2002.06_Intro.pdf

BEGINNERS

Welcome to the

CONTENTS

section of Linux

75 BEGINNERS

A knowledge base for users new to Linux.

Magazine

76 K-tools

CD Bake Oven, which is also on this month’s

coverdisc, makes the chore of burning CDs much less

challenging. Time to banish the toasted coaster

mountain...

Our Linux User section continues to show you what’s

available on the desktop and the command line,

proving that you can get the most out of your Linux

system without being an Open Source veteran.

Seeing as the command line is so useful and

important to making full use of your system, it

seems only right that it should be made as

pleasant to use as possible. With this in mind,

Desktopia this month shows you ways of altering

and beautifying your terminal and shows you how

to have fun with it too.

Less is more, some say, and in our Out of the Box

section we show you how to make more of less .

less , the command line pager utility, is used by all,

but with the help of a little pre-process scripting you

can get it to handle a wide range of file types.

With the price of CD writers dropping all the

time, it is only fair that some effort should go into

the development of the front-end tools that desktop

users need to drive them. K-tools this month looks

at CD Bake Oven, the latest in a long line of CD

burning front-ends, but one that has now learned

the lessons of ease and usability, features that some

others have lacked. We will also take a walk

through many of the features available in CD Bake

Oven, some of which are now only just available to

Linux users.

And finally... our Internet pages gather together

some of the more useful Linux-related Web pages

that, all too often, get lost amidst the tangled

World Wide Web.

79 The Right Pages

Here we have a list of some useful, Linux-related Web

sites that we have found. If you know of better,

write in and let us know.

80 Desktopia

Blend your command line terminal into your desktop

with our Desktopia feature. We will even show you

ways to make them fun to use – as if such a thing

should was so unusual.

82 Out of the Box

Pre-processing the input to the less command means

you can open it up to a world of possibilities. With a

bit of effort you can have less handling a whole new

range of file types.

Into the baking oven

Mathematical wonders on the Web

Issue 21 • 2002

LINUX MAGAZINE

Linux User

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