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Linux Desktop Hacks
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Linux Desktop Hacks

by Nicholas Petreley, Jono Bacon
March 2005
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
342 pages
15h 55m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Contents
Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
Chapter 1. Booting Linux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1. Give Your Computer the Boot 2
2. Kill and Resurrect the Master Boot Record 5
3. Bypass the Boot Manager 7
4. Set a Bitmap Boot Screen for LILO 10
5. Create Your Own LILO Boot Splash 12
6. Display a GRUB Boot Splash Background 17
7. Create a GRUB Boot Splash Background 18
8. Jazz Up Your Debian System Boot 19
9. Graphics on the Console 26
Chapter 2. Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
10. Redefine Keyboard Actions 30
11. Energize Your Console with Macro Music Magic 36
12. Take a Screenshot from the Command Line 40
13. Put Your Command Prompt on a Diet 42
14. Simplify Changing Directories 46
15. Colorize Files in Your Pager 48
Chapter 3. Login Managers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
16. Switch Users Fast 53
17. Double Your KDM (KDE) Login Screens 54
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