25 Reasons (www.linfo.org/reasons_to_convert.html)??”Contains a list of 25
reasons to convert to Linux.
The Linux Advocate (www.thelinuxadvocate.com/)??”This blog discusses pressing
issues related to using and advocating Linux.
Linux Advocacy Group (www.faqs.org/faqs/linux/advocacy)??”The FAQ available
from this site describes the comp.os.linux.advocacy news group. From that news
group, you can communicate with others who are interested in Linux. The group??™s charter
is ???For discussion of the benefits of Linux compared to other operating systems.???
This book itself can be a useful tool for Linux advocacy. Besides getting a flavor for the different
Linux distributions, and many of the major ways to use Linux, you can also directly boot up several
different Linux distributions from the CD and DVD that come with this book so you can
show people how Linux works.
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Entering the Linux Community B
Symbols and Numbers
3D effects, AIGLX and, 114??“116
A
AbiWord, 552, 554
administration
limited administrative access, 139??“140
root login, 137??“140
Web-based, tools, 132??“133
administrative commands, 140??“141
administrative configuration files, 141??“145
administrative log files, 145??“146
Adobe Acrobat Reader, 582??“583
Advanced Editor, 559
advocating Linux, 823
AIGLX (Accelerated Indirect GLX)
3D effects and, 114??“116
Fedora and, 290
ALSA (Advanced Linux Sound Architecture), 518,
519
Amarok, 520
Apache Software Foundation, 19, 823
API (application programming interface), 750,
773??“777
applications, 8
Mac, 381
APT (Advanced Package Tool)
database update, 318
packages
finding, 319??“320
installing, 319??“320
removing packages, 320
repository list, 318
upgrading system, 320
ar command, 790??“791
arguments, 45
arithmetic expressions, expanding, 56
ash shell, 40
asymmetric cryptography, 238
audio
cards, setup, 518??“519
CD players
Amarok, 520
gnome-cd, 520??“522
Grip, 520
KsCD player, 520
Rhythmbox, 520, 522??“524
X Multimedia System, 520
XMMS Multimedia player, 524??“527
CDs, cdrecord, 532??“533
files
compression, 531
conversion, 528??“531
oggenc, 531
Sox, 528??“531
MIDI players, 528
Audio Assistant (Linspire), 425
B
background commands, 55
background processes, 63??“65
BackTrack 2
DVD accompanying book, 811
source code, downloading, 818
BackTrack Network Security Suite, 496??“497
Base, StarOffice, 553
bash shell, 38??“39, 39
aliases, 60
configuration files, 57
environment variables, 59
prompt, 58
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Bell Labs, 9
binary only video cards, 626??“627
boot loader, changing, 279??“280
bootable distributions, 493??“494
BackTrack Network Security Suite, 496??“497
choosing, 494??“506
customizing, 508??“510
demonstration, 500
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