Index
A
- access
- blocking, to specific websites / Blocking access to specific websites
- Activities
- Add button / Blocking access to specific websites
- administrative access
- via sudo command / Administrative access via sudo and visudo
- via visudo command / Administrative access via sudo and visudo
- advanced package management
- about / Advanced package management
- alias command / Creating command aliases
- AllowUsers clause / Accessing your system via SSH
- Amarok
- aplay -l command / Pinpointing audio issues
- applications
- Frozen Bubble / Frozen Bubble
- FileZilla / FileZilla
- Minitube / Minitube
- Steam launcher / Steam
- removing / Removing applications
- launching / Launching applications
- Apply button / Using the Synaptic Package Manager
- apt-get command / Advanced package management, Performing the initial triage
- apt command / Administrative access via sudo and visudo
- arecord command / Recording your desktop
- Asunder
- installing / Ripping an audio CD
- audio CD
- ripping / Ripping an audio CD
- audio issues
- identifying / Pinpointing audio issues
- auth.log / Perusing system logs
- Automatic (DHCP) option / Connecting to a wired network
B
- /bin directory
- about / Navigating the filesystem
- /boot directory
- about / Navigating the filesystem
- Backup files button / Backing up and restoring important data
- Backup software selection button / Backing up and restoring important data
- Backup tool / Mint-specific tools
- Banshee
- about / Bundled applications, Playing music files
- Bash
- variables, using / Using variables and conditional statements in Bash
- conditional statements, using / Using variables and conditional statements in Bash
- boot.log / Perusing system logs
- bootable DVD
- creating / Creating a bootable DVD
- bootable USB flash drive
- creating / Creating a bootable USB flash drive
- boot issues
- diagnosing / Diagnosing boot issues
- boot time
- volumes, mounting automatically / Automatically mounting volumes at boot time
- Brasero
- about / Bundled applications
- bundled applications
- about / Bundled applications
C
- Caja
- cat command / Perusing system logs
- cd command / Navigating the filesystem
- CDs
- burning / Burning CDs and DVDs
- chage command / Changing passwords
- Cheese
- about / Accessing your webcam
- chmod command / Understanding file and directory permissions, Modifying file and directory permissions, Using variables and conditional statements in Bash
- chown command / Modifying file and directory permissions
- Chromium BSU / Using the Synaptic Package Manager
- Cinnamon
- about / Getting familiar with Cinnamon
- logging in / Logging in to Cinnamon
- and MATE, difference between / Understanding the differences between MATE and Cinnamon
- Cinnamon settings
- configuring / Configuring the settings of Cinnamon
- ClamAV
- installing / Installing and configuring ClamAV
- configuring / Installing and configuring ClamAV
- about / Installing and configuring ClamAV
- clamscan command / Installing and configuring ClamAV
- Codecs (Coder Decoder)
- codecs issues
- command aliases
- creating / Creating command aliases
- commands
- executing / Executing commands
- running / Running commands or programs as other users
- community
- creating / Creating community and forum accounts
- support from / Getting help from the community
- conditional statements
- used, in Bash / Using variables and conditional statements in Bash
- cowsay command / Executing commands
- CPU temperatures
- monitoring / Monitoring CPU temperatures
- cron jobs
- setting up / Setting up cron jobs
- about / Setting up cron jobs
- crontab -e command / Setting up cron jobs
- crontab command / Setting up cron jobs
D
- /dev directory
- about / Navigating the filesystem
- daemons
- about / Killing processes
- data
- backing up / Backing up and restoring important data
- restoring / Backing up and restoring important data
- recovering / Recovering data
- date command / Using the watch command
- default search engine
- changing, in Firefox / Changing the default search engine in Firefox
- deluser command / Removing user accounts
- desktop
- recording / Recording your desktop
- Plasmoids, adding to / Adding Plasmoids to the desktop
- desktop background, MATE / Desktop background
- desktop themes, MATE / Desktop themes
- df command / Analyzing disk usage
- DHCP
- about / Connecting to a wired network
- directory permissions
- disk usage
- analyzing / Analyzing disk usage
- Disk Usage Analyzer
- about / Analyzing disk usage
- distribution
- about / What is a distribution?
- dmesg / Perusing system logs
- Document Viewer
- about / Bundled applications
- Dolphin
- Domain Blocker tool / Mint-specific tools
- dpkg -get-selections command / Sending system reports via e-mail
- DVD
- playing / Playing a DVD
- DVDs
- burning / Burning CDs and DVDs
E
- /etc directory
- about / Navigating the filesystem
- /etc folder
- e-mail
- system reports, sending via / Sending system reports via e-mail
- Easytag
- about / Editing MP3 tags
- echo command / Using variables and conditional statements in Bash
- emailstatus command / Setting up cron jobs
F
- file management
- with Nemo / File management with Nemo
- file permissions
- files
- managing / Managing files
- searching for / Searching for files
- sharing, with Samba / Sharing files with Samba
- sharing, with NFS / Sharing files with NFS
- filesystem
- navigating / Navigating the filesystem
- FileZilla / FileZilla
- about / Accessing FTP servers
- installing / Accessing FTP servers
- find command / Searching for files
- Firefox
- about / Bundled applications
- default search engine, changing / Changing the default search engine in Firefox
- Firewall Configuration tool / Mint-specific tools
- flash drives
- formatting / Formatting flash drives
- forum accounts
- creating / Creating community and forum accounts
- Frozen Bubble / Frozen Bubble
- FTP servers
- accessing / Accessing FTP servers
G
- games
- slow frame rates, solving / Solving slow frame rates in games
- gibibytes
- versus gigabytes / Understanding gibibytes versus gigabytes and mebibytes versus megabytes
- gigabytes
- versus gibibytes / Understanding gibibytes versus gigabytes and mebibytes versus megabytes
- GIMP
- about / Bundled applications
- photos, editing with / Editing photos with GIMP
- GNOME Terminal / Accessing the shell
- GPL license
- URL / What is a distribution?
- graphical user interfaces (GUIs) / What is a distribution?
- grep command / Making aliases persistent, Perusing system logs
- GRUB
- reinstalling / Reinstalling GRUB
- grub-install command / Reinstalling GRUB
- Gufw
- installing / Configuring and testing the iptables firewall
H
- $HOSTNAME variable / Using variables and conditional statements in Bash
- /home directory
- about / Navigating the filesystem
- /home folder
- hashbang / Introduction to scripting
- home directory partition
- maintaining, in Linux Mint installation / Installing Linux Mint while retaining /home
- home folder
- encryption / To encrypt or not to encrypt
- encrypting / Encrypting your home folder
I
- ifconfig command / Solving problems with networking
- initial triage
- performing / Performing the initial triage
- installation process
- about / The installation process
- Install button / Installing new applications
- Install Now button / The installation process
- International System of Units (SI) / Understanding gibibytes versus gigabytes and mebibytes versus megabytes
- iptables / Configuring and testing the iptables firewall
- iptables firewall
- configuring / Configuring and testing the iptables firewall
- testing / Configuring and testing the iptables firewall
K
- Kate text editor
- KDE
- KDE desktop
- about / Understanding the KDE desktop
- KDE SC (KDE Software Compilation) / Understanding the KDE desktop
- kern.log / Perusing system logs
- killall command / Killing processes
- Konsole
- about / Accessing the shell
L
- /lib directory
- about / Navigating the filesystem
- LastPass
- about / Choosing secure passwords
- launchers
- creating / Creating launchers
- Layout
- about / Adding Plasmoids to the desktop
- less command / Perusing system logs
- Libre Office
- about / Bundled applications
- Linux
- choosing / Why choose Linux?
- learning / Is Linux hard to learn?
- Linux Mint
- using / What Mint does differently
- releases / Releases and support
- support / Releases and support
- tools / Mint-specific tools
- installing / The different methods of installing Linux Mint
- URL / Creating a bootable DVD
- packages, managing / Managing packages in Linux Mint
- upgrading / Preparing to move to a new release
- installing, for maintaining home directory partition / Installing Linux Mint while retaining /home
- Linux Mint Cinnamon edition / The Linux Mint Cinnamon edition
- Linux Mint community
- interacting with / Interacting with the Linux Mint community
- URL / Interacting with the Linux Mint community
- Linux Mint forum
- Linux Mint forums
- Linux Mint KDE edition / The Linux Mint KDE edition
- Linux Mint MATE edition / The Linux Mint MATE edition
- Linux Mint tools
- Update Manager tool / Mint-specific tools
- Backup tool / Mint-specific tools
- Domain Blocker tool / Mint-specific tools
- Firewall Configuration tool / Mint-specific tools
- Upload Manager tool / Mint-specific tools
- Software Sources / Mint-specific tools
- Linux Mint versions
- Linux Mint KDE edition / The Linux Mint KDE edition
- Linux Mint Xfce edition / The Linux Mint Xfce edition
- Linux Mint MATE edition / The Linux Mint MATE edition
- Linux Mint Cinnamon edition / The Linux Mint Cinnamon edition
- Linux Mint Xfce edition / The Linux Mint Xfce edition
- LinuxQuestions.org
- live media
- testing / Testing your live media
- logs
- kern.log / Perusing system logs
- dmesg / Perusing system logs
- auth.log / Perusing system logs
- boot.log / Perusing system logs
- syslog / Perusing system logs
- Long Term Support (LTS) / Releases and support
- ls -l command / Understanding file and directory permissions
- ls command / Executing commands, Understanding file and directory permissions
- LTS (Long Term Support) / Preparing to move to a new release
- LTS releases
- considering / Considering LTS releases
M
- /media directory
- about / Navigating the filesystem
- /mnt directory
- about / Navigating the filesystem
- man command
- manual pages, reading with / Reading manual pages with the man command
- manual pages
- reading, with man command / Reading manual pages with the man command
- Mark button / Using the Synaptic Package Manager
- Mark for Complete Removal option / Using the Synaptic Package Manager
- Mark for Installation option / Using the Synaptic Package Manager
- Mark for Reinstallation option / Using the Synaptic Package Manager
- Mark for Removal option / Using the Synaptic Package Manager
- Mark for Upgrade option / Using the Synaptic Package Manager
- Master Boot Record (MBR) / Reinstalling GRUB
- MATE
- about / Introducing MATE
- URL / Introducing MATE
- and Cinnamon, difference between / Understanding the differences between MATE and Cinnamon
- customizing / Customizing MATE
- MATE, customizing
- desktop background / Desktop background
- screensaver / Screensaver
- panel applets / Panel applets
- desktop themes / Desktop themes
- MDM (Mint Display Manager) / Logging in to Cinnamon
- mebibytes
- versus megabytes / Understanding gibibytes versus gigabytes and mebibytes versus megabytes
- megabytes
- versus mebibytes / Understanding gibibytes versus gigabytes and mebibytes versus megabytes
- migration
- preparing for / Preparing for the migration
- Minitube / Minitube
- Mint installation
- benefits / Preparing for the migration
- Mint Software Manager
- using / Using the Mint Software Manager
- mirror
- mkfs command / Formatting flash drives
- mount command / Reinstalling GRUB
- MP3 tags
- editing / Editing MP3 tags
- music files
- playing / Playing music files
- mv command / Managing files
N
- nano command / The nano text editor
- nano text editor
- about / The nano text editor
- Nemo
- file management, using with / File management with Nemo
- network connections
- configuring / Configuring network connections
- networking
- problems, solving with / Solving problems with networking
- network interface card (NIC) / Connecting to a wired network
- networks
- wired network, connecting to / Connecting to a wired network
- wireless network, connecting to / Connecting to a wireless network
- new applications
- installing / Installing new applications
- new users
- creating / Creating new users
- NFS
- about / Sharing files with Samba
- files, sharing with / Sharing files with NFS
- nm-tool command / Setting up a static IP
- notifications, Cinnamon
- about / Notifications
O
- /opt directory
- about / Navigating the filesystem
- OpenDNS
- installing / Blocking access to specific websites
P
- /proc directory
- about / Navigating the filesystem
- package lists
- exporting / Exporting and importing package lists
- importing / Exporting and importing package lists
- packages
- managing, in Linux Mint / Managing packages in Linux Mint
- importing, for reinstallation / Importing a list of packages for reinstallation
- panel applets, MATE / Panel applets
- partitioning
- passwd command / Changing passwords
- passwords
- changing / Changing passwords
- persistence
- persistent aliases
- creating / Making aliases persistent
- photos
- viewing / Viewing photos
- editing, with GIMP / Editing photos with GIMP
- Pidgin
- about / Bundled applications
- Plasmoids
- adding, to desktop / Adding Plasmoids to the desktop
- about / Adding Plasmoids to the desktop
- PPA (Personal Package Archive) / Configuring software sources
- PPA... button / Configuring software sources
- problems
- solving, with networking / Solving problems with networking
- processes
- killing / Killing processes
- programs
- launching / Launching programs
- running / Running commands or programs as other users
- PulseAudio Volume Control / Pinpointing audio issues
- PuTTY program / Accessing your system via SSH
- pwd command / Executing commands
R
- /root directory
- about / Navigating the filesystem
- RAM
- testing / Testing the RAM
- removable media
- accessing / Accessing removable media
- Remove button / Removing applications
- resource usage
- monitoring / Monitoring resource usage
- rm -r command / Removing user accounts
- rm command / Managing files
S
- /sbin directory
- about / Navigating the filesystem
- / symbol
- Samba
- files, sharing with / Sharing files with Samba
- screensaver, MATE / Screensaver
- scripting
- about / Introduction to scripting
- Search button / Using the Synaptic Package Manager
- Search domains
- about / Setting up a static IP
- secure passwords
- choosing / Choosing secure passwords
- sendEmail command / Sending system reports via e-mail
- sensors-detect command / Monitoring CPU temperatures
- sensors command / Monitoring CPU temperatures
- shell
- accessing / Accessing the shell
- ShieldsUP!!
- Simple Scan
- about / Bundled applications
- slow frame rates
- solving, in games / Solving slow frame rates in games
- snapshots
- restoring / Creating and restoring snapshots
- creating / Creating and restoring snapshots
- Software Manager
- about / Bundled applications
- Software Rendering Mode
- troubleshooting / Troubleshooting in Software Rendering Mode
- Software Sources / Mint-specific tools
- software sources
- configuring / Configuring software sources
- about / Configuring software sources
- specific websites
- access, blocking to / Blocking access to specific websites
- SpinRite
- about / Recovering data
- SSH
- about / An introduction to SSH
- used, for accessing system / Accessing your system via SSH
- ssh command / Accessing your system via SSH, Hardening your system
- static IP
- setting up / Setting up a static IP
- Steam launcher / Steam
- su command / Running commands or programs as other users
- sudo -s command / Administrative access via sudo and visudo
- sudo command / Using the Mint Software Manager, Running commands or programs as other users, Administrative access via sudo and visudo
- sudo passwd command / Changing passwords
- swap space
- Synaptic
- Synaptic Package Manager
- syslog / Perusing system logs
- system
- updating / Keeping your system up to date
- hardening / Hardening your system
- system-config-samba application / Sharing files with Samba
- system logs
- perusing / Perusing system logs
- system reports
- sending, via e-mail / Sending system reports via e-mail
T
- /tmp directory
- about / Navigating the filesystem
- /tmp folder
- tail command / Perusing system logs
- tasks
- monitoring / Monitoring tasks
- terminal
- using / Why should we use the terminal?
- themes
- changing / Changing themes
- Thunderbird
- about / Bundled applications
- top command / Killing processes, Monitoring resource usage
- touch command / Managing files
- Transmission
- about / Bundled applications
- TrueCrypt / Encrypting your home folder
U
- /usr directory
- about / Navigating the filesystem
- Ubuntu Forums
- unalias command / Creating command aliases
- Unmark option / Using the Synaptic Package Manager
- update command / Creating command aliases
- Update Manager
- about / Bundled applications
- Update Manager tool / Mint-specific tools
- Upload Manager tool / Mint-specific tools, Accessing FTP servers
- USB Image Writer
- using / Using the USB Image Writer
- user account
- revoking / Revoking access temporarily
- removing / Removing user accounts
- Users and Groups tool / Creating new users
- utility
- upgrading / Why an upgrade utility isn't included
- UUID
- advantages / Diagnosing boot issues
- disadvantages / Diagnosing boot issues
- UUIDs
V
- /var directory
- about / Navigating the filesystem
- variables
- used, in Bash / Using variables and conditional statements in Bash
- video files
- playing / Playing video files
- Videos
- about / Bundled applications, Playing video files
- Virtual Desktops
- utilizing / Utilizing Activities and Virtual Desktops
- visudo command / Administrative access via sudo and visudo
- VLC
- about / Bundled applications
- volumes
- mounting / Mounting and unmounting volumes
- unmounting / Mounting and unmounting volumes
- automatic mounting, at boot time / Automatically mounting volumes at boot time
W
- watch command
- using / Using the watch command
- webcam
- accessing / Accessing your webcam
- wired network
- connecting to / Connecting to a wired network
- wireless network
- connecting to / Connecting to a wireless network
- workspaces
- utilizing / Utilizing workspaces
X
- XChat
- about / Bundled applications