Chapter 1.0 Format of Recipes
PART ONE: Working with Linux
Chapter 2. Introduction
2.1 Background and History
2.2 What to Try First
2.3 If You Need More Help
Chapter 3. What Every Linux User Knows
3.1 Controlling Power to the System
3.2 Accounts and Privileges
3.3 Console Basics
3.4 Running a Command
3.5 Changing Your Password
3.6 Listing User Activity
3.7 Listing System Activity
3.8 Help Facilities
Chapter 4. The Shell
4.1 Keys for Command Line Editing
4.2 Redirecting Input and Output
4.3 Managing Jobs
4.4 Command History
4.5 Recording a Shell Session
4.6 Customizing Your Shell
Chapter 5. The X Window System
5.1 Running X
5.2 Running a Program in X
5.3 Manipulating X Client Windows
5.4 Moving around the Desktop
5.5 Running a Shell in X
5.6 Configuring X
PART TWO: Files
Chapter 6. Files and Directories
6.1 Naming Files and Directories
6.2 Changing Directories
6.3 Listing Directories
6.4 Copying Files and Directories
6.5 Moving Files and Directories
6.6 Removing Files and Directories
6.7 Giving a File More than One Name
6.8 Specifying File Names with Patterns
6.9 Browsing Files
Chapter 7. Sharing Files
7.1 Groups and How to Work in Them
7.2 File Ownership
7.3 Controlling Access to Files
Chapter 8. Finding Files
8.1 Finding All Files That Match a Pattern
8.2 Finding Files in a Directory Tree
8.3 Finding Files in Directory Listings
8.4 Finding Where a Command Is Located
Chapter 9. Managing Files
9.1 Determining File Type and Format
9.2 Changing File Modification Time
9.3 Splitting a File into Smaller Ones
9.4 Comparing Files
9.5 Compressed Files
9.6 File Archives
9.7 Tracking Revisions to a File
PART THREE: Text
Chapter 10. Viewing Text
10.1 Perusing Text
10.2 Outputting Text
10.3 Streaming Text
10.4 Viewing a Character Chart
Chapter 11. Text Editing
11.1 Choosing the Perfect Text Editor
11.2 Emacs
11.3 Running a Vi Tutorial
11.4 Selecting Text
11.5 Editing Streams of Text
11.6 Concatenating Text
11.7 Including Text Files
Chapter 12. Grammar and Reference
12.1 Spelling
12.2 Dictionaries
12.3 Checking Grammar
12.4 Word Lists and Reference Files
Chapter 13. Analyzing Text
13.1 Counting Text
13.2 Making a Concordance of a Text
13.3 Text Relevance
13.4 Finding Anagrams in Text
13.5 Finding Palindromes in Text
13.6 Text Cut−Ups
Chapter 14. Formatting Text
14.1 Spacing Text
14.2 Paginating Text
14.3 Underlining Text
14.4 Sorting Text
14.5 Numbering Lines of Text
14.6 Reversing Text .
Chapter 15. Searching Text
15.1 Searching for a Word or Phrase
15.2 Regular Expressions−−Matching Text Patterns
15.3 Searching More than Plain Text Files
15.4 Outputting the Context of a Search
15.5 Searching and Replacing Text
15.6 Searching Text in Emacs
15.7 Searching Text in Less
Chapter 16. Typesetting and Word Processing
16.1 Choosing the Right Typesetting System for the Job
16.2 Converting Plain Text for Output
16.3 LyX Document Processing
16.4 Typesetting with TeX and Friends
16.5 Writing Documents with SGMLtools
16.6 Other Word Processors and Typesetting Systems
Chapter 17. Fonts
17.1 X Fonts
17.2 Console Fonts
17.3 Text Fonts
17.4 Other Font Tools
PART FOUR: Images
Chapter 18. Viewing Images
18.1 Previewing Print Files
18.2 Viewing an Image in X
18.3 Browsing Images in a Console
18.4 Viewing an Image in a Web Browser
18.5 Browsing PhotoCD Archives
18.6 Additional Image Viewers
Chapter 19. Editing Images
19.1 Transforming Images
19.2 Converting Images between Formats
19.3 Editing Images with the GIMP
19.4 Interactive Image Editors and Tools
Chapter 20. Importing Images
20.1 Taking Screen Shots
20.2 Scanning Images
20.3 Extracting PhotoCD Images
Chapter 21. PostScript
21.1 Manipulating PostScript Pages
21.2 Manipulating PostScript Documents
21.3 Converting PostScript
PART FIVE: Sound
Chapter 22. Sound Files
22.1 Sound File Formats .
22.2 Adjusting the Audio Controls
22.3 Playing a Sound File
22.4 Recording a Sound File
22.5 Other Sound File Tools
Chapter 23. Audio Compact Discs
23.1 Controlling CD Audio
23.2 Sampling Sound from a CD
23.3 Writing an Audio CD−R
23.4 Other Audio CD Applications
Chapter 24. Editing Sound Files
24.1 Working with Selections from Sound Files
24.2 Sound Effects
24.3 Converting Sound Files
24.4 Other Tools for Sound Editing
PART SIX: Productivity
Chapter 25. Disk Storage
25.1 Listing a Disk's Free Space
25.2 Listing a File's Disk Usage
25.3 Floppy Disks
25.4 CD−ROMs
Chapter 26. Printing
26.1 Making and Managing Print Jobs
26.2 More Recipes for Printing
26.3 Preparing Files for Printing
Chapter 27. Cross−Platform Conversions
27.1 Using DOS and Windows Disks
27.2 Using Macintosh Disks
27.3 Converting Text Files between DOS and Linux
27.4 Converting Microsoft Word Files
Chapter 28. Reminders
28.1 Displaying the Date and Time
28.2 Playing an Audible Time Announcement
28.3 Calendars .
28.4 Managing Appointments
28.5 Contact Managers
28.6 Reminding Yourself of Things
Chapter 29. Mathematics
29.1 Calculating Arithmetic
29.2 Outputting a Random Number
29.3 Listing a Sequence of Numbers
29.4 Finding Prime Factors
29.5 Converting Numbers
29.6 Other Math Tools
PART SEVEN: Networking
Chapter 30. Communications
30.1 Connecting to the Internet .
30.2 Faxing
30.3 Calling Out on a Modem
Chapter 31. Email
31.1 Sending Mail
31.2 Receiving Mail
31.3 Managing Mail
31.4 Mail Attachments
31.5 Making an Email Signature
31.6 Picking the Right Mail Application
Chapter 32. The World Wide Web
32.1 Browsing the Web
32.2 Viewing an Image from the Web
32.3 Reading Text from the Web
32.4 Browsing the Web in Emacs
32.5 Getting Files from the Web
32.6 Writing HTML
32.7 More Web Browsers and Tools
Chapter 33. Other Internet Services
33.1 Connecting to Another System
33.2 Transferring Files with Another System
33.3 Reading Usenet
33.4 Listing Online System and User Activity
33.5 Sending a Message to Another User's Terminal
33.6 Chatting with Other Users
A. Administrative Issues
A.1 Linux and Hardware Compatibility
A.2 Shutting Down the System
A.3 Installing Software
A.4 Administrating Users
A.5 Displaying Information about the System
B. Linux Resources on the Web
C. License
C.1 Design Science License
C.2 Applying Copyleft to Your Work