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User talk:Konro

2007-02-20T23:11:10Z

Questynux: ok let's see why we should care about such behavior...

Hi Konro,
I have the impression that you might want to help with developing our knowledgebase. If so, stop advertising anything now and start helping on our topics. --[[User:ThorstenStaerk|ThorstenStaerk]] 02:52, February 20, 2007 (EST)
:Konro has put back his edits numerous times, making people lose their time. Look at this history :
:http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/index.php?title=List_of_Linux_distributions&action=history
:How can someone do that on this wiki and get away with it ?? This is unacceptable, we just can't work in those conditions. His only contributions have been to disrupt and advertise his own distro ( my guess). [[User:Questynux|Questynux]] 03:41, February 20, 2007 (EST)

:Im in agreement with Questynux. It seems this guy is just a clever spammer trying to force their distro down our throats. He should be blocked so we can reverse the spam-like links he has posted in currently 2 separate pages where they clearly don't belong. [[User:SciYro|SciYro]] 10:24, February 20, 2007 (EST)

::Do we have an issue with someone adding a distro they are associated with? My question is, is the consensus that this is really a bannable offense? [[User:Jeremy|Jeremy]] 15:41, February 20, 2007 (EST)
:::No, my issue was with the back-and-forth insistence without explanation. It just remained me a spammer. In any case, i don't think he should be baned, but at the time it seemed like a good idea to at least block his edits, as they showed no sign of stopping, nore any explanation to support them, despite others reverting them. [[User:SciYro|SciYro]] 16:02, February 20, 2007 (EST)

Ok, let's see...

Someone comes along. This person has never made any [http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&target=Konro contributions] of any sort on this wiki. So far nothing special, it's even great in fact. A new comer, some more contributions!

;http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/index.php?title=List_of_Linux_distributions&diff=prev&oldid=32462
;Here we can see Konro puts his distro link in the '''Sites with distro lists''' section, right at the top of the list, which is composted by the way of sites like distrowatch, allinuxCD, etc... Only problem is the link he puts there only lists his cd images... Ok no big deal, any one can make errors in judgement...

;http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/index.php?title=ISO_CD_Vendors&curid=4216&diff=32464&oldid=30070
;Here Konro puts a link his main site right along sites like AllLinuxCD.com or www.alllinuxcd.com. His link has nothing specific about selling CDs but we get the point that if we look for it we will find a page selling his CDs, or maybe not... But hey we could say same guy, same level of judgement.

Here comes SciYro, who sees his links don't belong where they have been put <nowiki>:</nowiki>

;http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/index.php?title=ISO_CD_Vendors&curid=4216&diff=32465&oldid=32464
:removed edit by Konro, this page is not for distro advertising
;http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/index.php?title=List_of_Linux_distributions&curid=567&diff=32466&oldid=32463
:removed edit by Konro, this section is not for distro advertising

By distro advertising, i think we can safely say SciYro meant here ONE distro advertising.

;http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/index.php?title=Pinux&curid=6966&diff=32467&oldid=32460
:formating, aarg. This page smells of advertising, i cant find any info on the distros site, must be my browser. Can someone clean this up with real information?

Here SciYro DOESN'T delete his link, instead he puts it in the "external links" section, the way it should. It's true the links to his site don't work, i tried them myself too ( see how this involves time from everyone ) without luck. Only the domain name works.

Here no word from Konro, what does he do ? He duplicates the exact content he has already put in the page Pinux, in the page PINUX ( and user talk page too ). OK he doesn't know about Redirection. No big deal. The most important is to be sure his stuff gets in the wiki, so he pastes it in other pages. Anyway this is not really offensive yet, although one might wonder if he realises how this will be easy to manage two different pages in parallel about the exact same subject... <nowiki>:</nowiki>

;http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/index.php?title=User_talk:Konro&oldid=32470
;http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/index.php?title=PINUX&curid=6967&diff=32472&oldid=32469

;http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/index.php?title=List_of_Linux_distributions&curid=567&diff=32473&oldid=32466
:Now this is where this is getting rude. What does he do ? He puts back his link, that SciYro had removed ( right within the list with distrowatch remember ? ). No word. None. SciYro has put forth many contributions lately, is a long member of this wiki. But why should this matter, maybe he didn't check, maybe he wouldn't check, he is the wise man and is on a mission, so he puts back his link right on top, above allinuxCDs. What the hell, those wiki contributors (SciYro) are really a nuisance.

Ok, here i come along...

;http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/index.php?title=PINUX&curid=6967&diff=32474&oldid=32472
:Please delete this page -- really don't like this attitude
;http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/index.php?title=List_of_Linux_distributions&curid=567&diff=32479&oldid=32473
:spam alert -- I really don't like this attitude

Ok so yes, i didn't tell him how glad i was to meet him, obviously...

Now one hour later Konro comes back again, to undo all my edits :

;http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/index.php?title=ISO_CD_Vendors&curid=4216&diff=32485&oldid=32478
;http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/index.php?title=PINUX&curid=6967&diff=32487&oldid=32474

Like SciYro, i am just a worthless wiki lurker, why should he care, why should he wonder what's wrong ? Decidedly those wiki contributors are just annoying bugs. He doesn't say a word. None. Why should he ? We are not worth it. I mean maybe you are right Jeremy, he may be associated with this distro, this is huge, so what does that make us ? not much apparently.

But hey, you wouldn't believe it, this is not the end, i come and undo his edit AGAIN :

;http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/index.php?title=ISO_CD_Vendors&curid=4216&diff=32488&oldid=32485
:not a major cd vendor -- please, can someone block Konro, this guy is really irrespectful of other's people work

Konro, comes again and you guessed it, undoes every single revert AGAIN :

;http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/index.php?title=ISO_CD_Vendors&curid=4216&diff=32489&oldid=32488
;http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/index.php?title=List_of_Linux_distributions&curid=567&diff=32491&oldid=32479

This the king, we are stupid annoying guys.

And he is right too, because why would we be spending more time again with this, explaining everything when one could have thought the "Recent events" page was self-explanatory ? Well i guess the fact that you suspect he might be "associated with" a distro makes us wrong, or at least questionable.

I am not sure anyone has pronounced the word Ban in any form, so obviously that would be hard to get a consensus on that, but I still maintain that if this attitude is not countered by appropriate response ( think blocking ), something more than "''I have the impression that you might want to help with developing our knowledgebase. If so, stop advertising anything now and start helping on our topics.''", well what does that say about the respect, consideration that is given to regular contributors ? Why should it matter that this guy made us loose all this time ? Apparently it's here to be spent away. So why care. [[User:Questynux|Questynux]] 18:11, February 20, 2007 (EST)

CD/DVD Burning

2007-02-20T20:16:26Z

Questynux: internal links

==CD/DVD Burning==

'''CD burning''' in Linux used to be difficult but like so much else, has become much easier lately. If you are using the latest versions of the [[GNOME]] desktop environment, such as those provided with [[Fedora]], you can perform CD burning by first placing a blank disk in the drive. Wait a few seconds and a file manager window (nautilus-cd-burner) should appear. Now drag the files and directories you want into it, and then hit burn.

You can burn ISO CD images by right-clicking on the image file and choosing "Write to CD".

==Windows/Mac applications==
A user that wants to try Linux for the first time may need to [[ISO image|download an ISO file]] for a single-CD [[Distribution]] such as [[Knoppix]] and burn the ISO file to CDR or [[CD-RW]] media using a utility on his or her current system. Note that you have to use the function that [[burn]]s an existing ISO file to CD, NOT the function that creates a temporary ISO file out of one or more files and burns the temporary file to CD. Applications that can do this include:

* [http://www.bay-wolf.com/burnimage.htm Nero] - How to do it with Nero
* [http://www.snapfiles.com/freeware/gmm/fwcdburn.html Freeware utilities] - Pick one that supports burning ISO images to CDR or CDRW.

==GUI applications==
*[[K3b]] - probably the most user-friendly CD/DVD burning application for the Linux desktop.
*[[XCDRoast]]
*[[gcombust]]
*[[Arson]]
*[[Eroaster]]
*[[Graveman!]] - Gnome
*[[Xfburn]] - [[Xfce]]
*[[GnomeBaker]] - Gnome

==Command line applications==
*[[cdrecord]]
*[[cdrdao]]
*[[mkisofs]]
*[[growisofs]]
*[[dd]]

==Hints and Tips==
* Setting up your [[IDE CD Writer]]
* [[Burning a CDROM from an ISO file]] from the command line
* [[Burning a CDROM from a bin/cue file]] from the command line
* Burning [[Nero CD image]]s

==See also==
*[[DVD]]

==External links==
*[http://www.troubleshooters.com/linux/coasterless.htm Coasterless CD Burning guide] (''www.troubleshooters.com'')
*[http://www.topvideopro.com/ Various DVD Burning, Ripping and Audio Ripping Software DVD tools download] (''www.topvideopro.com'')

{{stub}}

Linux installation

2007-02-20T19:12:40Z

Questynux: reworking of the contents -- reorganising headings

==Choosing a distribution==
For more information about how to choose a distribution, see [[Choosing a Linux distribution]].

===General remarks===
If you just want to try [[Linux]] your best choice is one of the [[Live_CD_distributions | Live CD distributions]] which run from one CD and don't need to be installed at all.

Although a personal [[guru]] would be less and less needed with latest Linux distributions, if you have one around to question and ask for help, Use the same distribution as him!

;Note about source based distributions <nowiki>:</nowiki>
;If you are interested in the nuts-and-bolts of Linux, and don't mind reading a long list of instructions, then running through a [[Gentoo]] installation may be for you. A [[Source_distributions|source based distribution]] such as [[Gentoo]] encourages its users to come to grips with Linux system management by making them configure, compile and set up everything from scratch. It's really worth doing if you have the time to learn that way, and the learning method and quality of the documentation set it apart from most other distros.

===Hardware requirements===
In general if you don't need special features or have exotic hardware requirements and little or no [[Linux]] knowledge you are on the safe side using one of the major [[distributions]], i.e. [[Ubuntu]], [[Fedora]], [[Mandriva]], [[Suse]], [[Red_Hat]]. All them are equipped with a graphical installation, preconfigured desktop and graphical configuration tools.

Of course if you require to run Linux on a pre Pentium machine you might get in trouble using the latest [[Mandrake]], [[Fedora]], etc. because they may not support every processor type and require a certain amount of system memory. On the other hand using the latest technology may confront you with a lack of drivers and propper support.

Some [[Live CD distributions]], such as [[Knoppix]] or [[Morphix]] allow you to test-drive before you install. They also have a very good automatic detection and configuration system and are useful diagnostic tools to help you gather info about your system before installing any chosen distro.

A majority of distributions make a good attempt at autodetecting the target system's hardware, though [[WiFi]] device auto-detection is still more or less non-existent.

Special hardware requirements, like old hardware, may lead you to other [[distributions]] like [[VectorLinux]] which is based on [[Slackware]].

==How to get a Distribution?==
* Buy a boxed [[Distributions|distribution]] online or in a store. This way you get user guides specific to your distribution and support from the distributor. If you buy an official copy some of the money will help maintain the distribution.
* Download the ISO files and burn your own CD set. The ISO files can be found at the main [[Distributions|distribution]] site or on [[ISO image|countless mirrors]]. If the option exists, downloading from a distributed [[P2P]] network such as [[BitTorrent]] is preferable. Using p2p the download is likely to be faster, especially at busy times, and the cost to the distributor is far less than over [[ftp]].
* Download only a small installation CD or floppy image and install your system directly per [[FTP Install]] or [[HTTP Install]]. Only the selected software is downloaded which is in most cases faster than downloading the whole CD set. But not every [[Distributions|distribution]] supports this installation type.
* Sometimes magazines add partial or even complete [[distributions]], occasionally before they are made available online.

==Installation Guides==
You can find specific guides on the [[Distribution|Distribution dedicated page]].

The [[Linux_Newbie_FAQ]] page can also provide some interesting links regarding linux installation.

'''Other specific pages''' <nowiki>:</nowiki>

*[[Installing Slackware and Gentoo]]
*[[Installing Slackware with LVM-partitions]]
*[[installing_woody|Debian woody on a 100MHz Pentium]]
*[[Installing on Old Machines (Survival Guide)]]
*[[ipodlinux:documentation|ipodlinux]]

==Configuring Linux==
===General===
* [[Finding configuration parameters]]
* [[Booting]]
* [[Hardware]]
* [[Networking]]
* [[Security]]
* [[Accessibility]]
* [[Performance]]

===Some specifics===
* [[Managing Virtual Memory]]
* [[Adding Another Hard Drive]]

===Co-habitating with Microsoft Windows® (Dual Booting)===
* [[Help! I reinstalled Windows and Linux disappeared!]]
* [[I want to ditch Linux and get back to Windows]]
* [[Recommendations for dual-boot installations]]
* [[Booting from USB]]

==Where to get general help==
* [[Documentation]]
* [[Linux support options|Other Linux support options]].
* [[troubleshooting]] page.

==What next? How to make the most of Linux.==
* [[Common Tasks]]
* List of Linux [[Applications]]
* [[Gaming]]

==How to keep a distribution up to date==
* Use a package manager like [[apt-get]], [[Synaptic]], [[up2date]], [[Urpmi|urpmi]] ... to download, install, and upgrade applications, and to find applications that will meet your needs. For a cookbook on how to use Synaptic, see [[Fedora, Synaptic Package Manager, finding Repositories, listing RPMs, previously installed]].

==External links==
(links to guides etc.)
*[http://www.debianhelp.co.uk/install.htm Debain Sarge Installation Guide] (''www.debianhelp.co.uk'')
*:This is a step by step debian linux installation guide
*[http://www.debianadmin.com/debian-etch-beta3-graphical-mode-installation-with-screenshots.html Debain Etch Installation Walkthrough] (''www.debianadmin.com'')
*:This is a step by step debian etch installation guide with screenshots

Linux installation

2007-02-20T17:56:57Z

Questynux: changing internal link

As the method of '''installation of Linux''' varies so much from [[distribution]] to distribution, you are best advised to look at [[distribution-specific tips and tricks]].

Some [[Live CD distributions]], such as [[Knoppix]] or [[Morphix]] allow you to test-drive before you install. They also have a very good automatic detection and configuration system and are useful diagnostic tools to help you gather info about your system before installing any chosen distro.

A majority of distributions make a good attempt at autodetecting the target system's hardware, though [[WiFi]] device auto-detection is still more or less non-existent.

A [[Source_distributions|source based distribution]] such as [[Gentoo]] encourages its users to come to grips with Linux system management by making them configure, compile and set up everything from scratch. It's really worth doing if you have the time to learn that way, and the learning method and quality of the documentation set it apart from most other distros.

==System requirements==
There are hardly default hardware requirements. It depends a lot on the used [[Distributions|distribution]] and how much you are willing to tweak it. Most Linux [[distributions]] are rather modest with their hardware requirements so running any of them on a modern computer will not pose any problems.

Of course if you require to run Linux on a pre Pentium machine you might get in trouble using the latest [[Mandrake]], [[Fedora]], etc. because they may not support every processor type and require a certain amount of system memory. On the other hand using the latest technology may confront you with a lack of drivers and propper support.

==Choosing a distribution==
''Always use the same [[distribution]] as the [[guru]] next door!'' This way you have somebody around to question and ask for help.

In general if you don't need special features or have exotic hardware requirements and little or no [[Linux]] knowledge you are on the safe side using one of the major [[distributions]], i.e. [[Ubuntu]], [[Fedora]], [[Mandriva]], [[Suse]], [[Red_Hat]]. All them are equipped with a graphical installation, preconfigured desktop and graphical configuration tools.

If you just want to try [[Linux]] your best choice is one of the [[Live_CD_distributions | Live CD distributions]] which run from one CD and don't need to be installed at all.

Special hardware requirements and/or curiosity may lead you to other [[distributions]] like [[VectorLinux]] for sparse hardware which is based on [[Slackware]]. If you are interested in the nuts-and-bolts of Linux, and don't mind reading a long list of instructions, then running through a [[Gentoo]] installation may be for you.

Probably every [[distribution]] would be worth mentioning but believe me as said before: ''The best [[distribution]] is the one your personal [[guru]] has!''

For more information about how to choose a distribution, see [[Choosing a Linux distribution]].

===Distribution specific guides===
A comprehensive list of [[Distributions]].

===How to get a Distribution?===
* Buy a boxed [[Distributions|distribution]] online or in a store. This way you get user guides specific to your distribution and support from the distributor. If you buy an official copy some of the money will help maintain the distribution.
* Download the ISO files and burn your own CD set. The ISO files can be found at the main [[Distributions|distribution]] site or on [[ISO image|countless mirrors]]. If the option exists, downloading from a distributed [[P2P]] network such as [[BitTorrent]] is preferable. Using p2p the download is likely to be faster, especially at busy times, and the cost to the distributor is far less than over [[ftp]].
* Download only a small installation CD or floppy image and install your system directly per [[FTP Install]] or [[HTTP Install]]. Only the selected software is downloaded which is in most cases faster than downloading the whole CD set. But not every [[Distributions|distribution]] supports this installation type.
* Sometimes magazines add partial or even complete [[distributions]], occasionally before they are made available online.

===How to solve problems with your distribution===
* Do it yourself, using [[man]] pages, local documents, the web
* Check out our [[troubleshooting]] page.
* Get help. See [[Linux support options]].
* [[Chat]] on places like http://freenode.net.

===How to keep a distribution up to date===
* Use a package manager like [[apt-get]], [[Synaptic]], [[up2date]], [[Urpmi|urpmi]] ... to download, install, and upgrade applications, and to find applications that will meet your needs. For a cookbook on how to use Synaptic, see [[Fedora, Synaptic Package Manager, finding Repositories, listing RPMs, previously installed]].

==Configuring Linux==
* [[Networking]]
* [[Security]]
* [[Hardware]]
* [[Booting]]
* [[Finding configuration parameters]]
* [[Managing Virtual Memory]]
* [[Adding Another Hard Drive]]
* [[Accessibility]]
* [[Performance]]

==Co-habitating with Microsoft Windows® (Dual Booting)==
* [["Help! I reinstalled Windows and Linux disappeared!"]]
* [["I want to ditch Linux and get back to Windows"]]
* [[Recommendations for dual-boot installations]]
* [[Booting from USB]]

==What next? How to make the most of Linux.==
* List of Linux [[Applications]]
* List of Linux [[Commands]]
* [[Common Tasks]]
* [[Documentation]]
* [[Gaming]]

==Installation Guides==
(guides to install distros at linuxquestions.org)
*[[ipodlinux:documentation|ipodlinux]]
*[[installing_woody|Debian woody on a 100MHz Pentium]]
*[[Installing Slackware and Gentoo]]
*[[Installing Slackware with LVM-partitions]]
*[[Installing on Old Machines (Survival Guide)]]

==See also==
*[[Linux_Newbie_FAQ]] -- Has some links regarding linux installation.

==External links==
(links to guides etc.)
*[http://www.debianhelp.co.uk/install.htm Debain Sarge Installation Guide] (''www.debianhelp.co.uk'')
*:This is a step by step debian linux installation guide
*[http://www.debianadmin.com/debian-etch-beta3-graphical-mode-installation-with-screenshots.html Debain Etch Installation Walkthrough] (''www.debianadmin.com'')
*:This is a step by step debian etch installation guide with screenshots

Linux installation

2007-02-20T17:49:46Z

Questynux: deleted some dead links, others can be found on ISO_image. See also section -> newbie FAQ

As the method of '''installation of Linux''' varies so much from [[distribution]] to distribution, you are best advised to look at [[distribution-specific tips and tricks]].

Some [[Live CD distributions]], such as [[Knoppix]] or [[Morphix]] allow you to test-drive before you install. They also have a very good automatic detection and configuration system and are useful diagnostic tools to help you gather info about your system before installing any chosen distro.

A majority of distributions make a good attempt at autodetecting the target system's hardware, though [[WiFi]] device auto-detection is still more or less non-existent.

A [[Source_distributions|source based distribution]] such as [[Gentoo]] encourages its users to come to grips with Linux system management by making them configure, compile and set up everything from scratch. It's really worth doing if you have the time to learn that way, and the learning method and quality of the documentation set it apart from most other distros.

==System requirements==
There are hardly default hardware requirements. It depends a lot on the used [[Distributions|distribution]] and how much you are willing to tweak it. Most Linux [[distributions]] are rather modest with their hardware requirements so running any of them on a modern computer will not pose any problems.

Of course if you require to run Linux on a pre Pentium machine you might get in trouble using the latest [[Mandrake]], [[Fedora]], etc. because they may not support every processor type and require a certain amount of system memory. On the other hand using the latest technology may confront you with a lack of drivers and propper support.

==Choosing a distribution==
''Always use the same [[distribution]] as the [[guru]] next door!'' This way you have somebody around to question and ask for help.

In general if you don't need special features or have exotic hardware requirements and little or no [[Linux]] knowledge you are on the safe side using one of the major [[distributions]], i.e. [[Ubuntu]], [[Fedora]], [[Mandriva]], [[Suse]], [[Red_Hat]]. All them are equipped with a graphical installation, preconfigured desktop and graphical configuration tools.

If you just want to try [[Linux]] your best choice is one of the [[Live_CD_distributions | Live CD distributions]] which run from one CD and don't need to be installed at all.

Special hardware requirements and/or curiosity may lead you to other [[distributions]] like [[VectorLinux]] for sparse hardware which is based on [[Slackware]]. If you are interested in the nuts-and-bolts of Linux, and don't mind reading a long list of instructions, then running through a [[Gentoo]] installation may be for you.

Probably every [[distribution]] would be worth mentioning but believe me as said before: ''The best [[distribution]] is the one your personal [[guru]] has!''

For more information about how to choose a distribution, see [[Choosing a Linux distribution]].

===Distribution specific guides===
A comprehensive list of [[Distributions]].

===How to get a Distribution?===
* Buy a boxed [[Distributions|distribution]] online or in a store. This way you get user guides specific to your distribution and support from the distributor. If you buy an official copy some of the money will help maintain the distribution.
* Download the [[ISO]] files and burn your own CD set. The ISO files can be found at the main [[Distributions|distribution]] site or on countless [[mirror]]s. If the option exists, downloading from a distributed [[P2P]] network such as [[BitTorrent]] is preferable. Using p2p the download is likely to be faster, especially at busy times, and the cost to the distributor is far less than over [[ftp]].
* Download only a small installation CD or floppy image and install your system directly per [[FTP Install]] or [[HTTP Install]]. Only the selected software is downloaded which is in most cases faster than downloading the whole CD set. But not every [[Distributions|distribution]] supports this installation type.
* Sometimes magazines add partial or even complete [[distributions]], occasionally before they are made available online.

===How to solve problems with your distribution===
* Do it yourself, using [[man]] pages, local documents, the web
* Check out our [[troubleshooting]] page.
* Get help. See [[Linux support options]].
* [[Chat]] on places like http://freenode.net.

===How to keep a distribution up to date===
* Use a package manager like [[apt-get]], [[Synaptic]], [[up2date]], [[Urpmi|urpmi]] ... to download, install, and upgrade applications, and to find applications that will meet your needs. For a cookbook on how to use Synaptic, see [[Fedora, Synaptic Package Manager, finding Repositories, listing RPMs, previously installed]].

==Configuring Linux==
* [[Networking]]
* [[Security]]
* [[Hardware]]
* [[Booting]]
* [[Finding configuration parameters]]
* [[Managing Virtual Memory]]
* [[Adding Another Hard Drive]]
* [[Accessibility]]
* [[Performance]]

==Co-habitating with Microsoft Windows® (Dual Booting)==
* [["Help! I reinstalled Windows and Linux disappeared!"]]
* [["I want to ditch Linux and get back to Windows"]]
* [[Recommendations for dual-boot installations]]
* [[Booting from USB]]

==What next? How to make the most of Linux.==
* List of Linux [[Applications]]
* List of Linux [[Commands]]
* [[Common Tasks]]
* [[Documentation]]
* [[Gaming]]

==Installation Guides==
(guides to install distros at linuxquestions.org)
*[[ipodlinux:documentation|ipodlinux]]
*[[installing_woody|Debian woody on a 100MHz Pentium]]
*[[Installing Slackware and Gentoo]]
*[[Installing Slackware with LVM-partitions]]
*[[Installing on Old Machines (Survival Guide)]]

==See also==
*[[Linux_Newbie_FAQ]] -- Has some links regarding linux installation.

==External links==
(links to guides etc.)
*[http://www.debianhelp.co.uk/install.htm Debain Sarge Installation Guide] (''www.debianhelp.co.uk'')
*:This is a step by step debian linux installation guide
*[http://www.debianadmin.com/debian-etch-beta3-graphical-mode-installation-with-screenshots.html Debain Etch Installation Walkthrough] (''www.debianadmin.com'')
*:This is a step by step debian etch installation guide with screenshots

List of Linux distributions

2007-02-20T17:48:47Z

Questynux:

[http://kernel.org Linux] (''EL'') is a [[kernel]], in itself not an extremely useful piece of software to the user, but very important: it provides hardware resources management, and access to the hardware is necessary to get anything done, of course. To have a fully functional [[operating system]], some basic software is needed as well. A [[GNU/Linux]] [[distribution]] is the complete package. Most modern distributions also come with graphical installers to help with the initial setup.

==Special categories==
*[[Live CD distributions]]
*[[Source distributions]]
*[[Firewall distributions]]
*[[Embedded Linux]]
*[[ISO CD Vendors]]
*[[Linux in Windows]]

==Alphabetical distribution listing==
*[http://www.altlinux.ru ALTLinux] (''EL'')
*[[AMSEL]]
*[[Amigo Linux]]
*[[AndLinux]]
*[[Arch Linux]]
*[[Ark linux]]
*[[ASPLinux]]
*[[Aurox]]
*[[BasicLinux]]
*[[BeatrIX]]
*[[BioKnoppix]]
*[[BLAG]]
*[[Buffalo]]
*[[cAos]]
*[[CentOS]]
*[[ClusterKnoppix]]
*[[CollegeLinux]]
*[[Conectiva]]
*[[Core Linux]]
*[[Crux]]
*[[DamnSmallLinux]]
*[[Debian]]
*[[DeLi Linux]]
*[[Devil-Linux]]
*[[DragonLinux]]
*[[Dyne:Bolic]]
*[[EzPlanet One]]
*[[Elive]]
*[[Feather]]
*[[Fedora]]
*[[Floppix]]
*[[FloppyFW]]
*[[Fnord Linux]]
*[[Foresight]]
*[[Freesco]]
*[[Freespire]]
*[[Frugalware]]
*[[Gentoo]]
*[http://www.goodgoat.com Goodgoat] (''EL'')
*[[Goppex]]
*[[Gnoppix]]
*[[GoboLinux]]
*[[IPCop]]
*[[IpodLinux]]
*[[Kanotix]]
*[[Kate OS]]
*[[KnopILS]]
*[[Knoppix]]
*[[Kubuntu]]
*[[Kurumin]]
*[[Libranet]]
*[[Linspire]], formerly [[LindowsOS]]
*[[Linux From Scratch]]
*[[LNX-BBC]]
*[[Lorma]]
*[[Lunar Linux]]
*[[Lycoris]]
*[[Mandriva]], formerly [[Mandrake]]
*[[Mandows]]
*[[MEPIS]]
*[[Morphix]]
*[[muLinux]]
*[[Myth TV]]
*[[Naked Lady]]
*[[Pardus]]
*[[Peanut]]
*[[Puppy Linux]]
*[[PCLinuxOS]]
*[[PHLAK]]
*[[PINUX]]
*[[PocketLinux]]
*[[Red Hat]]
*[[Red Hat Enterprise Linux]]
*[[Rifai Linux]]
*[[Rinux]]
*[[RiOZ]]
*[[ROCK Linux]]
*[[Rubyx]]
*[[Skole Linux]]
*[[Slackware]]
*[[SLAX]]
*[[SmoothWall]]
*[[SOL (Server Optimized Linux)]]
*[[SOT Linux]]
*[[Source Mage]]
*[[SPB-Linux]]
*[[Sun JDS]]
*[[SuSE]]
*[[SystemRescue]]
*[[Thiz]]
*[[tinysofa]]
*[[TopologiLinux]]
*[[Trustix Secure Linux]]
*[[TurboLinux]]
*[[Turkix]]
*[[Ubuntu Linux]]
*[[Ultima Linux]]
*[[Underground Desktop]]
*[[VectorLinux]]
*[[Vida Linux]]
*[[WHAX]]
*[[Whitebox Linux]]
*[[Wolvix]]
*[[Yellow Dog Linux]]
*[[Yoper]]
*[[Xandros]]
*[[Zenwalk Linux]] formerly [[MiniSlack]]

==Family-Tree distribution listing==
*[[AMSEL]]
*[[Arch Linux]]
*[[Core Linux]]
*[[Crux]]
*[[Debian]]
*#[[Corel Linux]]
*##[[Xandros]]
*#[[Floppix]]
*#[[Knoppix]]
*##[[BioKnoppix]]
*##[[ClusterKnoppix]]
*##[[DamnSmallLinux]]
*##[[Feather]]
*##[[Gnoppix]]
*##[[Kanotix]]
*##[[KnopILS]]
*##[[Kurumin]]
*##[[MEPIS]]
*##[[Morphix]]
*###[[PHLAK]]
*#[[Libranet]]
*#[[Linspire]], formerly [[LindowsOS]]
*#[[Skole Linux]]
*#[[Ubuntu]]
*##[[BeatrIX]]
*##[[MEPIS]] (since version 6.0)
*##[[Edubuntu]]
*##[[Kubuntu]]
*##[[Xubuntu]]
*##[[Flubuntu]]
*#[[Underground Desktop]]
*[[Devil-Linux]]
*[[Dyne:Bolic]]
*[[Gentoo]]
*#[[SystemRescue]]
*#[[Vida Linux]]
*#[[Goppex]]
*#[[Pardus]]
*[[GoboLinux]]
*[[IPCop]]
*[[IpodLinux]]
*[[Linux From Scratch]]
*[[LNX-BBC]]
*[[Lunar Linux]]
*[[Lycoris]]
*#[[Mandows]]
*[[muLinux]]
*[[Red Hat]]
*#[[Ark linux]]
*#[[Aurox]]
*#[[BLAG]]
*#[[cAos]]
*#[[PINUX]]
*#[[Conectiva]]
*#[[Fedora]]
*##[[ASPLinux]]
*##[[tinysofa]]
*#[[Lorma]]
*#[[Mandrake]]
*##[[PCLinuxOS]]
*##[[ALTLinux]]
*##[[Turkix]]
*#[[Red Flag Linux]] (Chinese)
*#[[Redhat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)]]
*##[[CentOS]]
*##[[Whitebox_Linux]]
*#[[SOT Linux]]
*#[[Thiz]]
*#[[Trustix Secure Linux]]
*#[[TurboLinux]]
*#[[Whitebox Linux]]
*#[[Yellow Dog Linux]]
*[[ROCK Linux]]
*[[Rubyx]]
*[[Slackware]]
*#[[Zenwalk Linux]] formerly [[MiniSlack]]
*#[[Amigo Linux]]
*#[[BasicLinux]]
*#[[CollegeLinux]]
*#[[DeLi Linux]]
*#[[DragonLinux]] -- currently inactive
*#[[Peanut]]
*#[[Slax]]
*##[[Wolvix]]
*#[[Ultima Linux]]
*#[[VectorLinux]]
*#[[Buffalo]]
*[[SmoothWall]]
*[[SOL (Server Optimized Linux)]]
*[[Source Mage]]
*[[SPB-Linux]]
*[[SuSE]]
*#[[Sun JDS]]
*[[Yoper]]

Don't know what distribution is right for you? See [[Choosing a Linux distribution]].

==See also==
*[[ISO_image|Sites hosting or linking to ISO images]]
*[[ISO_CD_Vendors]]

==External links==
===Sites with distro lists===
*[http://distrocenter.linux.com/ Linux.com Distrocenter] (''distrocenter.linux.com'')
*:Not a very long list but includes all the major distributions.

*[http://www.distromania.com Distromania.com] (''www.distromania.com'')
*:Extensive list of distros. Download links.

*[http://iso.linuxquestions.org/search.php?what=distros&orderby=distro_name Alphabetical list] (''www.distrowatch.org'')
*:With links to corresponding reviews, LQ forums, and more.
*[http://shots.linuxquestions.org/ Numerous Screenshots of Linux distributions] (''shots.linuxquestions.org'')

*[http://www.linux.org/dist/index.html Linux.org] (''www.linux.org'')
*:Great site that includes a search tool that lets you search for distro based on language, platform, and category.

*[http://www.osdir.com/ osdir.com] (''www.osdir.com'')
*:Has screenshots of all Distros, GREAT BEFORE Picking one.

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Linux_distributions Wikipedia List of Distributions] (''en.wikipedia.org'')
*:Exhaustive list with relativly independent reviews. Warning, some may no longer be actively maintained!

[[Category:Distro| ]]

List of Linux distributions

2007-02-20T17:46:26Z

Questynux: deleted some dead links, some other can be found on the cd vendors page. -- see also section

[http://kernel.org Linux] (''EL'') is a [[kernel]], in itself not an extremely useful piece of software to the user, but very important: it provides hardware resources management, and access to the hardware is necessary to get anything done, of course. To have a fully functional [[operating system]], some basic software is needed as well. A [[GNU/Linux]] [[distribution]] is the complete package. Most modern distributions also come with graphical installers to help with the initial setup.

==Special categories==
*[[Live CD distributions]]
*[[Source distributions]]
*[[Firewall distributions]]
*[[Embedded Linux]]
*[[ISO CD Vendors]]
*[[Linux in Windows]]

==Alphabetical distribution listing==
*[http://www.altlinux.ru ALTLinux] (''EL'')
*[[AMSEL]]
*[[Amigo Linux]]
*[[AndLinux]]
*[[Arch Linux]]
*[[Ark linux]]
*[[ASPLinux]]
*[[Aurox]]
*[[BasicLinux]]
*[[BeatrIX]]
*[[BioKnoppix]]
*[[BLAG]]
*[[Buffalo]]
*[[cAos]]
*[[CentOS]]
*[[ClusterKnoppix]]
*[[CollegeLinux]]
*[[Conectiva]]
*[[Core Linux]]
*[[Crux]]
*[[DamnSmallLinux]]
*[[Debian]]
*[[DeLi Linux]]
*[[Devil-Linux]]
*[[DragonLinux]]
*[[Dyne:Bolic]]
*[[EzPlanet One]]
*[[Elive]]
*[[Feather]]
*[[Fedora]]
*[[Floppix]]
*[[FloppyFW]]
*[[Fnord Linux]]
*[[Foresight]]
*[[Freesco]]
*[[Freespire]]
*[[Frugalware]]
*[[Gentoo]]
*[http://www.goodgoat.com Goodgoat] (''EL'')
*[[Goppex]]
*[[Gnoppix]]
*[[GoboLinux]]
*[[IPCop]]
*[[IpodLinux]]
*[[Kanotix]]
*[[Kate OS]]
*[[KnopILS]]
*[[Knoppix]]
*[[Kubuntu]]
*[[Kurumin]]
*[[Libranet]]
*[[Linspire]], formerly [[LindowsOS]]
*[[Linux From Scratch]]
*[[LNX-BBC]]
*[[Lorma]]
*[[Lunar Linux]]
*[[Lycoris]]
*[[Mandriva]], formerly [[Mandrake]]
*[[Mandows]]
*[[MEPIS]]
*[[Morphix]]
*[[muLinux]]
*[[Myth TV]]
*[[Naked Lady]]
*[[Pardus]]
*[[Peanut]]
*[[Puppy Linux]]
*[[PCLinuxOS]]
*[[PHLAK]]
*[[PINUX]]
*[[PocketLinux]]
*[[Red Hat]]
*[[Red Hat Enterprise Linux]]
*[[Rifai Linux]]
*[[Rinux]]
*[[RiOZ]]
*[[ROCK Linux]]
*[[Rubyx]]
*[[Skole Linux]]
*[[Slackware]]
*[[SLAX]]
*[[SmoothWall]]
*[[SOL (Server Optimized Linux)]]
*[[SOT Linux]]
*[[Source Mage]]
*[[SPB-Linux]]
*[[Sun JDS]]
*[[SuSE]]
*[[SystemRescue]]
*[[Thiz]]
*[[tinysofa]]
*[[TopologiLinux]]
*[[Trustix Secure Linux]]
*[[TurboLinux]]
*[[Turkix]]
*[[Ubuntu Linux]]
*[[Ultima Linux]]
*[[Underground Desktop]]
*[[VectorLinux]]
*[[Vida Linux]]
*[[WHAX]]
*[[Whitebox Linux]]
*[[Wolvix]]
*[[Yellow Dog Linux]]
*[[Yoper]]
*[[Xandros]]
*[[Zenwalk Linux]] formerly [[MiniSlack]]

==Family-Tree distribution listing==
*[[AMSEL]]
*[[Arch Linux]]
*[[Core Linux]]
*[[Crux]]
*[[Debian]]
*#[[Corel Linux]]
*##[[Xandros]]
*#[[Floppix]]
*#[[Knoppix]]
*##[[BioKnoppix]]
*##[[ClusterKnoppix]]
*##[[DamnSmallLinux]]
*##[[Feather]]
*##[[Gnoppix]]
*##[[Kanotix]]
*##[[KnopILS]]
*##[[Kurumin]]
*##[[MEPIS]]
*##[[Morphix]]
*###[[PHLAK]]
*#[[Libranet]]
*#[[Linspire]], formerly [[LindowsOS]]
*#[[Skole Linux]]
*#[[Ubuntu]]
*##[[BeatrIX]]
*##[[MEPIS]] (since version 6.0)
*##[[Edubuntu]]
*##[[Kubuntu]]
*##[[Xubuntu]]
*##[[Flubuntu]]
*#[[Underground Desktop]]
*[[Devil-Linux]]
*[[Dyne:Bolic]]
*[[Gentoo]]
*#[[SystemRescue]]
*#[[Vida Linux]]
*#[[Goppex]]
*#[[Pardus]]
*[[GoboLinux]]
*[[IPCop]]
*[[IpodLinux]]
*[[Linux From Scratch]]
*[[LNX-BBC]]
*[[Lunar Linux]]
*[[Lycoris]]
*#[[Mandows]]
*[[muLinux]]
*[[Red Hat]]
*#[[Ark linux]]
*#[[Aurox]]
*#[[BLAG]]
*#[[cAos]]
*#[[PINUX]]
*#[[Conectiva]]
*#[[Fedora]]
*##[[ASPLinux]]
*##[[tinysofa]]
*#[[Lorma]]
*#[[Mandrake]]
*##[[PCLinuxOS]]
*##[[ALTLinux]]
*##[[Turkix]]
*#[[Red Flag Linux]] (Chinese)
*#[[Redhat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)]]
*##[[CentOS]]
*##[[Whitebox_Linux]]
*#[[SOT Linux]]
*#[[Thiz]]
*#[[Trustix Secure Linux]]
*#[[TurboLinux]]
*#[[Whitebox Linux]]
*#[[Yellow Dog Linux]]
*[[ROCK Linux]]
*[[Rubyx]]
*[[Slackware]]
*#[[Zenwalk Linux]] formerly [[MiniSlack]]
*#[[Amigo Linux]]
*#[[BasicLinux]]
*#[[CollegeLinux]]
*#[[DeLi Linux]]
*#[[DragonLinux]] -- currently inactive
*#[[Peanut]]
*#[[Slax]]
*##[[Wolvix]]
*#[[Ultima Linux]]
*#[[VectorLinux]]
*#[[Buffalo]]
*[[SmoothWall]]
*[[SOL (Server Optimized Linux)]]
*[[Source Mage]]
*[[SPB-Linux]]
*[[SuSE]]
*#[[Sun JDS]]
*[[Yoper]]

Don't know what distribution is right for you? See [[Choosing a Linux distribution]].

==See also==
[[ISO_Image|Sites hosting or linking to ISO images]]
[[ISO_CD_Vendors]]

==External links==
===Sites with distro lists===
*[http://distrocenter.linux.com/ Linux.com Distrocenter] (''distrocenter.linux.com'')
*:Not a very long list but includes all the major distributions.

*[http://www.distromania.com Distromania.com] (''www.distromania.com'')
*:Extensive list of distros. Download links.

*[http://iso.linuxquestions.org/search.php?what=distros&orderby=distro_name Alphabetical list] (''www.distrowatch.org'')
*:With links to corresponding reviews, LQ forums, and more.
*[http://shots.linuxquestions.org/ Numerous Screenshots of Linux distributions] (''shots.linuxquestions.org'')

*[http://www.linux.org/dist/index.html Linux.org] (''www.linux.org'')
*:Great site that includes a search tool that lets you search for distro based on language, platform, and category.

*[http://www.osdir.com/ osdir.com] (''www.osdir.com'')
*:Has screenshots of all Distros, GREAT BEFORE Picking one.

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Linux_distributions Wikipedia List of Distributions] (''en.wikipedia.org'')
*:Exhaustive list with relativly independent reviews. Warning, some may no longer be actively maintained!

[[Category:Distro| ]]

ISO

2007-02-20T17:45:13Z

Questynux: reworked contents

'''ISO''': ''International Organisation for Standardisation''

Non-governmental network of representatives selected from the standards institutes of 148 different nations. The world's largest standards developer.

An ISO is often used as an informal term to refer to a filesystem image conforming to the [[ISO 9660]] standard.

==See also==
*[[Burning a CDROM from an ISO file]]
*[[Mounting a CDROM ISO file without having to burn a CD]]

==External links==
*[http://www.iso.org ISO Core Site] (''www.iso.org'')
*[http://www.standardsglossary.com Glossary of all ISO Standards] (''www.standardsglossary.com'')
*[http://www.qualityforums.com ISO Forums] (''www.qualityforums.com'')

[[Category:Filesystems]]

ISO image

2007-02-20T17:42:59Z

Questynux:

==See also==
*[[ISO_CD_Vendors]]
*[[Burning_a_CDROM_from_an_ISO_file]]
*[[ISO_9660]]

==External links==
===Sites hosting numerous Linux iso images===
*[http://iso.linuxquestions.org/ LQ ISO] (''iso.linuxquestions.org'')
*:Host for iso images. Numerous services, like download mirror list with corresponding download rates, email alert on new available downloads, etc...

===Sites providing links to Linux iso images===
*[http://www.distromania.com Distromania.com] (''www.distromania.com'')
*:Extensive list of distros.

*[http://www.distrowatch.org Distrowatch.org] (''www.distrowatch.org'')
*:Excellent site that includes articles on just about every disto.

Find out your distribution

2007-02-20T17:37:20Z

Questynux: some more work -- some material taken from the Distribution page.

This page proposes to list methods to determine which [[distribution]] a system belongs to.

==osinfo command==
You can use the osinfo command to determine which distribution you use.

==Version files==
* [[SUSE]]
[ -e /etc/SuSE-release ] && echo This is a SuSE system.
* [[Red Hat]]
[ -e /etc/redhat-release ] && echo This is a redhat system.
* [[Fedora]]
[ -e /etc/fedora-release ] && echo This is a fedora system.
* [[Debian]]
[ -e /etc/debian-version ] && echo This is a debian system.
* [[Slackware]]
[ -e /etc/slackware-version ] && echo This is a slackware system.

==Kernel version information==
Commonly, distributions will leave tags in the kernel version string to identify themselves. This can be found in the log files like '''/var/log/syslog''' or '''/var/log/messages'''.

The Linux's version string can also be found in ''/proc/version'', although here the tested system needs to be the one opening the /proc/version file ( i.e having its kernel running ).

Even if you run a custom kernel, you might still get hints from the gcc version like this one line from /var/log/syslog :

Feb 20 05:54:07 sarge kernel: nf3 (root@sarge) (gcc version 3.4.4 20050314 (prerelease) (Debian 3.4.3-13sarge1)) #1 PREEMPT Thu Nov 16 20:31:43 CET 2006

==External links==
*[http://moustix.dyndns.org/fred/index.php/2006/06/18/6-osinfo-14 osinfo command] (''moustix.dyndns.org'')

[[Category:Tips]]
[[Category:Distro]]

Distribution

2007-02-20T17:35:56Z

Questynux: moved some stuff to Find_out_which_linux_distribution_a_system_belongs_to. Worked on the see also section

A '''distribution''', or ''[[distro]]'', is a collection of [[software]], and is use to refer to any big collection of software. For example, a [[X]] distribution, or a [[TeX]] distribution. The word ''distribution'', however, is commonly used to refer to a distribution of a [[operating system]] which uses [[Linux]] as the [[kernel]], and commonly [[GNU]] [[program]]s as the base operating system. Distributions also include configuration for the software, the layout of the file system hierarchy (see [[Filesystem Hierarchy Standard]]), additional software or [[script]]s to maintain the operating system, and [[repository|repositories]] for getting more software.

As far as a common user is concerned, a operating system distribution's key features will be:
*A [[package manager]] as well as what packages they can install.
*The [[desktop environment]] and [[applications]] available.
*Ease of administration and maintenance, including installation.
*Ease of use.
*Hardware supported.

Distributions customize various software, so that the distribution feels more integrated. This configuration includes kernel configuration that determines what hardware is supported, as well as how good that distribution is at finding out what hardware is on a system and loading the right [[kernel module]]s to make the hardware work. Custom configurations are also seen extensively on the desktop, such as custom backgrounds and themes, and the package manager. Most distributions differ in these regards, especially in the custom configurations.

Distributions are often designed with specific goals and target demographics in mind. Some distributions are designed for [[Windows]] users, others for power users, some for running as a [[server]], [[firewall]], or [[router]]. Some are designed to be fast, others to be small. Some have good [[internationalization]] or [[accessibility]] support. Its really mostly about choice.

Obtaining a distribution is fairly easy. Most distributions will have access to free [[ISO]] downloads on their websites. Still, can usually buy a [[CD]] or [[DVD]] from them, as well as a manual. Some distributions can be bought from stores, these come in a box and also include a manual.

==See also==
*[[Choosing a Linux distribution]]
*[[List of Linux distributions]]
*[[ISO_Image|Downloadable ISO images]]
*[[ISO CD Vendors]]
*[[Distribution specific tips and tricks]]
*[[Find_out_which_linux_distribution_a_system_belongs_to|Methods to find out which distribution a system belongs to]]

[[Category:Distro| ]]

User talk:Konro

2007-02-20T08:41:41Z

Questynux: my thoughts on your contributions so far

Find out your distribution

2007-02-20T07:04:43Z

Questynux: Importing osinfo link from Distribution, see history there for authorship info.

Here are ways to determine what [[distribution]] a system belongs to.

* [[SUSE]]
[ -e /etc/SuSE-release ] && echo This is a SuSE system.
* [[Red Hat]]
[ -e /etc/redhat-release ] && echo This is a redhat system.
* [[Fedora]]
[ -e /etc/fedora-release ] && echo This is a fedora system.
* [[Debian]]
[ -e /etc/debian-version ] && echo This is a debian system.
* [[Slackware]]
[ -e /etc/slackware-version ] && echo This is a slackware system.

==External links==
*[http://moustix.dyndns.org/fred/index.php/2006/06/18/6-osinfo-14 osinfo command] (''moustix.dyndns.org'')

[[Category:Tips]]
[[Category:Distro]]

List of Linux distributions

2007-02-20T06:19:00Z

Questynux: spam alert -- I really don't like this attitude

[http://kernel.org Linux] (''EL'') is a [[kernel]], in itself not an extremely useful piece of software to the user, but very important: it provides hardware resources management, and access to the hardware is necessary to get anything done, of course. To have a fully functional [[operating system]], some basic software is needed as well. A [[GNU/Linux]] [[distribution]] is the complete package. Most modern distributions also come with graphical installers to help with the initial setup.

==Special categories==
*[[Live CD distributions]]
*[[Source distributions]]
*[[Firewall distributions]]
*[[Embedded Linux]]
*[[ISO CD Vendors]]
*[[Linux in Windows]]

==Alphabetical distribution listing==
*[http://www.altlinux.ru ALTLinux] (''EL'')
*[[AMSEL]]
*[[Amigo Linux]]
*[[AndLinux]]
*[[Arch Linux]]
*[[Ark linux]]
*[[ASPLinux]]
*[[Aurox]]
*[[BasicLinux]]
*[[BeatrIX]]
*[[BioKnoppix]]
*[[BLAG]]
*[[Buffalo]]
*[[cAos]]
*[[CentOS]]
*[[ClusterKnoppix]]
*[[CollegeLinux]]
*[[Conectiva]]
*[[Core Linux]]
*[[Crux]]
*[[DamnSmallLinux]]
*[[Debian]]
*[[DeLi Linux]]
*[[Devil-Linux]]
*[[DragonLinux]]
*[[Dyne:Bolic]]
*[[EzPlanet One]]
*[[Elive]]
*[[Feather]]
*[[Fedora]]
*[[Floppix]]
*[[FloppyFW]]
*[[Fnord Linux]]
*[[Foresight]]
*[[Freesco]]
*[[Freespire]]
*[[Frugalware]]
*[[Gentoo]]
*[http://www.goodgoat.com Goodgoat] (''EL'')
*[[Goppex]]
*[[Gnoppix]]
*[[GoboLinux]]
*[[IPCop]]
*[[IpodLinux]]
*[[Kanotix]]
*[[Kate OS]]
*[[KnopILS]]
*[[Knoppix]]
*[[Kubuntu]]
*[[Kurumin]]
*[[Libranet]]
*[[Linspire]], formerly [[LindowsOS]]
*[[Linux From Scratch]]
*[[LNX-BBC]]
*[[Lorma]]
*[[Lunar Linux]]
*[[Lycoris]]
*[[Mandriva]], formerly [[Mandrake]]
*[[Mandows]]
*[[MEPIS]]
*[[Morphix]]
*[[muLinux]]
*[[Myth TV]]
*[[Naked Lady]]
*[[Pardus]]
*[[Peanut]]
*[[Puppy Linux]]
*[[PCLinuxOS]]
*[[PHLAK]]
*[[PINUX]]
*[[PocketLinux]]
*[[Red Hat]]
*[[Red Hat Enterprise Linux]]
*[[Rifai Linux]]
*[[Rinux]]
*[[RiOZ]]
*[[ROCK Linux]]
*[[Rubyx]]
*[[Skole Linux]]
*[[Slackware]]
*[[SLAX]]
*[[SmoothWall]]
*[[SOL (Server Optimized Linux)]]
*[[SOT Linux]]
*[[Source Mage]]
*[[SPB-Linux]]
*[[Sun JDS]]
*[[SuSE]]
*[[SystemRescue]]
*[[Thiz]]
*[[tinysofa]]
*[[TopologiLinux]]
*[[Trustix Secure Linux]]
*[[TurboLinux]]
*[[Turkix]]
*[[Ubuntu Linux]]
*[[Ultima Linux]]
*[[Underground Desktop]]
*[[VectorLinux]]
*[[Vida Linux]]
*[[WHAX]]
*[[Whitebox Linux]]
*[[Wolvix]]
*[[Yellow Dog Linux]]
*[[Yoper]]
*[[Xandros]]
*[[Zenwalk Linux]] formerly [[MiniSlack]]

==Family-Tree distribution listing==
*[[AMSEL]]
*[[Arch Linux]]
*[[Core Linux]]
*[[Crux]]
*[[Debian]]
*#[[Corel Linux]]
*##[[Xandros]]
*#[[Floppix]]
*#[[Knoppix]]
*##[[BioKnoppix]]
*##[[ClusterKnoppix]]
*##[[DamnSmallLinux]]
*##[[Feather]]
*##[[Gnoppix]]
*##[[Kanotix]]
*##[[KnopILS]]
*##[[Kurumin]]
*##[[MEPIS]]
*##[[Morphix]]
*###[[PHLAK]]
*#[[Libranet]]
*#[[Linspire]], formerly [[LindowsOS]]
*#[[Skole Linux]]
*#[[Ubuntu]]
*##[[BeatrIX]]
*##[[MEPIS]] (since version 6.0)
*##[[Edubuntu]]
*##[[Kubuntu]]
*##[[Xubuntu]]
*##[[Flubuntu]]
*#[[Underground Desktop]]
*[[Devil-Linux]]
*[[Dyne:Bolic]]
*[[Gentoo]]
*#[[SystemRescue]]
*#[[Vida Linux]]
*#[[Goppex]]
*#[[Pardus]]
*[[GoboLinux]]
*[[IPCop]]
*[[IpodLinux]]
*[[Linux From Scratch]]
*[[LNX-BBC]]
*[[Lunar Linux]]
*[[Lycoris]]
*#[[Mandows]]
*[[muLinux]]
*[[Red Hat]]
*#[[Ark linux]]
*#[[Aurox]]
*#[[BLAG]]
*#[[cAos]]
*#[[PINUX]]
*#[[Conectiva]]
*#[[Fedora]]
*##[[ASPLinux]]
*##[[tinysofa]]
*#[[Lorma]]
*#[[Mandrake]]
*##[[PCLinuxOS]]
*##[[ALTLinux]]
*##[[Turkix]]
*#[[Red Flag Linux]] (Chinese)
*#[[Redhat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)]]
*##[[CentOS]]
*##[[Whitebox_Linux]]
*#[[SOT Linux]]
*#[[Thiz]]
*#[[Trustix Secure Linux]]
*#[[TurboLinux]]
*#[[Whitebox Linux]]
*#[[Yellow Dog Linux]]
*[[ROCK Linux]]
*[[Rubyx]]
*[[Slackware]]
*#[[Zenwalk Linux]] formerly [[MiniSlack]]
*#[[Amigo Linux]]
*#[[BasicLinux]]
*#[[CollegeLinux]]
*#[[DeLi Linux]]
*#[[DragonLinux]] -- currently inactive
*#[[Peanut]]
*#[[Slax]]
*##[[Wolvix]]
*#[[Ultima Linux]]
*#[[VectorLinux]]
*#[[Buffalo]]
*[[SmoothWall]]
*[[SOL (Server Optimized Linux)]]
*[[Source Mage]]
*[[SPB-Linux]]
*[[SuSE]]
*#[[Sun JDS]]
*[[Yoper]]

Don't know what distribution is right for you? See [[Choosing a Linux distribution]].

==External links==
===Sites with distro lists===
*[http://www.alllinuxcd.com AllLinuxCD.com] (''www.alllinuxcd.com'')
*:Nice website where you can choose and purchase from several common distrobutions.
*[http://distrocenter.linux.com/ Linux.com Distrocenter] (''distrocenter.linux.com'')
*:Not a very long list but includes all the majore distrobutions.
*[http://www.distromania.com Distromania.com] (''www.distromania.com'')
*:Extensive list of distros with latest version beside it. Includes a download for all the listed distros as well.
*[http://www.distrowatch.org Distrowatch.org] (''www.distrowatch.org'')
*:Excellent site that includes articles on just about every disto. Links for downloading are also provided.
*[http://www.linux.org/dist/index.html Linux.org] (''www.linux.org'')
*:Great site that includes a search tool that lets you search for distro based on language, platform, and category.
*[http://www.linuxiso.org Linuxiso.org] (''www.linuxiso.org'')
*:Simple and straight to the point. Includes the most popular distros with links to download the latest version.
*[http://www.osdir.com/ osdir.com] (''www.osdir.com'')
*:This has screenshots of all Distro GREAT BEFORE Picking one
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Linux_distributions Wikipedia List of Distributions] (''en.wikipedia.org'')
*:Includes exhaustive list of Linux distrobutions with a relativly independent review of each. Warning, some may no longer be actively maintained!

[[Category:Distro| ]]

Unicode

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==What is unicode?==
'''Unicode''' is a system for representing characters and symbols in binary[1]. To that extent, it is similar to other encoding schemes like [[ASCII]]. However, the goal of Unicode is to be able to uniquely represent every character in every language. Use of Unicode promotes easy internationalization of files and applications.

Unicode encoding schemes include UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32. These use 8, 16, and 32 bits to represent a character, respectively.

==What is the Unicode Consortium?==
''From the unicode website:'' The Unicode Consortium is a non-profit organization founded to develop, extend and promote use of the Unicode Standard, which specifies the representation of text in modern software products and standards. The membership of the consortium represents a broad spectrum of corporations and organizations in the computer and information processing industry. The consortium is supported financially solely through membership dues. Membership in the Unicode Consortium is open to organizations and individuals anywhere in the world who support the Unicode Standard and wish to assist in its extension and implementation.

==How can this influence my work?==
You need to know that any text you see can be ASCII or Unicode. In the text
scorpio:~ # [[cat]] unicode.txt
This is [[UTF-16]]
"This" can turn out to consist of 4 bytes, or of eight. Find out like this:
scorpio:~ # [[hexdump]] [[unicode]].txt
0000000 5400 6800 6900 7300 2000 6900 7300 2000
0000010 5500 5400 4600 2d00 3100 3600 0a00
000001e
As you see here, between the "T" (hex code 54) and the "h" (hex code 68), there is a Null-byte (00). So, this text is UTF-16 as it states. This is important to know when reading a text byte-wise.
You can experiment around how [[unicode]] texts look with the [[unicode]]-[[text editor|editor]] [[yudit]]. With this editor, you can chose if you want to save a text as [[utf-8]], [[utf-16]] or the like.

==See also==
*[[Internationalization]]
*[[ISO 10646]]

==Foot notes==
===What is unicode?===
[1] Just to be absolutely clear, Unicode is not a set of fonts, nor is it a software package. It's simply a way of representing a given character as a string of 1's and 0's.

Or to clarify that even further, Unicode defines a set of characters, and assigns a number to each one. The actual 1's and 0's on the wire can vary depending on the encoding; specifically depending on whether the wire format is [[bigendian]] or [[littleendian]] and on whether a transform such as UTF-8 is in use.

==External links==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicode Unicode] (''en.wikipedia.org'')
*[http://www.unicode.org/ Unicode.org] (''www.unicode.org'')

Superblock

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The '''Superblock''' in an [[ext2]] or [[ext3]] [[filesystem]] stores the data about the location of the files on this [[partition]]. There are several backup copies of the superblock which are created when the filesystem is created.

==External links==
*[http://edseek.com/archives/2004/02/25/ext3-filesystem-bad-superblock-recovery/ How to restore a damaged superblock] (''edseek.com'')

[[Category:Filesystems]]

Ardour

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From the '''Ardour''' home page: "Ardour is a digital audio workstation. You can use it to record, edit and mix multi-track audio. Produce your own CD's. Mix video soundtracks. Experiment with new ideas about music and sound. Generate sound installations for 12 speaker gallery shows. ''Have Fun''."

Ardour is indeed a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) and much more. It is comparable to the best proprietary DAWs commonly used in professional recording, and has alleged advantages over them, many due to its being built from open source software. As reported on Ardour's web site, Ardour's capabilities include:
* multichannel recording
* non-linear, non-destructive region based editing with unlimited undo/redo
* full automation support
* a mixer whose capabilities rival high end hardware consoles
* lots of plugins to warp, shift and shape your music
* ability to be controlled from hardware control surfaces at the same time as it syncs to timecode

==Tips==

===Getting started:===
* Chosing a sound card
Ardour does not directly use audio interface cards; rather, it operates through JACK. Therefore, any soundcard that can be used with JACK can be used with Ardour. For professional quality work, the Ardour community tends to prefer the RME Hamerfall Series or the M Audio Delta series of cards. There are also less expensive cards that should work well, expecially those based on the ICE1712 or ICE1724 chipsets, including those from M Audio and Terratec. In general, since JACK works with ALSA, cards that have ALSA drivers (see the link to the soundcard matrix below) should work.
* low latency
Users of Red Hat 9 or Fedora Core distributions can obtain low latency kernels from the [[Planet CCRMA]] web site.
* hardware monitoring
* Getting a good kernel
* Use kernel 2.4 + lowlatency patches or kernel 2.6 compiled with Preemptible kernel option.
* [[Using the CCRMA package]]

* [[JACK]]
* determine the best options to run jackd.
* Using QJackCtl to launch Jackd via GUI
The JACK utility is run from the command line interface. Easier control is available through the very complete GUI interface provided by QJackCtl. The main interface window contains controls for starting and stopping the JACK server, transport controls, and buttons for opening windows for messages, status, client connections, virtual patchbay, and general JACK setup.
* dealing with xruns
* LADSPA plugins

==See also==
*[[Audio editor]]

==External links==
*[http://ardour.org/ Ardour homepage] (''ardour.org'')
*[http://listserver.dreamhost.com/pipermail/ardour-users-ardour.org/ Users Mailing List Archive] (''listserver.dreamhost.com'')
*[http://listserver.dreamhost.com/pipermail/ardour-dev-ardour.org/ Developers Mailing List Archive] (''listserver.dreamhost.com'')
*[http://alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/ ALSA soundcard matrix] (''alsa-project.org'')

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Internationalization

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'''Internationalization''' is making software usable to different group of people, in terms of language. A program supporting internationalization is capable of outputting its output (whatever it may be) in other languages.

= Internationalization =

Various tools can aid in the '''internationalization''' of linux. For instance, to obtain x server fonts for various languages, try the X Windows international fonts packages. They are available at the [http://packages.debian.org Debian archive] (eg. xfonts-intl-chinese.deb.)

To change [[locales]], use the [[export]] command...

'''# export LANG=zh_CN.utf8'''

... which would enable Chinese unicode fonts.

If all that's needed is fonts for [[GTK]], [[QT]] applications or Web [[Browser]]s, then install [[TrueType fonts]]. For instance, the [http://packages.debian.org Debian archive], has a nice set of '''ttf-arphic''' packages, which contains the freely available [http://whttp://www.arphic.com/ Arphic] fonts for various languages. Then reference them in the X configuration file so X can use them.

It's also possible to configure X for accent marks. If using a US layout, but need to type some standard accents, try ¨us_intl¨.

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "keyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us_intl"
EndSection

Then, when in X, use "dead keys" such as `, ~, ¨, ^. Type the dead key, then the vowel that follows.

Alternatively, use any of the various "insert special character" programs for [[KDE]], [[GNOME]], or [[OpenOffice]].

== See Also ==

* [[Unicode]]
* [[SCIM]]
* [[XCIN]]
* [[Chinput]]
* [[TrueType fonts]]
* [[Input Method]]

== External Links ==

* [http://www.arphic.com/ Arphic] (''www.arphic.com'')
* [http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Chinese-HOWTO.html Linux Chinese HOWTO] (''www.tldp.org'')

Game List

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This page is to list games that run natively on [[GNU]]/[[Linux]], that means they don't require a emulator to run. See [[Gaming]] section for more info on gaming in Linux.

The page will be formated as follows: ''Game Name - type - description'',
where type will one of "OSS" if its [[open source]] software, or "Binary" if it's a binary version only. If type is preceded by a "$" sign, then the game is not free. ''OSS/$'' or ''Binary/$'' games means it requires some non-free things first, these are usually the games data files.

Click on the links for a better description of the game, and a link to its homepage. Some games are ports to GNU/Linux. There may also be games derived directly from other games, such games may or may not be listed on this page, but in their parent's page, ''[[Doom]]'' for example has tons of ports, and derived games, many are not listed on this page, but the parent ''Doom'' is.

==Action/Arcade==
Pretty much any game that wont fit anywhere else.
*[[Overkill|0verkill]] - OSS
*[[Abuse]] - OSS
*[[Adventure]] - OSS
*[[Angel Wars]] - OSS
*[[Amphetamine]] - OSS
*[[Armagetron]] - OSS
*[[Atanks]] - OSS
*[[BZFlag]] - OSS
*[[Chromium]] - OSS
*[[Dave Gnukem]] - OSS
*[[Defendguin]] - OSS
*[[Feuerkraft]] - OSS
*[[Freedroid]] - OSS
*[[Galaxium]] - OSS
*[[GLTron]] - OSS
*[[ICBM3D]] - OSS
*[[JumpnBump]] - OSS
*[[LiquidWar]] - OSS
*[[Mad Bomber]] - OSS
*[[Maelstrom]] - OSS
*[[Penguin Command]] - OSS
*[[SuperTux]] - OSS
*[[Tux Kart]] - OSS
*[[Tux Racer]] - OSS

==FPS==
This is for ''First Person Shoot'' 'em ups (see [[FPS]]).
*[[America's Army]] - Binary
*[[Black Shades]] - OSS
*[[Chickens]] - OSS
*[[Cube]] - OSS
*[[Doom]] - OSS
*[[Doom 3]] - $Binary
*[[Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K.2]] - $Binary
*[[Nexuiz]] - OSS
*[[Parsec]] - OSS
*[[Postal Plus]] - $Binary
*[[Postal 2]] - $Binary
*[[Quake]] - OSS/$
*[[Quake 2]] - OSS/$
*[[Quake 3 Arena]] - $Binary
*[[Return to Castle Wolfenstein]] - $Binary
*[[ROTT|Rise of the Traid]] - OSS
*[[Rune]] - $Binary
*[[Serious Sam]] - Binary
*[[Soldier of Fortune]] - $Binary
*[[Tribes 2]] - $Binary
*[[True Combat: True Combat Elite]] - Binary
*[[Unreal Tournament]] - $Binary
*[[Wolfenstein]] - OSS.
*[[Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory]] - Binary

==Strategy==
Strategy based games (see [[RTS]] for example)
*[[Alpha Centauri]] - $Binary
*[[ASC]] - OSS
*[[BoS]] - OSS
*[[Boson]] - OSS
*[[Crimson Fields]] - OSS
*[[FreeCNC]] - OSS/$
*[[FreeCol]] - OSS
*[[FreeLords]] - OSS
*[[Glest]] - OSS
*[[Globulation 2]] - OSS
*[[Pingus]] - OSS
*[[Tribal Trouble]] - $Binary
*[[UFO Alien Invasion]] - OSS
*[[Warzone2100]] - OSS
*[[Wesnoth]] - OSS
*[[Widelands]] - OSS

==RPG==
This section is for any type of ''Role Playing Game'' (see [[RPG]])
*[[Angband]] - OSS
*[[Crossfire]] - OSS
*[[Daimonin]] - OSS
*[[Egoboo]] - OSS
*[[Eternal Lands]] - OSS
*[[FreeCiv]] - OSS
*[[FreedroidRPG]] - OSS
*[[Lincity]] - OSS
*[[Nethack]] - OSS
*[[Neverwinter Nights]] - $Binary
*[[OpenTTD]] - OSS/$
*[[PlaneShift]] - OSS
*[[Savage]] - $Binary
*[[Simcity 3000]] - $Binary
*[[Simutrans]] - Binary
*[[Vega Stike]] - OSS

==Puzzle/Educational/Board==
This section encompasses games to make people think, or solve problems.
*[[Batalla Naval]] - OSS
*[[BillardGL]] - OSS
*[[ccGo]] - OSS
*[[FooBillard]] - OSS
*[[Frozen bubble]] - OSS
*[[Gem Drop X]] - OSS
*[[Gemz]] - OSS
*[[glChess]] - OSS
*[[Lbreakout 2]] - OSS
*[[Kiki]] - OSS
*[[Monsterz]] - OSS
*[[PDA Maze]] - OSS
*[[Pysol]] - OSS
*[[TuxMath]] - OSS
*[[Xboard]] - OSS
===Tetris like===
*[[Ltris]] - OSS
*[[Crack Attack]] - OSS
*[[XPuyopuyo]] - OSS

==Simulation==
Simulations are meant for teaching people about certain things, for example on how to operate machines, or demonstrate what-ifs.
*[[Core Wars]] - OSS
*[[FlightGear]] - OSS
*[[YS Flight Simulation]] - OSS

==Other==
*[[BSD games]] - OSS

==External Links==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Linux_games List of Linux Games (wikipedia)] (''en.wikipedia.org'')
*[http://www.linuxsoft.cz/en/sw_list.php?id_kategory=23 Linux Game software] (''www.linuxsoft.cz'')
*[http://www.happypenguin.org The Linux Game Tome] (''www.happypenguin.org'')

[[Category:Game]]

LQWiki:Sandbox

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{{sandbox}} 

== Welcome to the sandbox! ==

Well, okay then.

Sometimes 
I 
feel 
''so'' uninspired.

third version... ...
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[[Category:stuff]]
[[Category:otherstuff]]
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ZSNES

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'''ZSNES''' is a great SNES [[emulator]]. It supports [[OpenGL]] for output, along with many different filtering methods to enhance the visual experience. It also has stereo sound, and even has an option for surround for you avid Tetris players.

In addition to standard emulation features such as snapshots and gamepad support, ZSNES supports speedup and slowdown buttons, key combinations, replay (jumping back some seconds in the game to redo a part), cheat code search (to make your own Game Genie-like cheats) and network play.

It is written in x86 assembler and is therefore pretty much unportable. [[Snes9X]] works on other architectures.

==See also==
*[[Gaming]]

==External links==
*[http://www.zsnes.com ZSNES homepage] (''www.zsnes.com'')
*[http://www.snesclassics.com Super Nintendo Games] (''www.snesclassics.com'')

Linux Newbie FAQ

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For the content of this Wikipage, the rough definition of a ''Linux Newbie'' has been:
:"Someone who has recently been introduced to, has started using, or has yet to use, Linux".

The question/answer process of this page is designed toward the goal of '''"How do I DO stuff in Linux?"''', Not [[Common_Questions_and_Misconceptions | "What is Linux?"]]. If you have a question that you think is common and should be added to the page, please [[#Newbies, Please help improve this FAQ! | read this]].

=How can I dualboot different Operating Systems on my computer?=
You should check [[#Where can I get more information regarding a specific distribution? | guides specific to your distribution]] first, to see if they have instructions that may better suit your system.
*[[Dual booting]]
*:Be sure to see the links on that page.
*http://www.jinx.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=39138

'''Dual Booting Macs'''
*[[Linux for Macintosh]]
*http://www.mactel-linux.org/wiki/Dual_Booting

=Which distro should I use?=
There are many places you can go to for finding help on choosing a distribution, here are a few:

*http://polishlinux.org/choose/quiz/
*http://desktoplinuxathome.com/distro.html
*http://www.zegeniestudios.net/ldc/index.php?firsttime=true
*[[Choosing_a_Linux_distribution]]

=Why are there so many Linux distributions?=
A common thought for new comers seems to be, "If all the Linux distributions worked together, then we could have one (or a few) Really Great distribution(s)". While this thought makes good sense, in reality it limits innovation and creativity of developers. Linux is based on the [[GNU GPL]] copyright license. The principal idea of this license is that you are guaranteed the freedom of sharing this operating system with your friends and family, and even changing the system if you like. Unlike most other [[Open_Source]] operating systems (ie. *[[BSD]]), these freedoms are also guaranteed for future versions of the software. This has allowed Linux to improve (and continue to improve) at an incredible rate. The growth of Linux is dependant on its ability to appeal to as many audiences as possible.

=Where can I find Linux software to replace my Microsoft software?=
*[[Linux_software_equivalent_to_Windows_software]]

=What Antivirus/Firewall software should I use for my system?=
Please see the list of Linux software equivalents for Microsoft software. 
*[[Linux_software_equivalent_to_Windows_software]]

=How do I get/install Multimedia Codecs?=
Most Linux distributions cannot come with codecs preinstalled because of copyright and/or patent issues. It is always best to install software according to your specific packaging system, so please check the guides for your distribution first.
*[[Linux_Newbie_FAQ#Where can I get more information regarding a specific distribution? | Where can I get more information regarding a specific distribution?]]

*[[Installing_Codecs]]
*:A generic guide for installing codecs on almost any Linux distribution.

*Other links:
*:http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-to-Install-Multimedia-Codecs-in-Linux-39555.shtml

*:[http://www.linuxquestions.org/linux/answers/Applications_GUI_Multimedia/Howto_install_win32_codecs_on_x86_64_architecture Howto install win32 codecs on x86_64 architecture]

=How do I defragment my filesystem on Linux?=
In general, defragmentation is not a problem at all on Linux because of superior file organization. If you insist on defragmenting your filesystem, there are a few programs that will do that job. Before searching the internet, check if any of these are available in your package manager(Synaptic/Yum/Yast).
*defrag
*:Older program, but appears unmaintained.
*shake
*:Newer, maintainted program.

=Where can I get books or guides to learn more about using Linux in general ?=
*[http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Linux_For_Newbies Linux for newbies] (''en.wikibooks.org'')
*[http://www.linuxnewbieguide.org/ www.linuxnewbieguide.org]
*[http://www.tldp.org/LDP/intro-linux/html/index.html Introduction to Linux, a hands on guide] (''www.tldp.org'')
*[http://loll.sourceforge.net/linux/links/Linux_General/Beginners_/index.html Loads of unsorted links for beginners] (loll.sourceforge.net)
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Linux_books#Beginners List of Linux books, beginners section] (en.wikipedia.org)
*[[Documentation|Where to find documentation]]
*[[LinuxIntro]]
*:Sectioned guide on learning to do specific tasks with Linux.

=Where can I get more information regarding a specific distribution?=


==Fedora==
*[http://fedorasolved.org A site listing many HowTo's] (''fedorasolved.org'')
*:The Fedora Solved Project has been created by concerned peers in the Fedora Community to bring quality solutions to the Community.
*[[Fedora | The Fedora wiki page. Much info.]]

==Knoppix==
*[http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Knowing_Knoppix Knowing Knoppix] (''en.wikibooks.org'')
*:Guide to the Knoppix Linux distro for the complete beginner. Nice way to test Linux without any installation. Insert the CD and go!
*[[Knoppix | The Knoppix wiki page. Much info.]]

==Mepis==
*http://www.mepis.org/docs/en/index.php/Main_Page
*http://www.mepis.org/node/6679
*[[Mepis | The Mepis wiki page. Much info.]]

==Suse==
*[http://suseroot.com/ Resources for New SUSE Linux Users] (''suseroot.com'')
*:Newbie friendly, try this one first.

*opensuse 10.2 guides (''www.novell.com'', ''en.opensuse.org'')
**[http://www.novell.com/documentation/opensuse102/ Opensuse Official Documentation - Various well illustrated guides, GNOME, KDE, general user manual etc...]
**[http://www.novell.com/products/opensuse/installation.html Installation, quick view.]
*[[Suse | The Suse wiki page. Much info.]]

==Ubuntu==
*[http://www.ubuntuguide.org/ Possibly the Best Ubuntu guide anywhere (wiki).] (''ubuntuguide.org'')
*http://www.pcmech.com/show/os/917/
*[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SwitchingToUbuntu/FromWindows Switching To Ubuntu From Windows] (''help.ubuntu.com'')
*[https://help.ubuntu.com/6.10/book/book/ubuntubook-ch3-html/UsingUbuntuontheDesktop.html Using Ubuntu on the Desktop] (''help.ubuntu.com'')
*:Very well illustrated guide.
*[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UserDocumentation Community documentation] (''help.ubuntu.com'')
*[https://help.ubuntu.com/ Official documentation] (''help.ubuntu.com'')
*[http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=232059 Helpfull sticky thread] (''www.ubuntuforums.org'')
*[[Ubuntu | The Ubuntu wiki page. Much info.]]



=Newbies, Please help improve this FAQ!=
Newbies are strongly encouraged to take part in the writing of this page, because...
*Newbies know where the problems lie, they are the most suited persons to help other Newbies out, to know what should be explained and in how much detail.
*More advanced users will often just not see those very problems. They are so used to using Linux on a daily basis that they forget what is easy and what is not.
*Most persons reading this FAQ will be newbies. More advanced people will not have a lot of interest in reading this FAQ. If you count on the few ones which happen to come here to improve this FAQ then it will never improve or stay up to date the way it should.
*Editing wiki pages is easy, you can [[LQWiki:LQ_Central#Getting_started|learn some basics here]]. Any change can be reverted, you won't break everything! If you did something wrong others will help improve it, but at least you made a helpful remark, improvement, etc... Moreover some helpful things can be done without any wiki knowledge.
How can you help ?
*'''Links''' to other pages are the most helpful resource! The reason is because 99% of the time, someone has already written a web page to solve a specific newbie problem. The challenge for other newbies now becomes FINDING that web page. If you've found a link to a web page that helped you solve a problem, feel free to insert it in the proper place in the page. Or simply put the link at the bottom of the [http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Talk:Linux_Newbie_FAQ discussion] page, with a comment about it, and your username. We can take care of the rest.
*Make remarks in the discussion page on how to improve this FAQ. Be constructive.
*Implement those suggested improvements, make things happen.
*Little things that make a world of difference, don't underestimate them :
**Repair/Remove broken links
**Add comments under given links or in the page discussion on how useful they are. If it's not for newbies just delete them.
**Rephrase explanations to be more understandable, easy to read.
**Correct spelling mistakes.

=See also=
*[[Newbie Shakedown Guide - What's Linux?]]
*:Explains common terms about Linux for someone who wishes to learn more about what processes make Linux what it is.
*[[Common_Questions_and_Misconceptions]]
*:A page explaining many random topics.
*[[Bookmarks selection Liveliest and most useful places|Liveliest and most useful GNU/Linux places]]
*:You are new to the GNU/Linux world and want to have a feel for what it's all about ? Search no more !

=External links=
*[http://linux-newbie.sunsite.dk/html/lnag.html Linux Newbie Administrator Guide, 2004-07-22]
*:Some things are related to RedHat and Mandrake (2004...) but should be worth reading for any distribution.
*[http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/12/26/0851218 Ideal Linux System for Newbies?]
*: A slashdot Discussion dated Tue Dec 26 2006

[[Category:FAQ]]

Talk:Linux Newbie FAQ

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=Gathered notes, discussion summary=
Please don't discuss stuff here, do so in the "discussion" section, after the horizontal line. See note there.

'''Linux Newbie Definition'''

Someone who has recently been introduced to, has started using, or has yet to use, Linux.

(This definition is welcome to elaboration, but was the general idea when I created this page.--[[User:Sepero|Sepero]] 22:29, January 15, 2007 (EST))

'''Content'''

Q: How is "Linux Newbie FAQ" different from [[Common_Questions_and_Misconceptions]]? 
A: The "LN FAQ" should not include subjects on "How do I wiki stuff". It should answer questions directed more towards "How to DO stuff in Linux" and where to find that information. Also, EVERY question should try to be answered with a link to some other page. Unfortunately, some answers do not exist or cannot be found on other webpages. For those cases, an in-page answer will temporarily suffice, but if the answer is more than a paragraph long (ie. [[Installing_Codecs]]), a new wikipage should be created.

'''Formatting'''

*This is good practice to start a line of comment regarding a line in a bullet list (like this one) with a "*:" wiki code. This makes it clearer what the comment is relating to in the organisation of the information.
*:Just like this...
*: See http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/LQWiki:Wiki_markup#Indented_numbered_lists
*: See example number 5 and 6 of the Organizing_your_writing section of this link :
*::http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing_tips_and_tricks#Organizing_your_writing

'''Talk page organisation'''

The "Gathered notes, discussion summary" section is intended to provide a quick view of the the article's writing status whithout delving into pages of discussion. As the name indicates the "Discussion" section is the place for that.

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=Discussion=
This is where the real talking goes, please don't put any talking in the "Gathered notes, discussion summary". If you want to discuss something that has been put in the "Gathered notes, discussion summary" section, please do so here. You can copy the stuff to discuss about from the "Gathered notes, discussion summary" section so that we can have a easier base for discussion.

[http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/index.php?title=Talk:Linux_Newbie_FAQ&oldid=30962 This version of the talk page] stands pretty well as an archive, for more complete information please take a look at the history page.

==Contents==

http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Linux_Newbie_FAQ#Where_can_I_get_information_to_learn_more_about_using_my_specific_distribution.3F
:I think we shouldn't put too much information there. Details about each distribution can be found in its own dedicated page. The tips & tricks about suse are not for newbies for instance. Just my two cents. [[User:Questynux|Questynux]] 15:13, January 13, 2007 (EST)
::I have not looked over the "Tips+Tricks" stuff for Suse, but it should be Newbie related. Same goes all links on the page; I have not had the chance (or even much desire) to look at them all. If it is not Newbie related, I think it should be removed.--[[User:Sepero|Sepero]] 22:19, January 15, 2007 (EST)
:Replaced non relevant tips and tricks links with more newbie oriented ones [[User:Questynux|Questynux]] 14:23, January 23, 2007 (EST)
::That's good. I re-added the Suse wiki site.

==Todo list==
(Don't forget the quickest way to improve a wiki page is to hit the "Edit" button though...)

==Private messages==

Big thanks to Questynux and ThorstenStaerk. You guys really helped out a lot. --[[User:Sepero|Sepero]] 19:44, February 12, 2007 (EST)
:Well obviously you've been a big help too, many thanks Sepero. And most importantly big thanks to all future contributors to this page and the wiki as a whole. [[User:Questynux|Questynux]] 02:27, February 18, 2007 (EST)

LQWiki:Emacs tips and tricks/External links formatting

2007-02-17T20:40:59Z

Questynux: fixing documentation string

'''This is a repository of external link formatting functions'''

Those functions were used when doing heavy reformatting ( think hundreds of pages ) on the wiki.

==One function explanation==
To get an idea of what this is all about we will take a look at one function, '''my-lqwiki-reformat-external-link-parenthesize-domain-name'''

;External links like <nowiki>:</nowiki>
;<nowiki>[http://my.domain.com/some/path/page_name.html The page's title]</nowiki>

;will be formatted like this <nowiki>:</nowiki>
;<nowiki>[http://my.domain.com/some/path/page_name.html The page's title] (''my.domain.com'')</nowiki>

;Which should look like <nowiki>:</nowiki>
;[http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Main_Page The page's title] (''my.domain.com'')

*An external link to be formatted <nowiki>:</nowiki>
**Stands on one line only.
**Is not followed by "optional spaces + (", this avoids reformatting already formatted links.
**Is a link of the form : <nowiki>[address title]</nowiki> -- (the <nowiki>[address]</nowiki> kind of link won't be formatted).

*Extra spaces after the enclosing "]" are removed, leaving only one or none if at the end of a line.

The key combination to launch this function is "control+alt+l" and then "u".

This is a query-replace, this will cover links from the current line to the end of page. When asked type space to format the underlined link ( a couple of other characters are too ) or "n" to skip and look for the next.

==Doing all external links formatting in one go==

You can run all the formatting functions in the proper order by simply running
my-lqwiki-reformat-external-link-all-formatting (control+alt+l A)

The query-replace function will present you with the name of the proposed formatting in the minibuffer area.

I personnaly apply those functions on particular subsections of a buffer, but i didn't put all the code relating to that on the wiki so for now the function will apply on the whole buffer, or only on the "External links" section if any.

Please report problems in the discussion page if any.

This is for convenience only, use at your own risk ( always like to put this one. Seriously use the undo function of course :) ).

==Elisp code==
{|
|-
! Elisp code to put in the relevant place (e.g .emacs)
|-
|
<pre>

(progn
(defun my-lqwiki-reformat-external-link-parenthesize-domain-name()
"\nExample.\n
\[http://www.somesite.org/Keyboard_shortcuts_at_a_glance Some useful keyboard shortcuts\]\n
will be transformed to:\n
\[http://www.somesite.org/Keyboard_shortcuts_at_a_glance Some useful keyboard shortcuts\] $''www.somesite.org''$
"
(interactive)
(beginning-of-line)
(query-replace-regexp " __parenthesize-domain-name__ \\|\
\$^\\|[^[:cntrl:][]\$\
\$\\[[^[][^]]*\\|\\[\$\
\$https?\\|ftp\$://\
\$[^]/[:space:]]+\$\
\$[^][:space:]]*[[:blank:]]+[^][:cntrl:]]+\\]\$\
\$[[:blank:]]*$\\|\\([[:blank:]]\$?[[:blank:]]*\$[^]([:cntrl:][:blank:]]\$\\)\
" "\\1\\2\\3://\\4\\5 (''\\4'')\\7\\8\\9" nil nil nil))
(global-set-key [(control meta ?l) (?u)]
'my-lqwiki-reformat-external-link-parenthesize-domain-name))

(progn
(defun my-lqwiki-reformat-external-link-bare-link-wikipedia()
"\nFormats a bare url link to a wikipedia article. For instance\n
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Resource_Identifier\n
will be transformed to :\n
\[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Resource_Identifier Uniform_Resource_Identifier\] $''en.wikipedia.org''$\n
You can then use my-lqwiki-reformat-external-link-replace-underscores-with-spaces to remove underscores."
(interactive)
(beginning-of-line)
(query-replace-regexp " __reformat-bare-link-wikipedia__ \\|\
\$^\\|[^[:cntrl:][]\$\
\$http://\\(en.wikipedia.org\$/wiki/\\)\
\$[^][:space:]]+\$\
" "\\1[\\2\\4 \\4] (''\\3'')" nil nil nil))
(global-set-key [(control meta ?l) (?W)]
'my-lqwiki-reformat-external-link-simple-title-encapsulation))

(progn
(defun my-lqwiki-reformat-external-link-bare-link-title-encapsulation()
"\nExample.\n
http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Keyboard_shortcuts_at_a_glance -- Some useful keyboard shortcuts\n
will be transformed to:\n
\[http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Keyboard_shortcuts_at_a_glance Some useful keyboard shortcuts\] $''wiki.linuxquestions.org''$
\nThe transformation occurs in the absence of \"--\" too.
"
(interactive)
(beginning-of-line)
(query-replace-regexp " __bare-link-title-encapsulation__ \\|\
\$^\\|[^[:cntrl:][]\$\
\$https?\\|ftp\$://\
\$[^]/[:space:]]+\$\
\$[^][:space:]]*[[:blank:]]+\$\
\-?-?-?[[:blank:]]*\$[^][:cntrl:]]+\$[[:blank:]]*\
" "\\1[\\2://\\3\\4 \\5] (''\\3'')" nil nil nil))
(global-set-key [(control meta ?l) (?s)]
'my-lqwiki-reformat-external-link-bare-link-title-encapsulation))

(progn
(defun my-lqwiki-reformat-external-link-commented-footnote-style-link()
"\nExample.\n
\[http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Keyboard_shortcuts_at_a_glance\] -- Some useful keyboard shortcuts
\nwill be transformed to:\n
\[http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Keyboard_shortcuts_at_a_glance Some useful keyboard shortcuts\] $''wiki.linuxquestions.org''$

\nThe transformation occurs in the absence of \"--\" too.
"
(interactive)
(beginning-of-line)
(query-replace-regexp " __reformat-commented-footnote-style-link__ \\|\
\$^\\|[^[:cntrl:][]\$\\[\
\$https?\\|ftp\$://\
\$[^]/[:space:]]+\$\
\$[^][:space:]]*\$[[:blank:]]*\\]\
\[[:blank:]]*-?-?-?[[:blank:]]*\$[^([:space:]][^[:cntrl:]]*$\$?\
" "\\1[\\2://\\3\\4 \\5] (''\\3'')" nil nil nil))
(global-set-key [(control meta ?l) (?r)]
'my-lqwiki-reformat-external-link-commented-footnote-style-link))

(progn
(defun my-lqwiki-reformat-external-link-bare-link-with-domain-name-only()
"\nExample.\n
http://www.gnu.org
\nwill be transformed to:\n
\[http://www.gnu.org www.gnu.org\] $''www.gnu.org''$
"
(interactive)
(beginning-of-line)
(query-replace-regexp " __reformat-bare-link-with-domain-name-only__ \\|\
\$^\\|[^[:cntrl:][]\$\
\$https?\\|ftp\$://\
\$[^]/[:space:]]+\$\$/?\$[[:blank:]]*$\
" "\\1[\\2://\\3\\4 \\3] (''\\3'')" nil nil nil))
(global-set-key [(control meta ?l) (?w)]
'my-lqwiki-reformat-external-link-bare-link-with-domain-name-only))

(progn
(defun my-lqwiki-reformat-external-link-description-to-new-line()
"\nExample.\n
\[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Resource_Identifier URI\] -- Wikipedia article about URI
\nwill be transformed to:\n
\[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Resource_Identifier URI\]
: Wikipedia article about URI
\nThe transformation occurs in the absence of \"--\" too.
"
(interactive)
(beginning-of-line)
;;emacs seems to need to have a starting "\" on each line...
(query-replace-regexp " __description-to-new-line__ \\|\
\$[*#:]*\$[[:blank:]]*\\[\
\$https?\\|ftp\$://\
\$[^]/[:space:]]+\$\
\$[^][:space:]]*[[:blank:]]+[^][:cntrl:]]+\$\\]\
\[[:blank:]]*-?-?-?[[:blank:]]*\$[^([:cntrl:][:blank:]][^[:cntrl:]]+\$\
" "\\1[\\2://\\3\\4]
\\1: \\5" nil nil nil))
(global-set-key [(control meta ?l) (?c)]
'my-lqwiki-reformat-external-link-description-to-new-line))

(progn
(defun my-lqwiki-reformat-external-link-replace-underscores-with-spaces()
"\nExample.\n
\[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Resource_Identifier Uniform_Resource_Identifier\] $''en.wikipedia.org''$
\nwill be transformed to:\n
\[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Resource_Identifier Uniform Resource Identifier\] $''en.wikipedia.org''$
"
(interactive)
(beginning-of-line)
(while (search-forward-regexp "\
\$^\\|[^[:cntrl:][]\$\
\$\\[[[:blank:]]*\$\
\$https?\\|ftp\$://\
\$[^]/[:space:]]+\$\
\$[^][:space:]]*[[:blank:]]+\$\
\$\\([^][:cntrl:]_]+_[^][:cntrl:]]+\$\\]\\)\
" nil t nil)
;;query-replace-regexp is buggy and needs its matched string to be shorter than the region to operate on.
;;this is emacs 21.2-1woody3 -- bug is probably resolved by now :)
(let ((m-b (match-beginning 6)) (m-e (match-end 6)) (m-s (match-string 7)))
(query-replace-regexp " __replace-underscores-with-spaces__ \\|[^][]+"
(replace-regexp-in-string "_" " " m-s ) nil m-b m-e)
))
)
(global-set-key [(control meta ?l) (?U)]
'my-lqwiki-reformat-external-link-replace-underscores-with-spaces))

(progn
(defun my-lqwiki-reformat-external-link-all-formatting()
(interactive)
;;(my-region-uuu-get-bounderies uuu_topl_mark)
(save-window-excursion
(save-excursion
(save-restriction
;;(narrow-to-region (marker-position uuu_regbeg) (marker-position uuu_regend))
;;(my-dragndrop-clean)
(let ((uuu_regbeg (point-min-marker))(uuu_regend (point-max-marker)) )
(end-of-buffer)
(if (search-backward-regexp "= *external.*links *=" nil 't)
(setq uuu_regbeg (point-marker)))
(narrow-to-region (marker-position uuu_regbeg) (marker-position uuu_regend))
(beginning-of-buffer)
;;If i don't the recenter command, sometimes in case of big narrowed regions,
;;query-replace-regexp might not make visible the underlined text to replace. Bug ??
(recenter)
(my-lqwiki-reformat-external-link-bare-link-wikipedia)
(beginning-of-buffer)
(my-lqwiki-reformat-external-link-bare-link-title-encapsulation)
(beginning-of-buffer)
(my-lqwiki-reformat-external-link-commented-footnote-style-link)
(beginning-of-buffer)
(my-lqwiki-reformat-external-link-description-to-new-line)
(beginning-of-buffer)
(my-lqwiki-reformat-external-link-bare-link-with-domain-name-only)
(beginning-of-buffer)
(my-lqwiki-reformat-external-link-parenthesize-domain-name)
(beginning-of-buffer)
(my-lqwiki-reformat-external-link-replace-underscores-with-spaces)
)))))
(global-set-key [(control meta ?l) (?A)]
'my-lqwiki-reformat-external-link-all-formatting)
)
</pre>
|}

LQWiki:Emacs tips and tricks/External links formatting

2007-02-17T20:02:29Z

Questynux: typo

'''This is a repository of external link formatting functions'''

Those functions were used when doing heavy reformatting ( think hundreds of pages ) on the wiki.

==One function explanation==
To get an idea of what this is all about we will take a look at one function, '''my-lqwiki-reformat-external-link-parenthesize-domain-name'''

;External links like <nowiki>:</nowiki>
;<nowiki>[http://my.domain.com/some/path/page_name.html The page's title]</nowiki>

;will be formatted like this <nowiki>:</nowiki>
;<nowiki>[http://my.domain.com/some/path/page_name.html The page's title] (''my.domain.com'')</nowiki>

;Which should look like <nowiki>:</nowiki>
;[http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Main_Page The page's title] (''my.domain.com'')

*An external link to be formatted <nowiki>:</nowiki>
**Stands on one line only.
**Is not followed by "optional spaces + (", this avoids reformatting already formatted links.
**Is a link of the form : <nowiki>[address title]</nowiki> -- (the <nowiki>[address]</nowiki> kind of link won't be formatted).

*Extra spaces after the enclosing "]" are removed, leaving only one or none if at the end of a line.

The key combination to launch this function is "control+alt+l" and then "u".

This is a query-replace, this will cover links from the current line to the end of page. When asked type space to format the underlined link ( a couple of other characters are too ) or "n" to skip and look for the next.

==Doing all external links formatting in one go==

You can run all the formatting functions in the proper order by simply running
my-lqwiki-reformat-external-link-all-formatting (control+alt+l A)

The query-replace function will present you with the name of the proposed formatting in the minibuffer area.

I personnaly apply those functions on particular subsections of a buffer, but i didn't put all the code relating to that on the wiki so for now the function will apply on the whole buffer, or only on the "External links" section if any.

Please report problems in the discussion page if any.

This is for convenience only, use at your own risk ( always like to put this one. Seriously use the undo function of course :) ).

==Elisp code==
{|
|-
! Elisp code to put in the relevant place (e.g .emacs)
|-
|
<pre>

(progn
(defun my-lqwiki-reformat-external-link-parenthesize-domain-name()
"\nExample.\n
http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Keyboard_shortcuts_at_a_glance -- Some useful keyboard shortcuts\n
will be transformed to:\n
\[http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Keyboard_shortcuts_at_a_glance Some useful keyboard shortcuts\] $''wiki.linuxquestions.org''$
\nThe transformation occurs in the absence of \"--\" too.
"
(interactive)
(beginning-of-line)
(query-replace-regexp " __parenthesize-domain-name__ \\|\
\$^\\|[^[:cntrl:][]\$\
\$\\[[^[][^]]*\\|\\[\$\
\$https?\\|ftp\$://\
\$[^]/[:space:]]+\$\
\$[^][:space:]]*[[:blank:]]+[^][:cntrl:]]+\\]\$\
\$[[:blank:]]*$\\|\\([[:blank:]]\$?[[:blank:]]*\$[^]([:cntrl:][:blank:]]\$\\)\
" "\\1\\2\\3://\\4\\5 (''\\4'')\\7\\8\\9" nil nil nil))
(global-set-key [(control meta ?l) (?u)]
'my-lqwiki-reformat-external-link-parenthesize-domain-name))

(progn
(defun my-lqwiki-reformat-external-link-bare-link-wikipedia()
"\nFormats a bare url link to a wikipedia article. For instance\n
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Resource_Identifier\n
will be transformed to :\n
\[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Resource_Identifier Uniform_Resource_Identifier\] $''en.wikipedia.org''$\n
You can then use my-lqwiki-reformat-external-link-replace-underscores-with-spaces to remove underscores."
(interactive)
(beginning-of-line)
(query-replace-regexp " __reformat-bare-link-wikipedia__ \\|\
\$^\\|[^[:cntrl:][]\$\
\$http://\\(en.wikipedia.org\$/wiki/\\)\
\$[^][:space:]]+\$\
" "\\1[\\2\\4 \\4] (''\\3'')" nil nil nil))
(global-set-key [(control meta ?l) (?W)]
'my-lqwiki-reformat-external-link-simple-title-encapsulation))

(progn
(defun my-lqwiki-reformat-external-link-bare-link-title-encapsulation()
"\nExample.\n
http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Keyboard_shortcuts_at_a_glance -- Some useful keyboard shortcuts\n
will be transformed to:\n
\[http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Keyboard_shortcuts_at_a_glance Some useful keyboard shortcuts\] $''wiki.linuxquestions.org''$
\nThe transformation occurs in the absence of \"--\" too.
"
(interactive)
(beginning-of-line)
(query-replace-regexp " __bare-link-title-encapsulation__ \\|\
\$^\\|[^[:cntrl:][]\$\
\$https?\\|ftp\$://\
\$[^]/[:space:]]+\$\
\$[^][:space:]]*[[:blank:]]+\$\
\-?-?-?[[:blank:]]*\$[^][:cntrl:]]+\$[[:blank:]]*\
" "\\1[\\2://\\3\\4 \\5] (''\\3'')" nil nil nil))
(global-set-key [(control meta ?l) (?s)]
'my-lqwiki-reformat-external-link-bare-link-title-encapsulation))

(progn
(defun my-lqwiki-reformat-external-link-commented-footnote-style-link()
"\nExample.\n
\[http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Keyboard_shortcuts_at_a_glance\] -- Some useful keyboard shortcuts
\nwill be transformed to:\n
\[http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Keyboard_shortcuts_at_a_glance Some useful keyboard shortcuts\] $''wiki.linuxquestions.org''$

\nThe transformation occurs in the absence of \"--\" too.
"
(interactive)
(beginning-of-line)
(query-replace-regexp " __reformat-commented-footnote-style-link__ \\|\
\$^\\|[^[:cntrl:][]\$\\[\
\$https?\\|ftp\$://\
\$[^]/[:space:]]+\$\
\$[^][:space:]]*\$[[:blank:]]*\\]\
\[[:blank:]]*-?-?-?[[:blank:]]*\$[^([:space:]][^[:cntrl:]]*$\$?\
" "\\1[\\2://\\3\\4 \\5] (''\\3'')" nil nil nil))
(global-set-key [(control meta ?l) (?r)]
'my-lqwiki-reformat-external-link-commented-footnote-style-link))

(progn
(defun my-lqwiki-reformat-external-link-bare-link-with-domain-name-only()
"\nExample.\n
http://www.gnu.org
\nwill be transformed to:\n
\[http://www.gnu.org www.gnu.org\] $''www.gnu.org''$
"
(interactive)
(beginning-of-line)
(query-replace-regexp " __reformat-bare-link-with-domain-name-only__ \\|\
\$^\\|[^[:cntrl:][]\$\
\$https?\\|ftp\$://\
\$[^]/[:space:]]+\$\$/?\$[[:blank:]]*$\
" "\\1[\\2://\\3\\4 \\3] (''\\3'')" nil nil nil))
(global-set-key [(control meta ?l) (?w)]
'my-lqwiki-reformat-external-link-bare-link-with-domain-name-only))

(progn
(defun my-lqwiki-reformat-external-link-description-to-new-line()
"\nExample.\n
\[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Resource_Identifier URI\] -- Wikipedia article about URI
\nwill be transformed to:\n
\[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Resource_Identifier URI\]
: Wikipedia article about URI
\nThe transformation occurs in the absence of \"--\" too.
"
(interactive)
(beginning-of-line)
;;emacs seems to need to have a starting "\" on each line...
(query-replace-regexp " __description-to-new-line__ \\|\
\$[*#:]*\$[[:blank:]]*\\[\
\$https?\\|ftp\$://\
\$[^]/[:space:]]+\$\
\$[^][:space:]]*[[:blank:]]+[^][:cntrl:]]+\$\\]\
\[[:blank:]]*-?-?-?[[:blank:]]*\$[^([:cntrl:][:blank:]][^[:cntrl:]]+\$\
" "\\1[\\2://\\3\\4]
\\1: \\5" nil nil nil))
(global-set-key [(control meta ?l) (?c)]
'my-lqwiki-reformat-external-link-description-to-new-line))

(progn
(defun my-lqwiki-reformat-external-link-replace-underscores-with-spaces()
"\nExample.\n
\[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Resource_Identifier Uniform_Resource_Identifier\] $''en.wikipedia.org''$
\nwill be transformed to:\n
\[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Resource_Identifier Uniform Resource Identifier\] $''en.wikipedia.org''$
"
(interactive)
(beginning-of-line)
(while (search-forward-regexp "\
\$^\\|[^[:cntrl:][]\$\
\$\\[[[:blank:]]*\$\
\$https?\\|ftp\$://\
\$[^]/[:space:]]+\$\
\$[^][:space:]]*[[:blank:]]+\$\
\$\\([^][:cntrl:]_]+_[^][:cntrl:]]+\$\\]\\)\
" nil t nil)
;;query-replace-regexp is buggy and needs its matched string to be shorter than the region to operate on.
;;this is emacs 21.2-1woody3 -- bug is probably resolved by now :)
(let ((m-b (match-beginning 6)) (m-e (match-end 6)) (m-s (match-string 7)))
(query-replace-regexp " __replace-underscores-with-spaces__ \\|[^][]+"
(replace-regexp-in-string "_" " " m-s ) nil m-b m-e)
))
)
(global-set-key [(control meta ?l) (?U)]
'my-lqwiki-reformat-external-link-replace-underscores-with-spaces))

(progn
(defun my-lqwiki-reformat-external-link-all-formatting()
(interactive)
;;(my-region-uuu-get-bounderies uuu_topl_mark)
(save-window-excursion
(save-excursion
(save-restriction
;;(narrow-to-region (marker-position uuu_regbeg) (marker-position uuu_regend))
;;(my-dragndrop-clean)
(let ((uuu_regbeg (point-min-marker))(uuu_regend (point-max-marker)) )
(end-of-buffer)
(if (search-backward-regexp "= *external.*links *=" nil 't)
(setq uuu_regbeg (point-marker)))
(narrow-to-region (marker-position uuu_regbeg) (marker-position uuu_regend))
(beginning-of-buffer)
;;If i don't the recenter command, sometimes in case of big narrowed regions,
;;query-replace-regexp might not make visible the underlined text to replace. Bug ??
(recenter)
(my-lqwiki-reformat-external-link-bare-link-wikipedia)
(beginning-of-buffer)
(my-lqwiki-reformat-external-link-bare-link-title-encapsulation)
(beginning-of-buffer)
(my-lqwiki-reformat-external-link-commented-footnote-style-link)
(beginning-of-buffer)
(my-lqwiki-reformat-external-link-description-to-new-line)
(beginning-of-buffer)
(my-lqwiki-reformat-external-link-bare-link-with-domain-name-only)
(beginning-of-buffer)
(my-lqwiki-reformat-external-link-parenthesize-domain-name)
(beginning-of-buffer)
(my-lqwiki-reformat-external-link-replace-underscores-with-spaces)
)))))
(global-set-key [(control meta ?l) (?A)]
'my-lqwiki-reformat-external-link-all-formatting)
)
</pre>
|}

LQWiki:Emacs tips and tricks/External links formatting

2007-02-17T19:59:10Z

Questynux: emacs functions to format external links

'''This is a repository of external link formatting functions'''

Those functions were used when doing heavy reformatting ( think hundreds of pages ) on the wiki.

==One function explanation==
To get an idea of what this is all about we will take a look at one function, '''my-lqwiki-reformat-external-link-parenthesize-domain-name'''

;External links like <nowiki>:</nowiki>
;<nowiki>[http://my.domain.com/some/path/page_name.html The page's title]</nowiki>

;will be formatted like this <nowiki>:</nowiki>
;<nowiki>[http://my.domain.com/some/path/page_name.html The page's title] (''my.domain.com'')</nowiki>

;Which should look like <nowiki>:</nowiki>
;[http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Main_Page The page's title] (''my.domain.com'')

*An external link to be formatted <nowiki>:</nowiki>
**Stands on one line only.
**Is not followed by "optional spaces + (", this avoids reformatting already formatted links.
**Is a link of the form : <nowiki>[address title]</nowiki> -- (the <nowiki>[address]</nowiki> kind of link won't be formatted).

*Extra spaces after the enclosing "]" are removed, leaving only one or none if at the end of a line.

The key combination to launch this function is "control+alt+l" and then "u".

This is a query-replace, this will cover links from the current line to the end of page. When asked type space to format the underlined link ( a couple of other characters are too ) or "n" to skip and look for the next.

==Doing all external links formatting in one go==

You can run all the formatting functions in the proper order by simply running
my-lqwiki-reformat-external-link-all-formatting (control+alt+l A)

The query-replace function will present you with the name of the proposed formatting in the minibuffer area.

I personnaly apply those functions on perticular subsections of a buffer, but i didn't put all the code relating to that on the wiki so for now the function will apply on the whole buffer, or only on the "External links" section if any.

Please report problems in the discussion page if any.

This is for convenience only, use at your own risk ( always like to put this one. Seriously use the undo function of course :) ).

==Elisp code==
{|
|-
! Elisp code to put in the relevant place (e.g .emacs)
|-
|
<pre>

(progn
(defun my-lqwiki-reformat-external-link-parenthesize-domain-name()
"\nExample.\n
http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Keyboard_shortcuts_at_a_glance -- Some useful keyboard shortcuts\n
will be transformed to:\n
\[http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Keyboard_shortcuts_at_a_glance Some useful keyboard shortcuts\] $''wiki.linuxquestions.org''$
\nThe transformation occurs in the absence of \"--\" too.
"
(interactive)
(beginning-of-line)
(query-replace-regexp " __parenthesize-domain-name__ \\|\
\$^\\|[^[:cntrl:][]\$\
\$\\[[^[][^]]*\\|\\[\$\
\$https?\\|ftp\$://\
\$[^]/[:space:]]+\$\
\$[^][:space:]]*[[:blank:]]+[^][:cntrl:]]+\\]\$\
\$[[:blank:]]*$\\|\\([[:blank:]]\$?[[:blank:]]*\$[^]([:cntrl:][:blank:]]\$\\)\
" "\\1\\2\\3://\\4\\5 (''\\4'')\\7\\8\\9" nil nil nil))
(global-set-key [(control meta ?l) (?u)]
'my-lqwiki-reformat-external-link-parenthesize-domain-name))

(progn
(defun my-lqwiki-reformat-external-link-bare-link-wikipedia()
"\nFormats a bare url link to a wikipedia article. For instance\n
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Resource_Identifier\n
will be transformed to :\n
\[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Resource_Identifier Uniform_Resource_Identifier\] $''en.wikipedia.org''$\n
You can then use my-lqwiki-reformat-external-link-replace-underscores-with-spaces to remove underscores."
(interactive)
(beginning-of-line)
(query-replace-regexp " __reformat-bare-link-wikipedia__ \\|\
\$^\\|[^[:cntrl:][]\$\
\$http://\\(en.wikipedia.org\$/wiki/\\)\
\$[^][:space:]]+\$\
" "\\1[\\2\\4 \\4] (''\\3'')" nil nil nil))
(global-set-key [(control meta ?l) (?W)]
'my-lqwiki-reformat-external-link-simple-title-encapsulation))

(progn
(defun my-lqwiki-reformat-external-link-bare-link-title-encapsulation()
"\nExample.\n
http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Keyboard_shortcuts_at_a_glance -- Some useful keyboard shortcuts\n
will be transformed to:\n
\[http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Keyboard_shortcuts_at_a_glance Some useful keyboard shortcuts\] $''wiki.linuxquestions.org''$
\nThe transformation occurs in the absence of \"--\" too.
"
(interactive)
(beginning-of-line)
(query-replace-regexp " __bare-link-title-encapsulation__ \\|\
\$^\\|[^[:cntrl:][]\$\
\$https?\\|ftp\$://\
\$[^]/[:space:]]+\$\
\$[^][:space:]]*[[:blank:]]+\$\
\-?-?-?[[:blank:]]*\$[^][:cntrl:]]+\$[[:blank:]]*\
" "\\1[\\2://\\3\\4 \\5] (''\\3'')" nil nil nil))
(global-set-key [(control meta ?l) (?s)]
'my-lqwiki-reformat-external-link-bare-link-title-encapsulation))

(progn
(defun my-lqwiki-reformat-external-link-commented-footnote-style-link()
"\nExample.\n
\[http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Keyboard_shortcuts_at_a_glance\] -- Some useful keyboard shortcuts
\nwill be transformed to:\n
\[http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Keyboard_shortcuts_at_a_glance Some useful keyboard shortcuts\] $''wiki.linuxquestions.org''$

\nThe transformation occurs in the absence of \"--\" too.
"
(interactive)
(beginning-of-line)
(query-replace-regexp " __reformat-commented-footnote-style-link__ \\|\
\$^\\|[^[:cntrl:][]\$\\[\
\$https?\\|ftp\$://\
\$[^]/[:space:]]+\$\
\$[^][:space:]]*\$[[:blank:]]*\\]\
\[[:blank:]]*-?-?-?[[:blank:]]*\$[^([:space:]][^[:cntrl:]]*$\$?\
" "\\1[\\2://\\3\\4 \\5] (''\\3'')" nil nil nil))
(global-set-key [(control meta ?l) (?r)]
'my-lqwiki-reformat-external-link-commented-footnote-style-link))

(progn
(defun my-lqwiki-reformat-external-link-bare-link-with-domain-name-only()
"\nExample.\n
http://www.gnu.org
\nwill be transformed to:\n
\[http://www.gnu.org www.gnu.org\] $''www.gnu.org''$
"
(interactive)
(beginning-of-line)
(query-replace-regexp " __reformat-bare-link-with-domain-name-only__ \\|\
\$^\\|[^[:cntrl:][]\$\
\$https?\\|ftp\$://\
\$[^]/[:space:]]+\$\$/?\$[[:blank:]]*$\
" "\\1[\\2://\\3\\4 \\3] (''\\3'')" nil nil nil))
(global-set-key [(control meta ?l) (?w)]
'my-lqwiki-reformat-external-link-bare-link-with-domain-name-only))

(progn
(defun my-lqwiki-reformat-external-link-description-to-new-line()
"\nExample.\n
\[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Resource_Identifier URI\] -- Wikipedia article about URI
\nwill be transformed to:\n
\[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Resource_Identifier URI\]
: Wikipedia article about URI
\nThe transformation occurs in the absence of \"--\" too.
"
(interactive)
(beginning-of-line)
;;emacs seems to need to have a starting "\" on each line...
(query-replace-regexp " __description-to-new-line__ \\|\
\$[*#:]*\$[[:blank:]]*\\[\
\$https?\\|ftp\$://\
\$[^]/[:space:]]+\$\
\$[^][:space:]]*[[:blank:]]+[^][:cntrl:]]+\$\\]\
\[[:blank:]]*-?-?-?[[:blank:]]*\$[^([:cntrl:][:blank:]][^[:cntrl:]]+\$\
" "\\1[\\2://\\3\\4]
\\1: \\5" nil nil nil))
(global-set-key [(control meta ?l) (?c)]
'my-lqwiki-reformat-external-link-description-to-new-line))

(progn
(defun my-lqwiki-reformat-external-link-replace-underscores-with-spaces()
"\nExample.\n
\[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Resource_Identifier Uniform_Resource_Identifier\] $''en.wikipedia.org''$
\nwill be transformed to:\n
\[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Resource_Identifier Uniform Resource Identifier\] $''en.wikipedia.org''$
"
(interactive)
(beginning-of-line)
(while (search-forward-regexp "\
\$^\\|[^[:cntrl:][]\$\
\$\\[[[:blank:]]*\$\
\$https?\\|ftp\$://\
\$[^]/[:space:]]+\$\
\$[^][:space:]]*[[:blank:]]+\$\
\$\\([^][:cntrl:]_]+_[^][:cntrl:]]+\$\\]\\)\
" nil t nil)
;;query-replace-regexp is buggy and needs its matched string to be shorter than the region to operate on.
;;this is emacs 21.2-1woody3 -- bug is probably resolved by now :)
(let ((m-b (match-beginning 6)) (m-e (match-end 6)) (m-s (match-string 7)))
(query-replace-regexp " __replace-underscores-with-spaces__ \\|[^][]+"
(replace-regexp-in-string "_" " " m-s ) nil m-b m-e)
))
)
(global-set-key [(control meta ?l) (?U)]
'my-lqwiki-reformat-external-link-replace-underscores-with-spaces))

(progn
(defun my-lqwiki-reformat-external-link-all-formatting()
(interactive)
;;(my-region-uuu-get-bounderies uuu_topl_mark)
(save-window-excursion
(save-excursion
(save-restriction
;;(narrow-to-region (marker-position uuu_regbeg) (marker-position uuu_regend))
;;(my-dragndrop-clean)
(let ((uuu_regbeg (point-min-marker))(uuu_regend (point-max-marker)) )
(end-of-buffer)
(if (search-backward-regexp "= *external.*links *=" nil 't)
(setq uuu_regbeg (point-marker)))
(narrow-to-region (marker-position uuu_regbeg) (marker-position uuu_regend))
(beginning-of-buffer)
;;If i don't the recenter command, sometimes in case of big narrowed regions,
;;query-replace-regexp might not make visible the underlined text to replace. Bug ??
(recenter)
(my-lqwiki-reformat-external-link-bare-link-wikipedia)
(beginning-of-buffer)
(my-lqwiki-reformat-external-link-bare-link-title-encapsulation)
(beginning-of-buffer)
(my-lqwiki-reformat-external-link-commented-footnote-style-link)
(beginning-of-buffer)
(my-lqwiki-reformat-external-link-description-to-new-line)
(beginning-of-buffer)
(my-lqwiki-reformat-external-link-bare-link-with-domain-name-only)
(beginning-of-buffer)
(my-lqwiki-reformat-external-link-parenthesize-domain-name)
(beginning-of-buffer)
(my-lqwiki-reformat-external-link-replace-underscores-with-spaces)
)))))
(global-set-key [(control meta ?l) (?A)]
'my-lqwiki-reformat-external-link-all-formatting)
)
</pre>
|}

Emacs

2007-02-17T19:58:12Z

Questynux: some rewording of ext. links

'''Emacs'''; ('''E'''diting '''MAC'''ro'''S''') The non plus ultra of hacker editors, a programmable [[text editor]] with an entire [[LISP]] system inside it. It was originally written by [[Richard Stallman]] in [[TECO]] under [[ITS]] at the [[MIT AI lab]]; AI Memo 554 described it as "an advanced, self-documenting, customizable, extensible real-time display editor". It has since been reimplemented any number of times, by various hackers, and versions exist that run under most major [[operating system]]s. Perhaps the most widely used version, also written by Stallman and now called "[[GNU]] EMACS" or GNUMACS, runs principally under Unix. (Its close relative [[XEmacs]] is the second most popular version.) It includes facilities to run compilation subprocesses and send and receive [[email]] or news; many hackers, before the time of [[GUI]]s, spent up to 80% of their tube time inside it. Other variants include [[GOSMACS]], CCA EMACS, UniPress EMACS, Montgomery EMACS, [[jove]], epsilon, and MicroEMACS. (Though we use the original all-caps spelling here, it is nowadays very commonly `Emacs'.) Some EMACS versions running under window managers iconify as an overflowing kitchen sink, perhaps to suggest the one feature the editor does not (yet) include. Indeed, some hackers find EMACS too [[heavyweight]] and [[baroque]] for their taste, and expand the name as "'''E'''scape '''M'''eta '''A'''lt '''C'''ontrol '''S'''hift" to spoof its heavy reliance on keystrokes decorated with [[bucky bit]]s. Other spoof expansions include "'''E'''ight '''M'''egabytes '''A'''nd '''C'''onstantly [[Swap]]ping" (from when that was a lot of [[core]]), `Eventually [[malloc]]()s All Computer Storage', and `EMACS Makes A Computer Slow' (see [[recursive acronym]]).

The latest stable release of GNU EMACS, 21.3, was released on March 24, 2003.

===Vi vs. Emacs===
Emacs vs [[vi]] is the subject of a [[holy war]], but this has largely been settled by the rise of [[WYSIWYG]] editors, which have tended to displace both options, and faster hardware, which renders the baroque nature of emacs irrelevant. The Emacs camp is sometimes jokingly referred to as the "Church of Emacs". In fact, as a gag, at his talks, [[RMS]] has been known to don a gown and halo and address his apostles:

:Finally, when Saint IGNUcius was asked if using <tt>vi</tt> in the Church of Emacs was a sin, he replied, "We of the Church of Emacs believe that use of <tt>vi</tt> is not a sin, but rather penance."


===Buckies===
The [[space-cadet keyboard]] was an inspiration for emacs. This is where all the C-''x'' (That's emacs notation for pressing the Control key while hitting the ''x'' key) and M-''x'' (same thing, only with the Alt key instead of the Control key) commands came from. These chorded keystrokes make use of "buckies", or special function keys like Control, Alt, and Shift. The name bucky comes from the early days of keyboards, before they standardized on [[ASCII]]. In those days, characters used 7 [[bit]]s, and bucky keys turned on extra bits, which were called [[bucky bits]], [[meta bits]], or high bits, to the top of the character's [[byte]]. This changed the value of the character's byte, and produced a different character.

The use of buckies means that an experienced emacs user has a wide range of commands available in just a few keystrokes, and doesn't have to take their hands off the main keyboard to use the arrow keys or the mouse. On the downside, there are a lot of commands to memorize (although you can usually muddle along with the arrow keys or the menu). Also, some key chords are hard to pull off. But at least emacs is better than the space-cadet keyboard. There are occasionally [[double bucky|double buckies]] (where you press Ctrl, Alt, and another key) but triple or even [[quadruple bucky|quadruple buckies]] are very rare. (A triple bucky would require the use of the Shift key. Quadruple or quintuple bucky would need super and hyper modifier keys, which can be defined using [[xmodmap]].)

===Features===
Emacs supports syntax highlighting, [[CVS]], [[diff]]/[[patch]] and many other features, which draw on Emacs' built-in LISP extensibility.

Around version 19 a fork of the GNU Emacs project resulted in an alternate version [[XEmacs]]. Both versions are now actively developed. The reasons for the fork are detailed on http://www.xemacs.org, but in short you could say that GNU Emacs is [[Free Software]] while XEmacs is more [[Open Source]] Software. XEmacs readily adopts changes from Emacs into its code base, so XEmacs arguable has more features. In practice the editors a much alike, so most you read about Emacs should apply to XEmacs and vice versa.

[[ELSE]], the Emacs Language Sensitive Editor is an installable mode of the editor.

A primary attraction of Emacs is its excellent syntax highlighting (called font-locking) and indentation support, as well as a lot of advanced editing tricks. Functions such as indent-function, hungry delete and other advanced tricks makes Emacs users incredibly productive. The flip side of the coin is that this enormous functionality has to be mastered, which takes some time.

Emacs comes with an excellent tutorial and auto-generated documentation. To access the tutorial, press h while holding down the Control key, release the control key and press t.

==See also==
* [[Emacs keystrokes]]
* [[Emacs modes]]
* [[Keyboard shortcuts at a glance]]
* [[LQWiki:Emacs_tips_and_tricks| Emacs tips and tricks to play well with LQWiki]]

==External links==
*[http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/ Homepage] (''www.gnu.org'')
*[http://www.emacswiki.org/ Wiki] (''www.emacswiki.org'')
*[http://www.nabble.com/Emacs-f1569.html Mailing lists] (''www.nabble.com'')
*[http://www.xemacs.org/ XEmacs homepage] (''www.xemacs.org'')

{{Jargon File/Attribution}}

[[category:Editors]]

LQWiki:Emacs tips and tricks

2007-02-17T19:56:57Z

Questynux: moved formatting functions to dedicated page

'''This is the place to share some emacs related tips and tricks designed to interact more efficiently with the LQWiki.'''

=Launching wiki code preview from emacs=

[[emacs]] is your [[text editor]] of choice to edit wiki code but you get tired of copy-pasting from there to the edition page just to run a preview ? [[LQWiki_trick_cnee_macro_to_launch_preview_from_emacs|Try this cnee macro to launch preview by a single key press]].

You will also find some elips functions to navigate between edits whithin a buffer.

The preview part is not really specific to [[emacs]] though, you should easily be able to adapt it to another [[text editor]] of your choice.

=Formatting=
==External links formatting==
Take a look at [[LQWiki:Emacs_tips_and_tricks/External_links_formatting]] for useful formatting emacs functions.

Xen

2007-02-17T11:14:51Z

Questynux: first draft with just external links

==External links==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xen Xen] (''en.wikipedia.org'')
*[http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/srg/netos/xen/ Homepage] (''www.cl.cam.ac.uk'')
*[http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/ Xen Wiki -- A shared workspace for the Xen Open Source community] (''wiki.xensource.com'')

TuxNES

2007-02-17T11:13:20Z

Questynux: formatted external links

'''TuxNES''' is a work-in-progress. It is designed to emulate NES games on Linux. FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD support is coming. It only supports the x86 architechture.

==Features==

TuxNES has support for CPU overclocking, joysticks, multiple players (on the same machine, network multiplayer is coming), screen captures, battery saving, trainer support, multiple palettes, and has disassembler support.

It can save/read in the iNES file format, read ZIP and GZIP files, has up to 5 sound channels, and features a GUI.

==External links==

*[http://tuxnes.sourceforge.net/ Main Page] (''tuxnes.sourceforge.net'')
*[http://tuxnes.sourceforge.net/download.php Download] (''tuxnes.sourceforge.net'')
*[http://tuxnes.sourceforge.net/screenshots.php Screenshots] (''tuxnes.sourceforge.net'')

Linux installation

2007-02-17T11:01:33Z

Questynux: /* Configuring Linux */ -- added performance link

As the method of '''installation of Linux''' varies so much from [[distribution]] to distribution, you are best advised to look at [[distribution-specific tips and tricks]].

Some [[Live CD distributions]], such as [[Knoppix]] or [[Morphix]] allow you to test-drive before you install. They also have a very good automatic detection and configuration system and are useful diagnostic tools to help you gather info about your system before installing any chosen distro.

A majority of distributions make a good attempt at autodetecting the target system's hardware, though [[WiFi]] device auto-detection is still more or less non-existent.

A [[Source_distributions|source based distribution]] such as [[Gentoo]] encourages its users to come to grips with Linux system management by making them configure, compile and set up everything from scratch. It's really worth doing if you have the time to learn that way, and the learning method and quality of the documentation set it apart from most other distros.

==System requirements==
There are hardly default hardware requirements. It depends a lot on the used [[Distributions|distribution]] and how much you are willing to tweak it. Most Linux [[distributions]] are rather modest with their hardware requirements so running any of them on a modern computer will not pose any problems.

Of course if you require to run Linux on a pre Pentium machine you might get in trouble using the latest [[Mandrake]], [[Fedora]], etc. because they may not support every processor type and require a certain amount of system memory. On the other hand using the latest technology may confront you with a lack of drivers and propper support.

==Choosing a distribution==
''Always use the same [[distribution]] as the [[guru]] next door!'' This way you have somebody around to question and ask for help.

In general if you don't need special features or have exotic hardware requirements and little or no [[Linux]] knowledge you are on the safe side using one of the major [[distributions]], i.e. [[Ubuntu]], [[Fedora]], [[Mandriva]], [[Suse]], [[Red_Hat]]. All them are equipped with a graphical installation, preconfigured desktop and graphical configuration tools.

If you just want to try [[Linux]] your best choice is one of the [[Live_CD_distributions | Live CD distributions]] which run from one CD and don't need to be installed at all.

Special hardware requirements and/or curiosity may lead you to other [[distributions]] like [[VectorLinux]] for sparse hardware which is based on [[Slackware]]. If you are interested in the nuts-and-bolts of Linux, and don't mind reading a long list of instructions, then running through a [[Gentoo]] installation may be for you.

Probably every [[distribution]] would be worth mentioning but believe me as said before: ''The best [[distribution]] is the one your personal [[guru]] has!''

For more information about how to choose a distribution, see [[Choosing a Linux distribution]].

===Distribution specific guides===
A comprehensive list of [[Distributions]].

===How to get a Distribution?===
* Buy a boxed [[Distributions|distribution]] online or in a store. This way you get user guides specific to your distribution and support from the distributor. If you buy an official copy some of the money will help maintain the distribution.
* Download the [[ISO]] files and burn your own CD set. The ISO files can be found at the main [[Distributions|distribution]] site or on countless [[mirror]]s. If the option exists, downloading from a distributed [[P2P]] network such as [[BitTorrent]] is preferable. Using p2p the download is likely to be faster, especially at busy times, and the cost to the distributor is far less than over [[ftp]].
* Download only a small installation CD or floppy image and install your system directly per [[FTP Install]] or [[HTTP Install]]. Only the selected software is downloaded which is in most cases faster than downloading the whole CD set. But not every [[Distributions|distribution]] supports this installation type.
* Sometimes magazines add partial or even complete [[distributions]], occasionally before they are made available online.

===How to solve problems with your distribution===
* Do it yourself, using [[man]] pages, local documents, the web
* Check out our [[troubleshooting]] page.
* Get help. See [[Linux support options]].
* [[Chat]] on places like http://freenode.net.

===How to keep a distribution up to date===
* Use a package manager like [[apt-get]], [[Synaptic]], [[up2date]], [[Urpmi|urpmi]] ... to download, install, and upgrade applications, and to find applications that will meet your needs. For a cookbook on how to use Synaptic, see [[Fedora, Synaptic Package Manager, finding Repositories, listing RPMs, previously installed]].

==Configuring Linux==
* [[Networking]]
* [[Security]]
* [[Hardware]]
* [[Booting]]
* [[Finding configuration parameters]]
* [[Managing Virtual Memory]]
* [[Adding Another Hard Drive]]
* [[Accessibility]]
* [[Performance]]

==Co-habitating with Microsoft Windows® (Dual Booting)==
* [["Help! I reinstalled Windows and Linux disappeared!"]]
* [["I want to ditch Linux and get back to Windows"]]
* [[Recommendations for dual-boot installations]]
* [[Booting from USB]]

==What next? How to make the most of Linux.==
* List of Linux [[Applications]]
* List of Linux [[Commands]]
* [[Common Tasks]]
* [[Documentation]]
* [[Gaming]]

==Installation Guides==
(guides to install distros at linuxquestions.org)
*[[ipodlinux:documentation|ipodlinux]]
*[[installing_woody|Debian woody on a 100MHz Pentium]]
*[[Installing Slackware and Gentoo]]
*[[Installing Slackware with LVM-partitions]]
*[[Installing on Old Machines (Survival Guide)]]

==External links==
(links to guides etc.)
*[http://linuxwiki.riverworth.com/ LinuxWiki] (''linuxwiki.riverworth.com'')
*:Another general-purpose linux wiki
*[http://www.debianhelp.co.uk/install.htm Debain Sarge Installation Guide] (''www.debianhelp.co.uk'')
*:This is a step by step debian linux installation guide
*[http://www.debianadmin.com/debian-etch-beta3-graphical-mode-installation-with-screenshots.html Debain Etch Installation Walkthrough] (''www.debianadmin.com'')
*:This is a step by step debian etch installation guide with screenshots
*[http://iso.linuxquestions.org/ LQ ISO] (''iso.linuxquestions.org'')
*:Find and rate fast Linux download mirrors
*[http://www.linuxiso.org LinuxISO.org] (''www.linuxiso.org'')
*:Another great ISO download site.

*[http://www.datagalaxy.net DataGalaxy] (''www.datagalaxy.net'')
*:All the major Linux Distros listed and downloadable via torrent.

Talk:Main Page

2007-02-17T11:00:50Z

Questynux: Performance link -- putting back SciYro message, adding personnal comment

Some older posts have been moved here: [[Talk:Main Page (archive)]] for purposes of readablity.
Where can I find Phpwiki? Because my website [http://www.paper-translation.com Academy Translation Web] is bulit by php and I want to add wiki to it.

==Suggestions for links==
* [[Open source operating systems]] BSD, etc.
* [[HOWTO]] section
* [[Performance]]
*:Can someone please add [[Performance]] to the main page, it seems like here would be a better place for it rather then at the end of the "gaming" page. [[User:SciYro|SciYro]]
*:: I agree Performance could be added, but please make sure the size of the main page is reduced for readability. I would remove [[distributions]], [[People]] and [[Programming]] --[[User:ThorstenStaerk|ThorstenStaerk]] 04:35, February 17, 2007 (EST)
*:::I just added a link to performance in [http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Linux_installation#Configuring_Linux Linux_installation], that seems like a good place for it. You could also integrate a link to it from the [[Common_Tasks]] page imo. There is much room for improvement of course in the organisation/cleanness/readability of the [[installation]] or [[Common tasks]] pages right now, but i think one could easily find its way to the performance page from those places, or maybe even from the [[hardware]] page.
*:::I don't know if the link will be put on the main page but for now that should be a good start. my two cents. [[User:Questynux|Questynux]] 06:00, February 17, 2007 (EST)

* Where's the best place for cronic hardware/kernel problems? There is a largish problem revolving around APIC (not ACPI) timing issues under various linux kernels that cause the machine to freeze up hard. I'd like to add information about that, and I'm sure there are other cronic issues that deserve to have some space in the WIKI as well. -Scott Miller (5mi11er)

I'll answer in reverse order. I'd suggest creating a new hardware-and-kernel page, link to it from both the hardware and kernel page, and then link to your (new) APIC page. Your guess is as good as mine though, I've never even ''heard'' of APIC before. (I'm just barely miss being a Linux noob - the Dilbert Principle at work I guess :-)).

As for new links from the Main Page - the moderator's council (or whatever you want to call it) is currently discussing ways to implement Featured Pages. We've noticed that the Wikipedia (the uber-wiki) has a hierarchial, quasi-Table of Contents area which is similar to our current front page. However, this area is far towards the bottom of the front page, and I doubt it gets much use. What we think happened is that they started out with a quasi-TOC front page like ours, but then moved toward the current Featured Pages-dominated version of today. A quasi-TOC front page provides a skeleton for a young wiki to grow on, but as a wiki matures, it becomes harder to link to important articles. This is where Featured Pages comes in. The front page of a wiki is not a TOC, but rather a hub page that links out to the most important pages of the wiki.

So we're not ruling out new front page links by any means, but it might be wise to consider wether or not you would like a page as a Featured Page or a permament link. I will pass your suggestion along to the rest of the council. Any other moderators want to weigh in?

Anyway, welcome to the LQwiki. A obviously experienced Linux user like yourself is a welcome addition. You might want to sign your posts with four tildes - the wiki engine will translate it to a link to your userpage and a timestamp. [[User:Crazyeddie|Crazyeddie]] 03:03, Aug 25, 2004 (EDT)

==Spam links==
Just deleted what appeared to be spam links to german horoscope sites. If those were legit, someone let me know. [[User:Crazyeddie|Crazyeddie]] 03:19, Jul 3, 2004 (EDT)
:That's ok - In order to assess the appropriateness of material, all content must currently be in English, and any external sites which are linked to must also be English language based - [[LQWiki:Policies#General_policies|General policies]]
:-- [[User:Skyline|Skyline]] 06:23, Jul 3, 2004 (EDT)

==Advocacy article==
Should there be an Advocacy section linked from the Main Page?
--[[User:Bunyip|Bunyip]] 08:52, Jul 23, 2004 (EDT)

===Importing Advocacy article from Linux Documentation Project===
[[User:Crazyeddie|Crazyeddie]] 11:54, Jul 23, 2004 (EDT):Perhaps, but an Advocacy article doesn't exist yet. There's an advocacy article over at the [[Linux Documentation Project]], but we would have to get permission from the author of the article, because it looks like their license is not compatible with Creative Commons. Here's the copyright info:

===TLDP Advocacy HOWTO's copyright information===
This mini-HOWTO is Copyright © 1996-2000 by Paul L. Rogers. All rights reserved.

A verbatim copy may be reproduced or distributed in any medium physical or electronic without permission of the author. Translations are similarly permitted without express permission if it includes a notice on who translated it.

Short quotes may be used without prior consent by the author. Derivative work and partial distributions of the Advocacy mini-HOWTO must be accompanied with either a verbatim copy of this file or a pointer to the verbatim copy.

Commercial redistribution is allowed and encouraged; however, the author would like to be notified of any such distributions.

In short, we wish to promote dissemination of this information through as many channels as possible. However, we do wish to retain copyright on the HOWTO documents, and would like to be notified of any plans to redistribute the HOWTOs.

We further want that all information provided in the HOWTOs is disseminated. If you have questions, please contact Tim Bynum, the Linux HOWTO coordinator, at linux-howto@sunsite.unc.edu.

===Responses===
: The "Derivative work and partial distributions of the Advocacy mini-HOWTO must be accompanied with either a verbatim copy of this file or a pointer to the verbatim copy" bit would seem to indicate that we could add the HOWTO(s) to the wiki (it would become a "Derivative work" after the first edit), as long as we include a link to the original verbatim copy, which should not be a problem.
: [[User:Jeremy|Jeremy]] 15:27, Jul 23, 2004 (EDT)

:Yes, but could we in good faith release it under the Creative Commons and let others reuse it from us? I think you might be right, but I would feel better if we got explicit permission from the author. At least there is a single author, unlike most Wikipedia articles. I was planning on trying to incorporate TLDP HOWTOs, as soon as I got to a certain point in the [[Jargon File]] incorporation, so I've had some time to think about this. Do you have any contacts at TLDP, or should I just email the guy myself? [[User:Crazyeddie|Crazyeddie]] 18:34, Jul 23, 2004 (EDT)

===TLDP manifesto===
:: Looking at http://www.tldp.org/manifesto.html I see:
"5. LICENSE REQUIREMENTS

Anyone may copy and distribute (sell or give away) LDP documents (or other LDP works) in any media and/or format. No fees are required to be paid to the authors. It is not required that the documents be modifiable, but it is encouraged.

You can come up with your own license terms that satisfy these conditions, or you can use a previously prepared license. The LDP has a boilerplate license that you can use if you wish. Some people like to use the GPL, while others write their own. There is a project underway to create a special GPL license just for documents and this may turn out to be a good choice.

The copyright for each document should be in the name of the principal authors. "The Linux Documentation Project" isn't a formal entity and thus can't be used as a copyright owner. "

===Responses===
::This seems to fit exactly in with what we want to do. I'll contact TLDP just to verify, however. I'll post the outcome here.
:: [[User:Jeremy|Jeremy]] 00:53, Jul 24, 2004 (EDT)
::: After discussing this with TLDP, I am going to revisit the ability to add GFDL items to the LQ Wiki. Stay tuned. [[User:Jeremy|Jeremy]] 12:17, Jul 25, 2004 (EDT)

How would that work? I thought that the Creative Commons/GFDL incompatibility was pretty well established. "East is East and West is West, and ne'er the twain shall meet." As the GFDL and the CC are presently written, material under one can't be released under the other without the permission of the copyright holder (the original author in most cases). There's rumors that the FSF and the Creative Commons people are working on that issue, but until then, we're pretty well stuck with just asking for permission. Not that I would ''mind'' an easier solution, but I just don't think it's possible.[[User:Crazyeddie|Crazyeddie]] 16:40, Jul 26, 2004 (EDT)

:It would work something like this. When you enter in a doc, there would be a "this is GFDL" checkbox. That doc would then be under the GFDL and *not* the CC. There are a few problems with this, and it could get complicated quite quickly, so It's not a definite addition at this point, just somehting we are exploring. [[User:Jeremy|Jeremy]] 17:50, Jul 26, 2004 (EDT)

Hmmm. That would be possible if it was a new article, and that the changes made to it were also GFDLed. But it would lead to some articles being GFDL, some being CC. A hack, but we're kinda in a corner. I think we'd still be better off contacting the original authors and getting CC permission, since this would increase the number of options available to downstream users (they would be able to use our version under the CC and the original under the GFDL), but I'd be willing to go along if there is consensus for it. [[User:Crazyeddie|Crazyeddie]] 15:32, Jul 27, 2004 (EDT)

Jeremy, if you're still seriously considering dual-licensing, you might want to look at this first: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Creative_commons_migration Keep in mind that I did not seriously expect this to be accepted, I was more trying to raise awareness of the problem. I would not have even suggested it if I hadn't (which I still do!) believed that the Creative Commons by-sa license is superior to the GFDL. [[User:Crazyeddie|Crazyeddie]] 19:06, Aug 2, 2004 (EDT)

----
How about changing the notice at the bottom of each edit page to ... "WITHOUT PERMISSION from the authors to post under LQWiki's [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/1.0/ Creative Commons] license." You should add that each page is owned by the authors listed in its history. [[User:TomFrayne|TomFrayne]] 09:58, Jul 24, 2004 (EDT)

===Crazyeddie's extended post===
(added sectioning for readability) That would be an ugly hack. I think I'd rather roll our own HOWTOs than go through that. Anyway, I'm looking at this from the point of view of a general solution rather than just importing this one article. Some reasons I think we should contact the article authors and ask for explicit permission:
#The Manifesto is a suggestion or a guideline for the TLDP contributors to use when deciding what licensing scheme to use. It doesn't look like they're too big on enforcing it, or at least a few of the older articles didn't even bother appending a license. It is not a license in and of itself.
#Even if the contributors do follow the Manifesto's guidelines, they don't have to allow modifications.
#They may have released in under a copyleft modifiable license that isn't compatible with the Creative Commons such as the GFDL. I'm not sure, but I don't think the GPL is Creative Commons compatible either.
#Like the manifesto says, the LDP is not the copyright holder, so they can't unilaterally give permission.
#Even if we could use an article without permission, it would be good form to tell the author about it. For example, if the author can no longer maintain or host the original, he or she could tell their users where they could go to get an updated copy. It occurs to me that the LDP could see us as competition. It might be a good idea to stress that they can backport any changes under the Creative Commons. Anybody else have any ideas that might smooth the path?
#Letting an experienced technical writer know about this wiki is a Good Thing. This subproject gives us a good excuse.

:If you would like to start contacting authors of articles you think should be added, please feel free to do so. If you need anything from our end, let me know. [[User:Jeremy|Jeremy]] 17:54, Jul 26, 2004 (EDT)

:Okay. I'll use [[Talk:Linux Documentation Project]] as a sort of improvised "command center" in case somebody else wants to help out/take over. A good first step would be to send off a general email to their mailing list. (I'll make sure that I mention that I'm doing this as my own intiative, not as an 'offical' LQwiki project.) If you don't think it's confidental or something, could you send me a copy of the correspondence you had with them? After the general email, I'll try contacting the Advocacy HOWTO's author. If anybody has suggestions on what to incorporate next, head over to the LDP talk and let me know. [[User:Crazyeddie|Crazyeddie]] 15:23, Jul 27, 2004 (EDT)

:I have a draft email up on [[Talk:Linux Documentation Project]]. Please go idiotproof it everybody! [[User:Crazyeddie|Crazyeddie]] 16:14, Jul 27, 2004 (EDT)

::Seems completely idiotless. :) [[User:Digiot|Digiot]] 17:17, Jul 27, 2004 (EDT)

I'm placing the email on hold until I can rewrite it, to reflect my promotion to moderator. (Since I'm now moderator, it pretty much has to be an offical LQwiki project.) Also, it occurs to me that Grokdoc might want in on this. [[User:Crazyeddie|Crazyeddie]] 19:10, Aug 2, 2004 (EDT)

:Have a list of LDP howtos up over at [[Talk:Linux Documentation Project]]. Take a look over and let me know if there is a howto you want me to put on the to-do list. [[User:Crazyeddie|Crazyeddie]] 18:50, Jul 28, 2004 (EDT)

::Seems like to me the best principle would just be to prioritize them into 'niche interest' and 'outdated for a reason' and then take the remaining generally important and relevant topics and do them in chronological order. A major problem is outdated data and attacking that first would probably be most useful and most suited to wikification. Also, those authors who have abandoned or rarely update their topics might be the most receptive to passing on the maintenance of them, including relicensing or whatever it takes. [[User:Digiot|Digiot]] 22:31, Jul 28, 2004 (EDT)

:But on the other hand, abandoned or rarely updated documents also will be the hardest to get permission for. But I get your drift. I'll go over the list myself tomorrow, but I would like to know if there is any particular ones people want. This is going to take long enough that there is no reason to stick to any particular method if there's one that somebody really wants. I'll rig up some sort of voting system I suppose. I've already taken off some "removed for review" entries and I'm going to go back and remove some internationilization howtos, since those are usually written in a different language. (I'll also replace the sectioning with bullet points - didn't realize how ugly it would look until I was halfway through.) [[User:Crazyeddie|Crazyeddie]] 01:31, Jul 29, 2004 (EDT)

Okay, voting is setup (kinda). [[User:Crazyeddie|Crazyeddie]] 19:10, Aug 2, 2004 (EDT)

==Disclaimer==
A bit off the main topic, but one thing I noticed over at the TLDP... It might be wise to have a "No Warranty, As Is" type notice at the bottom of the page, down in the copyright notices. Unlike the Wikipedia (who have a similar notice, but a bit more buried) we're handing out documentation which could cause serious damage if used improperly, or if it is incorrect. In addition to it being a just plain good idea, some of the TLDP articles have that as their sole condition for modification and redistribution. If we actually do have something like that already, well, my friends don't call me "Captain Oblivious" for nothing. [[User:Crazyeddie|Crazyeddie]] 13:24, Jul 24, 2004 (EDT)

:Good idea - a disclaimer has been added. Thanks. [[User:Jeremy|Jeremy]] 12:41, Jul 25, 2004 (EDT)

I've edited it to include contributors under the "don't sue us!" umbrella. [[User:Crazyeddie|Crazyeddie]] 18:48, Aug 2, 2004 (EDT)

==Forum Revisited==
Several people have asked about a general LQwiki discussion forum. Does anybody have any objections to using this talk page as such a forum? [[User:Crazyeddie|Crazyeddie]] 14:02, Jul 24, 2004 (EDT)

== wiki software link ==

Is there a link on the main page or somewhere at the bottom where people can see what wiki software is being used here. It might be nice to link to the software's homepage, assuming it is free. I looks mostly like the software used on wikipedia, with some very nice modifications. --[[User:Paraphelion|Paraphelion]] 06:50, Feb 9, 2005 (EST)

: We do infact use MediaWiki, which is mentioned in the [[LQWiki:FAQ|FAQ]]. [[User:Jeremy|Jeremy]] 11:31, Feb 10, 2005 (EST)

:: Where is the FAQ linked? It might be nice to also mention this information in "About LQ Wiki", especially because the link is on each page. There's no reason not to have it in both. I'm surprised that the FAQ isn't linked on the about page. --[[User:Paraphelion|Paraphelion]] 02:54, Feb 15, 2005 (EST)

Could we open up our modifications to the community? It seems like there is some interest in them, and it's possible that some downstream users will make modifications that we might find useful... 15:24, Feb 10, 2005 (EST)

: At this time we realistically don't have the resources to support a release. More and more, the changes are mostly cosmetic and not functional anyway. What we will definitely do moving forward is push bug fixes (and features if there is interest) upstream so that everyone can benefit. [[User:Jeremy|Jeremy]] 22:57, Feb 10, 2005 (EST)

I'm not suggesting a full release. I'm suggesting making our patches available. For the spellchecker, for example. Last I heard, MediaWiki is reluctant to uptake spellchecking because Wikipedia servers can't handle the load. (Or at least that's what the rumors say.) If enough downstream users show an interest, I think they might change their minds. [[User:Crazyeddie|Crazyeddie]] 03:23, Feb 11, 2005 (EST)

I remember that our modifications aren't in patch form... Could we possibly give read-only access to our cvs? Are we using a cvs? [[User:Crazyeddie|Crazyeddie]] 03:41, Feb 11, 2005 (EST)

: CVS is not used for the LQ Wiki. [[User:Jeremy|Jeremy]] 16:51, Feb 11, 2005 (EST)

How about just an archive of our current PHP code? Surely y'all make backups? [[User:Crazyeddie|Crazyeddie]] 17:26, Feb 11, 2005 (EST)

: As I mentioned earlier, just releasing the code without being able to support it in any way is probably not in anyones best interest. Aside from that, I don't want it to be seen as a fork, which it isn't. Users will get 100% of the benefits by us pushing bugfixes upstream. If there is interest in the spell checker (or anything else we have here) upstream we'd be more than happy to push that too. [[User:Jeremy|Jeremy]] 10:07, Feb 13, 2005 (EST)

I'm not talking about a formal fork, with the support and code maintenance involved. I'm talking about an open documentation project, based on open source software, making its modifications to that software public.

Ideally, since we're only making modifications, not a full fork, we should make those modifications available in the form of patches. In addition to being helpful for third-party users of MediaWiki software, it would help us when it comes time for us to upgrade to the next MediaWiki release, and it would make it easier for MediaWiki to upload our modifications. I fully agree that getting MediaWiki to upload our mods is the best solution, since that would mean that we would no longer have to maintain the code ourselves.

The current method of handing out our modifications, which consists of: "email Jeremy, and he'll fish out the bit you need and email it to you" is not convenient for either party. I think I've seen about six requests for our code in wiki, and I doubt that many requests have made it to you.

As I said, I think the ideal solution is to make our modifications available in patch form. But I realize that such a move would probably involve a lot of work, and I'm trying to suggest a compromise solution. Instead of having to exchange emails, all you would have to do is grunt "Code's over there. Help yourself." We should make it clear that we don't support the code, we're just handing it out to anybody who wants it. If somebody finds a bug, they can tell us about it, but we'll probably only fix it if the bug directly affects us. Patches would be welcome.

Our main added feature is spellchecking. There has been some interest in a spellchecking feature over at the Wikipedia. However, spellchecking would put an additional strain on their servers, so they haven't rolled their own yet. I think MediaWiki would only put in spellchecking as an optional feature if there was strong interest downstream. Some downstream wikis using an experimental and unsupported spellchecker would be a strong argument in favor of formal inclusion of a spellchecker option.

Something similar could be said for any additional feature we might make in the future. If we're adding the feature ourselves, then there is probably some reason why it isn't in the MediaWiki code already, and it will only be added as an option if there is strong downstream interest. The existance of a patch would no doubt help.

Even if one of our modifications is cosmetic, and not worthy of being included in MediaWiki, we should still make it available. There is no telling what an administrator might find helpful.

The LQwiki's main need right now is additional contributors, ideally ones with experience in Linux and/or wikis. Having wiki patches available would give us greater visibility in the wiki community, especially with administrators.

We might even attract some additional administration staff, who might be willing to help with other LQ projects.

Lastly, I think that providing documentation for wiki administration falls under the subject matter of this wiki. I don't think it's a stretch to include wiki code cookbooks. [[User:Crazyeddie|Crazyeddie]] 15:46, Feb 13, 2005 (EST)

We would not be providing a sealed software package to a helpless user. We would be providing prewritten cookbook code to an administrator, who would hopefully have the coding skills needed to modify our code to their own situation. [[User:Crazyeddie|Crazyeddie]] 17:00, Feb 13, 2005 (EST)

Because MediaWiki is distributed under the GPL, you MUST make your modifications available to the public in some manner. A good reason to roll your changes back into the original is so that you don't have to re-patch your code whenever you want to upgrade to the new version. [[User:Xxxyyy|Xxxyyy]] 19:28, Mar 10, 2005 (EST)

Correction, we only have to provide the code if we redistribute the program. That's my understanding, at least. If we were handing out or selling binaries we would have to make the code available at no more cost than the cost of physically creating the media. Since we ''aren't'' handing out binaries, but only using the MediaWiki engine internally, we aren't required by the GPL to hand out code. Google, for example, uses Linux to power their proprietary search engine magic. They, or so I have heard, did make modifications to Fedora Linux in order to use it in their operations, but since they only use it internally, they don't have to hand out their top-secret secret sauce.

I just happen to think that handing out our modifications is a good idea. To a certain extent, Jeremy agrees with me. Where we differ is how to go about it.

Jeremy would love to roll back our changes to MediaWiki. Problem is, most of our changes are cosmetic, only of use to us - or so we think, no telling what another wiki-admin might do with it. MediaWiki hasn't shown much interest in adapting our changes that aren't cosmetic. The main example being the spellchecker. (Making our code more easily available might change that though.)

I'm supporting making our code available to anyone who passes by. Right now, you could get the code by emailing Jeremy (I think, don't quote me on that), but that's not exactly convenient for anybody concerened.

Jeremy is worried that if we make our code easily available, people will think we're doing our own offical fork, and expect us to maintain it and provide support. Our coding room, which consists of exactly two part-time coders, who also keep the entire LQ site up and running, simply doesn't have the resources to do that.

I'd like some compromise plan - make our modifications easily available, but also stave off any requests for support with a clear, upfront, STFU. [[User:Crazyeddie|Crazyeddie]] 03:43, Mar 11, 2005 (EST)

== Article diffs hard to interpret ==

Is there some reason that the diffs in this wiki are so different in appearance from the default? The color highlighting seems to be completely missing, and looking at the diffs isn't nearly as useful as a result. --[[User:Yath|Yath]] 16:04, Jul 26, 2005 (EDT)

:Thanks for the feedback Yath. I'll look into this. [[User:Jeremy|Jeremy]] 09:18, Jul 27, 2005 (EDT)

::This has been fixed - Thanks again. [[User:Jeremy|Jeremy]] 11:34, Jul 27, 2005 (EDT)

:::Thanks that's much better. --[[User:Yath|Yath]] 12:23, Jul 28, 2005 (EDT)

== Your RSS feed now included in Planet Wiki ==

Hi, I included your RSS feed in [http://planetwiki.wikinerds.org/ Planet Wiki], a service of the [http://www.wikinerds.org/ Wikinerds Community] which offers an online news aggregator that collects various RSS feeds from many wikis around the WikiWikiWeb. In this way more people may find your wiki and become contributors. If you have any maximum-hits policy please [http://nsk.wikinerds.org/ contact me through email]. Good luck with your wikisite! [[User:Www.wikinerds.org|Www.wikinerds.org]] 07:18, Jul 29, 2005 (EDT)

:Thanks! [[User:Jeremy|Jeremy]] 11:17, Jul 29, 2005 (EDT)

== link to linux-net ==

Is there someplace to put a link to the linux networking
development wiki? http://linux-net.osdl.org

== merging other Linux wiki -- Main Page locked ==

On
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Talk:Linux_For_Newbies
, someone suggested merging that wiki with this Linux Questions wiki.
The *only* reason given for not merging these wiki is that the main page of Linux Questions (unlike every other page of both wiki) is not editable.

* Should the Main Page be locked?
* Should these wiki be merged?
--[[User:DavidCary|DavidCary]] 17:16, Jan 13, 2006 (EST)

:I'm not sure what is meant by "merged", but it doesn't look like the discussion about this topic is too active at the link you mentioned as there are only two comments with the most recent one being four months old. That being said, we'd surely encourage participation here at the LQ Wiki and I'd agree that often times content is far too spread out. We'd be happy to provide the resources needed on this one. While the main page is locked, the talk page can be used to discuss entirely new sections. It should also be noted that content here can be either CC or GFDL (although of course the two can't be mixed). If there is anything else I can help with, let me know. [[User:Jeremy|Jeremy]] 21:06, Jan 14, 2006 (EST)

== Dos problemitas que tengo - 2 problems that i have ==
moved to [[User talk:Weimarcastro]]

Talk:Zip

2007-02-14T19:01:28Z

Questynux: you give advice on a command you have never used ???

I have never used zip but for
zip -r myarchive myfolder
please use it as the first example. Also make clear that the archive does not only contain all files in myfolder, but also the folder myfolder.
I wrote this, but it was reverted.
---[[User:ThorstenStaerk|ThorstenStaerk]]
:You are wrong myfolder will be included anyway. You admit to have never used zip and are giving advice on how to use it ?
:Do you remember what i told you [http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/index.php?title=Talk:Rsync&oldid=32020 about scarce manpower on this wiki] ? Please use the talk pages [http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/index.php?title=Talk:Xfe&oldid=32133 for good reasons] Thorsten. Please respect other people's time. [[User:Questynux|Questynux]] 14:01, February 14, 2007 (EST)

Zip

2007-02-14T18:16:59Z

Questynux: /* Examples */ rephrasing

[[Zip]] archives and [[compressing files|compresses]] files using a format compatible with PKZIP and WinZip. Unlike [[Linux]] or UNIX compression and archiving utilities, zip combines archiving and compression.

'''Syntax:''' 
zip [option] [archive] files

For ''option''s, see the [http://man.linuxquestions.org/?query=zip&section=0&type=2 man page]. zip keeps original files intact ( except for very particular options ). To decompress files use [[unzip]].

==Examples==

*<code>zip documents *</code>
*: Creates the documents.zip archive containing all the files in the current directory. Files beginning with a dot might be excluded depending on your shell filename expansion feature configuration. You can check which files will be included by simply running the "[[ls]] *" command. The same remark applies for most of the following examples using the "*" expansion.
*<code>zip documents *.sdw</code>
*: Creates the documents.zip archive containing all the .sdw files present in the current directory.
*<code>zip -r myarchive myfolder</code>
*: Creates myarchive.zip, an archive containing every files and directories present in myfolder, even files with a starting dot.
*<code>zip -r archive * -x \*.doc</code>
*: Archives all files and directories in the working directory excluding names with the .doc suffix. Please note the backslashed "*" character to prevent the shell from interpreting it. It will be interpreted and applied by the zip command instead, in all processed directories.
*<code>zip -g documents essays/*</code>
*: Appends all the files of the essays directory to the existing documents.zip archive.
*<code>zip -mT documents *</code>
*: Moves all files of the current directory to the documents.zip archive. This is dangerous as this actually deletes those files. Please read the man page for more details.

==TroubleShooting==

*zip warning: name not matched - This can mean your file is bigger than 2 GigaByte and cannot be packed therefore.

==See also==
*[[zipinfo]]
*[[zipnote]]
*[[zipsplit]]
*[[tar]]
*[[unpack]]

[[Category:Command]]

Fluxbox

2007-02-14T18:10:56Z

Questynux: formatted external links

Just by looking at '''Fluxbox''', one can see the resemblance it bears to [[Blackbox]] 0.61.1. That's because Fluxbox handles styles, colors, window placement and similar things exactly like Blackbox.

Fluxbox has 100% theme and style compatibility with Blackbox. Fluxbox looks like Blackbox.

[http://fluxbox.sourceforge.net/themes.php This] is the place where you get get the latest spiffy Fluxbox themes as well as the ones that are shipped in the tarball (if you somehow lost or removed them).

What's more, Fluxbox won the 2003 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Award for the Best Window Manager.

==See also==
*[[Fluxbox Tips & Tricks]]
*[[Window manager]]
*[[Desktop environment]]
*[[Fluxbox Install]]

==External links==
*[http://fluxbox.org/ Official website] (''fluxbox.org'')
*[http://fluxbox.org/docbook/en/html/ The official Fluxbox docbook] (''fluxbox.org'')
*[http://www.linux.org/lessons/short/fluxbox/ Using the Fluxbox Window Manager] (''www.linux.org'')

Zip

2007-02-14T17:58:26Z

Questynux: correcting many inaccuracies ranging from subtle to plain wrong. -- formatting

[[Zip]] archives and [[compressing files|compresses]] files using a format compatible with PKZIP and WinZip. Unlike [[Linux]] or UNIX compression and archiving utilities, zip combines archiving and compression.

'''Syntax:''' 
zip [option] [archive] files

For ''option''s, see the [http://man.linuxquestions.org/?query=zip&section=0&type=2 man page]. zip keeps original files intact ( except for very particular options ). To decompress files use [[unzip]].

==Examples==

*zip documents *
*: Creates the documents.zip archive containing all the files in the current directory. Files beginning with a dot might be excluded depending on your shell filename expansion feature configuration. You can check which files will be included by simply running the "[[ls]] *" command. The same remark applies for most of the following examples using the "*" expansion.
*zip documents *.sdw
*: Creates the documents.zip archive containing all the .sdw files present in the current directory.
*zip -r myarchive myfolder
*: Creates myarchive.zip, an archive containing every files and directories present in myfolder, even files with a starting dot.
*zip -r archive * -x \*.doc
*: Archives all files and directories in the working directory excluding names with the .doc suffix. Please note the backslashed "*" character to prevent the shell from interpreting it. It will be interpreted and applied by the zip command instead, in every subdirectory.
*zip -g documents essays/*
*: Appends all the files of the essays directory to the existing documents.zip archive.
*zip -mT documents *
*: Moves all files of the current directory to the documents.zip archive. This is dangerous as this actually deletes those files. Please read the man page for more details.

==TroubleShooting==

*zip warning: name not matched - This can mean your file is bigger than 2 GigaByte and cannot be packed therefore.

==See also==
*[[zipinfo]]
*[[zipnote]]
*[[zipsplit]]
*[[tar]]
*[[unpack]]

[[Category:Command]]

Core Wars

2007-02-14T17:10:14Z

Questynux: formatted external links

'''Core Wars''' is a computer [[core]] simulation game, in which the objective is for a program to take over the core. The game works by having programs run inside a simulated code, such as [[pMARS]], the game ends after X number of moves, or until a program controls the entire code. The programs are created in a fake [[assembly language]] called [[redcode]].

Online contests are held in which people submit their programs that will compete. Various web sites host these arenas, and you can find a very good number of competing programs still on them.

==Also See==
*[[Gaming]]
*[[Game List]]
*[[pMARS]] - Official Core Wars core simulator
*[[redcode]] - language used in Core Wars

==External Links==
*[http://www.koth.org/ KOTH] (''www.koth.org'')
*: A Core Wars arena website

SQLite

2007-02-14T17:08:59Z

Questynux: formatted external links

'''SQLite''' is an Embeddable SQL [[Database]] engine.

It is self contained and without external dependencies and it's fast. The developers say that it is "Two times faster than [[PostgreSQL]] and [[MySQL]] for many common operations."

==See Also==
*[[Kexi]] - a graphical environment utilizing SQLite as (one of) its database backend

==External links==
*[http://www.sqlite.org sqlite homepage] (''www.sqlite.org'')

[[Category:Database]]

GLX

2007-02-14T17:08:32Z

Questynux: formatted external links

'''GLX''' is the [[OpenGL]] [[X]] extension. It contains extensions to the X server and library, as well as a [[API]] for programmers. GLX integrates OpenGL with X, it provides the glue code to easily do OpenGL in X, as well as several commands to test and check on things. GLX should be included in any modern day X server distribution.

==Also See==
*[[glxinfo]] - Command to query the status of GLX
*[[glxgears]] - Command to test GLX rendering
*[[AIGLX]] - Allows GLX commands to be rendered on the server end

==External Links==
[http://www.sgi.com/products/software/opensource/glx/ Homepage] (''www.sgi.com'')

AIGLX

2007-02-14T17:07:50Z

Questynux: formatted external links

'''AIGLX''' or Accelerated Indirect [[GLX]] is a [[X]] extension that allows GLX (and thus [[OpenGL]] commands) to be accelerated indirectly. This basically means, is that GLX commands are sent at the client end to the server end, and not rendered on the client end. The indirect then refers not to its slow speed, but to the fact that its not rendered at the client side, but takes advantage of the 3D card at the server end. This allows for very fast (relatively) 3D performance over the old methods.

The project was done by the people at [[Red Hat]] to allow for 3D desktops, with all sorts of stunning effects. If your wondering why this would be needed to create a 3D desktop, then its because of the [[CompositeExt]] X extention, that allows windows on the server to be rendered not on screen, but to a memory location for later mangling. A composite manager then takes all these windows and combines them on the screen. This is very slow because the composite manager is a client, thus, the window's image must be transfered to the client, then back to the server. AIGLX allows the composite manager to send manipulation commands to the X server, bypassing the need to transfer images, and thus speeding up 3D desktop effects.

By using AIGLX as well as other extensions, ts possible for for a complaint [[window manager]] (or in this new case, a [[composite window manager]]) to use OpenGL to create effects, and have those effects seen and rendered with good performance and speed.

==Also See==
*[[Composite window manager]] for a list of window managers that support 3D effects
*[[XGL]] - a alternative approach to 3D desktops

==External Links==
*[http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/RenderingProject/aiglx Homepage] (''fedoraproject.org'')

Software

2007-02-14T17:06:51Z

Questynux: rephrasing

One or many [[programs]], usually with associated [[documentation]].

Please see [[applications]] for a an overview of software available under GNU/Linux.

LQWiki:Candidates for deletion

2007-02-11T23:18:22Z

Questynux: about some duplicate/draft pages

'''This is a list of user submitted propositions for page deletion. Please date your entry, thanks.'''

==Mini howto==

{| style="width:50%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
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{|
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See [[LQWiki:Wiki_markup]] or [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User's_Guide:_Editing_overview#The_wiki_markup MediaWiki_User's_Guide] for more on wiki code.
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==Candidates for deletion list==
===No page left pointing to it===
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20:52, February 1, 2007 (EST)

[http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/index.php?title=Find_out_your_distribution&redirect=no Find_out_your_distribution]
:no page left pointing to it. [[User:Questynux|Questynux]]
::please not. I want to be able to tell the reader: 1. [[find out your distribution]]; 2. in case of suse do blahblah. --[[User:ThorstenStaerk|ThorstenStaerk]] 13:45, February 2, 2007 (EST)
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[http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/index.php?title=LQ_Wiki_Bookmarks&redirect=no LQ_Wiki_Bookmarks]
:19:47, February 6, 2007 (EST)
:Reason___No_page_left_pointing_to_it
[[User:Questynux|Questynux]]
:: I like this title better than the one I cannot remember, where it points to, liveliest_pages_in_the_linux_world or so ;)
[[User:ThorstenStaerk]]
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[http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/index.php?title=MarkupDemo&redirect=no MarkupDemo]
:19:47, February 6, 2007 (EST)
:Reason___No_page_left_pointing_to_it
[[User:Questynux|Questynux]]
:: my personal homepage links to it because it is super and the URL is easy to remember, in case you are off-site
[[User:ThorstenStaerk|ThorstenStaerk]]---
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===Duplicates/drafts/propositions in the main name space===
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;[[LQCentraltable]] should be moved to [[User:Skyline/LQCentraltable]]
;[[LQCentraltable2]] should be moved to [[User:Skyline/LQCentraltable2]]
:Reason <nowiki>:</nowiki> "This does not belong in the main name space. Moving out."

:I don't think these pages should be removed from the wiki, because they have been the basis for past discussions and may still be useful for reference.
:On the other hand they really shouldn't stay in the main name space because they are propositions only, and often duplicates of already existing pages. This is very confusing to new comers ( and to every one for that matter ) because a standard search on the wiki will yield those pages in the results just as if they had equal right to be there as any other page. A name space for drafts or propositions should exist but as it is the best is probably to move them to the User name space along with the pages of their respective authors. something like [[User:username/page's name]] for instance. [[User:Questynux|Questynux]] 18:18, February 11, 2007 (EST) (didn't sign the first time)
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[[Editable_Main_TOC]],[[Hierarchical_TOC]]
: I have no idea what a page with almost only headings shall help. [[User:ThorstenStaerk]]
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[[Editable_Main_Page]]
: I have no idea what doubling a page shall help. It has a sense that not everybody can edit Main_Page.[[User:ThorstenStaerk]]
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[[Commands_TOC]]
: For that, we have the category commands.[[User:ThorstenStaerk]]
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===Various===
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[[Jargon_File]]
: It sheds a bad light on all contributors here that we separate from the "normal user" by having a "Jargon".[[User:ThorstenStaerk]]
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[[Bad_and_Wrong]]
: Hatred, pseudo-scientific article about a trivial word combination. Ridiculous.[[User:ThorstenStaerk]]
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[[Killer_app]]
:Reason: There is no sense in that word, and wikipedia will always be superior in definitions.
[[User:ThorstenStaerk|ThorstenStaerk]]---
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[[Alpha_geek]]
:Reason: The typical couch-potatoe-humor of "save-the-world"-wannabes. Rather distastes newcomers.
[[User:ThorstenStaerk|ThorstenStaerk]]---
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LQWiki:Candidates for deletion

2007-02-11T23:16:26Z

Questynux: Some organisation/formatting

'''This is a list of user submitted propositions for page deletion. Please date your entry, thanks.'''

==Mini howto==

{| style="width:50%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
|- align="left"
!'''What wiki code do i need to input to insert <nowiki>:</nowiki>'''
|}
{|
|-
| My name || The date || My name and date || A horizontal line
|-
| <nowiki>~~~~~</nowiki> || <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> || <nowiki>~~~</nowiki> || <nowiki>----</nowiki>
|}
;
{| style="width:65%;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
|- align="left"
! Here is how a typical entry would look like ( as wiki code )
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{|
|-
|<pre><nowiki>
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[[The page's name]]
:A message on why you think this page should be deleted ~~~

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|}

See [[LQWiki:Wiki_markup]] or [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User's_Guide:_Editing_overview#The_wiki_markup MediaWiki_User's_Guide] for more on wiki code.
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==Candidates for deletion list==
===No page left pointing to it===
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20:52, February 1, 2007 (EST)

[http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/index.php?title=Find_out_your_distribution&redirect=no Find_out_your_distribution]
:no page left pointing to it. [[User:Questynux|Questynux]]
::please not. I want to be able to tell the reader: 1. [[find out your distribution]]; 2. in case of suse do blahblah. --[[User:ThorstenStaerk|ThorstenStaerk]] 13:45, February 2, 2007 (EST)
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[http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/index.php?title=LQ_Wiki_Bookmarks&redirect=no LQ_Wiki_Bookmarks]
:19:47, February 6, 2007 (EST)
:Reason___No_page_left_pointing_to_it
[[User:Questynux|Questynux]]
:: I like this title better than the one I cannot remember, where it points to, liveliest_pages_in_the_linux_world or so ;)
[[User:ThorstenStaerk]]
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[http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/index.php?title=MarkupDemo&redirect=no MarkupDemo]
:19:47, February 6, 2007 (EST)
:Reason___No_page_left_pointing_to_it
[[User:Questynux|Questynux]]
:: my personal homepage links to it because it is super and the URL is easy to remember, in case you are off-site
[[User:ThorstenStaerk|ThorstenStaerk]]---
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===Duplicates/drafts/propositions in the main name space===
----
;[[LQCentraltable]] should be moved to [[User:Skyline/LQCentraltable]]
;[[LQCentraltable2]] should be moved to [[User:Skyline/LQCentraltable2]]
:Reason <nowiki>:</nowiki> "This does not belong in the main name space. Moving out."
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[[Editable_Main_TOC]],[[Hierarchical_TOC]]
: I have no idea what a page with almost only headings shall help. [[User:ThorstenStaerk]]
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[[Editable_Main_Page]]
: I have no idea what doubling a page shall help. It has a sense that not everybody can edit Main_Page.[[User:ThorstenStaerk]]
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[[Commands_TOC]]
: For that, we have the category commands.[[User:ThorstenStaerk]]
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===Various===
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[[Jargon_File]]
: It sheds a bad light on all contributors here that we separate from the "normal user" by having a "Jargon".[[User:ThorstenStaerk]]
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[[Bad_and_Wrong]]
: Hatred, pseudo-scientific article about a trivial word combination. Ridiculous.[[User:ThorstenStaerk]]
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[[Killer_app]]
:Reason: There is no sense in that word, and wikipedia will always be superior in definitions.
[[User:ThorstenStaerk|ThorstenStaerk]]---
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[[Alpha_geek]]
:Reason: The typical couch-potatoe-humor of "save-the-world"-wannabes. Rather distastes newcomers.
[[User:ThorstenStaerk|ThorstenStaerk]]---
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Gentoo

2007-02-08T19:44:39Z

Questynux: /* External links */ -- we should know what is a link about right from the first word -- edited link titles accordingly

http://www.gentoo.org/images/powered-small.png

'''Gentoo''' is a special flavor of [[Linux]] that can be automatically optimized and customized for just about any application or need. Extreme performance, configurability, and a top-notch user and developer community are all hallmarks of the Gentoo experience. 'The word ''"gentoo"'' is the name for a species of penguins [http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Peter_and_Barbara_Barham/gentoo.htm].'

Thanks to a technology called [[Portage]], Gentoo Linux can become an ideal secure server, development workstation, professional desktop, gaming system, embedded solution or whatever you need it to be. Because of its near-unlimited adaptability, Gentoo Linux is called a [[metadistribution]].

Portage is the heart of Gentoo Linux, and performs many key functions. Your local Portage tree contains a complete collection of scripts that can be used by Portage to compile and install the latest Gentoo packages. Currently, there are over 6000 packages in the Portage tree, with new ones being added all the time. Installing a new application is as easy as:

:<tt># [[emerge]] packagename</tt>

The application will then be downloaded and automatically [[Compilation_From_Source|compiled from source]], with compile-time options selected according to preferences you set during installation in your [[make.conf]] file, (i.e. with or without support for [[X]], [[PNG]]s, [[JPEG]]s, [[Gnome]], etc). N.B - Portage will automatically cater for any dependencies when installing software.

[[Daniel Robbins]] is Gentoo's chief architect. You can read his philosophy of Gentoo Linux [http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/philosophy.xml here].

== Gentoo help resources ==
If you are looking for help on Gentoo Linux, the Gentoo forums[http://forums.gentoo.org] are an excellent resource and are full of both friendly and knowledgeable people. The IRC room at irc.freenode.net called #gentoo is also a place to find community around Gentoo. Before checking either of those, visit the Gentoo documentation site[http://www.gentoo.org/doc], where many high-quality documents have been published on common and not-so-common issues.

== Break my gentoo ==
Even though Gentoo is a bleeding edge distro, there are some packages that are not installable immediately. Check out http://www.breakmygentoo.net/ for all the latest portage files to install the latest software.

== Gentoo server project wiki ==
The Gentoo Server Project Wiki is located at http://www.subverted.net/wakka. The Gentoo Server Project has [[mission-critical reliability]] as it's goal, but mostly serves as glue for the official Gentoo documentation.
Includes [[case studies]] and articles.

==Installing Masked Packages==
Some packages in the portage tree are "masked" i.e. marked as unstable, and cannot be installed on a default system. To emerge a masked package (or a masked version of one) prefix the emerge command as follows <code>ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge package</code> (replace x86 with your architecture). A slightly shorter way is to create a script called <code>/usr/sbin/expmerge</code>, with the following contents:
<pre>#!/bin/sh
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge $*</pre>
Then after marking as executable (<code>chown root:root /usr/sbin/expmerge && chmod ug+wrx /usr/sbin/expmerge</code>) just <code>expmerge package</code>.
Mixing unstable with stable packages can lead to problems, so it's recommended you pick one type and use it all the time. This is more important for libraries rather then programs. To use masked packages for the entire system add to /etc/make.conf (''Note: This is an unsupported method and should not be used.''): 
 <code>ACCEPT_KEYOWORDS="~x86"</code> 
 
Another technique is to create the file /etc/portage/package.keywords and add the packages that you want to always use the unstable version, for example: 

<code>media-video/nvidia-kernel ~x86
media-video/nvidia-glx ~x86
x11-base/opengl-update ~x86
media-sound/beep-media-player ~x86
x11-misc/transset ~x86</code>
To easily add new items to this file simply:
 <code>echo "app-editors/vim ~x86" >> /etc/portage/package.keywords</code> 

Then when you upgrade these packages will remain ~x86 

==See also==
*[[Installing Slackware and Gentoo]]
*[[Gentoo and distcc]]
*[[Gentoo tips & tricks]]

==External links==
*[http://www.gentoo.org/ Homepage] (''www.gentoo.org'')
*[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/hpc-howto.xml High Performance] (''www.gentoo.org'')
*[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/list.xml Docs] (''www.gentoo.org'')
*[http://www.debianadmin.com/gentoo-live-cd-screenshots.html Live CD Screenshots Tour] (''www.debianadmin.com'')
*[http://larrythecow.org/ Blog feed from users/devs] (''larrythecow.org'')
*[http://larrythecow.com Community Portal] (''larrythecow.com'')
*: a large directory of Gentoo related websites.
*[http://forums.gentoo.org/ Forums] (''forums.gentoo.org'')
*[http://gentoo-portage.com Portage Package DB] (''gentoo-portage.com'')
*[http://gentoo-wiki.com Wiki] (''gentoo-wiki.com'')
*[http://breakmygentoo.net BreakMyGentoo] (''breakmygentoo.net'')
*[http://distrocenter.linux.com/article.pl?sid=04/09/10/2148249&tid=108&tid=104 Gentoo 2004.2 review] (''distrocenter.linux.com'')
*[http://planet.gentoo.org/ Planet Gentoo] (''planet.gentoo.org'')

[[Category:Distro]]

Centralized blind related accessibility resources

2007-02-08T08:51:42Z

Questynux: accessibility forums ubuntu

==See also==
* [[Accessibility]]

==External links==
===Active mailing lists, forums===
*[https://www.redhat.com/archives/blinux-list/ The blinux-list Archives] (''www.redhat.com'')
*[https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-accessibility/ ubuntu-accessibility] (''lists.ubuntu.com'')
*[http://www.ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=145 Accessibility Discussions] (''www.ubuntuforums.org'')

===General resources===
*[http://www.leb.net/blinux/blinux-faq.html Blinux FAQ] (''www.leb.net'')
*[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Accessibility/Projects/Barriers Accessibility/Projects/Barriers - Ubuntu Wiki] (''wiki.ubuntu.com'')
*[http://larswiki.atrc.utoronto.ca/wiki/Software Software - Linux Accessibility Resource Site] (''larswiki.atrc.utoronto.ca'')
*[http://www.hicom.net/~oedipus/weave.html Oh, what a tangled web we weave...] (''www.hicom.net'')
*:Lynx Sources & Resources, HTML Authoring Links, Web Accessibility Resources.
*[http://www.brlspeak.net/blinux.php Osvaldo's Promotion Web Page 4 the Blind] (''www.brlspeak.net'')
*: For The Real CommandLine Lover! Program recommendations, links, internet shell account providers, etc...
===Gnome, Orca, AT-SPI===
*[http://live.gnome.org/Orca Orca - GNOME Live! -- Access Apllication] (''live.gnome.org'')
*[http://mail.gnome.org/archives/orca-list/ The orca-list Archives -- mail.gnome.org] (''mail.gnome.org'')
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AT-SPI AT-SPI -- Assistive Technology Service Provider Interface -- Wikipedia] (''en.wikipedia.org'')
*[http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-accessibility-list/ The gnome-accessibility-list Archives] (''mail.gnome.org'')
*[http://www.mail-archive.com/gnome-accessibility-list@gnome.org/index.html gnome-accessibility-list] (''www.mail-archive.com'')
*[http://www.mail-archive.com/gnome-accessibility-devel%40gnome.org/ gnome-accessibility-devel list -- mai-archive.com] (''www.mail-archive.com'')
===Mozilla===
*[http://kb.mozillazine.org/Accessibility_features_of_Firefox Accessibility features of Firefox - MozillaZine Knowledge Base] (''kb.mozillazine.org'')
*[http://www.accessfirefox.com/ AccessFirefox.com, Firefox Accessibility Advocates] (''www.accessfirefox.com'')
*[http://www.mozilla.org/access/ Mozilla Accessibility Project] (''www.mozilla.org'')
===Console===
*[http://www.freebsoft.org/speechd Free(b)soft - Speech Dispatcher] (''www.freebsoft.org'')
*[http://lists.freebsoft.org/pipermail/speechd/ Speech Dispatcher Archives] (''lists.freebsoft.org'')
;
*[http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/pipermail/speakup/ The Speakup Archives] (''speech.braille.uwo.ca'')
*[http://www.freebsoft.org/speechd-up Free(b)soft - Speechd-Up] (''www.freebsoft.org'')
*:Speakup interface de speech dispatcher.
;
*[http://www.cs.vassar.edu/~priestdo/emacspeak/threads.html Emacspeak Mailing List Archive Threaded Index] (''www.cs.vassar.edu'')
*[http://www.freebsoft.org/speechd-el Free(b)soft - speechd-el] (''www.freebsoft.org'')
*[http://nathx.free.fr/emacspeak/emacspeak-dtk-soft-debinst-howto.htm Installing Emacspeak and DECtalk software on a Debian system] (''nathx.free.fr'')
===Oralux===
*[http://oralux.org/doc.php Oralux: Documents] (''oralux.org'')
*:Oralux LiveCD. Distribution for the blind. Makes it easy to test emacspeak, speakup, etc... Multilingual.
*[http://www.mail-archive.com/oralux@lists.freearchive.org/maillist.html oralux mailing list -- English/French] (''www.mail-archive.com'')
===Speech synthesis===
*[http://tcts.fpms.ac.be/synthesis/mbrola.html The MBROLA PROJECT HOMEPAGE] (''tcts.fpms.ac.be'')
*[http://www.tcts.fpms.ac.be/synthesis/mbrola/mbrtts.html Non-commercial TTS systems and components compatible with MBROLA] (''www.tcts.fpms.ac.be'')
*[http://www.acoustics.hut.fi/publications/files/theses/lemmetty_mst/appa.html Speech Synthesis Demonstration -- Historical review] (''www.acoustics.hut.fi'')
*[http://www.fonixspeech.com/pages/dectalk_5.php Fonix - DECtalk 5.0] (''www.fonixspeech.com'')
*[http://www.multitel.be/TTS/layout.php?page=download_eLite eLite] (''www.multitel.be'')
===Mailing lists===
*[http://lists.debian.org/debian-accessibility/ Debian Mailing Lists -- Index for debian-accessibility] (''lists.debian.org'')
*[http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=kde-accessibility&r=1&w=2 kde-accessibility -- MARC: Mailing list ARChives] (''marc.theaimsgroup.com'')
*[http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/accessibility/ freedesktop.org's accessibility Archives] (''lists.freedesktop.org'')
*[http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-accessibility/date.xml Gentoo Linux -- List Archive: gentoo-accessibility] (''archives.gentoo.org'')

Centralized blind related accessibility resources

2007-02-08T07:55:43Z

Questynux: ubuntu-accessibility

==See also==
* [[Accessibility]]

==External links==
===Active mailing lists===
*[https://www.redhat.com/archives/blinux-list/ The blinux-list Archives] (''www.redhat.com'')
*[https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-accessibility/ ubuntu-accessibility] (''lists.ubuntu.com'')

===General resources===
*[http://www.leb.net/blinux/blinux-faq.html Blinux FAQ] (''www.leb.net'')
*[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Accessibility/Projects/Barriers Accessibility/Projects/Barriers - Ubuntu Wiki] (''wiki.ubuntu.com'')
*[http://larswiki.atrc.utoronto.ca/wiki/Software Software - Linux Accessibility Resource Site] (''larswiki.atrc.utoronto.ca'')
*[http://www.hicom.net/~oedipus/weave.html Oh, what a tangled web we weave...] (''www.hicom.net'')
*:Lynx Sources & Resources, HTML Authoring Links, Web Accessibility Resources.
*[http://www.brlspeak.net/blinux.php Osvaldo's Promotion Web Page 4 the Blind] (''www.brlspeak.net'')
*: For The Real CommandLine Lover! Program recommendations, links, internet shell account providers, etc...
===Gnome, Orca, AT-SPI===
*[http://live.gnome.org/Orca Orca - GNOME Live! -- Access Apllication] (''live.gnome.org'')
*[http://mail.gnome.org/archives/orca-list/ The orca-list Archives -- mail.gnome.org] (''mail.gnome.org'')
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AT-SPI AT-SPI -- Assistive Technology Service Provider Interface -- Wikipedia] (''en.wikipedia.org'')
*[http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-accessibility-list/ The gnome-accessibility-list Archives] (''mail.gnome.org'')
*[http://www.mail-archive.com/gnome-accessibility-list@gnome.org/index.html gnome-accessibility-list] (''www.mail-archive.com'')
*[http://www.mail-archive.com/gnome-accessibility-devel%40gnome.org/ gnome-accessibility-devel list -- mai-archive.com] (''www.mail-archive.com'')
===Mozilla===
*[http://kb.mozillazine.org/Accessibility_features_of_Firefox Accessibility features of Firefox - MozillaZine Knowledge Base] (''kb.mozillazine.org'')
*[http://www.accessfirefox.com/ AccessFirefox.com, Firefox Accessibility Advocates] (''www.accessfirefox.com'')
*[http://www.mozilla.org/access/ Mozilla Accessibility Project] (''www.mozilla.org'')
===Console===
*[http://www.freebsoft.org/speechd Free(b)soft - Speech Dispatcher] (''www.freebsoft.org'')
*[http://lists.freebsoft.org/pipermail/speechd/ Speech Dispatcher Archives] (''lists.freebsoft.org'')
;
*[http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/pipermail/speakup/ The Speakup Archives] (''speech.braille.uwo.ca'')
*[http://www.freebsoft.org/speechd-up Free(b)soft - Speechd-Up] (''www.freebsoft.org'')
*:Speakup interface de speech dispatcher.
;
*[http://www.cs.vassar.edu/~priestdo/emacspeak/threads.html Emacspeak Mailing List Archive Threaded Index] (''www.cs.vassar.edu'')
*[http://www.freebsoft.org/speechd-el Free(b)soft - speechd-el] (''www.freebsoft.org'')
*[http://nathx.free.fr/emacspeak/emacspeak-dtk-soft-debinst-howto.htm Installing Emacspeak and DECtalk software on a Debian system] (''nathx.free.fr'')
===Oralux===
*[http://oralux.org/doc.php Oralux: Documents] (''oralux.org'')
*:Oralux LiveCD. Distribution for the blind. Makes it easy to test emacspeak, speakup, etc... Multilingual.
*[http://www.mail-archive.com/oralux@lists.freearchive.org/maillist.html oralux mailing list -- English/French] (''www.mail-archive.com'')
===Speech synthesis===
*[http://tcts.fpms.ac.be/synthesis/mbrola.html The MBROLA PROJECT HOMEPAGE] (''tcts.fpms.ac.be'')
*[http://www.tcts.fpms.ac.be/synthesis/mbrola/mbrtts.html Non-commercial TTS systems and components compatible with MBROLA] (''www.tcts.fpms.ac.be'')
*[http://www.acoustics.hut.fi/publications/files/theses/lemmetty_mst/appa.html Speech Synthesis Demonstration -- Historical review] (''www.acoustics.hut.fi'')
*[http://www.fonixspeech.com/pages/dectalk_5.php Fonix - DECtalk 5.0] (''www.fonixspeech.com'')
*[http://www.multitel.be/TTS/layout.php?page=download_eLite eLite] (''www.multitel.be'')
===Mailing lists===
*[http://lists.debian.org/debian-accessibility/ Debian Mailing Lists -- Index for debian-accessibility] (''lists.debian.org'')
*[http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=kde-accessibility&r=1&w=2 kde-accessibility -- MARC: Mailing list ARChives] (''marc.theaimsgroup.com'')
*[http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/accessibility/ freedesktop.org's accessibility Archives] (''lists.freedesktop.org'')
*[http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-accessibility/date.xml Gentoo Linux -- List Archive: gentoo-accessibility] (''archives.gentoo.org'')

LQWiki:Forums

2007-02-08T01:11:11Z

Questynux:

==Welcome to the LinuxQuestions.org Wiki Forum==
'''This is the place to discuss LQWiki related topics.'''

For any Linux questions, please post to a Linux forum, there is a great number of people dedicating their time to help there. [http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/index.php The LinuxQuestions forums] are very popular in this respect.

To get information about the LQWiki organisation please be sure to visit [[LQWiki:LQ_Central]].

To be sure to get attention from wiki administrators, please [http://lists.linuxquestions.org/pipermail/lqwiki-list/ post to the LQWiki mailing list]. This is currently the place dedicated for wiki organisation discussion. This wiki page has been set up for people preferring using a wiki instead. Please see the posts [[LQWiki:Forums/Archives|in the forum archives for more information.]]

==How to post to the LQWiki forum?==
Posting to the LQWiki forum is done by editing this page. Please insert new topics in a relevant section. If none exists then create one.

Please put a title for every new topic so that it is clearly separated from others and appears on the table of contents. The title should be descriptive, don't title your post "A proposal for LQwiki" for instance.

For readability purposes, the convention is to indent a reply relative to the post answered. You can indent lines using the "<nowiki>:</nowiki>" wiki character. See [[LQWiki:Wiki_markup]] or [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing wikimedia's guide] for help on wiki markup language.

Don't forget to sign your post with four tildes (<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>) so that your name and date appears on each post.

You can find out about new posts by looking at [http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/index.php?title=LQWiki:Forums&action=history the page history].

==Discussing LQwiki organization==
===Candidates for deletion -- LQWiki page===
Just came accross a message from [[User:PenguinOfWonder|PenguinOfWonder]] who wanted to mark a page as a canditate for deletion. That looked like a good idea.

[[LQWiki:Candidates_for_deletion]]

What do you all think ?

[[LQWiki:Ways_to_help_the_LinuxQuestions.org_Wiki]] would probably be a good place to put a link to it for instance. My two cents --[[User:Questynux|Questynux]] 19:17, February 1, 2007 (EST)


==Importing contents==
===End user manual -- cc compatible 50 pages long guide===
:(Original Poster's title was "Material available for importation!")
A end user guide that got slashdotted is compatible with our license! All we have to do is provide attribution. Here's the link:

http://www.iosn.net/training/end-user-manual/

[[User:Crazyeddie|Crazyeddie]] 02:05, Aug 31, 2004 (EDT)

The guide is 50 pages long, too long for a single article. I'll start with a page with some introductory information, a boilerplate attribution notice, and the preface. Here's the link: [[End User Manual]] [[User:Crazyeddie|Crazyeddie]] 18:04, Sep 1, 2004 (EDT)

It's been incorporated. Might need to work the material into existing articles, but it's slanted towards readers less advanced than our target audience. [[User:Crazyeddie|Crazyeddie]] 13:56, Sep 8, 2004 (EDT)

===linuxwiki.com, a German language wiki with a similar mission to ours===
:(Original Poster's title was "Any German speakers?")
linuxwiki.com is a German language wiki with a similar mission to ours. We (the moderator council) haven't been able to tell what license they are using, so we can't tell if it is safe to use their material here or not. Could some native German speaker approach their leadership and ask? From a quick look around, it looks like they have less material than we do, but they might have something we missed. And they might like to use our material, licenses allowing.

Also, do we have any bilingual contributors here? (Good enough to help translate technical documents.) [[User:Crazyeddie|Crazyeddie]] 02:11, Aug 31, 2004 (EDT)

linuxwiki.com/.de/.org uses the "GNU Free Documentation License" but they also say that it is a bad license for paperless-documents. So it is only set so to be compatible to other projects (i.e. linuxquestions.org) --[[User:Phobie|Phobie]] 19:17, Sep 8, 2004 (EDT)

"Da ggfs. hier auch die GNU-Lizenz gilt dann bedeutet das, dass man Inhalte frei übernehmen kann (in beide Richtungen)."
-->translate-->
"If necessary the GNU-License applies. This means free content can be transfered into other projects (vice versa)" --[[User:Phobie|Phobie]] 19:17, Sep 8, 2004 (EDT)

So copying is permitted and wanted.
I would like to see wiki.linuxquestions.org and linuxwiki.org on one page just like the famous wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org de.wikipedia.org).
With your software and there domain. --[[User:Phobie|Phobie]] 19:17, Sep 8, 2004 (EDT)

Thanks Phobie. Unfortunately, GFDL was exactly what I was hoping ''not'' to hear. We use Creative Commons (by-sa), and GFDL and CC ''fight''. Do they use GFDL so they can use other people's documents, or so other people can use theirs? If the latter, would they be interested in migrating? Who owns the copyright to their material? The contributors, or the site itself? If it's the site itself, they could unilaterally give us permission to use their material, regardless of license (unless they incorporated it from somebody else's work).

They do not care much about the license name and would also accept CC if that is a "realy free" license.
The german law divides copyright in two parts. If you produce something you will always be the "producer" of the content you can only sell or give away the right to make money with your content. That is a little hard to translate... 
This means the contributors are always the owner of the content, but allow everybody to frely use there "product". 
For migration interests you should write to <info AT linuxwiki DOT de>
Also start a open discussion on linuxwiki all will understand your english! 
[http://linuxwiki.org/LinuxWiki_2fZiele linuxwiki targets] 
[http://linuxwiki.org/LinuxWiki_2fMehrSprachigkeit linuxwiki languages] 
--[[User:Phobie|Phobie]] 19:26, Sep 8, 2004 (EDT)

Oh, and you might want to sign discussion posts (as opposed to article edits) with four tildes (~). [[User:Crazyeddie|Crazyeddie]] 18:37, Sep 8, 2004 (EDT)

We had a edit conflict... I was not ready with my post... You was to fast or I should have used "Show preview"--[[User:Phobie|Phobie]] 19:17, Sep 8, 2004 (EDT)

==Mediawiki markup language questions==
Please be sure to see the [[LQWiki:Wiki_markup]] or [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing wikimedia's guide] for help on wiki markup language. They are a great source of information.

===Highlighting code===
Q: How would I highlight code, is there any standard mechanism for highlighting code? (I already checked help pages) --[[User:Flonejek|Flonejek]] 09:25, May 3, 2004 (EDT)


==Off topic==
===Discussion: The Screensavers Premier===
Just caught the Screensavers Premier. I think the new co-host, Alex, might work out - he's kinda like a young Leo. (Although I did have a bad moment when I first saw him - I was afraid they had brought him over from G4!) But I think they need a more serious guy to replace Pat. Pat's served as an "anchor" for the team, getting the show back on track when things got too weird and providing serious advice. They need at least one guy to hold things together.

They also need more women, for balance, besides the obvious reasons. Sarah's good, but she's taken! By a guy on the show! They traded off Jessica and Morgan to prop up other show's ratings (worked in Morgan's case, but I ''still'' don't watch Tech Live. Could we please bring back Jessica? Or more guest appearances by Morgan or Megan?) Ideally, they could combine this with the Pat replacement. Any acting experience Dys?

I've also thought for a long time that it would be nice to have a lawyer-type on as a permanent cast member, or at least as a recurring guest. There is a lot of law-related topics in computers these days, and it might be fun to have a picture-in-a-picture reaction shot during Kevin's segments. How busy is PJ over at Groklaw these days?

New set's going to take some getting used to - everything is backwards, and I think I see the G4 influence in the set design. The old set had more of a "firehouse" look to it.

What do you all think? [[User:Crazyeddie|Crazyeddie]] 13:56, Sep 8, 2004 (EDT)

LQWiki:Forums

2007-02-08T00:53:48Z

Questynux:

==Welcome to the LinuxQuestions.org Wiki Forum==
'''This is the place to discuss LQWiki related topics.'''

For any Linux questions, please post to a Linux forum, there is a great number of people dedicating their time to help there. [http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/index.php The LinuxQuestions forums] are very popular in this respect.

To get information about the LQWiki organisation please be sure to visit [[LQWiki:LQ_Central]].

To be sure to get attention from wiki administrators, please [http://lists.linuxquestions.org/pipermail/lqwiki-list/ post to the LQWiki mailing list]. This is currently the place dedicated for wiki organisation discussion. This wiki page has been set up for people preferring using a wiki instead. Please see the posts [[LQWiki:Forums/Archives|in the forum archives for more information.]]

==How to post to the LQWiki forum?==
Posting to the LQWiki forum is done by editing this page. To post a new topic, please find a relevant section in which to put your post. If none exists then create a relevant one.

Please put a title for every new topic so that it is clearly separated from others and appears on the table of contents. The title should be descriptive, don't title your post with a title like "A proposal for LQwiki" for instance.

For readability purposes, the convention is to indent a reply relative to the post answered. You can indent lines using the "<nowiki>:</nowiki>" wiki character. See [[LQWiki:Wiki_markup]] or [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing wikimedia's guide] for help on wiki markup language.

Don't forget to sign your post with four tildes (<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>) so that your name and date appears on each post.

You can find out about new posts by looking at [http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/index.php?title=LQWiki:Forums&action=history the page history].

==Discussing LQwiki organization==
===Candidates for deletion -- LQWiki page===
Just came accross a message from [[User:PenguinOfWonder|PenguinOfWonder]] who wanted to mark a page as a canditate for deletion. That looked like a good idea.

[[LQWiki:Candidates_for_deletion]]

What do you all think ?

[[LQWiki:Ways_to_help_the_LinuxQuestions.org_Wiki]] would probably be a good place to put a link to it for instance. My two cents --[[User:Questynux|Questynux]] 19:17, February 1, 2007 (EST)


==Importing contents==
===End user manual -- cc compatible 50 pages long guide===
:(Original Poster's title was "Material available for importation!")
A end user guide that got slashdotted is compatible with our license! All we have to do is provide attribution. Here's the link:

http://www.iosn.net/training/end-user-manual/

[[User:Crazyeddie|Crazyeddie]] 02:05, Aug 31, 2004 (EDT)

The guide is 50 pages long, too long for a single article. I'll start with a page with some introductory information, a boilerplate attribution notice, and the preface. Here's the link: [[End User Manual]] [[User:Crazyeddie|Crazyeddie]] 18:04, Sep 1, 2004 (EDT)

It's been incorporated. Might need to work the material into existing articles, but it's slanted towards readers less advanced than our target audience. [[User:Crazyeddie|Crazyeddie]] 13:56, Sep 8, 2004 (EDT)

===linuxwiki.com, a German language wiki with a similar mission to ours===
:(Original Poster's title was "Any German speakers?")
linuxwiki.com is a German language wiki with a similar mission to ours. We (the moderator council) haven't been able to tell what license they are using, so we can't tell if it is safe to use their material here or not. Could some native German speaker approach their leadership and ask? From a quick look around, it looks like they have less material than we do, but they might have something we missed. And they might like to use our material, licenses allowing.

Also, do we have any bilingual contributors here? (Good enough to help translate technical documents.) [[User:Crazyeddie|Crazyeddie]] 02:11, Aug 31, 2004 (EDT)

linuxwiki.com/.de/.org uses the "GNU Free Documentation License" but they also say that it is a bad license for paperless-documents. So it is only set so to be compatible to other projects (i.e. linuxquestions.org) --[[User:Phobie|Phobie]] 19:17, Sep 8, 2004 (EDT)

"Da ggfs. hier auch die GNU-Lizenz gilt dann bedeutet das, dass man Inhalte frei übernehmen kann (in beide Richtungen)."
-->translate-->
"If necessary the GNU-License applies. This means free content can be transfered into other projects (vice versa)" --[[User:Phobie|Phobie]] 19:17, Sep 8, 2004 (EDT)

So copying is permitted and wanted.
I would like to see wiki.linuxquestions.org and linuxwiki.org on one page just like the famous wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org de.wikipedia.org).
With your software and there domain. --[[User:Phobie|Phobie]] 19:17, Sep 8, 2004 (EDT)

Thanks Phobie. Unfortunately, GFDL was exactly what I was hoping ''not'' to hear. We use Creative Commons (by-sa), and GFDL and CC ''fight''. Do they use GFDL so they can use other people's documents, or so other people can use theirs? If the latter, would they be interested in migrating? Who owns the copyright to their material? The contributors, or the site itself? If it's the site itself, they could unilaterally give us permission to use their material, regardless of license (unless they incorporated it from somebody else's work).

They do not care much about the license name and would also accept CC if that is a "realy free" license.
The german law divides copyright in two parts. If you produce something you will always be the "producer" of the content you can only sell or give away the right to make money with your content. That is a little hard to translate... 
This means the contributors are always the owner of the content, but allow everybody to frely use there "product". 
For migration interests you should write to <info AT linuxwiki DOT de>
Also start a open discussion on linuxwiki all will understand your english! 
[http://linuxwiki.org/LinuxWiki_2fZiele linuxwiki targets] 
[http://linuxwiki.org/LinuxWiki_2fMehrSprachigkeit linuxwiki languages] 
--[[User:Phobie|Phobie]] 19:26, Sep 8, 2004 (EDT)

Oh, and you might want to sign discussion posts (as opposed to article edits) with four tildes (~). [[User:Crazyeddie|Crazyeddie]] 18:37, Sep 8, 2004 (EDT)

We had a edit conflict... I was not ready with my post... You was to fast or I should have used "Show preview"--[[User:Phobie|Phobie]] 19:17, Sep 8, 2004 (EDT)

==Mediawiki markup language questions==
Please be sure to see the [[LQWiki:Wiki_markup]] or [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing wikimedia's guide] for help on wiki markup language. They are a great source of information.

===Highlighting code===
Q: How would I highlight code, is there any standard mechanism for highlighting code? (I already checked help pages) --[[User:Flonejek|Flonejek]] 09:25, May 3, 2004 (EDT)


==Off topic==
===Discussion: The Screensavers Premier===
Just caught the Screensavers Premier. I think the new co-host, Alex, might work out - he's kinda like a young Leo. (Although I did have a bad moment when I first saw him - I was afraid they had brought him over from G4!) But I think they need a more serious guy to replace Pat. Pat's served as an "anchor" for the team, getting the show back on track when things got too weird and providing serious advice. They need at least one guy to hold things together.

They also need more women, for balance, besides the obvious reasons. Sarah's good, but she's taken! By a guy on the show! They traded off Jessica and Morgan to prop up other show's ratings (worked in Morgan's case, but I ''still'' don't watch Tech Live. Could we please bring back Jessica? Or more guest appearances by Morgan or Megan?) Ideally, they could combine this with the Pat replacement. Any acting experience Dys?

I've also thought for a long time that it would be nice to have a lawyer-type on as a permanent cast member, or at least as a recurring guest. There is a lot of law-related topics in computers these days, and it might be fun to have a picture-in-a-picture reaction shot during Kevin's segments. How busy is PJ over at Groklaw these days?

New set's going to take some getting used to - everything is backwards, and I think I see the G4 influence in the set design. The old set had more of a "firehouse" look to it.

What do you all think? [[User:Crazyeddie|Crazyeddie]] 13:56, Sep 8, 2004 (EDT)

LQWiki:Forums

2007-02-08T00:34:57Z

Questynux: retructuring the forum -- rewording the welcome section accordingly

==Welcome to the LinuxQuestions.org Wiki Forum==
'''This is the place to discuss LQWiki related topics.

For any Linux questions, please post to a Linux forum, there is a great number of people dedicating their time to help there. [http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/index.php The LinuxQuestions forums] are very popular in this respect.'''

To get information about the LQWiki organisation please be sure to visit [[LQWiki:LQ_Central]].

Posting to the forum is done by editing this page. To post a new topic, please find a relevant section in which to put your post. If none exists then create a relevant one.

Please put a title for every new topic so that it is clearly separated from others and appears on the table of contents. The title should be descriptive, don't title your post with a title like "A proposal for LQwiki" for instance.

For readability purposes, the convention is to indent a reply relative to the post answered. You can indent lines using the "<nowiki>:</nowiki>" wiki character. See [[LQWiki:Wiki_markup]] or [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing wikimedia's guide] for help on wiki markup language.

Don't forget to sign your post with four tildes (<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>) so that your name and date appears on each post.

You can find out about new posts by looking at [http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/index.php?title=LQWiki:Forums&action=history the page history].

Old posts are moved to the [[LQWiki:Forums/Archives]] page.

==Discussing LQwiki organization==
===Candidates for deletion -- LQWiki page===
Just came accross a message from [[User:PenguinOfWonder|PenguinOfWonder]] who wanted to mark a page as a canditate for deletion. That looked like a good idea.

[[LQWiki:Candidates_for_deletion]]

What do you all think ?

[[LQWiki:Ways_to_help_the_LinuxQuestions.org_Wiki]] would probably be a good place to put a link to it for instance. My two cents --[[User:Questynux|Questynux]] 19:17, February 1, 2007 (EST)


==Importing contents==
===End user manual -- cc compatible 50 pages long guide===
:(Original Poster's title was "Material available for importation!")
A end user guide that got slashdotted is compatible with our license! All we have to do is provide attribution. Here's the link:

http://www.iosn.net/training/end-user-manual/

[[User:Crazyeddie|Crazyeddie]] 02:05, Aug 31, 2004 (EDT)

The guide is 50 pages long, too long for a single article. I'll start with a page with some introductory information, a boilerplate attribution notice, and the preface. Here's the link: [[End User Manual]] [[User:Crazyeddie|Crazyeddie]] 18:04, Sep 1, 2004 (EDT)

It's been incorporated. Might need to work the material into existing articles, but it's slanted towards readers less advanced than our target audience. [[User:Crazyeddie|Crazyeddie]] 13:56, Sep 8, 2004 (EDT)

===linuxwiki.com, a German language wiki with a similar mission to ours===
:(Original Poster's title was "Any German speakers?")
linuxwiki.com is a German language wiki with a similar mission to ours. We (the moderator council) haven't been able to tell what license they are using, so we can't tell if it is safe to use their material here or not. Could some native German speaker approach their leadership and ask? From a quick look around, it looks like they have less material than we do, but they might have something we missed. And they might like to use our material, licenses allowing.

Also, do we have any bilingual contributors here? (Good enough to help translate technical documents.) [[User:Crazyeddie|Crazyeddie]] 02:11, Aug 31, 2004 (EDT)

linuxwiki.com/.de/.org uses the "GNU Free Documentation License" but they also say that it is a bad license for paperless-documents. So it is only set so to be compatible to other projects (i.e. linuxquestions.org) --[[User:Phobie|Phobie]] 19:17, Sep 8, 2004 (EDT)

"Da ggfs. hier auch die GNU-Lizenz gilt dann bedeutet das, dass man Inhalte frei übernehmen kann (in beide Richtungen)."
-->translate-->
"If necessary the GNU-License applies. This means free content can be transfered into other projects (vice versa)" --[[User:Phobie|Phobie]] 19:17, Sep 8, 2004 (EDT)

So copying is permitted and wanted.
I would like to see wiki.linuxquestions.org and linuxwiki.org on one page just like the famous wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org de.wikipedia.org).
With your software and there domain. --[[User:Phobie|Phobie]] 19:17, Sep 8, 2004 (EDT)

Thanks Phobie. Unfortunately, GFDL was exactly what I was hoping ''not'' to hear. We use Creative Commons (by-sa), and GFDL and CC ''fight''. Do they use GFDL so they can use other people's documents, or so other people can use theirs? If the latter, would they be interested in migrating? Who owns the copyright to their material? The contributors, or the site itself? If it's the site itself, they could unilaterally give us permission to use their material, regardless of license (unless they incorporated it from somebody else's work).

They do not care much about the license name and would also accept CC if that is a "realy free" license.
The german law divides copyright in two parts. If you produce something you will always be the "producer" of the content you can only sell or give away the right to make money with your content. That is a little hard to translate... 
This means the contributors are always the owner of the content, but allow everybody to frely use there "product". 
For migration interests you should write to <info AT linuxwiki DOT de>
Also start a open discussion on linuxwiki all will understand your english! 
[http://linuxwiki.org/LinuxWiki_2fZiele linuxwiki targets] 
[http://linuxwiki.org/LinuxWiki_2fMehrSprachigkeit linuxwiki languages] 
--[[User:Phobie|Phobie]] 19:26, Sep 8, 2004 (EDT)

Oh, and you might want to sign discussion posts (as opposed to article edits) with four tildes (~). [[User:Crazyeddie|Crazyeddie]] 18:37, Sep 8, 2004 (EDT)

We had a edit conflict... I was not ready with my post... You was to fast or I should have used "Show preview"--[[User:Phobie|Phobie]] 19:17, Sep 8, 2004 (EDT)

==Mediawiki markup language questions==
Please be sure to see the [[LQWiki:Wiki_markup]] or [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing wikimedia's guide] for help on wiki markup language. They are a great source of information.

===Highlighting code===
Q: How would I highlight code, is there any standard mechanism for highlighting code? (I already checked help pages) --[[User:Flonejek|Flonejek]] 09:25, May 3, 2004 (EDT)


==Off topic==
===Discussion: The Screensavers Premier===
Just caught the Screensavers Premier. I think the new co-host, Alex, might work out - he's kinda like a young Leo. (Although I did have a bad moment when I first saw him - I was afraid they had brought him over from G4!) But I think they need a more serious guy to replace Pat. Pat's served as an "anchor" for the team, getting the show back on track when things got too weird and providing serious advice. They need at least one guy to hold things together.

They also need more women, for balance, besides the obvious reasons. Sarah's good, but she's taken! By a guy on the show! They traded off Jessica and Morgan to prop up other show's ratings (worked in Morgan's case, but I ''still'' don't watch Tech Live. Could we please bring back Jessica? Or more guest appearances by Morgan or Megan?) Ideally, they could combine this with the Pat replacement. Any acting experience Dys?

I've also thought for a long time that it would be nice to have a lawyer-type on as a permanent cast member, or at least as a recurring guest. There is a lot of law-related topics in computers these days, and it might be fun to have a picture-in-a-picture reaction shot during Kevin's segments. How busy is PJ over at Groklaw these days?

New set's going to take some getting used to - everything is backwards, and I think I see the G4 influence in the set design. The old set had more of a "firehouse" look to it.

What do you all think? [[User:Crazyeddie|Crazyeddie]] 13:56, Sep 8, 2004 (EDT)

Time

2007-02-07T22:49:28Z

Questynux: some more on time key word -- rephrasing

The [[command]] '''time''' is used to find out how long it takes for a command to run.

Under [[bash]], the '''time''' functionality is triggered by inserting the "time" key word before a command ( or commands in case of pipelines ). That works as follows:

$ time ./process.pl > /dev/null

yields the output

real 0m12.755s 
user 0m6.267s 
sys 0m0.018s 

where

'''real''' is the actual time that the [[program]] took to execute, '''user''' is the number of CPU-seconds spent in user mode, and '''sys''' is the number of CPU-seconds spent in [[kernel]] mode.

It should be noted that '''real''' time will vary according to what other [[process]]es are running concurrent with the program being timed; this should be taken into account when [[benchmark]]ing programs for optimization purposes.

The [[GNU]] implementation of '''time''' allows the use of the <tt>-f</tt> option, which allows the display of a number of other pieces of useful information. See <tt>[http://man.linuxquestions.org/?query=time&section=0&type=2 man time]</tt> or <tt>info time</tt> for details.

When attempting to run the GNU implementation of time under bash, if you simply type "time" then it will be interpreted as the "time" reserved word. To explicitly tell bash to interpret time as a command you can <nowiki>:</nowiki>
*Type "command time" instead.
*Specify the full [[path]] to the command.

'''Aside note about time not being a builtin''' <nowiki>:</nowiki>

"time" in bash is a key word and as such is part of the shell grammar, which governs how the shell must understand what is typed on the command line. In this case it tells bash to activate the time functionality for the next command.

You can tell "time" is a key word with "type time" which outputs "time is a shell keyword".

"builtin time" will also give you <nowiki>:</nowiki>
bash: builtin: time: not a shell builtin

On the other hand, "times" is indeed a builtin. It gives the same kind of information as time but regarding all the processes run from the shell so far.

[[Category:Command]]