Deploying Linux on the Desktop

Glossary

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AbiWord

Microsoft rich text format (RTF) writer

acroread

Adobe Acrobat Reader (ftp://download.adobe.com/pub/adobe/acrobatreader/unix/)

AIM

AOL Instant Messaging protocol and network

AlsaPlayer

Multimedia player using the ALSA sound system for Linux

ANIM?

Xanim (X Animator) media format

artsplay

ARTS daemon sound player (man artsplay)

ASF

Windows Media format

ASX

Windows Media format

AU

Basic audio multimedia format

AVI

Microsoft video media format

awk

Linux command for manipulating files

cabextract

Open-source Linux tool for extracting Microsoft CAB files (http://core-fonts.sourceforge.net)

CCNA

Cisco Certified Network Associate

ChatZilla

Mozilla IRC client

chkfontpath

Linux command for verifying X font paths (man chkfontpath)

chmod

Linux command for modifying permissions on files or directories (man chmod)

CIFS

Common Internet File System (http://www.ubiqx.org/cifs)

ClamAV

Open-source antivirus software (http://clamav.elektrapro.com)

codecs

Bits of code that will interpret multimedia content for movie players compiled into bytecode

cp

Linux copy command (man cp)

CrossOver

Commercial version of Wine (http://www.codeweavers.com)

DKMS

Dynamic Kernel Module System

dlpsh

Pilotlink Shell for manipulating a PDA

DL

Video Media format

DNS

Domain name service (man bind)

DOC

Microsoft Word document

dos2unix

Command to convert MS-DOS text files to UNIX text files (man dos2unix)

DOT

Microsoft Word template document

drakconf

Configuration tool for Mandrake Linux

DriverLoader

For-fee Linux tool for using Windows Ndis wireless network drivers with Linux (http://www.linuxant.com)

DVD

Digital Video Disc

DVI

Device-independent file

elm

Old Linux mail client

esdplay

ESD daemon sound player (man esdplay)

Evolution

Graphical mail client

ext2

Linux extended filesystem 2

ext3

Linux extended filesystem 3

fi

Linux Bourne Shell...

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