LINUX DESKTOP ENVIRONMENT

DIFFERENCES
KDE

GNOME

DEKSTOP ENVIRONMENTfor Linux Distro’s

 - Fedora Core

 - KNOPPIX

 - Debian

 - SUSE

 - Ubuntu

 - Mandake

 - Slackware

 - Gentoo

Open Sources Application

1. Office Application

     - KOFFICE

     - OPEN OFFICE

2. Internet Application

     Web Browser

         - FireFox

         - Google Chorme

         - Opera

     Download Manager

         - Kget

         - Download Statusbar

         - Download for X

     New Reader

         - Liferea

         - RSSOwl

         - Feedly

     Messenger

         - Skype

         - Pidgin

         - aMSN

     FTP Client

         - Bit Torrent

         - gFTP

         - FireFTP

3. Graphic Application

     - Kamera

     - GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program)

     - Google Picasa (Photo Organiser)

4. Email Application

     - KMail

     - Thunderbird

     - Evolution

5. Entertainment Application

     Video conferencing and VOIP

         - Ekiga

         - Skype

         - Gizmo5

     Video Applications

         - OpenShot

         - PiTiVi

         - LIVES

INSTALLATION OF LINUX DISTRIBUTIONS

1. INSTALLATION METHOD

FTP Server - is used as one of the most common means of copying files between servers over the internet.
HTTP - web server across the network installer request from HTTP server.
NFS Server - Network file system protocol originally developed by Sun Microsystems.
SMB Server - used to provide shared access to files, printers, serial ports, and miscellaneous communications between nodes on a network, installer for Linux OS can request from server use SMB.
Virtual Network Computing (VNC) - is a graphical desktop sharing system that uses the RFB protocol to remotely control another computer.
Packages on hard Disk - his installation method requires that the contents of the Red Hat Linux /SPARC CD-ROM ( or equivalent files) have been copied to a hard disk directly attached to your SPARC system.
CD-Roms - Use live CD for installation.




2. Common Linux File System Function

    /boot
      - The startup files and the kernel, vmlinuz
    /home
      - Home directories of the common users.
    /usr
      - Programs, libraries, documentation etc.
    /root
      - Administrative user's home directory ( hanya diguna oleh admin/modified)
    /opt
      - Contains extra and third party software.
    /var
      - Storage for all variable files and temporary files created by users, such as log files.
    /tmp
      - Temporary space for use by the system, cleaned upon reboot.




3. Types of Boot Loader

    GRUB
      -Designed to address the complexity of booting a personal computer.
    LILO
      -creates a table which lets the bot loader locate the kernel files.
       -Able to boot almost any OS
    LOADIN
      -Linux boot loader that runs under BOS or Microsoft Windows (95,98 or Me only)
    SysLinux
      -It is intended to simplify first-time installation of Linux, and for creation of rescue and other special purpose boot disks.
    System Commander
      -makes it possible to choose which one of these operating systems to boot.
    Choose OS
      -Every operating system provides a tiny program called a boot loader whose job is to load the rest of the operating system into your computer's memory at boot time. It is typical of the Linux personality that it gives you a choice of boot loaders.