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Chapter 7. Home sweet /home
This chapter is about configuring your environment. Now that we know how to use an editor, we can change all kinds of files to make ourselves feel better at home. After completing this chapter, you will know more about:
♦ Organizing your environment
♦ Common shell setup files
♦ Shell configuration
♦ Configuring the prompt
♦ Configuring the graphical environment
♦ Sound and video applications
♦ Display and window managers
♦ How the X client-server system works
7.1. General good housekeeping7.1.1. Introduction7.1.2. Make space7.2. Your text environment7.2.1. Environment variables7.2.2. Shell setup files7.2.3. A typical set of setup files7.2.4. The Bash prompt7.2.5. Shell scripts7.3. The graphical environment7.3.1. Introduction7.3.2. The X Window System7.3.3. X server configuration7.4. Region specific settings7.4.1. Keyboard setup7.4.2. Fonts7.4.3. Date and time zone7.4.4. Language7.4.5. Country-specific Information7.5. Installing new software7.5.1. General7.5.2. Package formats7.5.3. Automating package management and updates7.5.4. Upgrading your kernel7.5.5. Installing extra packages from the installation CDs7.6. Summary7.7. Exercises7.7.1. Shell environment7.7.2. Graphical environment