File Systems:
Linux Native
Linux Swap
Journalised Fs:ext3
Journalised Fs:Reiser fs
Journalised Fs:Jfs
Journalised Fs:Xfs
Dos Fat 16
Fat 32
Mount points:
/
/home
/var
/tmp
/boot
/user
How to install a wallpaper
Open the KDE-Menu and start the Control Center
Click on “Look and Feel” and “Background”
Switch to the “Wallpaper” Tab
Select “Single Wallpaper”
Click on “Browse…” and choose your new wallpaper
Select the Mode you like and press “Apply”
Have fun! :-)
How to install a theme/style
Install the Theme/Style by either extracting and compiling it, or installing an RPM.
Open the KDE-Menu and start the Control Center.
Select “Look and Feel”.
Select “Style” if the package you installed was a style, or select “Theme Manager” if the package you installed was a theme.
Select your theme or style.
Click “Apply”
Have fun! :-)
How to install a GTK theme
Create a file under your $HOME directory called .gtkrc-2.0
Specify font and theme like this:
gtk-font-name = “Bitstream Vera Sans 12″
include “$HOME/.themes/XLiquid_GTK-1.0.3/gtk-2.0/gtkrc”
Restart your GTK apps
Have fun! :-)
How to install a X11 mouse theme
Create the directory ~/.icons/default
Place index.theme into ~/.icons/default
Place cursors into ~/.icons/default/cursors
Restart KDE
Have fun! :-)
How to install a splash screen
Open konqueror
Create the directory ~/.kde/share/apps/ksplash/Themes
Browse to ~/.kde/share/apps/ksplash/pics
Move and uncompress your new splash screen file into the konqueror window
Have fun! :-)
For questions check: http://docs.kde.org/en/HEAD/kdebase/ksplashml/index.html
How to install a color scheme
Open konqueror
Browse to ~/.kde/share/apps/kdisplay/color-schemes
Move your new .kcsrc file into the konqueror window
Open the KDE-Menu an start the Control Center
Click on “Look and Feel” and “Colors”
Choose your new color scheme and press “Apply”
Have fun! :-)
How to install system sounds
Browse to ~/.kde/share/
Create a folder called “sounds”
Extract your sounds to this folder
Open the KDE-Menu an start the Control Center
Click on “Sound and Multimedia”.
Click on “System Notifications”
Click a desired action and click the folder to the right, below the list of actions.
Browse to your ~/.kde/share/sounds folder.
Click Ok.
Repeat the last 3 steps for each sound notification you wish to change
Have fun! :-)
How to install a IceWM Windowdecoration
Open the KDE-Menu and start the Control Center
Click on “Look and Feel” and “Window Decoration”
Select “IceWM”
Switch to the “Configure [IceWM]” Tab
Open konquerer by clicking on the “Open Konqueror…” Link
Move and uncompress your new IceWM theme file into the konqueror window
Close konqueror and select the new theme on the “IceWM Theme Selector”
Click “Apply”
Have fun! :-)
bin Essential command binaries
boot Static files of the boot loader
dev Device files
etc Host-specific system configuration
lib Essential shared libraries and kernel modules
media Mount point for removeable media
mnt Mount point for mounting a filesystem temporarily
opt Add-on application software packages
sbin Essential system binaries
srv Data for services provided by this system (export is more common)
tmp Temporary files
usr Secondary hierarchy
var Variable data
home User home directories (optional)
root Home directory for the root user (optional)
For Home Computer, Partition Setup of Linux
Name Size mount point
root 10 GB /
usr 35 GB /usr
opt 33 GB /opt
swap 2 GB swap
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