HOWTO:Contents

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Contents 1 Applications 2 Desktop Managers 3 Hardware Solutions 4 General Usage Tips 5 Compiling Software and Packaging 6 Package management 7 Obsoleted Articles

[edit] Applications

This describes how to install and remove applications not listed in PiSi package-manager.

• Adding contrib repository to reach more packages
• Acrobat Reader
• AutoCAD
• Google Desktop Search
• Google Earth
• Internet Explorer with ies4linux
• Microsoft core fonts
• Picasa

[edit] Desktop Managers

• KDE4 - Building KDE4 from source (for developers).
• Xfce4 - Installing xfce4.
• Compiz Fusion - Installing and configuring Compiz Fusion.
• Fixing broken X session - For those who changed their xorg.conf and broke it

[edit] Hardware Solutions

• SetupUSBADSLModem - How to connecting with adsl usb modem.

[edit] General Usage Tips

• Kill Process - How to kill or terminate a locked or stalled process.
• KDE Launch FeedBack - Allows control over KDE Launch FeedBack.
• Taking screenshots
• Enabling Num Lock at startup
• Changing KDE splash screen
• Using multimedia keyboards with lineak
• Using last.fm in Amarok
• Using Gmail in KMail
• Using Google Talk account in Kopete
• Restore Grub without a new installation of Pardus

[edit] Compiling Software and Packaging

This describes how to compile software from source as well as building Pardus packages.

• Building Packages - How to build Pardus packages from source.
• Pisi Package - Another how to build Pardus packages form source.
• Actions API - Overview of the actions.py functions.

[edit] Package management

• Pisi CLI Usage - How to use PiSi package management system on the command line.

[edit] Obsoleted Articles

• Configure Wifi Without Network Manager - How to configure Wifi without Network-Manager (usefull if you want to connect to a WEP protected network)
• Azureus - This will tell you how to install Azureus.
• Thunderbird 2b2 - This will tell you how to run Thunderbird 2 beta 2, and how to add an Application Launcher button.
• Dolphin File Manager - This will tell you how to compile and install the Dolphin File Manager for KDE.
• English Dictionaries for OpenOffice - This will tell you how to get an english spellchecking dictionary for OpenOffice.