Installation guide

4. Diskettes and CD-ROMs .............................................................................................................. 43
4.1. Using Diskettes ................................................................................................................ 43
4.1.1. Mounting and Unmounting a Diskette.............................................................. 43
4.1.2. Reading MS-DOS formatted Diskettes............................................................. 44
4.1.3. Putting Linux Files on an MS-DOS Diskette ................................................... 44
4.1.4. Formatting a Diskette........................................................................................ 45
4.2. CD-ROMs ........................................................................................................................ 47
4.2.1. Using CD-ROMs with GNOME....................................................................... 47
4.2.2. Using CD-ROMs From a Shell Prompt ............................................................ 47
4.3. CD-Rs and CD-RWs........................................................................................................ 48
4.3.1. Using X-CD-Roast........................................................................................... 48
4.3.2. Using CD-Rs and CD-RWs with Command Line Tools .................................. 51
4.4. Additional Resources....................................................................................................... 53
4.4.1. Installed Documentation ................................................................................... 53
4.4.2. Useful Websites ................................................................................................ 53
5. Getting Online ............................................................................................................................... 55
6. Web Browsing................................................................................................................................ 57
6.1. The Mozilla Web Browser............................................................................................... 57
6.1.1. Mozilla Navigator ............................................................................................. 59
6.1.2. Mozilla Composer............................................................................................. 60
6.2. Nautilus as a Web Browser ............................................................................................. 60
6.3. Web Surfing with Konqueror ......................................................................................... 61
6.4. Using Galeon to Browse the Web ................................................................................... 63
7. Email Applications........................................................................................................................ 67
7.1. Evolution.......................................................................................................................... 67
7.2. KMail ............................................................................................................................... 69
7.3. Mozilla Mail..................................................................................................................... 71
7.3.1. Mozilla and Newsgroups .................................................................................. 72
7.4. Plain Text Email Clients .................................................................................................. 73
7.4.1. Using Pine ....................................................................................................... 73
7.4.2. Using mutt ....................................................................................................... 75
8. Printer Configuration ................................................................................................................... 77
8.1. Adding a Local Printer..................................................................................................... 78
8.1.1. Printing a Test Page........................................................................................... 81
8.2. Modifying Existing Printers............................................................................................. 81
8.2.1. Names and Aliases........................................................................................... 82
8.2.2. Queue Type ...................................................................................................... 82
8.2.3. Driver ............................................................................................................... 82
8.2.4. Driver Options................................................................................................. 82
8.3. Additional Resources....................................................................................................... 83
8.3.1. Installed Documentation ................................................................................... 83
8.3.2. Useful Websites ................................................................................................ 83
9. Audio, Video, and General Amusement...................................................................................... 85
9.1. Playing CDs ..................................................................................................................... 85
9.2. Playing MP3s ................................................................................................................... 85
9.3. Troubleshooting Your Sound Card .................................................................................. 86
9.3.1. If sndconfig Does Not Work............................................................................. 86
9.4. Troubleshooting Your Video Card ................................................................................... 86
9.5. Games .............................................................................................................................. 87
9.6. Amusements..................................................................................................................... 87
9.7. Finding Games Online ..................................................................................................... 88