Installation guide

viii Introduction
Web Browsing
The Official Red Hat Linux Getting Started Guide has been reorganized to include a chapter on
using various Web browsers including Mozilla, Galeon, Nautilus, and Konqueror.
Working with Images
The Manipulating Images with GIMP chapter has been renamed Working with Images. This
chapter now includes information on the latest version of the GIMP as well as GQView and
Electric Eyes.
The KDE Desktop Environment
This chapter has been updated for KDE 3.0.
The GNOME Desktop Environment
This chapter revised to include more information on Nautilus.
Diskettes, CD-ROMs and CD-Rs
The Diskettes, CD-ROMs and CD-Rs chapter has been added with instructions on mounting and
using (floppy) diskettes and CD-ROMs as well as a section on using CD-writables (CD-Rs) and
CD-rewritables (CD-RWs) with Red Hat Linux.
2. Document Conventions
When you read this manual, you will see that certain words are represented in different fonts, type-
faces, sizes, and weights. This highlighting is systematic; different words are represented in the same
style to indicate their inclusion in a specific category. The types of words that are represented this way
include the following:
command
Linux commands (and other operating system commands, when used) are represented this way.
This style should indicate to you that you can type the word or phrase on the command line
and press [Enter] to invoke a command. Sometimes a command contains words that would be
displayed in a different style on their own (such as filenames). In these cases, they are considered
to be part of the command, so the entire phrase will be displayed as a command. For example:
Use the cat testfile command to view the contents of a file, named testfile, in the current
working directory.
filename
Filenames, directory names, paths, and RPM package names are represented this way. This style
should indicate that a particular file or directory exists by that name on your Red Hat Linux
system. Examples:
The .bashrc file in your home directory contains bash shell definitions and aliases for your own
use.
The /etc/fstab file contains information about different system devices and filesystems.
Install the webalizer RPM if you want to use a Web server log file analysis program.
application
This style should indicate to you that the program named is an end-user application (as opposed
to system software). For example:
Use Netscape Navigator to browse the Web.