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==Hardware==
 
==Hardware==
 
*[[Linux:Scanners|Scanners]]
 
*[[Linux:Scanners|Scanners]]
*[[Linux:lspci|lspci]] - lists all PCI devices found
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*[[lspci]] - lists all PCI devices found
*To '''mount an ISO image as a folder''' ''(untested)'':
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*To '''mount an ISO image as a folder''' ''(untested)'': [[mount]] -o
[[Linux:mount|mount]] -o loop NameOfISO.iso /mount/wherever
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loop NameOfISO.iso /mount/wherever
 
==Issues==
 
==Issues==
 
The following may reflect [[User:Woozle|my]] own ignorance rather than
 
The following may reflect [[User:Woozle|my]] own ignorance rather than

Revision as of 14:16, 25 June 2005

Techniques: Software: Operating Systems: Linux Template:stub

Articles

Reference Links

documentation as searchable web pages

User/Security Admin

Hardware

  • Scanners
  • lspci - lists all PCI devices found
  • To mount an ISO image as a folder (untested): mount -o

loop NameOfISO.iso /mount/wherever

Issues

The following may reflect my own ignorance rather than an actual shortcoming in Linux:

  • Development
    • There appears to be no mechanism corresponding to ActiveX (as

used for desktop app development)

    • There appears to be no application corresponding to [[Microsoft

Access]]. Yes, you can do all the same stuff with various available tools, but not quickly; v2.0 of OpenOffice is apparently going to include a tool which may be a step in the right direction...

  • Regular Use
    • In Windows, if you create a link to an executable script (batch file

-- *.bat) on your desktop (or anywhere), the link is executable with a double-click. Under KDE (in Ubuntu), I can't figure out how to make it execute at all without using a terminal.

How To

  • Time Zone: If the KDE Clock-setting widget seems to be

refusing to set the time zone (or your system clock is refusing to show anything except GMT time), this command may work: ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/NewYork /etc/localtime ...where "/America/NewYork" should be replaced by the appropriate file for your time zone. I have not been able to find any documentation on this feature; the command was suggested to me by someone on the #kde forum at irc.freenode.net (see [1]). Remember to use the console "date" command to verify what the system clock is currently set to. --Woozle 08:45, 23 Apr 2005 (CST)

  • Emptying the Trash: KDE does have trash-management built in, but

it's not made obvious. You can do any of the following:

    • Navigate (in Konqueror) to "trash:/", then right-click on the panel

showing the contents, and select "Empty trash".

    • Right-click on the applet panel and add the Trash applet, then

left-click on it to use its various functions.

    • Create a new URL link on the desktop, give it the URL "trash:/", then

right-click on it (my preferred solution). A trashcan icon is available in the "filesystems" icon group.