HOWTO:Contents

Revision as of 19:58, 27 September 2012

Applications

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

• Upgrade 2009 to 2011 with upgrade manager
• Adding repositories to the PiSi package manager
• Acrobat Reader
• Dosemu
• Get Hotwayd working in Pardus 2008
• Google Desktop Search
• Google Earth
• Google Picasa
• Google Gadgets
• Internet Explorer with ies4linux
• LightScribe - to burn labels directly on your CD
• Microsoft core fonts

Compiling Software and Packaging

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

• Installing build essentials - This is needed when compiling source packages.
• Pisi Package - How to create&build Pardus packages.
• Making Pisi Packages - More detailed explanation of PiSi packaging.
• Actions API - Overview of the actions.py functions.

Desktop Managers

• KDE4 - Building KDE4 from source (for developers).
• Compiz Fusion - Installing and configuring Compiz Fusion.
• Fixing broken X session in Pardus 2007/2008 - For those who changed their xorg.conf and broke it
• Xfce - Installing xfce4
• LXDE - Installing LXDE

General Usage Tips

• Changing KDE splash screen
• Change Installed Keyboard Layouts
• Change Root Password
• Copy an audio CD (special way)
• KDE Launch FeedBack - Allows control over KDE Launch FeedBack.
• Kill Process - How to kill or terminate a locked or stalled process.
• Linux software equivalent to Windows software
• Lost or forgotten Root Password
• Manipulating CD/DVD images with AcetoneISO2
• OpenSuSE-like menu - one-click launch of your favorite application
• Restore Grub without a new installation of Pardus
• Adding a GRUB 2 item in the boot-menu of Pardus
• Set Konqueror as Default File Manager
• Taking screenshots
• Turning off the beep
• Tweaking Adobe Flash Player
• Using Gmail in KMail
• How to make your USB-stick/hard disk with vfat/ntfs/ext*/jfs/xfs/reiserfs partition writable
• How to make a backup of your data with Areca and a fully automatic daily incremental backup
• How to automatically clean your /tmp directory
• Automatic synchronization of date and time after every reboot
• Adding subtitles to your movies
• How to dualboot Pardus 2011 and Windows 7
• How to configure LVM on Pardus 2011
• Access your files on a non-functional LVM system
• Transferring email messages and account settings from KMail KDE 4.6 (Pardus) to Kmail2 KDE 4.8 (Mageia)
• Transferring email messages and account settings from KMail KDE 4.6 (Pardus) to Kmail2 KDE 4.8 (PCLinuxOS)

Network Solutions

• Configuration of network between Pardus and WindowsXP
• Setup a fixed IP address for your computer
• How to print in Pardus to a remote Pardus + printer
• How to access your files on a remote PardusPC
• How to make an image(backup) of a disk/partition to a remote PardusPC
• Using Windows wireless card drivers -How to use wireless card with ndiswrapper and windows drivers

Hardware Solutions

Look at the Hardware:Contents

Package management

• Pisi CLI Usage - How to use PiSi package management system on the command line.
• Pisibul - Installing packages not found in the Package Manager
• Making PiSi packages

Virtualization

Look here

• Installing and configuring VirtualBox

Obsolete Articles

• Configure Wifi Without Network Manager - How to configure Wifi without Network-Manager (usefull if you want to connect to a WEP protected network)
• Adding contrib repository to reach more packages(Pardus 2007)