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Table of contents for the Linux FAQ:
Last updated 12/26/01
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1 About this document
1.1 This is long! Why should I care to read
it anyway?
1.2 May I make suggestions/corrections/amendments/whatever
to this document?
1.3 I did something exactly as you told me,
and it screwed up my system/burned my monitor/killed my cat/etc. May I
sue you?
1.4 Is this document available in other formats/languages?
1.5 What about updates?
1.6 you're so smart! May I send you an e-mail
with some questions?
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2 Resources
2.1 Where do I get to know more about Linux?(Updated)
2.2 Where do I get to know more about KDE?
2.3 Where do I get to know more about GNOME?
2.4 What about books on Linux?
2.5 What about this UNIX thing I keep hearing
about?(Updated)
2.6 Where can I get Linux?
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3 How do I...?
3.1 Find out what's going wrong?
3.2 Use documentation efficiently?
3.3 Get people to answer my questions?
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4 Installation
4.1 Find out if your hardware is supported
by Linux.
4.2 Find out about installation issues.
4.3 Install without making a boot disk first.
4.4 Make a boot disk within Windows.
4.5 Make a boot disk within Linux.
5 Configuration
5.1 Start the X server at a certain color
depth.
5.2 Have the X server by default start at
a certain color depth.
5.3 Get the X server to start with a different
preconfigured resolution.
5.4 Turn off virtual screen resolution. (screen
bigger than monitor)
5.5 Start X/KDE right after boot.
5.6 Use the power saving features in X/KDE.
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6 Advanced
6.1 Use a different window manager/desktop
environment.
6.2 Upgrade the Linux kernel.
6.3 Enhance system security.(Updated)
6.4 Find out what's eating your system resources.
6.5 Enhance shell settings.
6.6 Handle system services (daemons).
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7 Miscellaneous
7.1 Installing programs.(Updated)
7.2 A quick list of commands.
7.3 KDE keyboard commands.
7.4 GNOME keyboard commands.(New)
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8 FAQs
8.1 FAQs for various news groups.
8.2 FAQs for various distributions.
8.3 Other Linux related FAQs.(New)
9 Newsgroups
10 Distribution reviews
11 Tips and trouble shooting(New)
12 Articles about Linux(New)
Legal
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