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  • Page 1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP1 GNOME User Guide Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop w w w . n o v e l l . c o m 1 0 S P 1 G N O M E U S E R G U I D E...

  • Page 2: Legal Notices

    Further, Novell, Inc. reserves the right to make changes to any and all parts of Novell software, at any time, without any obligation to notify any person or entity of such changes.
  • Page 3 Novell, Inc. 404 Wyman Street, Suite 500 Waltham, MA 02451 U.S.A. www.novell.com Online Documentation: To access the online documentation for this and other Novell products, and to get updates, see www.novell.com/documentation.
  • Page 4 Novell Trademarks For Novell trademarks, see the Novell Trademark and Service Mark list (http://www.novell.com/company/legal/ trademarks/tmlist.html). Third-Party Materials All third-party trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Parts of this manual are copyright © 2003-2004 Sun Microsystems.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Contents About This Guide Part I GNOME Desktop 1 Getting Started with the GNOME Desktop Logging in and Selecting a Desktop ..........17 1.1.1 What Is a Session? .
  • Page 6 Understanding OpenOffice.org ..........105 3.1.1 Advantages of the Novell Edition of OpenOffice.org ......106 3.1.2 Using the Standard Edition of OpenOffice.org .
  • Page 7 3.1.7 Finding Templates ..........112 Word Processing with Writer .
  • Page 8 Managing Your Buddy List ........... 152 6.3.1 Displaying Buddies in the Buddy List .
  • Page 9 Part III Internet 11 Managing Network Connections 11.1 Enabling or Disabling NetworkManager......... 183 11.2 Using the GNOME NetworkManager Applet .
  • Page 10 14.3.3 Scanning an Image ..........205 14.3.4 The Image Window .
  • Page 11 17 Burning CDs and DVDs Part V Appendixes A Finding the Information You Need Included Documentation ........... . 247 Additional Resources and More Information .
  • Page 12 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP1 GNOME User Guide...

  • Page 13: About This Guide

    Additional Documentation The GNOME User Guide and documentation for each component can be accessed using the Help Center. To access the Novell Help Center, click Help on the top panel of the desktop and then click User's Manual. For documentation about the KDE Desktop, see the SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop KDE User Guide (http://www.novell.com/documentation/sled10/sled_kdeuser/data/...

  • Page 14: Documentation Conventions

    Documentation Conventions In Novell documentation, a greater-than symbol (>) is used to separate actions within a step and items in a cross-reference path. ® A trademark symbol ( , etc.) denotes a Novell trademark. An asterisk (*) denotes a third-party trademark.

  • Page 15: Part I Gnome Desktop

    GNOME Desktop GNOME Desktop...
  • Page 16 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP1 GNOME User Guide...

  • Page 17: Getting Started With The Gnome Desktop

    Getting Started with the GNOME Desktop This section describes the conventions, layout, and common tasks of the GNOME desktop as ® implemented in SUSE Linux* Enterprise Desktop 10 SP1. Section 1.1, “Logging in and Selecting a Desktop,” on page 17 Section 1.2, “Logging Out,”...

  • Page 18: What Is A Session

    1.1.1 What Is a Session? A session is the period of time from when you log in to when you log out. The login screen offers several login options. For example, you can select the language of your session so that text that appears in the interface is presented in that language.

  • Page 19: Logging Out

    1.2 Logging Out When you are finished using the computer, you can log out and leave the system running, or restart or shut down the computer. 1.2.1 Logging Out or Switching Users 1 Click Computer > Logout. 2 Select one of the following options: Log out: Logs you out of the current session and returns you to the Login screen.
  • Page 20 GNOME Desktop Figure 1-1 By default, the desktop features two key icons: your personal Home folder and a trash can for deleted items. Other icons representing devices on your computer, such as CD drives, might also be present on the desktop. If you double-click your Home folder, the Nautilus file manager starts and displays the contents of your home directory.

  • Page 21: Default Desktop Icons

    Section 1.3.4, “Adding Applets and Applications to the Panel,” on page 22 1.3.1 Default Desktop Icons To remove an icon from the desktop, simply drag it onto the trash can. You cannot move the Home icon to the trash. WARNING: .Be careful with this option—if you move folder or file icons to the trash can, the actual data is deleted.

  • Page 22: Adding Applets And Applications To The Panel

    Panel Menu Options Table 1-1 Option Description Add to Panel Opens a menu of applications and applets that can be added to the panel. Properties Modifies the properties for this panel. Delete This Panel Removes the panel from the desktop. All of the panel settings are lost. Allow Panel to be Moved/ Lets you drag the panel to another side of the screen, or locks the panel in Lock Panel Position...

  • Page 23: Using The Main Menu

    Some Useful Applets Table 1-2 Applet Description Dictionary Lookup Look up a word in an online dictionary. Force Quit Terminate an application. This is especially useful if you want to terminate an application that is no longer responding. Search for Files Find files, folders, and documents on the computer.

  • Page 24: Search Bar

    Section 1.4.2, “Main Menu Tabs,” on page 24 Section 1.4.3, “System,” on page 25 Section 1.4.4, “Status,” on page 26 1.4.1 Search Bar The search bar helps you find applications and files on your system. Enter your search terms in the Search field, then press Enter.

  • Page 25: System

    Favorite Applications By default, Favorite Applications shows icons for several commonly used applications. Use this view to show the applications you use most often. To add an item to your Favorite Applications: 1 Click Computer > More Applications. 2 Right-click the application you want to add. 3 Select Add to Favorites.

  • Page 26: Status

    Application Description Install Software Opens the Software Installer, which guides you through the process of installing new software. Lock Screen Locks your system so that nobody can access it while you are away. Enter your password to unlock the system. Log Out Opens the Log Out dialog, where you can log out or switch users.

  • Page 27: File Manager Navigation Shortcuts

    Location Bar: Lets you locate files, folders, and URI sites. Side Pane: Lets you navigate or display information about the selected file or folder. Use the drop- down list to customize what is shown in the pane. The list includes ways to view information about files, perform actions on files, add emblems to files, view a history of recently visited sites, and display your files in the Tree system.

  • Page 28: Creating A Cd/Dvd

    3 Specify a location for the archive file, then click Create. To extract an archived file, right-click the file, then select Extract Here. 1.5.3 Creating a CD/DVD If your system has a CD or DVD read/write drive, you can use the Nautilus file manager to burn CDs and DVDs.

  • Page 29: File Manager Preferences

    1.5.5 File Manager Preferences You can change the File Manager preferences by clicking Edit > Preferences. The configurable preferences are organized on five tabs: “Views” on page 29 “Behavior” on page 30 “Display” on page 31 “List Columns” on page 32 “Preview”...
  • Page 30 Section Option Description Arrange items Sets the order in which items are listed. Items can be listed by name, size, type, modification date, or emblems. Sort folder before files Places this folder at the top of the list, if this check box is selected (the default).
  • Page 31 Select from the following options: File Manager Behavior Options Table 1-6 Option Description Single click to activate items Performs the default action for an item when you click the item. If this option is selected and you point to an item, the title of the item is underlined. Double click to activate items Performs the default action for an item when you double-click the item.
  • Page 32 File Manager Display Dialog Box Figure 1-9 Select from the following options: File Manager Display Options Table 1-7 Option Description Icon Captions Sets the order of information to appear beneath icon names. You can set three information types, in the order that they appear. Date Configures the date format.
  • Page 33 File Manager List Columns Dialog Box Figure 1-10 Preview To configure how file previews appear in the File Manager and whether folders show the number of items they contain, click Edit > Preferences > Preview: Getting Started with the GNOME Desktop...

  • Page 34: Accessing Network Resources

    File Manager Preview Dialog Box Figure 1-11 Select from the following options: File Manager Preview Options Table 1-8 Option Description Show text in icons Specifies when to preview the content of text files in the icons that represent the files. Show thumbnails Specifies when to show thumbnails of image files in the icons that represent the files.

  • Page 35: Connecting To Your Network

    Section 1.6.3, “Sharing Directories from Your Computer,” on page 37 1.6.1 Connecting to Your Network You can connect to a network with wired and wireless connections. To view your network connection status, click Computer. In the Status area of the main menu, The Network Connections icon shows your network connection status.
  • Page 36 Network File Browser Figure 1-13 To access Novell shares, double-click the Novell Services icon. A list of Novell shares available to you is displayed. To access NFS shares, double-click the UNIX Network icon. A list of UNIX* shares available to you is displayed.

  • Page 37: Sharing Directories From Your Computer

    1.6.3 Sharing Directories from Your Computer You can make directories on your computer available to other users on your network. Enabling Sharing Use YaST to enable sharing on your computer. In order to enable sharing, you must have root privileges and be a member of a workgroup or domain. 1 Click Computer >...

  • Page 38: Finding Data On Your Computer Or In The File System

    WARNING: Do not simply remove disks from the drive after using them. Floppy disks, CDs, and DVDs must always be unmounted from the system first. Close all File Manager sessions still accessing the medium, then right-click the icon for the medium and select Eject from the menu. Then safely remove the floppy disk, CD, or DVD when the tray automatically opens.

  • Page 39: Searching For Files

    1.8.1 Searching for Files Using Search for File on the System menu, you can locate files on your computer or on a network share using any number of search criteria. Search for Files Dialog Figure 1-14 Search for Files uses the find, grep, and locate UNIX commands, and all searches are case insensitive.
  • Page 40 files that match the search criteria, the application displays the message No files found in the Search results list. Adding Search Options Use Show more options to search by file content, dates, owner, or file size. 1 Click Computer > More Applications > System > Search for Files. 2 Type the search text in the Name contains field.
  • Page 41 Option Description Name matches regular Searches for files that contain the specified regular expression expression in their directory path or filename. Type the regular expression in the text box provided. Regular expressions are special text strings used to describe a search pattern. For more information, see Regular- Expressions.info (http://www.regular-expressions.info).

  • Page 42: Moving Text Between Applications

    Chapter 12, “Browsing with Firefox,” on page 189. 1.11 E-mail and Scheduling For reading and managing your mail and events, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop offers you Novell Evolution , a groupware program that makes it easy to store, organize, and retrieve your personal ®...

  • Page 43: Groupwise

    Cross-Platform Client for Linux. GroupWise is not installed by default. Use the Software Management feature in YaST to install the novell-groupwise-gwclient package. Then click Computer > More Applications > Communicate > GroupWise to open the GroupWise Client. Getting Started with the GNOME Desktop...

  • Page 44: Opening Or Creating Documents With Openoffice.org

    Your main work area in GroupWise is called the Main Window. From the Main Window, you can read your messages, schedule appointments, view your Calendar, manage contacts, change the mode of GroupWise you are running in, open folders, open documents, and much more. For more information on using GroupWise, click Help >...

  • Page 45: Viewing Pdf Files

    You can add the Take Screenshot button to any panel. For information on how to do this, see Section 1.3.4, “Adding Applets and Applications to the Panel,” on page 22. After you have added the button, click the Take Screenshot button to take a snapshot of the entire desktop. Use shortcut keys Press the Print Screen button to take a screen shot of the entire desktop.

  • Page 46: Controlling Sound

    3 To view a PDF file, click File > Open, locate the desired PDF file, then click Open. 4 Use the navigation icons at the top of the window to navigate through the document. If your PDF document provides bookmarks, you can access them in the left panel of the viewer. 1.15 Controlling Sound YaST automatically identifies and configures the sound cards in your computer.

  • Page 47: Managing Software Packages And Updates

    Rec option for that mixer. 1.16 Managing Software Packages and Updates ® The Novell ZENworks tools serve as graphical front-ends for the ZENworks Management Daemon (zmd), allowing you to easily install or remove software, apply security updates, and manage services and catalogs.

  • Page 48: Obtaining And Installing Software Updates

    Use the All, Packages, and Patches links to filter the list of displayed packages. NOTE: Officially released updates from Novell show up as Patches. New package versions from other sources show up as Packages.

  • Page 49: Installing Software

    Software Updater Figure 1-18 1.16.3 Installing Software To install software packages, click Computer > Install Software, or enter zen-installer in a terminal. The interface is almost identical to the Software Updater; the only difference is a search panel you can use to search for single packages or to filter the list. Software Installer Figure 1-19 Getting Started with the GNOME Desktop...

  • Page 50: Removing Software

    Select the packages that you want to install, then click Install to start the package installation. Possible dependencies on other packages are automatically resolved by the installer. 1.16.4 Removing Software To remove software packages, click Computer > More Applications > System > Remove Software, or enter zen-remover in a terminal.
  • Page 51 With Mount, you embed a directory mounted on your machine. This is useful if, for example, you are in a network that regularly mirrors the Novell YUM server and exports its content to the local network. To add the directory, provide the full path to the directory in Service URI.
  • Page 52 Opencarpet, Red Carpet Enterprise, or ZENworks services are only available if your company or organization has set up these services within your internal network. This might be the case if your organization is using third-party software for which updates are deployed on a single server.

  • Page 53: Other Useful Programs

    Software Updater Preferences Configuration Dialog Box Figure 1-23 1.17 Other Useful Programs In addition to the programs already discussed, like applets you can add to a panel, the system also includes additional programs, organized in categories in the Application Browser. To access the programs, open the Application Browser by clicking Computer >...
  • Page 54 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP1 GNOME User Guide...

  • Page 55: Customizing Your Settings

    Customizing Your Settings You can change the way the GNOME desktop looks and behaves to suit your own personal tastes and needs. Some of the settings you might want to change include: Keyboard and mouse configuration (see Section 2.1.4, “Modifying Keyboard Preferences,” on page 57 Section 2.1.6, “Configuring the Mouse,”...

  • Page 56: Hardware

    For information on configuring administrator settings, see System Configuration with YaST (http:// www.novell.com/documentation/sled10/sled_deployment/data/cha_yast2.html#cha_yast2) in the SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop Deployment Guide. 2.1 Hardware Hardware settings include the following: Section 2.1.1, “Configuring Bluetooth Services,” on page 56 Section 2.1.2, “Configuring Your DSL Connection,” on page 56 Section 2.1.3, “Configuring Your Graphics Card and Monitor,”...

  • Page 57: Configuring Your Graphics Card And Monitor

    2.1.3 Configuring Your Graphics Card and Monitor Your graphics card was configured for your monitor during installation. If you ever need to change these settings, click Computer > Control Center > Hardware > Graphics Card and Monitor, then set the appropriate options for your monitor. NOTE: Graphics card configuration is done in YaST2 and requires root privileges.
  • Page 58 You can modify any of the following keyboard preferences: Keyboard Preferences Table 2-1 Option Description Key Presses Repeat When Key is Enables keyboard repeat. The action associated with a key is Held Down performed repeatedly when you press and hold that key. For example, if you press and hold a character key, the character is typed repeatedly.
  • Page 59 Select your keyboard model from the drop-down list, then use the navigational buttons to add or remove the selected layout to or from the list of available layouts. You can select different layouts to suit different locales. Click the Accessibility button to start the Keyboard accessibility preference tool. Configuring Keyboard Layout Options Use the Layout Options tabbed page to set your keyboard layout options.
  • Page 60 Layout Option Description Compose key position Specifies the key to be used as the Compose key. Use the Compose key to combine two keystrokes to make one character, such as an accented character that is not on your keyboard layout. Ctrl key position Specify the key that acts as the Ctrl key.

  • Page 61: Configuring A Modem

    Keyboard Preferences Dialog—Typing Break Page Figure 2-5 You can modify any of the following typing break preferences: Typing Break Preferences Table 2-3 Option Description Lock Screen to Enforce Typing Break Locks the screen when you are due a typing break. Work Interval Lasts Lets you specify how long you can work before a typing break occurs.

  • Page 62: Configuring The Mouse

    YaST opens. 3 Follow the instructions in YaST to configure the modem. 2.1.6 Configuring the Mouse Use the Mouse Preference tool to configure your mouse for right-hand use or for left-hand use. You can also specify the speed and sensitivity of mouse movement. Click Computer >...
  • Page 63 Option Description Double-Click Timeout Use the slider to specify the amount of time that can pass between clicks when you double-click. If the interval between the first and second clicks exceeds the time that is specified here, the action is not interpreted as a double-click.

  • Page 64: Configuring A Network Card

    Mouse Preferences Dialog—Motion Page Figure 2-8 The following table lists the mouse motion preferences you can modify. Mouse Motion Preferences Table 2-6 Option Description Acceleration Use the slider to specify the speed at which your mouse pointer moves on your screen when you move your mouse.

  • Page 65: Configuring Removable Drives And Media

    Printers Dialog Figure 2-9 2.1.9 Configuring Removable Drives and Media You can use a wide variety of removable drives and media, including storage devices, cameras, scanners, and more. The configurations for many of these devices are set up automatically during installation.

  • Page 66: Touchpad

    If you cannot find a setting you want, you might need to use the Administrator Settings to reconfigure your graphics card and monitor settings. See Configuring the Graphics Card and Monitor (http://www.novell.com/documentation/nld/nld_deployment/data/ bsj9mwg.html#bsmqn45) in the Deployment Guide for more information.

  • Page 67: Changing The Desktop Background

    Section 2.2.2, “Configuring Desktop Effects,” on page 68 Section 2.2.3, “Configuring Fonts,” on page 79 Section 2.2.4, “Configuring Menus and Toolbars,” on page 81 Section 2.2.5, “Configuring the Screen Saver,” on page 81 Section 2.2.6, “Choosing a Theme,” on page 82 Section 2.2.7, “Customizing Window Behavior,”...

  • Page 68: Configuring Desktop Effects

    Option Description Desktop Colors Lets you specify a color scheme using the options in the Desktop Color drop-down list and the color selector buttons. You can specify a color scheme using any of the following options: Solid Color specifies a single color for the desktop background. To select a color, click Color.
  • Page 69 3-D Desktop Figure 2-11 Enabling Desktop Effects To enable Xgl, you need a graphics adapter capable of providing 3-D support, and you also need the graphics driver that Linux uses to operate the graphics adapter. This driver must be able to handle OpenGL (or 3-D) requests from the Linux kernel.
  • Page 70 you might be advised to change your screen resolution or color depth, or to activate 3-D acceleration. Follow the on-screen prompts to configure your system for Xgl. 3 After your system is configured for Xgl, click Enable Desktop Effects. 4 Type the root password, then click Continue. 5 Click Log Out to log out of your session, then type your username and password to log back in.
  • Page 71 4 When you finish making changes, click Close. You can also use gconf-editor to change Xgl settings. 1 Click Computer > More Applications > System > GNOME Configuration Editor or press Alt+F2 and enter gconf-editor. 2 Navigate to the apps/compiz/general and apps/compiz/plugins registry folders and make the changes you want.
  • Page 72 Translucent Windows This option lets you use the scroll wheel to change how transparent a window appears on- screen. Select Use scroll wheel plus these modifiers to change window opacity, then select the button or combination of buttons you want to use. Select a window, hold down the button or buttons you selected, then scroll the mouse wheel up or down to change the transparency of the window.
  • Page 73 Desktop Cube Tabbed Page Figure 2-14 Desktop Cube By default, this option gives you four desktops on the faces of a virtual cube that you can rotate to access each desktop. This provides extra space in which to arrange open applications and windows.
  • Page 74 Other Features Tabbed Page Figure 2-15 Window Picker This option lets you tile (or scale) the windows on your desktop so that you can see what windows you have open and select a specific one. This also provides you with a snapshot of all applications open on your desktop.
  • Page 75 Application Tiling Figure 2-16 Zoom These options give you the ability to zoom in and out of areas on your screen, which significantly improves desktop accessibility for visually impaired users or for anyone who wants to see a part of the screen displayed in a larger size. By default, pressing the Super key (the Windows key)+Button 3 zooms in on part of the desktop.
  • Page 76 Water Effect Figure 2-17 Xgl Shortcuts Table 2-9 contains a list of the default keystrokes and mouse movements you can use to perform desktop effects. To change any of these shortcuts, see “Modifying Desktop Effects” on page Desktop Effects Shortcuts Table 2-9 Effect Shortcut...
  • Page 77 Effect Shortcut Tile windows Ctrl+Alt+Up-arrow or move the mouse pointer to the top-left corner of the screen Wobbly window Left-click the window and drag Zoom once Super key (Windows key)+Button 3 Zoom in manually Super key (Windows key)+scroll wheel up Zoom out manually Super key (Windows key)+scroll wheel down More Desktop Effects...
  • Page 78 Unfolding the Cube Press Ctrl+Alt+Down-arrow to unfold the desktop cube, opening a panoramic view of all your desktops. Your desktop cube is laid out like a filmstrip on your screen. You can use the Left-arrow and Right-arrow to select a different screen. This is similar to the switcher feature (Alt+Tab), but lets you view a thumbnail of your entire desktop instead of only your active windows.

  • Page 79: Configuring Fonts

    6 Click OK. 7 Click File > Quit to close the Configuration Editor. Skydome Image Figure 2-20 2.2.3 Configuring Fonts Use the Font Preferences dialog to select the fonts to use in your applications, windows, terminals, and desktop. To open the Font Preferences dialog, click Computer > Control Center > Look and Feel >...
  • Page 80 Font Preferences Dialog Figure 2-21 The upper part of the dialog shows the fonts selected for applications, the desktop, window titles, and a fixed-width font for terminals. Click one of the buttons to open a selection dialog where you can set the font family, style, and size. To specify how to render fonts on your screen, select one of the following options: Monochrome: Renders fonts in black and white only.

  • Page 81: Configuring Menus And Toolbars

    2.2.4 Configuring Menus and Toolbars You can configure the appearance and behavior of menus and toolbars. Click Computer > Control Center > Look and Feel > Menus & Toolbars. Showing Icons in Menus If you want icons to appear in menus, select Show icons in menus. Not all menu items have icons. Defining New Keyboard Shortcuts If you want to be able to define new keyboard shortcuts for menu items, select Editable menu accelerators.

  • Page 82: Choosing A Theme

    Screensaver Preferences Dialog Figure 2-22 You can select from Random (random selection of screen savers from a custom-defined list), Blank Screen, or a selection of installed screen savers. Select a screen saver from the list to choose it. The currently selected screen saver is displayed in the small preview window.
  • Page 83 Icons The icon setting for a theme determines the appearance of the icons on panels and the desktop background. You can select an option for the icon setting in the Icons tabbed page of the Theme Details tool. The color settings for the desktop and applications are controlled using themes. You can choose from a variety of preinstalled themes.

  • Page 84: Customizing Window Behavior

    3 Click Go To Theme Folder. A File Manager window opens on the default option folder. 4 Use the File Manager window to delete the option. 2.2.7 Customizing Window Behavior Use the Window Preferences tool to customize window behavior for the desktop. You can determine how a window reacts to contact with the mouse pointer or to double-clicks on its titlebar, and you can define which key to hold for moving an application window.

  • Page 85: Configuring Keyboard Accessibility Settings

    Section 2.3.2, “Configuring Assistive Technology Support,” on page 86 Section 2.3.3, “Changing Your Password,” on page 87 Section 2.3.4, “Managing Novell CASA,” on page 88 Section 2.3.5, “Customizing Keyboard Shortcuts,” on page 88 2.3.1 Configuring Keyboard Accessibility Settings GNOME provides keyboard settings designed to help users with motion impairments use the GNOME desktop.

  • Page 86: Configuring Assistive Technology Support

    Enable Sticky Keys (Basic Tab) Some keyboard shortcuts require that one key (a modifier key) is kept pressed constantly (this applies to Alt, Ctrl, and Shift) while the rest of the shortcut is typed. When sticky keys are used, the system regards those keys as staying pressed after being pressed once.

  • Page 87: Changing Your Password

    Assistive Technology Preferences Dialog Figure 2-25 The gok package must be installed in order to get on-screen keyboard support, and the gnopernicus and gnome-mag packages must be installed in order to get screenreading and magnifying capabilities. If these packages are not installed on your system (they are installed by default during installation), install them with the following procedure: 1 Click Computer >...

  • Page 88: Managing Novell Casa

    2.3.4 Managing Novell CASA Novell CASA Manager provides an interface for viewing secrets stored on your computer. Secrets include such items as: Passwords Wireless credentials Certificates Credentials for logging in to another computer Most users should never use Novell CASA Manager because secrets are managed by the applications that create them.

  • Page 89: System

    2.4 System System settings include the following: Section 2.4.1, “Configuring Date and Time,” on page 89 Section 2.4.2, “Configuring Streaming Audio and Video,” on page 89 Section 2.4.3, “Configuring Language Settings,” on page 89 Section 2.4.4, “Configuring Network Proxies,” on page 90 Section 2.4.5, “Configuring Power Management,”...

  • Page 90: Configuring Network Proxies

    Whether the time zone should depend on the primary language Secondary languages NOTE: You must have administrator (root) privileges to configure language settings. To configure your language settings: 1 Click Computer > Control Center > System > Language. 2 (Conditional) If you are not logged in as root or a user with administrator privileges, enter the root password.

  • Page 91: Configuring Power Management

    The following table lists the Internet connection options that you can modify. Internet Connection Options Table 2-10 Option Description Direct Internet connection Connects directly to the Internet, without a proxy server. Manual proxy configuration Connects to the Internet through a proxy server and lets you configure the proxy server manually.

  • Page 92: Setting Preferred Applications

    To specify your computer’s sleep settings: 1 Click Computer > Control Center > System > Power Management. 2 Click the tab for the type of power you are using. If your computer uses AC power, click Running on AC. If your computer runs on battery power, click Running on Battery. If your computer operates on both AC and battery power, you can configure the settings on both tabs.

  • Page 93: Setting Session Sharing Preferences

    3 Select one of the available from the applications from the Choose menu or enter the command used to start the application. 4 Click Close. The changes take effect immediately. 2.4.7 Setting Session Sharing Preferences The Remote Desktop Preference dialog box lets you share a GNOME Desktop session between multiple users and set session-sharing preferences.

  • Page 94: Configuring Search With Beagle Settings

    Option Description When a user tries to view or control your Select the following security considerations when a desktop remote user tries to view or control your session: Ask you for confirmation: Select this option if you want remote users to ask you for confirmation when they want to share your session.
  • Page 95 Setting Session Preferences Use the Session Options tabbed page to manage multiple sessions and set preferences for the current session. Sessions Dialog—Session Options Page Figure 2-28 The following table lists the session options that you can modify. Session Preferences for Current Session Table 2-11 Option Description...

  • Page 96: Setting Session Properties

    Setting Session Properties Use the Current Session tabbed page to specify startup order values and to choose restart styles for the session-managed applications in your current session. Sessions Dialog—Current Session Page Figure 2-29 The following table lists the session properties that you can configure. Session Properties for Session-Managed Applications Table 2-12 Option...

  • Page 97: Setting Sound Preferences

    Configuring Startup Applications Use the Startup Programs tabbed page to specify non-session-managed startup applications. Sessions Dialog—Startup Programs Page Figure 2-30 Startup applications are applications that start automatically when you begin a session. You specify the commands that run these applications and the commands execute automatically when you log in. You can also start session-managed applications automatically.
  • Page 98 Sound Preferences Dialog—Devices Page Figure 2-31 Click the drop-down list for each type of sound and select the application to use. In most cases, Autodetect is the best choice, unless you want to use a specific application. Setting General Sound Preferences Use the Sounds tab to specify when to launch the sound server.
  • Page 99 Sound Preferences Dialog—General Page Figure 2-32 Click Enable software sound mixing (ESD) to start the sound server when you start a session. When the sound server is active, the desktop can play sounds. Click Play system sounds to play sounds when particular events occur in the desktop. Finally, select the sound to play at each of the specified events.

  • Page 100: Managing Users And Groups

    Sound Preferences Dialog—System Beep Page Figure 2-33 2.4.11 Managing Users and Groups Use the User Management tool to manage users and groups, including user and group names, group membership, password and password encryption, and other options. Click Computer > Control Center > System > User Management. The User Management tool opens the User and Group Administration module in YaST.

  • Page 101: Configuring Administrative Settings With Yast

    2.4.12 Configuring Administrative Settings with YaST For your convenience, YaST is available from the Control Panel as well as the Applications menu. For information about using YaST, see System Configuration with YaST (http://www.novell.com/ documentation/sled10/sled_deployment/data/cha_yast2.html#cha_yast2) in the SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop Deployment Guide.
  • Page 102 102 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP1 GNOME User Guide...

  • Page 103: Part Ii Office And Collaboration

    Office and Collaboration Office and Collaboration...
  • Page 104 104 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP1 GNOME User Guide...

  • Page 105: The Openoffice.org Office Suite

    This section contains information that applies to all of the application modules in OpenOffice.org. Module-specific information can be found in the sections relating to each module. Section 3.1.1, “Advantages of the Novell Edition of OpenOffice.org,” on page 106 The OpenOffice.org Office Suite...

  • Page 106: Advantages Of The Novell Edition Of Openoffice.org

    Calc Enhancements The Novell edition of OpenOffice.org Calc includes the following enhancements that are not found in the standard edition: Improved Excel compatibility for certain functions (for example, ADDRESS/OFFSE) Improved ergonomics, such as fixes for the standard editions missing keybindings and the “merge and center”...

  • Page 107: Using The Standard Edition Of Openoffice.org

    GroupWise Document Management System. 3.1.2 Using the Standard Edition of OpenOffice.org You can use the standard edition of OpenOffice.org rather than the Novell edition. If you install the latest version of OpenOffice.org, all of your Novell Edition files remain compatible. However, the standard edition does not contain the enhancements made in the Novell edition.

  • Page 108: Starting Openoffice.org

    want to convert the files, you can do so. To convert a number of documents, such as when first switching to OpenOffice.org, do the following: 1 Select File > Wizard > Document Converter. 2 Choose the file format from which to convert. There are several StarOffice and Microsoft Office formats available.

  • Page 109: Improving Openoffice.org Load Time

    This opens Writer. To open a different module, click File > New from the newly opened Writer document, then choose the module you want to open. Click Computer > More Applications > Office, then click the name of the OpenOffice.org module you want to start.
  • Page 110 The customized toolbar is used whenever you open that document. 6 Repeat to customize additional toolbars. 7 Click OK. You can quickly choose the buttons that appear on a particular toolbar. 1 Click the arrow icon at the end of the toolbar you want to change. 2 Click Visible Buttons to display a list of buttons.
  • Page 111 The Options Window Figure 3-1 The following table lists the settings categories along with a brief description of each category: NOTE: The settings categories that appear depend on the module you are working in. For example, if you are in Writer, the OpenOffice.org Writer category appears in the list, but the OpenOffice.org Calc category does not.

  • Page 112: Finding Templates

    Settings Description Application Category OpenOffice.org Provides a single dialog to set special print options for formulas. Math Math OpenOffice.org Provides dialogs to set and edit connections and registered Base Base databases. Charts Defines the default colors used for newly created charts. Internet Includes the dialogs to configure any proxies and to change settings related to search engines.

  • Page 113: Creating A New Document

    This section highlights a few key features of Writer. For more information about these features and for complete instructions for using Writer, look at the OpenOffice.org help or any of the sources listed in Section 3.8, “Finding Help and Information About OpenOffice.org,” on page 124.

  • Page 114: Sharing Documents With Other Word Processors

    3.2.2 Sharing Documents with Other Word Processors You can use Writer to edit documents created in a variety of other word processors. For example, you can import a Microsoft Word document, edit it, and save it again as a Word document. Most Word documents can be imported into OpenOffice.org without any problem.
  • Page 115 TIP: By default, the Styles and Formatting window is a floating window; that is, it opens in its own window that you can place anywhere on the screen. If you use styles extensively, you might find it helpful to dock the window so that it always present in the same part of the Writer interface. To dock the Styles and Formatting window, press Control while you double-click on a gray area in the window.

  • Page 116: Using Templates To Format Documents

    3 Click OK. 4 Name your style and choose the settings you want applied with that style. For details about the style options available in any tab, click that tab and then click Help. 3.2.4 Using Templates to Format Documents Most word processor users create more than one kind of document.
  • Page 117 To open the Navigator, click Edit > Navigator. The elements listed in the Navigator vary according to the document loaded in Writer. Navigator Tool in Writer Figure 3-3 Click an item in the Navigator to jump to that item in the document. Using a Master Document to Create a Single Document from Multiple Files If you are working with a very large document, such as a book, you might find it easier to manage the book with a master document, rather than keeping the book in a single file.

  • Page 118: Using Writer As An Html Editor

    TIP: The styles from all of your subdocuments are imported into the master document. To ensure that formatting is consistent throughout your master document, you should use the same template for each subdocument. Doing so is not mandatory; however, if subdocuments are formatted differently, you might need to do some reformatting to successfully bring subdocuments into the master document without creating inconsistencies.

  • Page 119: Using Formatting And Styles In Calc

    3.3.1 Using Formatting and Styles in Calc Calc comes with a few built-in cell and page styles to improve the appearance of your spreadsheets and reports. Although these built-in styles are adequate for many uses, you will probably find it useful to create styles for your own frequently used formatting preferences.

  • Page 120: Using Presentations With Impress

    3.4 Using Presentations with Impress Use OpenOffice.org Impress to create presentations for screen display or printing, such as slide shows or transparencies. If you have used other presentation software, you can move comfortably to Impress, which works very similarly to other presentation software. Impress can open and save Microsoft Powerpoint presentations, which means you can exchange presentations with Powerpoint users, as long as you save your presentations in Powerpoint format.

  • Page 121: Using Databases With Base

    3 Right-click the left-hand panel, then click New Master. 4 Edit the slide master until it has the desired look. 5 Click Close Master View or View > Normal to return to Normal View. TIP: When you have created all of the slide masters you want to use in your presentations, you can save them in an Impress template.
  • Page 122 The process for creating a database can be broken into several subprocesses: “Creating the Database” on page 122 “Setting Up the Database Table” on page 122 “Creating a Form” on page 123 “Modifying the Form” on page 123 “What’s Next?” on page 123 Creating the Database First, create the database.

  • Page 123: Creating Graphics With Draw

    Creating a Form Next, create the form to use when entering data into your address book. 1 In the Form Wizard, click the double right-arrow to move all available fields to the Fields in the form list, then click Next twice. 2 Select how you want to arrange your form, then click Next.

  • Page 124: Creating Mathematical Formulas With Math

    One particularly useful feature of Draw is the ability to open it from other OpenOffice.org modules so you can create a drawing that is automatically imported into your document. 1 From an OpenOffice.org module (for example, from Writer), click Insert > Object > OLE Object >...

  • Page 125: Evolution: E-Mail And Calendaring

    Evolution: E-Mail and Calendaring Evolution makes the tasks of storing, organizing, and retrieving your personal information easy, so you can work and communicate more effectively with others. It’s a highly evolved groupware program, an integral part of the Internet-connected desktop. Evolution can help you work in a group by handling e-mail, address, and other contact information, and one or more calendars.

  • Page 126: Defining Your Identity

    1 Select a server type in the Server Type list. The following a list of server types that are available: ® Novell GroupWise: Select this option if you connect to Novell GroupWise . Novell GroupWise keeps e-mail, calendar, and contact information on the server.
  • Page 127 None: Select this if you do not plan to check e-mail with this account. If you select this, there are no configuration options. Remote Configuration Options If you selected Novell GroupWise, IMAP, POP, or USENET News as your server, you need to specify additional information. 1 Type the hostname of your e-mail server in the Hostname field.

  • Page 128: Receiving Mail Options

    “Standard Unix Mbox Spool or Directory Receiving Options” on page 131 Novell GroupWise Receiving Options If you select Novell GroupWise as your receiving server type, you need to specify the following options: 1 Select if you want Evolution to automatically check for new mail.
  • Page 129 The GAL contains a list of all e-mail addresses. If you select this option, you need to specify the maximum number of responses. 4 Select if you want the password expire warning period. If you select this option, you need to specify how often Evolution should send the password expire message.
  • Page 130 USENET News Receiving Options If you select USENET News as your receiving server type, you need to specify the following options: 1 Select if you want Evolution to automatically check for new mail. If you select this option, you need to specify how often Evolution should check for new messages.

  • Page 131: Sending Mail

    2 Select if you want to apply filters to new messages in the Inbox. 3 Click Forward. When you have finished, continue with Sending Mail. Standard Unix Mbox Spool or Directory Receiving Options If you select Standard Unix Mbox Spool or Directory as your receiving server type, you need to specify the following options: 1 Select if you want Evolution to automatically check for new mail.

  • Page 132: Using Evolution: An Overview

    3 Select if you use a secure connection (SSL). 4 Click Forward. Continue with Account Management. Account Management Now that you have finished the e-mail configuration process you need to give the account a name. The name can be any name you prefer. Type your account name on the Name field, then click Forward.

  • Page 133: Message List

    Evolution Window Figure 4-1 Menu Bar The menu bar gives you access to nearly all of Evolution features. Folder List The folder list gives you a list of the available folders for each account. To see the contents of a folder, click the folder name and the contents are displayed in the e-mail list.

  • Page 134: The Menu Bar

    Status Bar The status bar periodically displays a message, or tells you the progress of a task. This most often happens when you’re checking or sending e-mail. These progress queues are shown in the previous figure. The Online/Offline indicator is here, too, in the lower left of the window. Preview Pane The preview pane displays the contents of the e-mail that is selected in the e-mail list.

  • Page 135: E-Mail

    To create a new folder: 1 Click Folder > New. 2 Type the name of the folder in the Folder Name field. 3 Select the location of the new folder. 4 Click OK. Folder Management Right-click a folder or subfolder to display a menu with the following options: Copy: Copies the folder to a different location.

  • Page 136: The Calendar

    Message List The message list displays all the e-mails that you have. This includes all your read and unread messages, and e-mail that is flagged to be deleted. Preview Pane This is where your e-mail is displayed. If you find the preview pane too small, you can resize the pane, enlarge the whole window, or double-click the message in the message list to have it open in a new window.
  • Page 137 To use the contacts tool, click Contacts in the shortcut bar. By default, the display shows all your contacts in alphabetical order, in a minicard view. You can select other views from the View menu, and adjust the width of the columns by clicking and dragging the gray column dividers. The largest section of the contacts display shows a list of individual contacts.
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  • Page 139: Groupwise Linux Client: E-Mailing And Calendaring

    GroupWise Linux Client: E-Mailing and Calendaring ® GroupWise is a robust, dependable messaging and collaboration system that connects you to your universal mailbox anytime and anywhere. This section gives you an introductory overview of the GroupWise client to help you start using the GroupWise Cross-Platform client quickly and easily. Section 5.1, “Getting Acquainted with the Main GroupWise Window,”...

  • Page 140: Toolbar

    GroupWise Main Window Figure 5-1 You can open more than one Main Window in GroupWise by clicking Window, then clicking New Main Window. This is useful if you proxy for another user. You can look at your own Main Window and the Main Window belonging to the person you are proxying for.

  • Page 141: Folder List

    5.1.3 Folder List The Folder List at the left of the Main Window lets you organize your GroupWise items. You can create new folders to store your items in. Next to any folder (except for shared folders), the number of unread items is shown in square brackets. Next to the Sent Items folder, the number in square brackets shows how many items are pending to be sent from Caching mode.
  • Page 142 Sent Items Folder (Current) Sent Items Query Folder (Previous) You can resend, reschedule, and retract sent You can resend, reschedule, and retract sent items items from this folder. from this folder. Calendar Folder The Calendar folder shows several calendar view options. Contacts Folder The Contacts folder , by default, represents the Frequent Contacts address book in the Address...

  • Page 143: Shared Folders

    Checklist Folder Task List Folder Tasks that are past due show as red in the Calendar. Documents Folder Your document references are organized in the Documents folder so you can locate them easily. The Documents folder can contain only documents. If any other type of item is moved to this folder by a GroupWise client older than version 5.5, the item is deleted.

  • Page 144: Item List

    5.1.4 Item List The Item List on the right side of the Main Window displays your mail and phone messages, appointments, reminder notes, tasks, and document references. You can sort the Item List by clicking a column heading. To reverse the sort order, click the column heading a second time. For information about the icons used with different items, see “Icons Appearing Next to Items in Your Mailbox and Calendar”...

  • Page 145: Understanding Your Mailbox

    5.3 Understanding Your Mailbox All of your items, whether you send or receive them, are stored in your GroupWise Mailbox. You can quickly display only received items, sent items, posted items, or draft items by clicking a setting on the Display drop-down list. You can further restrict which items display in your Mailbox by using filters.
  • Page 146 Icon Description Appears next to an item you have sent. Appears next to an item you have replied to. Appears next to an item you have forwarded. Appears next to an item you have delegated. Appears next to an item you have replied to and forwarded Appears next to an item you have replied to and delegated.

  • Page 147: Using The Toolbar

    5.4 Using the Toolbar Use the toolbar to access many of the features and options found in GroupWise. The toolbar at the top of a folder or item is context sensitive; it changes to provide the options you need most in that location.
  • Page 148 Keystroke Action Where It Works Ctrl+Z Undo the last action In text Ctrl+Up-arrow Opens the previous or next item In an item Ctrl+Down-arrow Ctrl+Shift+Left-arrow Select text one word at a time In text Ctrl+Shift+Right- arrow Ctrl+Shift+A Open a new appointment Main Window, Calendar, item, dialog box Ctrl+Shift+T Open a new task...

  • Page 149: Learning More

    For the latest version of the GroupWise user guide and for extensive GroupWise administration documentation, go to the GroupWise 7 area on the Novell Documentation Web site (http:// www.novell.com/documentation/gw7). This user guide is also available from the GroupWise client by clicking Help > User Guide.
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  • Page 151: Instant Messaging With Gaim

    Instant Messaging with Gaim Use Gaim to use all of your instant messaging accounts from a single instant messaging client. Gaim supports all of the most popular instant messaging protocols, so you can log in to all of your accounts at once and chat live with your contacts in one tabbed interface, regardless of which IM system they use.

  • Page 152: Setting Up An Account

    6.2 Setting Up an Account To use Gaim, you must already have accounts on the systems you want to use. For example, to use Gaim for your AIM account, you must first have an AIM account. Once you have those accounts, set them up in the Gaim Add Account dialog.

  • Page 153: Adding A Buddy

    6.3.2 Adding a Buddy To add a buddy to your Buddy List, click Buddies > Add Buddy, then enter the information about that buddy. NOTE: For some protocols, you cannot add a buddy in the Gaim interface. You must use the client for those protocols if you want to add to your buddy list.
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  • Page 155: Using Voice Over Internet Protocol

    Using Voice over Internet Protocol Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) lets you make phone calls using a broadband Internet connection ® instead of a regular (analog) phone line. SUSE Linux* Enterprise Desktop provides the following VoIP applications: Ekiga Linphone 7.1 Using Voice over IP with Ekiga Modern telecommunication means far more than just making a phone call.

  • Page 156: The Ekiga User Interface

    Ekiga allows you to maintain multiple accounts. To configure an additional account, proceed as follows: 1 Click Computer > More Applications > Communicate > Ekiga Softphone. 2 Open Edit > Accounts, then click Add. 3 Type an Account Name. 4 Select an appropriate Protocol depending on what type of account you use. Normally, you would select SIP here.

  • Page 157: Making A Call

    At the bottom of the user interface, several tabs provide the functionality for Dialpad, Audio, Video, and Statistics. Some settings like the Audio settings may only be changed during a phone call. Many of functions of Ekiga are available with keyboard shortcuts. Table 7-1 summarizes the most important ones.

  • Page 158: Answering A Call

    calls or calls using the service of a SIP provider. If you have a SIP provider that accepts real phone calls, you can enter the number like sip:<call number> 3 Click the Call button to the right of the SIP address prompt (or type Ctrl+O), then wait for the other party to pick up the phone.

  • Page 159: Using The Address Book

    7.1.5 Using the Address Book Ekiga offers to manage your SIP contacts. To open the address book, click Tools > Address Book in the Ekiga main window. An empty list window opens. Ekiga Address Book Figure 7-2 To add a contact, select Personal, right-click the address window, then select New Contact. You can also press Ctrl >...

  • Page 160: For More Information

    To call any contact from the address book, double-click this contact with the mouse. The call will be directly initiated. 7.1.6 For More Information The official home page of Ekiga is http://www.ekiga.org/ (http://www.ekiga.org/). This site offers frequently asked questions as well as a more detailed documentation. For information about the support of the H323 teleconferencing protocol in Linux, see http:// www.openh323.org/...

  • Page 161: Configuring The Network Parameters

    Linphone uses the session initiation protocol (SIP) to establish a connection with a remote host. In SIP, each party is identified by a SIP URL: sip:username@hostname username is your login on your Linux machine and hostname the name of the computer you are using.
  • Page 162 NAT Traversal Options Enable this option only if you find yourself in a private network behind a firewall and if you do not use a SIP provider to route your calls. Select the check box and enter the IP address of the firewall machine in dot notation, for example, 192.168.34.166.

  • Page 163: Testing Linphone

    Authentication Information To register at a remote SIP server, provide certain authentication data, such as a password and username. Linphone stores this data once provided. To discard this data for security reasons, click Clear all stored authentication data. The Remote services list can be filled with several addresses of remote SIP proxies or service providers.

  • Page 164: Making A Call

    7.2.3 Making a Call Once Linphone is configured appropriately, making a call is straightforward. Depending on the type of call (see “Determining the Connection Type” on page 160 for reference), the calling procedures differ slightly. 1 Start Linphone using the menu or a command line. 2 Enter the SIP address of the other party at the SIP address prompt.

  • Page 165: Using The Address Book

    7.2.5 Using the Address Book Linphone offers to manage your SIP contacts. Start the address book with Go > Address book. An empty list window opens. Click Add to add a contact. The following entries need to be made for a valid contact: Name Enter the name of your contact.

  • Page 166: Glossary

    The voice output on both ends sounds strangely clipped. Try to adjust the jitter buffer using RTP properties in Preferences > Network to compensate for delayed voice packages. When doing this, be aware that it increases the latency. DTMF does not work. You tried to check your voice mail using the DTMF pad, but the connection could not be established.

  • Page 167: For More Information

    7.2.8 For More Information For general information about VoIP, check the VoIP Wiki at http://voip-info.org/tiki-index.php (http://voip-info.org/tiki-index.php). For a comprehensive list of providers offering VoIP services in your home country, refer to http://voip-info.org/wiki-VOIP+Service+Providers+Residential (http:// voip-info.org/wiki-VOIP+Service+Providers+Residential). Using Voice over Internet Protocol 167...
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  • Page 169: Accessing Network Resources

    Accessing Network Resources From your desktop, you can access files and directories or certain services on remote hosts or make ® your own files and directories available to other users in your network. SUSE Linux* Enterprise Desktop offers various different ways of accessing and creating network shared resources. This section covers the following information: Section 8.1, “General Notes on File Sharing and Network Browsing,”...

  • Page 170: Sharing Folders

    To access network shares, Open Nautilus and click Network Servers. Nautilus displays the networks that you can access. Click a network, then click the server. You might be required to authenticate to the server by providing a username and password. Network File Browser Figure 8-1 8.3 Sharing Folders...

  • Page 171: Managing Windows Files

    2 Right-click the window background or a folder, then select Sharing Options from the context menu. 3 Select Share this folder. 4 (Optional) If you want other people to be able to write to the folder, select Allow other people to write in this folder.

  • Page 172: Configuring And Accessing A Windows Network Printer

    Exchange, you do not need to reauthenticate. Authentication against all these is handled silently in the background once you provided your username and password on login. To access your Windows data using Nautilus, proceed as follows: 1 Open Nautilus and click Network Servers. 2 Click Windows Network.

  • Page 173: Searching With Beagle

    Searching with Beagle Beagle is a search tool that indexes your personal information space (normally your home directory) to find whatever you're looking for. Using Beagle, you can find documents, e-mails and attachments, Web history, IM/IRC conversations, address book contacts, calendar appointments, notes, source code, images, music and video files, archives and their contents, and applications.

  • Page 174: Search Tips

    Use the Search menu to limit your search to files in a specific location, such as your address book or Web pages, or to display only a specific type of file in your results list. The View menu lets you sort the items in your results list according to name, relevance, or the date the file was last modified.

  • Page 175: Setting Search Preferences

    Keyword Applies to Property imagetag Image file F-Spot and Digikam image tags, and IPTC keywords mailfrom E-mail Name of sender mailfromaddr E-mail E-mail address of sender mailinglist E-mail Id of mailing list (for example, dashboard- hackers.gnome.org) mailto E-mail Name of recipient mailtoaddr E-mail E-mail address of recipient...

  • Page 176: Indexing Other Directories

    Start search & indexing services automatically: Select this option if you want the search daemon to start automatically when you log in to your session (this option is selected by default). If you want to use Beagle’s Search functionality, the daemon must be running. Index data while on battery power: Select this option if you want your data to be indexed when your computer is operating on battery power.

  • Page 177: Preventing Files And Directories From Being Indexed

    5 If you want to remove a directory from the list of indexed directories, select it in the list, then click Remove. 6 Click OK. 9.6 Preventing Files and Directories from Being Indexed Use the Search Preferences dialog box to specify resources that you don’t want indexed. These resources can include directories, patterns, mail folders, or types of objects.
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  • Page 179: Managing Printers

    Managing Printers ® SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop (SLED) makes it easy to print your documents, whether your computer is connected directly to a printer or linked remotely on a network. This chapter describes how to set up printers in SLED and manage print jobs with the following tasks: “Installing a Printer”...

  • Page 180: Modifying Printer Settings

    The printer dialog should open. If it doesn’t, click Computer > Control Center > Add Printer > New Printer to open it. 2 Enter the root password. 3 Click Local Printer. 4 If the printer was autodetected, select the printer from the list. If the printer was not autodetected, click Use another printer by specifying a port and then select the correct printer port.

  • Page 181: Part Iii Internet

    Internet I I I Internet...
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  • Page 183: Managing Network Connections

    Managing Network Connections To surf the Internet or send and receive e-mail messages, you must have configured an Internet connection with YaST. Depending on your environment, in YaST select whether to use NetworkManager. In GNOME, you can then establish Internet connections with NetworkManager or ifup.

  • Page 184: Wireless Networks

    Left-click the applet icon to show a menu with available networks. The currently used connection is selected in the menu. To connect to a network, choose it from the list. To disable networking, right- click the applet icon and uncheck Enable Networking. Available Networks in GNOME Network Manager Applet Figure 11-1 To get information about the current connection (including interface used, IP address, and hardware...

  • Page 185: Networkmanager And Scpm

    Access Point Configuration Figure 11-2 To disable wireless networking, right-click the applet icon and uncheck Enable Wireless. 11.2.2 NetworkManager and SCPM NetworkManager cannot work together with System Configuration Profile Management (SCPM) if SCPM also manages the network configuration. If you want to use SCPM and NetworkManager at the same time, you must disable the network resource in the SCPM configuration.

  • Page 186: Common Neworkmanager Tasks

    wireless connection accessible without login, configure the trusted connection with YaST. Only wireless connections configured with YaST are sufficiently credible for NetworkManager to use during boot. If you switch to offline mode after using a wireless connection, NetworkManager removes the ESSID.
  • Page 187 VPN support is included in the NetworkManager-novellvpn, NetworkManager- openvpn, and NetworkManager-vpns packages. To configure a new VPN connection with NetworkManager, left-click the GNOME NetworkManager applet and follow these steps: 1 Click VPN Connections > Configure VPN. 2 Click Add, then click Forward to start the Create VPN Connection wizard. 3 Select the type of VPN connection you want to create, then click Forward.
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  • Page 189: Browsing With Firefox

    Browsing with Firefox Included with your SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop is the Mozilla Firefox Web browser. With features like tabs, pop-up window blocking, and download and image management, Firefox combines the latest Web technologies. You can view more than one Web page in a single window. You can suppress annoying advertisements and disable images that only slow you down.

  • Page 190: Finding Information

    The Browser Window of Firefox Figure 12-1 12.1.1 Tabbed Browsing If you often use more than one Web page at a time, tabbed browsing may make it easier to switch between them. Load Web sites in separate tabs within one window. To open a new tab, select File >...

  • Page 191: Managing Bookmarks

    12.2.1 Finding Information on the Web Firefox has a search bar that can access different engines, like Google, Yahoo, or Amazon. For example, if you want to find information about SUSE using the current engine, click in the search bar, type SUSE, and hit Enter. The results appear in your window. To choose your search engine, click the icon to the left of the search bar.

  • Page 192: Importing Bookmarks From Other Browsers

    Using the Firefox Bookmark Manager Figure 12-2 To open the bookmark manager, click Bookmark > Organize Bookmarks. A window opens and displays your bookmarks. With New Folder, create a new folder with a name and a description. If you need a new bookmark, click New Bookmark. This lets you insert the name, location, keywords, and also a description.

  • Page 193: Using The Download Manager

    2 Select File > New Live Bookmark. A dialog box opens. 3 Insert a name for the live bookmark and add your URL in the Feed Location, for example, http://www.novell.com/newsfeeds/rss/coolsolutions.xml (http://www.novell.com/newsfeeds/ rss/coolsolutions.xml). Firefox updates your live bookmarks. 4 Close your bookmark manager.

  • Page 194: Changing Themes

    Installing Firefox Extensions Figure 12-3 12.5.2 Changing Themes If you do not like the standard look and feel of Firefox, install a new theme. Themes do not change the functionality, only the appearance of the browser. When installing a theme, Firefox asks for confirmation first.

  • Page 195: Printing From Firefox

    If a theme is installed, you can always switch to a different theme without restarting by clicking Tools > Add-ons > Themes then Use Theme. If you do not use a theme anymore, you can delete it in the same dialog with Uninstall. 12.5.3 Adding Smart Keywords to Your Online Searches Searching the Internet is one of the main tasks a browser can perform for you.
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  • Page 197: Reading Newsfeeds With Liferea

    Reading Newsfeeds with Liferea Liferea is a news aggregator for receiving and reading online newsfeeds. It provides GNOME users a fast, easy-to-use interface for reading Internet newsfeeds and blogs. This chapter contains the following information: Section 13.1, “Starting Liferea,” on page 197 Section 13.2, “Reading a Newsfeed,”...

  • Page 198: Reading A Newsfeed

    197. 2 In the Feed List, click the subscription you want to read. For example, click Example Feeds > Novell > Novell Cool Solutions. 3 Click a headline in the Item List. Unread headlines appear in bold text. When you click a headline, the selected item opens for reading in the View pane.

  • Page 199: Creating A New Subscription

    13.3 Creating a New Subscription You can subscribe to feeds from many locations on the Internet. These include news and information services, blogs, discussion forums, and more. This section describes how to add a subscription. The example in the following procedure shows how to subscribe to the CNN* Top Stories newsfeed, but the process is very similar for most feed providers.
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  • Page 201: Part Iv Multimedia

    Multimedia Multimedia...
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  • Page 203: Manipulating Graphics With The Gimp

    Manipulating Graphics with The GIMP The GIMP (The GNU Image Manipulation Program) is a program for creating and editing pixel graphics. In most aspects, its features are comparable to those of Adobe Photoshop and other commercial programs. Use it to resize and retouch photographs, design graphics for Web pages, make covers for your custom CDs, or almost any other graphics project.

  • Page 204: Getting Started

    The Toolbox The main window of The GIMP, shown in “The Main Window” on page 204, contains the main controls of the application. Closing it exits the application. At the very top, the menu bar offers access to file functions, extensions, and help. Below that, find icons for the various tools. Hover the mouse over an icon to display information about it.

  • Page 205: Opening An Existing Image

    custom template, select File > Dialogs > Templates and use the controls offered by the window that opens. In the Image Size section, set the size of the image to create in pixels or another unit. Click the unit to select another unit from the list of available units. The ratio between pixels and a unit is set in Resolution, which appears when the Advanced Options section is open.

  • Page 206: Saving Images

    With the items in the View menu, control the display of the image and the image window. New View opens a second display window of the current image. Changes made in one view are reflected in all other views of that image. Alternate views are useful for magnifying a part of an image for manipulation while seeing the complete image in another view.

  • Page 207: Editing Images

    To save the image in the chosen format, press Save. To abort, press Cancel. If the image has features that cannot be saved in the chosen format, a dialog appears with choices for resolving the situation. Choosing Export, if offered, normally gives the desired results. A window then opens with the options of the format.

  • Page 208: Selecting Parts Of Images

    After adjusting the size, determine how the existing image should be positioned in comparison to the new size. Use the offset values or drag the box inside the frame at the bottom. When satisfied with the changes, click Resize to change the canvas size. Click Reset to restore the original values or Cancel to cancel the canvas resize.

  • Page 209: Applying And Removing Color

    The quick mask displays the selection using an overlay of red. Areas shaded with red are not selected. Areas appearing as they did before the mask was activated are selected. To modify the selection, use the paint tools. Painting with white selects the painted pixels. Painting with black deselects pixels.
  • Page 210 The arrow button to the right of Current enables saving a number of possible colors. Click the arrow to copy the current color to the history. A color can then be selected by clicking it in the history. A color can also be selected by directly entering its hexadecimal color code in HTML Notation. The color selector defaults to selecting a color by hue, which is usually easiest for a new user.

  • Page 211: Adjusting Color Levels

    14.5.4 Adjusting Color Levels Images often need a little adjusting to get ideal print or display results. In many programs designed for inexperienced users, the brightness and contrast levels are modified. This can work and is also available in The GIMP, but better results can be obtained by adjusting the color levels. To do this, select Layer >...

  • Page 212: Image Modes

    14.5.7 Image Modes The GIMP has three image modes—RGB, Grayscale, and Indexed. RGB is a normal color mode and is the best mode for editing most images. Grayscale is used for black-and-white images. Indexed limits the colors in the image to a set number. It is mainly used for GIF images. If you need an indexed image, it is normally best to edit the image in RGB then convert to indexed right before saving.

  • Page 213: For More Information

    The Print Dialog Figure 14-3 In the bottom portion of the window, adjust the image size. Press Use Original Image Size to take these settings from the image itself. This is recommended if you set an appropriate print size and resolution in the image.
  • Page 214 Grokking the GIMP by Carey Bunks is an excellent book based on an older version of The GIMP. Although some aspects of the program have changed, it can provide excellent guidance for image manipulation. An online version is available at http://gimp-savvy.com/BOOK/ (http:/ /gimp-savvy.com/BOOK/).

  • Page 215: Managing Your Digital Image Collection

    Managing Your Digital Image Collection F-Spot is a management tool for your collection of digital images tailored for the GNOME desktop. It allows you to assign different tags to your images in order to categorize them and offers various image editing options. For example, you can remove red-eye, crop, and adjust brightness and colors. F-Spot supports sixteen common file types, including JPEG, GIF, TIFF, and RAW.

  • Page 216: Importing Photos

    F-Spot Toolbar Table 15-1 Icon Description Rotate (Left or Right) Use this shortcut to change an image's orientation. Browse The Browse mode allows you to view and search your entire collection or tagged subsets of it. You can also use the time line to search images by creation date.

  • Page 217: Downloading Pictures From Your Camera

    To import photos: 1 Click File > Import. 2 Select an import source, then click Open. 3 After the photos are finished loading, click Import. The photos are added to your catalog. 15.2 Downloading Pictures from Your Camera You can import new images from your digital camera by connecting it to the USB port of your computer.

  • Page 218: Getting Photo Information

    15.3 Getting Photo Information When you select an image, some basic statistical information is displayed in the lower-left part of the window. This includes the filename, its version (copy or original image), the date of creation, size, and the exposure used in creating this particular photo. To view more detailed information on a photo, including the EXIF data associated with the file, click View >...

  • Page 219: Searching And Finding Photos

    You can also use the following methods to tag photos: Drag and drop a photo onto a tag. Drag and drop a tag onto the photo. Use the options on the Tags menu and the Edit menu. Select a photo, then press t to display the Tags entry bar. The first photo you associate with a tag is used for that tag's icon.

  • Page 220: Exporting Image Collections

    To find photos that are tagged with more than one tag, select the first tag in the tag view (or drag the tag onto the Find bar), then drag the second tag and drop it on top of the first. You can also right- click the second tag in the tag view, or click Find >...

  • Page 221: Generating A Website Gallery

    15.6.1 Generating a Website Gallery If you use the PHP software known as Gallery (http://gallery.sourceforge.net), you can post your photos to your existing album. Ensure that the Remote module in your Gallery installation is enabled (Site Admin > Plugins (Get More Plugins) > Remote). PennAve (http://pennave.sourceforge.net/) is another dynamic photo gallery application.

  • Page 222: Exporting Photos To A Folder

    F-Spot copies the files and opens the Write to Disc dialog box. 3 Assign a name to your image disk, then select the writing speed. 4 Click Write to start the CD writing process. 15.6.3 Exporting Photos to a Folder 1 Select the photos you want to export.

  • Page 223: Posting To A Flickr, Picasa Web Album, Smugmug, Or 23 Account

    4 Click OK. 15.6.4 Posting to a Flickr, Picasa Web Album, SmugMug, or 23 Account If you use Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/), Picasa Web Album (https://www.google.com/accounts/ ServiceLogin?hl=en_US&continue=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2F&passive=true& service=lh2), SmugMug (http://www.smugmug.com/), or (http://www.23hq.com/), you can post your files directly from F-Spot to your account. 1 Select the photos you want to export.
  • Page 224 Function Description Adjust Colors To adjust the brightness, contrast, and colors of a photo, click the Adjust the photo colors icon to open the adjustment dialog box. Change the settings you want, then click OK. AutoColor This effect automatically adjusts color levels to make a color- balanced picture.

  • Page 225: Sharing Photos

    Function Description Soft Focus Sharpening one region of a picture while blurring all the rest is a way to emphasize a particular area and grab attention. The soft focus effect is a way to emulate a lens that allows shooting with a short distance in front of and beyond the subject that appears to be in focus.

  • Page 226: Printing Photos

    3 Select a size for your photos. 4 Click Create mail. Your default e-mail program opens, with your photos attached to a new mail message. 15.8.2 Printing Photos 1 Select the photos you want to print. 2 Click File > Print. 3 Select the print options you want, such as the printer you want to use or the page orientation, then click Print to print your photos.

  • Page 227: Playing And Managing Your Music With Helix Banshee

    Playing and Managing Your Music with Helix Banshee Helix* Banshee is a GNOME music management and playback application that lets you import CDs, sync your music collection to an iPod* or other digital audio player, play music directly from an iPod (or other digital audio player), create playlists with songs from your library, create audio and MP3 CDs from subsets of your library, and subscribe to, download, and listen to your favorite podcasts.

  • Page 228: Listening To Music

    Helix Banshee Library Figure 16-2 16.1 Listening to Music To listen to music, Helix Banshee needs to know what is available to listen to. You can listen to music in your library, which means that you will need to import music from an external source such as a file, folder, or CD, or you can listen to music directly off a CD.

  • Page 229: Playing Your Music

    16.1.2 Playing Your Music To play a song, simply select the song in the library, then click the Play button ( Use the buttons on the upper-left corner ( ) to pause a song or play the next or previous song.

  • Page 230: Ripping Your Music

    Helix Banshee in Mini Mode Figure 16-4 Music Recommendations Helix Banshee automatically recommends music that it thinks you might like, based on the currently playing song. It finds artists and popular songs that others with similar musical tastes enjoy. If you don’t want to receive recommendations, click Edit > Plugins, then deselect Music Recommendations.

  • Page 231: Listening To Internet Radio

    Helix Banshee automatically lists the CD as a source in the left menu. 2 Select the CD title in the source list on the left, then click Import CD in the upper-right corner. 16.1.4 Listening to Internet Radio You can use Helix Banshee to listen to Internet radio stations and streaming audio. The Radio view in Helix Banshee automatically lists several common Internet radio stations maintained on banshee- project.org...

  • Page 232: Listening To Podcasts

    Internet Radio Stations in Helix Banshee Figure 16-6 Adding a New Internet Radio Station 1 Right-click Radio in the source list, then click Add Station. 2 Enter the stream details in the Add new radio station dialog box, then click Save. The new station is added to your list.

  • Page 233: Managing Your Music Library

    Subscribing to a Podcast 1 Click Music > Subscribe to Podcast. 2 Enter the URL of the podcast you want to subscribe to. 3 (Optional) Click Advanced, then specify what happens when new episodes of this podcast are available. You can choose to download only the most recent episode, download all episodes, or decide which episodes you want to download when new episodes become available.

  • Page 234: Organizing Your Music

    Section 16.2.2, “Creating Smart Playlists,” on page 235 16.2.1 Organizing Your Music To create a new playlist, click Music > New Playlist (or press Ctrl+N). A new playlist is displayed in the left panel. Double-click New Playlist, then enter the name you want. You can drag and drop songs from one playlist to another, or use the options on the Edit menu to remove or delete songs and rename or delete playlists.

  • Page 235: Creating Smart Playlists

    Click the Details tab to view detailed information about the selected song, including when a song was last played, when the song was imported, how long the song is, and how many times the song has been played. Details Dialog Box Figure 16-10 16.2.2 Creating Smart Playlists You can create playlists that automatically add and remove songs based on criteria you specify.
  • Page 236 Use the plus and minus symbols to add or remove criteria. To use an already defined smart playlist, click Predefined Smart Playlists, then select the playlist you want. 3 Click Save. The smart playlist is added to your music library. Creating a Smart Playlist from a Search You can create a smart playlist based on search criteria.

  • Page 237: Using Helix Banshee With Your Digital Audio Player

    16.3 Using Helix Banshee with Your Digital Audio Player Helix Banshee supports several digital audio players, including Apple* iPods, Creative* Nomads*, Dell* DJs, and almost any other generic USB Mass Storage player. Instead of having to use separate applications to get support for your audio devices, Helix Banshee gives you easy, integrated support and lets you copy your music to or from your device, no matter what format the music is in.

  • Page 238: Adding Music To Your Digital Audio Player

    16.3.2 Adding Music to Your Digital Audio Player To add tracks to your player, simply drag the tracks you want from your Music Library to your device. Helix Banshee transparently supports transcoding of your songs for any device. You can have your music library in any number of formats (including, but not limited to, FLAC, Ogg Vorbis, MP3, and AAC), and it will be transparently transcoded before it is sent to your digital audio player.

  • Page 239: Sharing Your Music

    For example, click Eject disk after writing if you want Helix Banshee to eject your CD when the writing is completed. You can track the status of the burn in the bottom-left corner of Helix Banshee. A message box appears when the burn is complete. 4 Click OK.
  • Page 240 A Configuration tab appears to the right of the Overview tab in the right pane. You can also configure Audioscrobbler later by clicking Tools > Audioscrobbler > Configure. 3 Click the Configuration tab. 4 If you have already registered with Last.fm (http://www.last.fm/), click Enable song reporting, then specify your Last.fm username and password.

  • Page 241: Configuring Helix Banshee Preferences

    16.6 Configuring Helix Banshee Preferences 1 Click Edit > Preferences. 2 Choose from the following options: Music Library: Lets you specify a music folder location. This location is used when you import music. Click Copy files to music folder when importing to place a copy of the files you import in your Helix Banshee music folder.
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  • Page 243: Burning Cds And Dvds

    Burning CDs and DVDs GNOME uses the Nautilus file manager to burn CDs and DVDs. To burn a CD or DVD: 1 Click Computer > More Applications > Audio & Video > GNOME CD/DVD Creator. You can also insert a blank disc and click Make Data CD or Make Audio CD. 2 Copy the files you want to put on the CD or DVD into the CD/DVD Creator window.
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  • Page 245: Part V

    Appendixes Appendixes...
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  • Page 247: A Finding The Information You Need

    To support you in your everyday work with SUSE Linux* Enterprise Desktop and to help you explore your Linux system, Novell and the open source community at large have created a wealth of information. We have compiled relevant information and made it available to you in various formats.
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  • Page 249: B Moving From Windows To Linux

    Moving from Windows to Linux If you are coming from Microsoft Windows, take a look at how familiar elements of Windows ® translate to SUSE Linux* Enterprise Desktop. After logging in, you will notice that the desktop has a familiar layout and recognizable icons, many of them similar to the Windows and Macintosh desktops.

  • Page 250: Managing Files

    Main Menu in GNOME Figure B-2 Alternatively, you can also start programs from the command line. Click Computer > More Applications > System > Gnome Terminal to open a dialog where you can enter a command to start the application. The name of the command is often (but not always) the application name written in lowercase.

  • Page 251: Using The Command Line

    B.3 Using the Command Line To run commands in a command line environment, similar to a command prompt on Windows, click Computer > More Applications > System > Gnome Terminal. Windows Command Prompt and Terminal Figure B-4 B.4 Customizing Your Desktop To change to the way your GNOME desktops looks and behaves, click Computer >...

  • Page 252: Switching Between Applications

    B.5 Switching between Applications Similar to the taskbar on Windows, the bottom panel in GNOME lets you easily switch between open windows. Unlike Windows, GNOME lets you set up multiple desktops where each one can run different programs. Switch between them with a single click. B.6 Accessing Network Resources From your desktop, you can access files and directories or certain services on remote hosts or make your own files and directories available to other users in your network.

  • Page 253: C Getting To Know Linux Software

    Getting to Know Linux Software Linux comes with a wealth of applications, often offering more than one solution to specific needs. The difficulty is finding the application that suits your needs best. The next few sections introduce some of the most powerful Linux counterparts of common Windows software. Each section is dedicated to one particular field of application and presents an overview of the Windows applications and Linux equivalents for several tasks.
  • Page 254 FreeMind FreeMind helps you to visualize your thoughts by creating and editing a mind map. You can easily copy nodes or the style of nodes and paste texts from sources such as HTML, RTF, and mails. The mind maps can be exported into various formats, such as HTML and XML. For more information, refer to http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page (http:// freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page).
  • Page 255 KPresenter “KOffice” on page 254. Kst is a KDE application for real-time data viewing and plotting with basic data analysis functionality. Kst contains many powerful built-in features, such as robust plotting of live streaming data, and is expandable with plug-ins and extensions. Find more about Kst at http:// kst.kde.org/ (http://kst.kde.org/).

  • Page 256: Network

    PostgreSQL PostgreSQL is an object-relational database management system that supports an extended subset of the SQL standard, including transactions, foreign keys, subqueries, triggers, and user- defined types and functions. Find more information about PostgreSQL at http:// www.postgresql.org/ (http://www.postgresql.org/). Rekall Rekall is a tool for manipulating databases. Supported databases include MySQL, PostgreSQL, XBase with XBSQL, IBM DB2, and ODBC.
  • Page 257 Task Windows Application Linux Application Instant Messaging/IRC MSN, AIM, Yahoo Messenger, Gaim, Kopete, Konversation, XChat Clients XChat, Gaim Conferencing (Video and NetMeeting GnomeMeeting/Ekiga Audio) Voice over IP X-Lite Ekiga, Skype FTP Clients leechftp, wsftp gftp, kbear Epiphany Epiphany is a lean, but powerful Web browser for the GNOME desktop. Many of its features and extensions resemble Firefox.
  • Page 258 GnomeMeeting/Ekiga GnomeMeeting (recently renamed Ekiga) is the open source equivalent of Microsoft's NetMeeting. It features LDAP and ILS support for address lookup and integrates with Evolution to share the address data stored there. GnomeMeeting/Ekiga supports PC-to-phone calls, allowing you to call another party with just your computer, sound card, and microphone without any additional hardware.

  • Page 259: Multimedia

    Mozilla Thunderbird Thunderbird is an e-mail client application that comes as part of the Mozilla suite. It is also available for Microsoft Windows and MacOS, which facilitates the transition from one of these operating systems to Linux. Find more information about Mozilla Thunderbird at http:// www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/ (http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/).
  • Page 260 KAudioCreator is a lean CD ripper application. If configured accordingly, KAudioCreator also generates playlist files for your selection that can be used by players like amaroK, XMMS, or Helix Banshee. Read more about using KAudioCreator in the KDE User Guide (http:// www.novell.com/documentation/sled10) or go to http://www.icefox.net/programs/ ?program=KAudioCreator (http://www.icefox.net/programs/?program=KAudioCreator).
  • Page 261 KsCD KsCD is a neat little CD player application for the KDE desktop. Its user interface very much resembles that of a normal hardware CD player, guaranteeing ease of use. KsCD supports CDDB, enabling you to get any track and album information from the Internet or your local file system.

  • Page 262: Graphics

    Sound Juicer Sound Juicer is a lean CD ripper application for the GNOME desktop. Find more information about Sound Juicer at http://www.burtonini.com/blog/computers/sound-juicer (http:// www.burtonini.com/blog/computers/sound-juicer). Totem Totem is a movie player application for the GNOME desktop. It supports Shoutcast, m3u, asx, SMIL, and ra playlists, lets you use keyboard controls, and plays a wide range of audio and video formats.
  • Page 263 Graphics Software for Windows and Linux Table C-4 Task Windows Application Linux Application Simple Graphic Editing MS Paint KolourPaint Professional Graphic Adobe Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro, The GIMP, Krita Editing Corel PhotoPaint, The GIMP Creating Vector Graphics Adobe Illustrator, CorelDraw, OpenOffice.org Draw, Inkscape, Dia OpenOffice.org Draw, Freehand SVG Editing...
  • Page 264 projects/f-spot/). You can also see Chapter 15, “Managing Your Digital Image Collection,” on page 215. gThumb gThumb is an image viewer, browser, and organizer for the GNOME desktop. It supports the import of your digital images via gphoto2, allows you to carry out basic transformation and modifications, and lets you tag your images to create albums matching certain categories.

  • Page 265: System And File Management

    not take much for Windows users to switch to the Linux version of this application. Find more information about POV-Ray at http://www.povray.org/ (http://www.povray.org/). The GIMP The GIMP is the open source alternative to Adobe Photoshop. Its feature list rivals that of Photoshop, so it is well suited for professional image manipulation.
  • Page 266 Ark is a GUI-based pack program for the KDE desktop. It supports common formats, such as zip, tar.gz, tar.bz2, lha, and rar. You can view, select, pack, and unpack single files within an archive. Due to Ark's integration with Konqueror, you can also trigger actions (such as unpacking an archive) from the context menu in the file manager, similar to WinZip.
  • Page 267 KDar KDar stands for KDE disk archiver and is a hardware-independent backup solution. KDar uses catalogs (unlike tar), so it is possible to extract a single file without reading the whole archive and it is also possible to create incremental backups. KDar can split an archive into multiple slices and trigger the burning of a data CD or DVD for each slice.

  • Page 268: Software Development

    C.6 Software Development This section introduces Linux IDEs, toolkits, development tools, and versioning systems for professional software development. Development Software for Windows and Linux Table C-6 Task Windows Application Linux Application Integrated Development Borland C++, Delphi, Visual Studio, KDevelop, Eric, Eclipse, Environments .NET MonoDevelop, Anjuta...
  • Page 269 GDB is a debugging tool for programs written in various programming languages. Find more information about GDB at http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/gdb.html (http://www.gnu.org/ software/gdb/gdb.html). Glade Glade is a user interface builder for GTK+ and GNOME development. As well as GTK+ support, it offers support for C, C++, C#, Perl, Python, Java, and others. Find more information about Glade at http://glade.gnome.org/ (http://glade.gnome.org/).
  • Page 270 Valgrind Valgrind is a suite of programs for debugging and profiling x86 applications. Find more information about Valgrind at http://valgrind.org/info/ (http://valgrind.org/info/). 270 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP1 GNOME User Guide...

  • Page 271: D Using The Fingerprint Reader

    Using the Fingerprint Reader ® With the ThinkFinger driver, SUSE Linux* Enterprise Desktop supports the fingerprint reader by UPEK/SGS Thomson Microelectronics included with some IBM and Lenovo ThinkPads. The same fingerprint reader can also be found in other laptops and either as a stand-alone device or built into some USB keyboards.

  • Page 272: For More Information

    With tf-tool --acquire you can do a test run with tf-tool. The fingerprint is stored as / tmp/test.bir and can be verified with tf-tool --verify. D.2 For More Information Find the project home page at http://thinkfinger.sourceforge.net/ (http:// thinkfinger.sourceforge.net/) For more technical details, refer to /usr/share/doc/packages/libthinkfinger/ README in your installed system.

  • Page 273: E Support Of Tablet Pcs

    Support of Tablet PCs ® SUSE Linux* Enterprise Desktop comes with support for Tablet PCs with serial Wacom devices. Although the majority of installation is the same as on other systems, several packages must be added manually. Then configure the input device properly. After you have installed the Tablet PC packages and configured your digitizer correctly, input with the pen, also called a stylus, can be used for the following actions and applications: Logging in to KDM or GDM...

  • Page 274: Configuring Your Wacom Device

    For an overview about /etc/X11/xorg.conf and an introduction to manual configuration of the X Window System, see Section 23.1: Manually Configuring the X Window System (http:// www.novell.com/documentation/beta/sled10/sled_deployment_sp1/data/sec_x11_optimieren.html) in the SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 Deployment Guide. WARNING: A Faulty X Configuration Can Damage Your Hardware Before editing the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file, create a backup of the original file.
  • Page 275 Option "Type" "eraser" EndSection Configuration for the tablet cursor input device connected to /dev/ttyS0. If you use a HP Compaq tc4200, try /dev/ttyS2 instead. The device is given the “Mouse[5]” identifier to avoid problems in upcoming SaX2 versions. Configuration for the tablet stylus input device. Configuration for the tablet eraser input device.

  • Page 276: Using Common Tablet Pc Features

    Section “InputDevice” Driver “wacom” Identifier “Mouse[9]” Option “Device” “/dev/ttyS0” Option “ForceDevice” “ISDV4” Option “InputFashion” “Eraser” Option “Mode” “Absolute” Option “Type” “eraser” EndSection [...] Section “ServerLayout” Identifier “Layout[all]” InputDevice “Keyboard[0]” “CoreKeyboard” InputDevice “Mouse[1]” “CorePointer” InputDevice “Mouse[3]” “SendCoreEvents” InputDevice “Mouse[5]” “SendCoreEvents” InputDevice “Mouse[7]”...

  • Page 277: Rotating Your Display

    To configure the keyboard or to access the integrated help, click the xvkbd field at the left lower corner to open the xvkbd main menu. xvkbd Virtual Keyboard Figure E-1 If you want to use xvkbd after login, start it from the main menu or with xvkbd from a shell. E.3.2 Rotating Your Display When rotating your Tablet PC monitor, the orientation of your display and of your graphics tablet is not automatically adjusted.

  • Page 278: Taking Notes And Sketching With The Pen

    E.3.4 Taking Notes and Sketching with the Pen To create drawings with the pen, you can use a professional graphics editor like The GIMP or try one of the note taking applications, Xournal or Jarnal. With both Xournal and Jarnal, you can take notes, create drawings, or comment PDF files with the pen.

  • Page 279: Troubleshooting

    Editing Texts with Dasher Figure E-3 The Dasher concept works for many languages. For more information, refer to the Dasher Web site, which offers comprehensive documentation, demonstrations and training texts. Find it at http:// www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/dasher/ (http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/dasher/) E.4 Troubleshooting Virtual Keyboard Does Not Appear on Login Screen Occasionally, the virtual keyboard is not displayed on the login screen.

  • Page 280: For More Information

    For 180° rotation (landscape): xrandr -o 2 && xsetwacom set “Mouse[7]” Rotate 3 For 270° rotation (counterclockwise, portrait): xrandr -o 1 && xsetwacom set “Mouse[7]” Rotate 2 Note that the commands above depend on the contents of your /etc/X11/xorg.conf configuration file. If the example configuration presented in “Example E.1 Configuration for Wacom Devices”...

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