Linux Guide

Guide to Unix Getting started /Introduction/ /Distributions/ (more detail) /Getting Linux/ Installing Linux Basic Dual-booting Advanced Using Linux /How Linux Works/ Logging into Linux Using the shell (console) More Linux commands /Desktop environments/ /Getting Help/ Getting out of Freezes /Installing software/ Managing Linux /Tools/ /Runlevels/ /Operating modes/ /System administration/ /Network administration/ /Modules/ /Security/ /Monitoring/ /Reset a forgotten root password/ Programming on Linux /Programming tools/ Book about X Window Programming Applications of Linux Use Audacity to make MP3s Burn a CD or DVD /LDAP authentication in Linux/ /Installing SugarCRM On Linux/ Using SSH /PlayStation 3/ /Linux and Bluetooth/ /Run an Android emulator/ Business /Enterprise Linux/ See also Guide to Unix/Linux Ideas for fun stuff ==Specific tips/fun stuff== Virtual Network Computing (VNC) can be used to access your computer from anywhere if it's connected to the Internet and you know its IP address (use ifconfig). vnc-java can automatically create a webpage with a Java applet that eliminates the need for a VNC client. Try using x11-vnc for remote X you can also use simply X with xhost as X is a network protocol, or you can do X forwarding with ssh. WINE will often run your old Windows programs very well. It's hit and miss, but often more complex, graphics-heavy applications will work better than specifically integrated Windows apps. There are a number of unique, nicely-made open source games that run under Linux: Battle for Wesnoth (turn-based strategy game with elements from RPGs) http://www.wesnoth.org Blob Wars (platform shoot-em-up) Celestia (not really a game, but a very detailed astronomical program that can take you anywhere in the solar system and beyond) https://celestiaproject.space Enigma (marble-rolling puzzle game) http://www.nongnu.org/enigma GnuGo (one of the better Go AIs available, use ccGo or JaGo or cGoban for a user interface) http://www.gnu.org/software/gnugo/gnugo.html Frozen Bubble (similar to Bust-a-Move) http://www.frozen-bubble.org/ Kobo Deluxe (4-way scrolling shoot-em-up) http://olofson.net/kobodl/links.html Orbit (simple 3D space combat simulator) http://www.head-crash.com/orbit/ Rocks'n'Diamonds (Boulderdash clone plus a couple other games, too) http://www.artsoft.org/rocksndiamonds/ Tux: A Quest For Herring http://tuxaqfh.sourceforge.net/ Extreme Tux Racer (sliding down the mountains and catching herring at over 100 km/h) http://www.extremetuxracer.com/ Nexuiz (A Unreal Tournament like first person shooter) http://www.nexuiz.com Warsow (A competitive quake3 like first person shooter) http://www.warsow.net Yakuake, a drop-down console, a la Quake's in-game console. Linux L 25% __NOTOC__ __NOEDITSECTION__