2002.07_Intro.pdf

BEGINNERS

Welcome to the

section of Linux

Magazine

CONTENTS

Welcome to our beginners’ section, where we will

show you how to make the most of your Linux

system.

K-tools goes eye candy crazy this month, as

Stefanie Teufel looks at some of the themes and

desktop ornaments that the summer madness has

dragged out of KDE developers from around the

world. The High Performance Liquid theme and Amor

get special mentions.

This month’s Out of the Box looks at checkinstall, a

new utility which allows source code to be compiled

and installed smoothly. It also keeps tracks on the

install so the package can be easily removed should

you wish to uninstall it. This links into the rpm

database, so you can even get some of the graphical

package managers involved.

Details of how to run your system like clockwork

are revealed in our feature on cron, which will start

tasks and services at times you set. Now you have no

reason for not doing that 3am back up. Asleep,

indeed!

The Internet has been surfed to find the latest,

best and most useful pages on offer, so make sure

you take a look at out Internet page.

There is always the danger of pushing your

machine too far and overloading its resources. Luckily

Desktopia discusses Procmeter, a desktop graphical

tool which watches over your system courtesy of the

/proc directory.

Linux makes running multiple jobs easy and such

multitasking makes full use of your system. Dr. Linux

this month looks at job control, daemons and, when

things go wrong, zombies.

67 BEGINNERS

A knowledge base for users new to Linux.

68 Cron

The cron functions as a timekeeper on your system,

so you can start tasks automatically or in your

absence. It’s important to keep your system regular,

after all.

70 Desktopia

Now you can see how much strain you are putting

your machine under with ProcMeter and the delights

of the /proc directory.

73 The Right Pages

Janet Roebuck takes her monthly look at some of the

best and most interesting Web sites for Linux users.

74 Dr. Linux

The Doctor pays a visit to explain multitasking, job

control and warns about zombies. Understanding the

administration of tasks is a fundamental requirement.

78 Out of the Box

Installing source code is now less painful with the

checkinstall utility, and uninstalling the same is just as

easy thanks to its use of the rpm database.

82 K-tools

The prospect of the impending summer holidays has

urged everyone on to create new designs and

delights for the desktop. Make your KDE desktop

shine with some new themes and wallpapers.

Issue 22 • 2002

LINUX MAGAZINE

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