Without Recompiling 273 Chapter 11. Hardware Make an Internet Connection Using Bluetooth and a Mobile Phone Perfect USB Devices with Project Utopia Optimize Your Refresh Rates Print to Unsupported Printers Control Your Power with ACPI Use an ipod with Linux Sync Your iriver with Linux Boost Hard-Drive Performance Accelerate Your Gaming 305 Index 309 viii I Contents