Installation manual

The two most common GUI desktop environments are GNOME and KDE. Each provides a highly
customizable interface, similar to what you are familiar with on a Windows NT system.
In order to configure a Linux system, the linuxconf program functions in a similar mannner to NT's Control
Panel applets.
Additionally, there are command-line utilities for all of the system configuration options, allowing you to include
any of them into your own standard or custom environment-setting scripts.
The following is a list of some of the currently-available common software packages for Linux:
Backup & Recovery utilities: tar, cpio, afio, tob, taper, cdbl, dump, restore
CAD/CAM graphics drawing: xfig
CD encoder: bladeenc
CD players: gtcd, cdp, xplaycd
CD ripper: cdparanoia, cdda2wav, ripperX
CD-RW recorder: cdtux, cdrecord, xcdroast
Databases: postgres, mysql, oracle
DOS emulators: dosemu
Drawing package: dia
DVD players: oms
Email: mail, mutt, Netscape mail, mh
Encryption: openssh, ssh, ssh2, mcrypt
Fax: FaxMail
File Manager: gmc, mc
File sharing with remote systems: nfs, samba
Firewalls: portsentry, ipchains
Graphics Image editor: gimp
Graphics viewers: xanim, aktion, gphoto, xnview, nview, xzgv, xv, ee, gqview,
display, uudeview, compupic
Help text display: locate, man, apropos
Instant Messaging: gnomeicu, licq
Internet Browser: Netscape Communicator, lynx, wget
Menu Editor: gmenu
Microsoft Exchange client: tradeclient
MP3 players: freeamp, xmms, mpg123, amp
MPEG players: mtv, mtvp, mpeg_play, gtv, plaympeg
Multimedia players: xanim, aktion, mtv, mtvp
News Readers: pan, netscape
Office Suite: soffice
Painting programs: xpaint, kpaint
Palm Pilot utilities: gpilot, pilot-xfer, jpilot, pilot_applet
PDF viewers: acroread, xpdf
Personal Information Managers (PIM): gnome-pin, ical, korganizer, jpilot
Photo editor: photopaint
PPP dialer/configuration: rp3, rp3-config
Presentation Graphics: soffice