http://linuxbasics.org/ 2008-05-13T00:33:47+01:00 text/html 2008-05-12T01:29:35+01:00 anitalewis@71.250.114.33 http://linuxbasics.org/tutorials/advanced/realworld/start?rev=1210548575 Welcome to the real world So, you have come to linux and wonder how it is different from DOS or Windows... You probably have noticed quite a few things that are harder in Linux than in the "OS you are used to". But I would like to point y... text/html 2008-05-10T20:52:05+01:00 anitalewis@71.250.114.33 http://linuxbasics.org/tutorials/start?rev=1210445525 [Rearrange Contributions] Tutorials Topics To provide a better overview, we have categorized the information into the following topics: Pre-Install - What you should know before installing Linux Installation - What you might encounter while you install Linux Using Linux -... text/html 2008-05-10T20:34:08+01:00 anitalewis@71.250.114.33 http://linuxbasics.org/links/start?rev=1210444448 Linux Links Most of the descriptions that go with these URL are taken from the site that is linked. These statements do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the LinuxBasics.org-Team. If you know a good site that is not listed here or find any lin... text/html 2008-05-10T20:00:47+01:00 anitalewis@71.250.114.33 http://linuxbasics.org/start?rev=1210442447 Welcome to LinuxBasics.org The online community that helps people to get Linux(r) installed and running. LinuxBasic.org offers a free Linux course for people who want to learn what is under the hood of a Linux-System. If you are completely new to L... text/html 2008-05-10T19:52:41+01:00 anitalewis@71.250.114.33 http://linuxbasics.org/help/start?rev=1210441961 [Remove pdf export link] Help You Can Help - Edit or Add Pages Make Your Own Personal Page -- A little about you. Finding Answers DokuWiki-Syntax - This page is quite long and detailed. For the most part the buttons in the editor will do, but sometimes more informati... text/html 2008-04-13T13:01:39+01:00 anitalewis@71.250.69.139 http://linuxbasics.org/irc/start?rev=1208084499 [Online chat changed. Old link forwards to mibbit.com] Online Chat #LBo on irc.freenode is our online Linux Basics.org chat channel #LBo-flood is also on irc.freenode This is the area we use to post larger files. It is probably best to log into both channels right away, because if you join a channel aft... text/html 2008-04-08T18:41:28+01:00 anitalewis@66.252.185.138 http://linuxbasics.org/tutorials/using/wireless?rev=1207672888 [Mark broken link. May be temporary.] Wireless Setup Introduction Wireless can be challenging or easy to set up depending on your hardware. A big problem is that cards may have the same name, but have different chips depending on what Revision number they are. For example there have been... text/html 2008-04-06T22:40:51+01:00 anitalewis@71.250.69.139 http://linuxbasics.org/tutorials/during/uuid_naming?rev=1207514451 [fixed typo] UUID Naming - How to use it Why use UUID? Most likely you already are using it with a distro from 2007, but if you have an older version, you may be surprised when you do a kernel upgrade and it won't boot. (Personal experience with this one!) From... text/html 2008-03-26T19:14:16+01:00 sam@75.111.227.250 http://linuxbasics.org/course/book/app1_2?rev=1206555256 [remove linuxiso.org dead link] A.2. Useful sites A.2.1. General information The Linux documentation project: all docs, manpages, HOWTOs, FAQs LinuxQuestions.org: forum, downloads, docs and much more Google for Linux: the specialized search engine Google Groups: an archive of al... text/html 2008-03-26T18:54:37+01:00 sam@75.111.227.250 http://linuxbasics.org/course/book/sect_11_03?rev=1206554077 [correct tvtime link] 11.3. Video playing, streams and television watching Various players are available: xine: a free video player ogle: DVD player. okle: KDE version of ogle mplayer: Movie Player for Linux totem: plays both audio and video files, audio CDs, VCD and DV... text/html 2008-03-26T18:50:15+01:00 sam@75.111.227.250 http://linuxbasics.org/course/book/sect_11_02?rev=1206553815 [update helix info and link] 11.2. Sound and video playing 11.2.1. CD playing and copying The cdp package comes with most distributions and provides cdp or cdplay, a text-based CD player. Desktop managers usually include a graphical tool, such as the gnome-cd player in Gnome, ... text/html 2008-03-26T18:26:44+01:00 sam@75.111.227.250 http://linuxbasics.org/course/book/sect_11_01?rev=1206552404 [replaced alsa link with working one] 11.1. Audio Basics 11.1.1. Installation Most likely, your system is already installed with audio drivers and the configuration was done at installation time. Likewise, should you ever need to replace your audio hardware, most systems provide tools ... text/html 2008-03-25T21:25:43+01:00 stwaidele@91.19.131.39 http://linuxbasics.org/tutorials/using/filesystems_for_data-exchange?rev=1206476743 [and (according to the project's homepage) Vista] Data exchange Whenever there is more than one operatiing system (on one or more computer), users have the need to exchange data between them. The solutions on this page are NOT applicable for exchanging data across a network. The partition-type of ... text/html 2008-03-25T11:31:04+01:00 anitalewis@71.250.69.139 http://linuxbasics.org/mailinglist/start?rev=1206441064 [Change contact from email address to Contact page] Mailing List QnA: question and answers on Linux. While many might claim that Linux is the answer, it also creates quite a lot of new questions. Especially new users are often overwhelmed by the documentation presented on the web or within the syst... text/html 2008-03-18T01:34:41+01:00 anitalewis@71.250.66.219 http://linuxbasics.org/course/start?rev=1205800481 LinuxBasics Course An Introduction to Linux Basics You can find our Basic Course, An Introduction to Linux Basics on our Forum. Register for the Forum any time and work at your own pace. Look at When, Where, How, and How Long and The Forum Rules. In... text/html 2008-03-15T23:49:52+01:00 anitalewis@70.21.203.48 http://linuxbasics.org/tutorials/using/ripsplitjointagaudio?rev=1205621392 Audio: Rip, Split, Join, Tag Ripping audio from CDROM Sound Juicer Ubuntu installs Sound Juicer by default. Insert the CD in the drive. Open it with Sound Juicer. If the correct Title doesn't appear, you can type it in. Click on Edit/Prefere... text/html 2008-03-13T01:35:18+01:00 anitalewis@71.250.69.84 http://linuxbasics.org/tutorials/using/start?rev=1205368518 Using Linux Here you find information about basics tasks like file-operations and word-processing. If any of these sections gets too big, we can move it to a separate Page. Getting help The Linux Documentation Project - *The* place for documentat... text/html 2008-03-12T18:00:20+01:00 stwaidele@91.19.146.253 http://linuxbasics.org/tutorials/using/join_audio_files?rev=1205341220 [added file-extensions, in case there are other files in the directory] Join Audio Files Audio files can be joined using an editor like Audacity. This involves opening each file, cut and paste, and then encoding the product. Files may also be joined without encoding. Sox can be used for ogg files and Mp3wrap for mp3 fil... text/html 2008-03-12T17:58:46+01:00 anitalewis@66.252.185.138 http://linuxbasics.org/tutorials/using/tag_audio_files?rev=1205341126 [created] Tag Audio Files The cd ripper program may tag the files if it can. This means you will have a nice looking name for the file as it plays in your program or on your portable player. If there is no tag, then you will see something like "track_01.... text/html 2008-03-12T17:55:33+01:00 anitalewis@66.252.185.138 http://linuxbasics.org/tutorials/using/split_audio_files?rev=1205340933 [created] Split Audio Files mp3splt-gtk can be used to split either mp3s or oggs. This is the GUI version of mp3splt which splits the large file at selected splitpoints. The splitpoints are given in time units. This can be a little difficult to use and you ma...