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- -==Linux Info: Part 3==-
- By: dr0z(dr0z@theapoc.8m.com)
- The Apocalypse (http://theapoc.8m.com)
-
-
-
- >>Introduction<<
-
- I'm not sure but this may be the last part of my Linux Info series. In this
- release I will tell how to change certain aspects of linux and configure it your way.
- Also this release includes info on the Enlightenment and KDE window managers.
-
- >>Section 001<<
-
- First I will talk about changing some small things. Such as your hostname, this
- is an example of your hostname:
-
- >>Example 001<<
-
- RedHat 5.1
-
- localhost login:
-
- >>End Example 001<<
-
- Where localhost would be your hostname/domain. Most people I know that don't run on
- networks or host any websites on thier box change this to make it a "Computer Name" like
- in windows. Mine looks like this:
-
- >>Example 001b<<
-
- TheApoc login:
-
- >>End Example 001b<<
-
- Where my hostname is " TheApoc ". Now onto changing this. You can change this by
- entering:
-
- >>hostname (desired name)
-
- But there is a problem with that. On most systems the hostname is set to localhost
- at boot-up. So what we need to do is put that command in the /etc/rc.d/rc.local file.
- This makes it so the hostname is changed to the one you specified at boot-up.
-
- Another thing you may want to change is the login screen. This is it here:
-
- >>Example 001c<<
-
- RedHat 5.1
- Kernel 2.2.5
-
- TheApoc login:
-
- >>End Example 001c<<
-
- This screen is often used to welcome remote and local users. You can change what the
- login screen says by editing the /etc/issue and /etc/issue.net files. I had a problem
- on the systems I tested it on. At boot-up the /etc/issue files are overwritten with
- a default login screen(shown in Example 001c). On my Red Hat system there was a place
- for the login screen in the /etc/rc.d/rc.local file where it edited the 2 files with
- the default screen. What you need to do is change what it says in that file to what
- you wish for your login screen to say. If your system doesn't have a place for this
- then you will need to echo the code to the files.
-
- >>Example 001d<<
-
- echo "Welcome to linux" >> /etc/issue
-
- >>End Example 001d<<
-
- >>NOTE: On my slackware box i found the login screen info in the file /etc/rc.d/rc.S
- So this info could be found in a different file than the ones I have stated.
-
- Now onto another useful edit to the /etc/rc.d/rc.local file. Some systems don't
- mount win95/dos partitions during the boot-up. So you can add the mount command to the
- file. Here is what mine looks like:
-
- >>Example 001e<<
-
- mount /dev/hda1 /win
- moutn /dev/hda7 /win2
- mount /dev/hdc /cd
-
- >>End Example 001d<<
-
- You could also reconfigure your kernel to do this. A lot of version of linux have this
- built into the setup program, so that saves time. But for you who don't want to
- reconfigure your kernel then this should help you out.
-
- >>End Section 001<<
-
- >>Section 002<<
-
- Now onto Enlightenment and KDE. Enlightenment and KDE are basically enhancements
- to the existing X-Windows system. The are fancier and easier to use in some cases. If
- you like the layout of Windows 95 then stick with fvwm and fvwm95. But if you like
- something more exciting and fancy buttons then you should d/l one of these. Enlightenment
- is what most people would think a hackers desktop would look like, exspecially if you
- watch a lot of computer movies (i.e hackers, the net). Anyways, Enl is well layed out
- but some people have trouble installing it because it depends on soooo many different
- libraries and other scripts and programs. But KDE has an easy to setup interface with a
- setup type program. And it also has many more applications than Enl does. KDE now has
- a whole office suite similiar to MS Office. Well thats about all I can say for those
- wm's.
-
- You can d/l them from here:
- Enlightenment: http://www.rasterman.com
- http://www.enlightenment.org
- KDE: http://www.kde.org
-
- >>End Section 002<<
-
- Email suggestion, comments, and questions to dr0z@theapoc.8m.com. I would apreciate any
- suggestions on this paper or the series to help better my text files.
-
-
- Hope you enjoyed this text!
- Text written by: dr0z
- as a part of
- The Linux Info Series