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Camille Bégnis, Christian Roy, Fabián Mandelbaum, Roberto Rosselli del Turco, Marco De Vitis, Alice Lafox, John Rye, Wolfgang Bornath, Funda Wang, Patricia Pichardo Bégnis, Debora Rejnharc Mandelbaum, Mickael Scherer, Jean-Michel Dault, Lunas Moon, Céline Harrand, Fred Lepied, Pascal Rigaux, Thierry Vignaud, Giuseppe Ghibò, Stew Benedict, Francine Suzon, Indrek Madedog Triipus, Nicolas Berdugo, Fabrice Facorat, Xiao Ming, Snature , Guylhem Aznar, Pavel Maryanov, Annie Tétrault, Aurelio Marinho Jargas, Felipe Arruda, Marcia Gawlak Hoshi, Roberto Patriarca, Sean Wheller, Laura Sebrie.

Copyright © 2007 Mandriva SA

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March 2007

Preface
1. About Mandriva Linux
1.1. Contacting the Mandriva Linux Community
1.2. Join the Club!
1.3. Purchasing Mandriva Products
1.4. Contributing to Mandriva Linux
2. About this Quick Start Guide
3. Starting the MandrivaOne Live CD
3.1. Booting the CD
3.2. Default User Paswords
1. Exploring your New Environment
1. Using the Internet
1. Sending and Receiving Emails
1.1. Mail Configuration
1.2. Mail Client Interface
1.3. KMail Usage
2. Browsing the Web
2.1. Browser Interface
2.2. Surfing the Web
3. Chatting With Friends and Colleagues
3.1. Configuring Kopete
3.2. Kopete Interface
3.3. Chatting and IM With Kopete
2. Multimedia
1. Playing Music
1.1. Audio CDs
1.2. Audio Files
2. CD/DVD Burning
2.1. Burning a Set of Files or Directories
2.2. Burning Audio CDs (CDDA)
3. Playing Movies
4. Digital Photo Studio
4.1. Building a Photo Album
4.2. Touching-Up Pictures
3. Doing Office Work
1. Writing Documents
1.1. Word Processor Interface
1.2. Styles
1.3. Lists
1.4. Page Headers and Footers
2. Calculations and Simulations
2.1. Spreadsheet Interface
2.2. Entering Data
2.3. Adding Formulas
2.4. Charts: Explaining Data in a Simpler Way
3. Communicating Your Ideas
3.1. Presentation Interface
3.2. Adding Slides to Your Presentation
3.3. Simple Charts
3.4. Slide Background
3.5. Transitions, Animations and Effects
3.6. Running Your Presentation
4. Going Further
4. Share and Install your Linux System
1. Live Install
1.1. Before Installation
1.2. Copy Files to Hard Disk
1.3. System Configuration
2. Configuring and Tweaking Your Box
5. Package Management
1. Adding and Removing Software
2. Updating Packages
3. The Software Media Manager
6. Hardware Setup
1. Configuring Your Hardware
1.1. Hardware Detection and Configuration
1.2. Problems and Troubleshooting
2. Controlling the Graphical Configuration
2.1. Changing the Monitor
2.2. Changing the Resolution
2.3. Controlling All Video Parameters
3. Configuring a 3D Desktop
3.1. Metisse
3.2. 3D desktop Cube Workspace
3.3. No 3D desktop effects
4. Changing Your Keyboard Layout
5. Changing Your Mouse
6. Configuring Printers with PrinterDrake
6.1. Automatic Installation
6.2. Manual Configuration
6.3. The Printer Management Interface
6.4. Print Server General Configuration
6.5. The Printer Configuration Wizard
6.6. Reconfiguring an Existing Printer
6.7. Controlling Automatic Installations
6.8. Expert Mode
7. Installing and Sharing Scanners
7.1. Main Interface and Scanner Installation
7.2. Share your Scanner
8. Setting up your UPS
7. Setting up your Network and Accessing the Web
1. Network and Internet Connection Management
1.1. Setting Up a New Network Interface
1.2. Internet Settings
1.3. Reconfiguring Interfaces
1.4. Monitoring Connections
1.5. Removing a Connection
1.6. Proxy Settings
2. Activating and Managing Network Profiles
2.1. Profile Handling
3. Managing Wireless Connections (Roaming)
3.1. Switching Networks
3.2. Configuring a Wireless Connection
8. Personalizing your System
1. Configuring Start-Up Services
2. Managing Fonts on your System with DrakFont
3. Setting your Machine's Date and Time
4. Monitoring System Activity
4.1. Browsing System Logs
5. Managing Users and Groups
5.1. The Interface
5.2. Adding a New User
6. Backing Up and Restoring your Files
6.1. A Practical Example Using the Wizard
6.2. Restoring Backups
6.3. Automating Periodic Backups
6.4. Advanced Backup Wizard Configuration
9. Securing your Linux Box
1. Securing your Internet Access via DrakFirewall
1.1. Choosing Services to be Available from Outside
1.2. Activating Interactive Firewall Feature
1.3. Which Interface to Protect

List of Figures

1.1. Mail Account Type
1.2. Your Personal Data
1.3. Account Credentials
1.4. Mail Servers
1.5. KMail Client Interface
1.6. Konqueror Web Browser Interface
1.7. Messaging Service Selection
1.8. Account Parameters
1.9. IRC Basic Parameters
1.10. IRC Network Parameters
1.11. IM and Chat Interface
2.1. KsCD's Main Window
2.2. Amarok's Main Window
2.3. K3b's Interface
2.4. Selecting Files and Directories to Include on a CD
2.5. Setting Writing Parameters
2.6. Selecting Audio Tracks to Include on the CD
2.7. KMplayer's Interface
2.8. New Album Settings
3.1. OpenOffice.org Writer's Main Window
3.2. OpenOffice.org Calc's Main Window
3.3. OpenOffice.org Impress' Main Window
3.4. Entering Chart Data
4.1. Choosing the Connection Type
5.1. Software Management in the Mandriva Linux Control Center
5.2. Rpmdrake Interface
5.3. Dependency Alert Box
5.4. Alternative Packages
5.5. Updating Packages
5.6. The “Software Media Manager”
5.7. Adding a Custom Package Repository Media
5.8. Package Repository Authentication Key Management
5.9. Specifying a Proxy for Remote Media
6.1. Selected Device
6.2. Choosing a New Monitor
6.3. Changing the Resolution of Your Screen
6.4. XFdrake Main Window
6.5. Activating 3D Desktop Effects
6.6. Choosing a Different Keyboard Layout
6.7. Choosing a Different Mouse
6.8. A new Printer was Detected
6.9. Activate Printing
6.10. Activating Network Printers
6.11. A New Printer Is Detected
6.12. Managing Printers
6.13. CUPS Printer Server Configuration
6.14. Client Mode Configuration
6.15. Printer Type
6.16. Detected Printers List
6.17. Testing the Printer
6.18. Modifying an Existing Printer
6.19. Set Automatic Installation Options
6.20. Installing your Scanner
6.21. The Tree-list of All Known Scanner Models
6.22. Sharing Scanners within a LAN
7.1. DrakConnect Tools
7.2. Entering Dial-up Connection Parameters
7.3. Configuring the Internet Access
7.4. Managing Network Connections
7.5. Real-Time Network Connection Monitoring
7.6. The Network Profiles Interface
7.7. DrakRoam's Interface
7.8. Changing Wireless Network Configuration
8.1. Choosing the Services Available at Boot Time
8.2. DrakFont's Main Window
8.3. Changing Date and Time
8.4. Browsing and Searching through System Logs
8.5. The User List in UserDrake
8.6. Adding a New User in the System
8.7. Adding Users to a Group
8.8. Selecting What to Backup
8.9. Selecting Where to Store the Backup
8.10. Setting Optical Media Parameters
8.11. Review Configuration Parameters
8.12. Choosing the Restore Type to Perform
8.13. Daemon Options Window
8.14. Miscellaneous Options Window
9.1. The DrakFirewall Window
9.2. Interactive Firewall Options
9.3. The Internet Interface

List of Tables

1.1. KMail's Toolbar Buttons
1.2. Konqueror's Toolbar Buttons
1.3. Kopete's Toolbar Buttons
3.1. Suggested Text Styles
6.1. Considerations
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