Ubuntu Hacks

Name: Ubuntu Hacks | Tips & Tools for Exploring, Using, and Tuning Linux
Brand: O'Reilly
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Tips & Tools for Exploring, Using, and Tuning Linux

Jonathan Oxer(Author)

O'Reilly (Publisher)

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Published on 14. June 2006

450 pages

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Ubuntu Linux--the most popular Linux distribution on the planet--preserves the spirit embodied in the ancient African word ubuntu, which means both &quote;humanity to others&quote; and &quote;I am what I am because of who we all are.&quote; Ubuntu won the Linux Journal Reader's Choice Award for best Linux distribution and is consistently the top-ranked Linux variant on DistroWatch.com. The reason this distribution is so widely popular is that Ubuntu is designed to be useful, usable, customizable, and always available for free worldwide.Ubuntu Hacks is your one-stop source for all of the community knowledge you need to get the most out of Ubuntu: a collection of 100 tips and tools to help new and experienced Linux users install, configure, and customize Ubuntu. With this set of hacks, you can get Ubuntu Linux working exactly the way you need it to. Learn how to:Install and test-drive Ubuntu Linux.Keep your system running smoothlyTurn Ubuntu into a multimedia powerhouse: rip and burn discs, watch videos, listen to music, and moreTake Ubuntu on the road with Wi-Fi wireless networking, Bluetooth, etc.Hook up multiple displays and enable your video card's 3-D accelerationRun Ubuntu with virtualization technology such as Xen and VMwareTighten your system's securitySet up an Ubuntu-powered serverUbuntu Hacks will not only show you how to get everything working just right, you will also have a great time doing it as you explore the powerful features lurking within Ubuntu.&quote;Put in a nutshell, this book is a collection of around 100 tips and tricks which the authors choose to call hacks, which explain how to accomplish various tasks in Ubuntu Linux. The so called hacks range from down right ordinary to the other end of the spectrum of doing specialised things...More over, each and every tip in this book has been tested by the authors on the latest version of Ubuntu (Dapper Drake) and is guaranteed to work. In writing this book, it is clear that the authors have put in a lot of hard work in covering all facets of configuring this popular Linux distribution which makes this book a worth while buy.&quote;-- Ravi Kumar, Slashdot.org

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Intro
Contents
Credits
About the Authors
Contributors
Acknowledgments
The authors would like to thank the people who made this book possible.
Jonathan
Kyle
Bill
Preface
Why Ubuntu Hacks?
How to Use This Book
How This Book Is Organized
Conventions Used in This Book
Using Code Examples
Safari® Enabled
How to Contact Us
Got a Hack?
Getting Started
Test-Drive Ubuntu
Downloading the Live CD
Booting the CD
Another Use for the Live CD
Get Help
Web-Based Documentation
Interactive Help and Support
Traditional Pay-per-Incident Support
Make Live CD Data Persistent
Set the Label on Your USB Memory Stick
Boot the Live CD in Persistent Mode
Testing Persistence
How It Works
Customize the Ubuntu Live CD
Basic Requirements
Add extra swap
Install the tools
Standard Live CD
Prepare Original Image
Set Up the Target Filesystem
Apply Customizations
Delete unnecessary packages
Install additional packages
Customize the home directory
Unmount Customized Image
Repack the Filesystem
Build the ISO
Burn and Boot
More Information and Scripts
Install Ubuntu
System Requirements
Preserving Your Existing Data
Getting the Installation CD
Installing Ubuntu
Dual-Boot Ubuntu and Windows
Preparation
Installation
Move Your Windows Data to Ubuntu
Make Sure You Notify the Post Office
Transfer Outlook into Thunderbird
Transfer your Thunderbird mail to Ubuntu
Are You Bringing the Browser?
Your Stuff, Your Music
Your Little Black Book
Am I Forgetting Anything?
You Could Just Hire a Mover
Install Ubuntu on a Mac
Reinstall Mac OS X
Install Ubuntu
Set Up Your Printer
GNOME CUPS Manager
CUPS Web Interface
Share Local Printers
Apply Print Quotas
Install Ubuntu on an External Drive
Set Up the Partitions
Install GRUB
Use chroot
Tweak initrd
Update GRUB
Install from a Network Boot Server
Prepare the PXE Boot Server
Configure DHCP
Configure TFTP
Boot the Client
Submit a Bug Report
Getting Ready to File the Bug
Creating a Malone Account
Searching for Your Bug
Filing Your Bug Report
Use the Command Line
Navigate the Filesystem
Rename and Delete Files and Directories
File Globs and Tab Completion
Get Productive with Applications
Office Suite
Graphics and Photo Editor
Web Browsing
Email
Instant Messaging
Media Player
The Linux Desktop
Get Under the Hood of the GNOME Desktop
Configuration Nirvana: the Configuration Editor
Scripting GConf
Tweak the KDE Desktop
Personal
Hardware
System Administration
Switch to a Lighter Window Manager
Generate Program Menus
Change to Your New Window Manager
Try XFCE
Use Fluxbox
Seek Enlightenment
Other Window Managers
Install Java
Installing the Java Runtime Environment
Confirming the Installation
Search Your Computer
Installing Beagle
Starting beagled
Using Beagle and deskbar-applet
Access Remote Filesystems
Tweak Your Desktop Like a Pro
Get Icons on Your Desktop
Get Organized with Tomboy
Automatic Wallpaper Switching
Getting a Pull-Down "Quake" Terminal
Sync Your Palm PDA
Configuring Palm Synchronization
Configuring the Sync Conduits
Add the Pilot Applet
Sync Your Pocket PC
Connecting the Pocket PC
Testing the Connection
Establish a Partnership
Synchronize with Evolution
Testing Multisync
Syncing to the Pocket PC
Install Pocket PC Software
Accessing the Pocket PC's Filesystem
Troubleshooting
Customize the Right-Click Contextual Menu
Easy-Access Templates
Custom Scripts
Download and Share Files with the Best P2P Software
BitTorrent
Command line
GUI
aMule and eDonkey2000
LimeWire and Gnutella
Other P2P Apps
Make Your Own PDFs
Installing CUPS-PDF
Configuring CUPS for the PDF Printer
Using Your New PDF Printer
Blog with Ubuntu
Installing Drivel
Configuring and Using Drivel
Multimedia
Install Multimedia Plug-ins
Tweak Your Repository List
Install General-Purpose Libraries and Tools
Install Gstreamer Libraries
Install Codecs of Ambiguous Legality
Watch Videos
Install MPlayer
Use MPlayer
DVD playback
(S)VCD playback
Streaming playback
Troubleshooting
Play DVDs
Buy Songs at the iTunes Music Store
Get a Grip on CD Ripping
Install Grip
Configure Ubuntu to Default to Grip
Configure Grip
Configure CD options
Configure ripping options
Configure encoding options
Configure ID3 options
Configure DiscDB options
Rip a CD
Burn CDs and DVDs
Automate Audio CD Burning
Use Serpentine
Use K3b
Rip and Encode DVDs
Load Your DVD
Configure Settings
Queue and Rip
Create a Video DVD
Install tovid
Convert the Video
Create the XML File
Create the DVD Filesystem Structure
Burn the DVD
Connect to a Digital Camera
Import from a Non-USB-Storage-Device Camera
Import from a USB-Storage-Device Camera
Automatically Rotate Your Photos with gThumb
Mobile Ubuntu
Put Your Laptop to Sleep
Getting Some Sleep
Testing ACPI Sleep
Hibernate Your Laptop
Configuring Hibernation
Using Hibernation
Prolong Your Battery Life
Get Proprietary Wireless Cards Working
Installing ndiswrapper and ndisgtk
Wrapping the Windows Drivers
Configuring the Adapter
Roam Wirelessly
Using Your Wireless Network Card
NetworkManager and You
Make Laptop Settings Roam with Your Network
Install laptop-net
Configure laptop-net Profiles
Configure the offline profile
Configure the default network profile
Test your configuration
Create Personal laptop-net Profiles
Configure the patterns file
Configure the after-select script
Make Bluetooth Connections
Pairing
Manual Pairing
Bluetooth File Transfer
Connect to the Internet
Expand Your Laptop
Hotswap Your Laptop's Optical Drive
X11
Configure Multibutton Mice
Enable Your Multimedia Keyboard
Assign GNOME Keyboard Shortcuts
Hotkeys
Understand Hotkeys configuration parsing
Set keyboard type
Customize predefined actions
Create custom actions
Test Hotkeys
Onscreen display settings
Start Hotkeys Automatically
Configure a Touchpad
Preparing Your X11 Configuration
Installing qsynaptics
Configuring the Touchpad with QSynaptics
Connect Multiple Displays
Grok the Xorg Conf File
Section "Device
Section "Monitor
Section "Screen
Section "ServerLayout
Tracking Down X Errors
Configure Xinerama
Configure TwinView on nVidia
Configuring MergedFB on ATI/Radeon
Combining Methods
Change the Ubuntu Splash Screen
Enable 3-D Video Acceleration
Measure Performance
Identify Your Video Card
Drivers
nVidia
ATI
Matrox
Make Your Fonts Pretty
Fonts Are Not Created Equal
Font Management with Defoma
Onscreen Font-Rendering Preferences
Screen resolution
Smoothing
Hinting
Subpixel order
Install Microsoft Core Fonts
Install Macintosh and Windows TrueType Fonts
Package Management
Manage Packages from the Command Line
dpkg
apt and Friends
Lazy like a fox
Manage Packages with Synaptic
Reload the Package List
Install Packages
Update Packages
Remove Packages
Search for Packages
Edit Preferences and Add Repositories
Manage Packages with Adept
Basic Adept Usage
Receive Update Notifications Automatically
Install and Remove Standalone .deb Files
Install a .deb
Remove a Package
Search for Packages from the Command Line
Search for Packages Based on Keywords
Search for Packages Based on Files They Contain
Install Software from Source
Install Compiler Tools
Get and Compile the Source
Step 1: configure
Step 2: compile
Step 3: install
Hacking the Hack
Modify the List of Package Repositories
Add and Remove Repositories
Unofficial Repositories
Cache Packages Locally with Apt-cacher
Installing Apt-cacher
Server setup
Client setup
Configuration Options
Traffic Reports
Hacking the Hack
Create an Ubuntu Package
Create Package Files
Build the Package
Update the Package
Compile a Source Package
Enable Source Repositories
Install Package Build Tools
Install Build Dependencies and Fetch the Source
Apply Changes
Build Binary Package
Convert Non-Ubuntu Packages
Convert Packages with Alien
Solve Package-Conversion Problems
Convert Ubuntu Packages to Other Formats
Create Your Own Package Repository
Anatomy of a Repository
Getting Started
Update the Repository
Manage a Repository Without Shell Access
Convert Debian to Ubuntu
Perform the Conversion
Mix Ubuntu and Debian
Security
Limit Permissions with sudo
/etc/sudoers Syntax
Show It's Working
Enable the root Account
Manage Security Updates
Ubuntu Update Policy
Obtain Security Updates
Automate Update Notifications
Package Signatures
Monitor Security Advisories
Protect Your Network with a Firewall
Initial Firewall Setup
Initial Management-Machine Setup
Create a firewall project
Define a new firewall
Add a host-specific policy
Compile and Install the Policy
Automatic Policy Startup
Automatic Policy Installation
Use an Encrypted Filesystem to Protect Your Data
Kernel Setup
Create an Encrypted Device
Create a loopback disk image
Set up the block device
Unmounting
Remounting
Hacking the Hack
Encrypt Your Email and Important Files
Generate a GPG Key Pair
Importing GPG Keys
Signing a GPG Key
Encrypting Files Using GPG
Decrypting Files Using GPG
Surf the Web Anonymously
How Onion Routing Works
Installing and Using Tor
Other Apps
Keep Windows Malware off Your System
Administration
Edit Configuration Files
Navigate Through the File
Edit a Line
Copy and Paste
Undo
Save and Exit
Search and Replace
Help
Where to Learn More
Manage Users and Groups
Use the User Administration Tool
Manage Users and Groups from the Command Line
Mount Any Filesystem
Add a Local Partition
Mount the Filesystems
Mount Network Filesystems
Control Startup Services
Services Administration Tool
Command-Line Method
Change the Runlevel
Manually Start and Stop Services
Disable Scripts from Starting
Build Kernels the Ubuntu Way
Get the Source
Tools You Will Need
Configuration Methods
Configuring the Kernel
Compiling and Packaging
Install Your Kernel Package
Rebooting and Testing
Installing on Other Machines
Install Multiple Copies of One Kernel Version
Back Up Your System
Get Simple Backup
Configure Simple Backup
Use recommended backup settings
Use custom backup settings
Configuring Custom Backup Settings
Configure files to include
Configure files to exclude
Configure the backup destination
Configure recurring backups
Restore from Backup
Clone an Installation
Export the List of Installed Packages
Prepare the Destination System
Import the Package List
Hacking the Hack
Rescue an Unbootable System
Boot into Rescue Mode
Common Rescue Scenarios
The system won't go past the boot menu, or the menu is missing
The system goes past the boot menu but can't access the root filesystem
The system boots and continues through part of the boot process, but hangs at a particular service
Conclusion
Check the Captain's Log
View the Logs
Mount Removable Devices with Persistent Names
Mount Remote Directories Securely and Easily
Make Videos of Your Tech-Support Questions
Synchronize Files Across Machines
The Problem with rsync
Synchronize Files on Two Machines with Unison Using SSH
Tweaking Your Profiles
Changing the Location of Your Logfile Directory
Further Information About Unison
Virtualization and Emulation
Run Windows Applications
Install Wine
Configure Wine
Install a Windows Application
Run Windows Applications
Working with Wine
Running Other Windows Components
Play Windows Games
Run Blasts from the Past
Run Current Windows Games with Cedega
Run Google Earth with Wine
Run Ubuntu Inside Windows
Install coLinux
Set Up the Debian Image
Install Ubuntu
Enabling SSH
Running X11 Applications
Use Xen to Host Virtual Machines
Initial Host Installation
Base Packages Required by Xen
Obtain Xen3 Binary Distribution
Extract Binary Distribution
Configure GRUB Bootloader
Xen Services
Enable Networking
Disable TLS Libraries
Reboot
Create an Ubuntu/Xen Virtual Machine
Prepare VM Filesystems
Root filesystem
Swap filesystem
Mount the root filesystem image
Install Ubuntu into the Root Filesystem
Configure the Virtual Machine
Run Setup Within the VM Image
Get Ready to Crank Up the VM
Configure the VM in Xen
Boot Your Virtual Machine
Create Additional Guests
Split Your Machine's Personality
Installing VMware Server
Running VMware Server
Small Office/Home Office Server
Install and Configure an Ubuntu Server
Minimal Installation
Static Network Configuration
UPS-Triggered Shutdown
Build a File Server
Enable Quota Support
Install Samba
Add Shares
Share Printers
Administer Your Server Remotely
Configure SSH
X11 Forwarding
Configure Passwordless Authentication
Copy Files Securely
Build a Web Server
Install Apache
Install PHP
Configure Dynamic Virtual Hosting
Build an Email Server
Postfix SMTP Server
Reduce Spam with Greylisting
Activity Reporting
POP and IMAP Services
Build a Caching Proxy Server
Basic Squid Setup
Proxy Traffic Reports
Peering Proxies
Build a DHCP Server
Install the DHCP Daemon
Basic Configuration
Assign Addresses to Specific Hosts
Hacking the Hack
Build a Domain Name Server
Understand DNS in 60 Seconds
Authoritative and Recursive Lookups
Install BIND9
Create an Authoritative Forward Zone
Firewall Rules
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