Author: pfrields Update of /cvs/docs/jargon-buster In directory cvs-int.fedora.redhat.com:/tmp/cvs-serv8390 Modified Files: Makefile Added Files: jargon-buster-en.xml Removed Files: fedora-jargon-buster-en.xml Log Message: - Tidy-bowled doc. - Instead of 2200+ line diff, halved by renaming file to remove redundant "fedora-" - Fixed Makefile --- NEW FILE jargon-buster-en.xml --- <!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd" [ <!ENTITY % FEDORA-ENTITIES-EN SYSTEM "../docs-common/common/fedora-entities-en.ent"> %FEDORA-ENTITIES-EN; <!ENTITY BOOKID "jargon-buster-1.9.1 (2005-08-17)"> <!-- change version of manual and date here --> ]> <article> <title>Fedora Jargon Buster</title> <articleinfo> <revhistory> <revision> <revnumber>1.0</revnumber> <date>7 Nov 2003</date> <authorinitials>DaveP</authorinitials> <revdescription> <para> Initial Release </para> </revdescription> </revision> <revision> <revnumber>1.1</revnumber> <date>8 Nov 2003</date> <authorinitials>DaveP</authorinitials> <revdescription> <para> More added from Fedora list. </para> </revdescription> </revision> <revision> <revnumber>1.2</revnumber> <date>10 Nov 2003</date> <authorinitials>DaveP</authorinitials> <revdescription> <para> More added from Fedora list. </para> </revdescription> </revision> <revision> <revnumber>1.3</revnumber> <date>10 Nov 2003</date> <authorinitials>DaveP</authorinitials> <revdescription> <para> More added from various places (e.g. DV). </para> </revdescription> </revision> <revision> <revnumber>1.4</revnumber> <date>10 Nov 2003</date> <authorinitials>DaveP</authorinitials> <revdescription> <para> Added LegalNotice and std ents. </para> </revdescription> </revision> <revision> <revnumber>1.5</revnumber> <date>11 Nov 2003</date> <authorinitials>DaveP</authorinitials> <revdescription> <para> More additions from list. </para> </revdescription> </revision> <revision> <revnumber>1.6</revnumber> <date>11 Nov 2003</date> <authorinitials>DaveP</authorinitials> <revdescription> <para> More additions from list and A-Z toc. Needs art.xsl </para> </revdescription> </revision> <revision> <revnumber>1.7</revnumber> <date>19 Dec 2003</date> <authorinitials>DaveP</authorinitials> <revdescription> <para> Update </para> </revdescription> </revision> <revision> <revnumber>1.8</revnumber> <date>30 Jan 2004</date> <authorinitials>TammyFox</authorinitials> <revdescription> <para> Modified to build in fedora-docs module, Red Hat is 2 words, other edits and corrections </para> </revdescription> </revision> <revision> <revnumber>1.9</revnumber> <date>7 Mar 2004</date> <authorinitials>DaveP,TammyFox</authorinitials> <revdescription> <para> Added request for input statement, added KDE and VMware terms (DaveP); added trademark tags around relevant words in new entries and modified para on contributing (TammyFox) </para> </revdescription> </revision> <revision> <revnumber>1.9</revnumber> <date>30 Sept 2004</date> <authorinitials>PaulWFrields,TammyFox</authorinitials> <revdescription> <para> Added Tettnang. </para> </revdescription> </revision> </revhistory> &LEGALNOTICE; </articleinfo> <para> This document attempts to clarify some of the terms used on various lists, &RH; pages, and IRC, when talking about Linux, &RHL; versions, releases, etc. Many thanks to the people on the fedora-list at &RH; for their input. </para> <para> If you would like a word added to this document, please email the mailing list <email&gt;fedora-docs-list(a)redhat.com&lt;/email&gt; . A list to the subscription page is available on the <ulink url="http://fedora.redhat.com/projects/docs/">project home page</ulink>. If you find a problem with these terms, file a <ulink url="http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/">Bugzilla</ulin... report against the fedora-docs component. There is also a bug reporting link on the <ulink url="http://fedora.redhat.com/projects/docs/">project page</ulink> as well. </para> <glossary id="fedora-glossary"> <glossdiv> <title>Jargon Buster</title> <glossentry> <glossterm>alsa</glossterm> <glossdef> <para> The Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) provides audio and MIDI functionality to the Linux operating system. Refer to <ulink url="http://www.alsa-project.org/">alsa-project.org</ulin... </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> <glossentry> <glossterm>Anaconda</glossterm> <glossdef> <para> Anaconda is the installation program for Red Hat distributions. During installation, the system's hardware is identified and configured, and the appropriate file systems for the system's architecture are created. Finally, it allows the user to install the operating system software on the system. Optionally, it can upgrade existing Red Hat installations. Anaconda can run in a fully interactive mode (text or graphical), or in a kickstart mode, which is allows the installation to be scripted for unattended operation. Refer to <ulink url="http://fedora.redhat.com/projects/anaconda-installer/">... </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> <glossentry> <glossterm>apt-get</glossterm> <glossdef> <para> Refer to <ulink url="https://moin.conectiva.com.br/AptRpm">https://moin.conectiva.com.br/AptRpm</ulink>. APT (Advanced Package Tool) is a dependency tool, well known to Debian users since it is used by default with their dpkg packages. But apt has been ported to work with RPM packages too, by Conectiva, who has now used it for some time in their GNU/Linux distribution. The good news is that apt for RPM may be used with any other RPM-based distribution. All you need is the tool compiled for your version of RPM and at least a repository where RPM packages and their apt metadata can be downloaded from. </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> <glossentry> <glossterm>ATrpms </glossterm> <glossdef> <para> This is a 3rd party RPM repository for &RHL; distributions. The original focus laid upon software used in natural sciences, especially in the field of high energy physics, e.g. tools for numerical programming or such for scientific publications. But since then this repository has included many non-scientific software titles, like system tools or multimedia packages, resulting in a far more generic repository. Refer to <ulink url="http://atrpms.physik.fu-berlin.de/">atrpms.physik.fu-berlin.de</ulink> </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> <glossentry> <glossterm>BitTorrent</glossterm> <glossdef> <para> An alternative to a simple FTP or HTTP download. Utilizes multiple channels to download. Refer to <ulink url="http://bitconjurer.org/BitTorrent/">BitTorrent website</ulink> </para> <para> <ulink url="http://torrent.dulug.duke.edu/">Duke.edu</ulink> This is the tracker for Fedora Core 1 'Yarrow' release. </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> <glossentry> <glossterm><trademark>Bluecurve</trademark> </glossterm> <glossdef> <para> An easy-to-navigate interface with intuitively organized menus. Bluecurve has been upgraded in &RHL; 9 and now extends to more areas of the operating system, including the menu and layout of the desktop. </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> <glossentry> <glossterm>Bugzilla</glossterm> <glossdef> <para> This is the &RH; bug-tracking system, our database for recording bugs in &RH; products. For more information about the Bugzilla bug tracking system, please refer to the main <ulink url="http://www.bugzilla.org/">Bugzilla</ulink> home page. </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> <glossentry id="core1"> <glossterm>Core 1</glossterm> <glossdef> <para> The Yarrow version of Fedora. Sometimes abbreviated to FC 1 or fc1, Fedora Core 1. </para> <glossseealso otherterm="names">&RHL; Names</glossseealso> </glossdef> </glossentry> <glossentry id="core2"> <glossterm>Core 2</glossterm> <glossdef> <para> The Tettnang version of Fedora. Sometimes abbreviated to FC 2 or fc2, Fedora Core 2. </para> <glossseealso otherterm="names">&RHL; Names</glossseealso> </glossdef> </glossentry> <glossentry> <glossterm>cron</glossterm> <glossdef> <para> A daemon to execute scheduled commands, for example to check email each day at noon. Cron searches /var/spool/cron for crontab files which are named after accounts in /etc/passwd; </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> <glossentry> <glossterm>CUPS</glossterm> <glossdef> <para> The Common UNIX Printing System ("CUPS") is a cross-platform printing solution for all UNIX environments. It is based on the "Internet Printing Protocol" and provides complete printing services to most PostScript and raster printers.<ulink url="http://www.cups.org/">Home page.</ulink> </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> <glossentry> <glossterm>desktop switcher</glossterm> <glossdef> <para> The switchdesk-gnome package provides a GNOME look and feel for the Desktop Switcher program provided in the switchdesk package. </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> <glossentry> <glossterm>eth0</glossterm> <glossdef> <para> (Normally) the first ethernet port on your system </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> <glossentry> <glossterm>ethtool</glossterm> <glossdef> <para> Ethtool is a Linux net driver diagnostic and tuning tool for the Linux 2.4.x (or later) series of kernels. It obtains information and diagnostics related to media, link status, driver version, PCI (or other) bus location, and more. </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> <glossentry> <glossterm>FAQ</glossterm> <glossdef> <para> Frequently Asked Questions, for Fedora see <ulink url=" http://fedora.redhat.com/about/faq/">fedora.redhat.com</ulink> </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> <glossentry> <glossterm>FDL</glossterm> <glossdef> <para> GNU Free Documentation License (FDL), see <ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl.html">gnu.org</ulink... </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> <glossentry> <glossterm>FHS - File System Hierarchy Standard</glossterm> <glossdef> <para> A collaborative document that defines the names and locations of many files and directories on a Linux system. Worth getting to know if you want to know what <emphasis>should</emphasis> go where. Refer to <ulink url="http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-9-Manual/ref-guide... </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> <glossentry> <glossterm>FreshRPMS</glossterm> <glossdef> <para> A source of RPMs. Matthias Saou, the host, says: In late 2000, I started building quite a few RPM packages for my own needs, that couldn't easily be found elsewhere, or at least not so well suited for &RHL;. A few months later, the website on which these packages were hosted changed its name to become what people know today. A long time has passed and I still maintain all the packages I used to, and more of course! A whole community of users, testers and contributors has grown around the website and its packages, which is something I really didn't expect but really enjoy. Refer to <ulink url="http://freshrpms.net/">freshrpms.net</ulink> </para> <glossseealso otherterm="RPM">RPM</glossseealso> </glossdef> </glossentry> <glossentry> <glossterm>fsck</glossterm> <glossdef> <para> fsck is a command line tool used to check and optionally repair Linux file systems. </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> <glossentry> <glossterm>fsh</glossterm> <glossdef> <para> Remote command execution via a cryptographically strong method such as lsh or ssh is often painfully slow, especially if either of the involved computers is slow. The biggest problem is that the client and the server perform a lot of complex calculations during connection establishment. </para> <para> fsh uses lsh or ssh to establish a secure tunnel to the remote system. This takes as long as a normal connection establishment, but once the tunnel is established, fsh can reuse it to start new sessions on the remote system almost instantaneously. You get the security of ssh and the speed of rsh. </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> <glossentry> <glossterm>gimp</glossterm> <glossdef> <para> The GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed piece of software suitable for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. Refer to <ulink url="http://www.gimp.org/">gimp.org</ulink> </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> <glossentry> <glossterm>glibc</glossterm> <glossdef> <para> The GNU C library is used as the C library in the GNU system and most newer systems with the Linux kernel. Refer to <ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/libc.html">gnu.org<... </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> <glossentry> <glossterm>GNOME</glossterm> <glossdef> <para> The GNOME Project is an effort to create a complete, free and easy-to-use desktop environment for users, as well as a powerful application development framework for software developers. Refer to <ulink url="http://www.gnome.org">Home page </ulink> </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> <glossentry> <glossterm>GPG</glossterm> <glossdef> <para> GnuPG is a complete and free replacement for PGP. Because it does not use the patented IDEA algorithm, it can be used without any restrictions. GnuPG is a RFC2440 (OpenPGP) compliant application. Refer to <ulink url="http://gnupg.org/">gnupg.org</ulink>;. You may also see RPM-GPG-KEY referenced, which relates to the keys used for checking packages. E.g. see <ulink url="http://rpmfind.net/linux/rawhide/1.0/i386/">rpmfind </ulink> </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> <glossentry> <glossterm>GPL &amp; non-GPL http://www.fsf.org/licenses/gpl-faq.htm</glossterm> <glossdef> <para> Gnu General Public Licence. Refer to <ulink url="http://www.fsf.org/licenses/licenses.html">fsf.org</... </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> <glossentry> <glossterm>GRUB</glossterm> <glossdef> <para> GNU GRand Unified Boot loader or GRUB is a program which enables the user to select which installed operating system or kernel to load at system boot time. It also allows the user to pass arguments to the kernel. Refer to <ulink url="http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-9-Manual/ref-guide... </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> <glossentry> <glossterm>i386</glossterm> <glossdef> <para> i386. The entire x86 line of computers and processors, from the Intel 386 forward all the way to Intel Pentium 4 and Athlon chips. All those are compatible with i386 instruction sets, the "lowest common denominator". Often used as shorthand for the distribution set of files meant for this line of computers or processors. </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> <glossentry> <glossterm>IRC</glossterm> <glossdef> <para> IRC (Internet Relay Chat) channel. IRC is a real-time, text-based form of communication. With it, you can have conversations with multiple people in an open channel or chat with someone privately one-on-one. </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> <glossentry> <glossterm>ISO</glossterm> <glossdef> <para> As an acronym, ISO = International Standards Organization. More usefully, an abbreviation for the format of the downloadable version of the CD images, since the ISO defined the CD format. </para> <para> ISO standard ISO 9660:1988 entitled "Information processing -- Volume and file structure of CD-ROM for information interchange" does define the order of bits on a CD-ROM and so an image of an ISO 9660:1988 compliant media is called an ISO. For details see <ulink url="http://www.iso.org">iso.org</ulink> </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> <glossentry> <glossterm>KDE</glossterm> <glossdef> <para> KDE is a desktop environment for UNIX workstations. KDE seeks to fill the need for an easy to use desktop for Unix workstations, similar to the desktop environments found under Mac OS or <trademark class="registered">Microsoft</trademark> <trademark class="registered">Windows</trademark>. Refer to the <ulink url="http://www.kde.org/whatiskde/">Home page</ulink> for more information. </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> <glossentry> <glossterm>kernel</glossterm> <glossdef> <para> The heart of Linux. The main code derived from Linus's original software. </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> <glossentry> <glossterm>kickstart</glossterm> <glossdef> <para> Many system administrators would prefer to use an automated installation method to install &RHL; on their machines. To answer this need, &RH; created the kickstart installation method. Using kickstart, a system administrator can create a single file containing the answers to all the questions that would normally be asked during a typical &RHL; installation. Refer to <ulink url="http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-9-Manual/custom-gu...; </ulink> </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> <glossentry> <glossterm>Kudzu</glossterm> <glossdef> <para> kudzu is the hardware autodetection &amp; configuration tool, originally introduced in &RHL; 6.1. It detects changes in the system's hardware configuration, and gives the option of configuring added or removed devices. It's set up by default to run at each boot. <ulink url="http://fedora.redhat.com/projects/additional-projects/kudzu/&qu... for more. </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> <glossentry> <glossterm>LDAP</glossterm> <glossdef> <para> Lightweight Directory Access Protocol </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> <glossentry> <glossterm>lilo</glossterm> <glossdef> <para> LILO (LInux LOader) is a basic system program which boots your Linux system. LILO loads the Linux kernel from a floppy or a hard drive, boots the kernel and passes control of the system to the kernel. LILO can also boot other operating systems. </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> <glossentry> <glossterm>LSB</glossterm> <glossdef> <para> Linux standard base. The goal of the LSB is to develop and promote a set of standards that will increase compatability among Linux distributions <ulink url="http://www.linuxbase.org/">linuxbase.org</ulink> </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> <glossentry> <glossterm>lspci</glossterm> <glossdef> <para> lspci is a utility for displaying information about all PCI buses in the system and all devices connected to them. </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> <glossentry> <glossterm>Mandrake</glossterm> <glossdef> <para> Another Linux distribution </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> <glossentry> <glossterm>md5sum</glossterm> <glossdef> <para> md5sum computes a 128-bit checksum (or fingerprint or message-digest) for each specified file. Refer to <ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/software/textutils/manual/textutils/html_cha... for Linux man pages. Why is it useful? Having downloaded Fedora, you'll mostly see a related file MD5SUM which holds some rather strange numbers. Run md5sum against the downloaded file or image, and you'll see a match if you are lucky, or if you don't get the match, you can be assured that the download is somehow faulty, and you need to download again, before you burn the CD. </para> <para> For windows, <ulink url="http://downloads.activestate.com/contrib/md5sum/Windows/"&... </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> <glossentry> <glossterm>Memtest86</glossterm> <glossdef> <para> Memory testing may be performed prior to installing Fedora Core by entering <command> memtest86</command> at the boot: prompt. This causes the <command>Memtest86</command> standalone memory testing software to run. <command>Memtest86</command> memory testing continues until the Esc key is pressed. </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> <glossentry> <glossterm>Mount point</glossterm> <glossdef> <para> Mounting a CD is the equivalent of telling the Operating System that you want to use it. In Linux the only file system that is automatically mounted is the root file system which is automatically mounted on the root directory. Other file systems (eg. your floppy drive, cd rom drive, windows partitions, and any linux partitions other than root) can be mounted and unmounted as required. In the case of drives used with portable media (such as floppy drives, cd rom drives, and zip drives) it is necessary to unmount the drive before being able to remove the media from the drive. </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> <glossentry> <glossterm>Mozilla</glossterm> <glossdef> <para> Mozilla is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance and portability. Refer to <ulink url="http://www.mozilla.org">Mozilla.org</ulink> </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> <glossentry> <glossterm>Nautilus</glossterm> <glossdef> <para> The graphical desktop includes a file manager called Nautilus that gives you a graphical display of your system and personal files. Nautilus is designed to be much more than a visual listing of files, however. It allows you to configure your desktop, configure your &RHL; system, browse your photo collection, access your network resources, and more all from one integrated interface. In essence, Nautilus becomes a shell for your entire desktop experience. <ulink url="http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-9-Manual/getting-s... </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> <glossentry> <glossterm>package</glossterm> <glossdef> <para> An alternate name for an RPM. Usually a number of files which together form an application or other usable software entity. Normally meant for installation by a package manager </para> <glossseealso otherterm="RPM">RPM</glossseealso> <glossseealso otherterm="rhconfpkg">redhat-config-packages</glossseealso> </glossdef> </glossentry> <glossentry> <glossterm>pine</glossterm> <glossdef> <para> Pine &mdash; a Program for Internet News &amp; Email &mdash; is a tool for reading, sending, and managing electronic messages (email). Refer to <ulink url="http://www.washington.edu/pine/">washington.edu</uli... </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> <glossentry> <glossterm>Psyche</glossterm> <glossdef> <para> The name given to &RHL; 8 </para> <glossseealso otherterm="names">&RHL; Names</glossseealso> </glossdef> </glossentry> <glossentry> <glossterm>Rawhide</glossterm> <glossdef> <para> The bleeding edge, Rawhide is where the next version of packages are developed and tested. It is usually sort of stable, but on any given day any given package MIGHT be badly broken where the programmers are trying to add something or change something. Do not use on production machines, use at your own risk, etc. </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> <glossentry id="names"> <glossterm>&RHL; Names</glossterm> <glossdef> <para> Tettnang, Yarrow, Shrike, Psyche, et al. Names are given to individual versions of &RHL; and &DISTRO; for reference and easy memory. People often forget whether they are using RHL 8.0 (Psyche), RHL 9 (Shrike), or Fedora Core 1 (Yarrow), but the names are harder to forget. Note that other operating systems do the same thing, including other Linux distros and Microsoft (various versions of Windows have been named Chicago, Cairo, etc.). </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> <glossentry> <glossterm>RHEL</glossterm> <glossdef> <para> &RHEL; is the premiere operating system for open source computing. It's sold by annual subscription, runs on seven system architectures, is certified by top enterprise software and hardware vendors, and backed by a &RHN; subscription and up to 24x7 support with one-hour response. Refer to <ulink url="http://www.redhat.com/software/rhel/">&RH; </ulink> for more. </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> <glossentry id="rhconfpkg"> <glossterm>redhat-config-packages</glossterm> <glossdef> <para> redhat-config-packages is the package manager for &RHL; and &DISTRO;. It supports installation of packages from CD or other sources </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> <glossentry> <glossterm>&RH; End User Licence Agreement (RHEULA)</glossterm> <glossdef> <para> Each of &RH; software products is covered by an End User License Agreement. Refer to <ulink url="http://www.redhat.com/licenses/">&RH;</ulink> </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> <glossentry> <glossterm>rhgb </glossterm> <glossdef> <para> &RH; Graphical Boot. </para> <para> Fedora Core 1 now uses a graphical interface while booting. The graphical boot screen will appear once the kernel has loaded. Graphical booting is controlled by the GRAPHICAL line in the <filename>/etc/sysconfig/init</filename> file; set it to "no" to permanently disable graphical booting. In addition, the parameter rhgb must be appended to your bootloader command line. </para> <para> Systems that have been upgraded to Fedora Core 1 will not be configured to include the graphical boot feature. You must install the rhgb package, and add the rhgb boot-time parameter to your bootloader configuration. </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> <glossentry> <glossterm>RHN</glossterm> <glossdef> <para> &RHN; </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> <glossentry> <glossterm>RHN Applet</glossterm> <glossdef> <para> This applet, although called the rhn-applet really has nothing to do with RHN in Fedora. It is really just the convenient mechanism for GUI access to up2date. </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> <glossentry id="RPM"> <glossterm>RPM</glossterm> <glossdef> <para> &RH; Package Manager, or nowadays, RPM Package Manager. </para> <para> The standard way to build and distribute any application for &RHL;, &DISTRO;, and other Linux distributions that now use the same format. This includes Mandrake and possibly others of which I might be unaware. RPM is also the name for the application and command with which you install, upgrade, query, or remove an RPM package, and you often refer to a package as "the Apache RPM" meaning the RPM file for that application. Can also check dependencies between installed and new packages. </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> <glossentry> <glossterm>Rsync</glossterm> <glossdef> <para> rsync is an open source utility that provides fast incremental file transfer. Refer to <ulink url="http://samba.anu.edu.au/rsync/">samba.anu.edu</ulink> </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> <glossentry> <glossterm>SELinux</glossterm> <glossdef> <para> <ulink url="http://www.nsa.gov/selinux/">nsa.gov</ulink>;, from which, Security-Enhanced Linux. This version of Linux has a strong, flexible mandatory access control architecture incorporated into the major subsystems of the kernel. </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> <glossentry> <glossterm>Severn</glossterm> <glossdef> <para> The beta version of Fedora, closed off early November 2003, severn was the beta version 0.95 </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> <glossentry> <glossterm>Shrike</glossterm> <glossdef> <para> The name given to &RHL; 9 </para> <glossseealso otherterm="names">&RHL; Names</glossseealso> </glossdef> </glossentry> <glossentry> <glossterm>Sodipodi</glossterm> <glossdef> <para> Sodipodi is general vector illustrating application for Linux/Unix and Windows. It uses W3C SVG as native file and in-memory image format and can do many neat things. Refer to <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/sodipodi">Sourceforge&l... </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> <glossentry> <glossterm>SRPMs</glossterm> <glossdef> <para> Source RPM, contains the source code for the package in case you want to read it or modify it. You do not need any SRPMS to install or use the software. </para> <glossseealso otherterm="RPM">RPM</glossseealso> </glossdef> </glossentry> <glossentry> <glossterm>Tettnang</glossterm> <glossdef> <para> "Tettnang" is the second release (version 2) of Fedora Core. </para> <glossseealso otherterm="names">&RHL; Names</glossseealso> <glossseealso otherterm="core2">Core 2</glossseealso> </glossdef> </glossentry> <glossentry> <glossterm>Up2date</glossterm> <glossdef> <para> up2date is a complete system for managing and updating RPM packages on &RHL; and &DISTRO; system. It has both command line and gui modes. Refer to <ulink url="http://www.redhat.com/advice/tips/up2date.html">&RH; site</ulink> for more detail. </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> <glossentry> <glossterm>VMware</glossterm> <glossdef> <para> A commercial product, <trademark class="registered">VMware</trademark> Workstation is virtual machine software for the desktop. Optimized for the power user, VMware Workstation runs multiple operating systems, including Microsoft Windows, Linux, and <trademark class="registered">Novell</trademark> <trademark class="registered">NetWare</trademark>, simultaneously on a single PC in fully networked, portable virtual machines. VMware Workstation works by enabling multiple operating systems and their applications to run concurrently on a single physical machine. These operating systems and applications are isolated in secure virtual machines that co-exist on a single piece of hardware. The VMware virtualization layer maps the physical hardware resources to the virtual machine's resources, so each virtual machine has its own CPU, memory, disks, I/O devices, etc. Virtual machines are the full equivalent of a standard x86 machine. Refer to its <ulink url="http://www.vmware.com/">home page </ulink> for more information. </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> <glossentry> <glossterm>VNC</glossterm> <glossdef> <para> VNC stands for Virtual Network Computing. It is remote control software which allows you to view and interact with one computer (the "server") using a simple program (the "viewer") on another computer anywhere on the Internet. Refer to <ulink url="http://www.realvnc.com/">realvnc.com</ulink> </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> <glossentry> <glossterm>XFS</glossterm> <glossdef> <para> XFS is a journalling filesystem developed by SGI and used in SGI's IRIX operating system. It is now also available under GPL for linux. It is extremely scalable, using btrees extensively to support large and/or sparse files, and extremely large directories. The journalling capability means no more waiting for fsck's or worrying about meta-data corruption. Refer to <ulink url="http://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/faq.html#whatisxfs">oss... </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> <glossentry> <glossterm>Ximian</glossterm> <glossdef> <para> Provides a modified version of GNOME, which can be installed on a Linux distributions. Warning: After installing Ximian GNOME, it must be uninstalled before upgrading &RHL; or &DISTRO;. Refer to the <citetitle>Release Notes</citetitle> for details. </para> <para> Ximian had its genesis in the GNOME project and offers a complete Linux desktop environment and productivity application suite. Refer to <ulink url="http://www.ximian.com/about_us/">the home page</ulink>. The company was founded by some of the GNOME developers as a commercial entity related to GNOME. This led to the development of Evolution and improvement in GNOME. Bought by Novell Aug 2003 </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> <glossentry> <glossterm>X Window System</glossterm> <glossdef> <para> Possibly a misnomer, though often used to describe the GUI (Window like ) user interface for Linux. Refer to <ulink url="http://www.ntlug.org/~cbbrowne/xwindows.html">ntlug.org... for the rationale. </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> <glossentry> <glossterm>Yarrow</glossterm> <glossdef> <para> "Severn" was a beta version of Fedora and "yarrow" is the first release version 1, November 6, 2003 </para> <para> Also, yarrow - ubiquitous strong-scented mat-forming Eurasian herb of wasteland, hedgerow or pasture having narrow serrate leaves and small usually white florets; widely naturalized in North America. Yarrow is also, like Severn, a river in the UK. </para> <glossseealso otherterm="names">&RHL; Names</glossseealso> <glossseealso otherterm="core1">Core 1</glossseealso> </glossdef> </glossentry> <glossentry> <glossterm>Yum</glossterm> <glossdef> <para> Yum is an automatic updater and package installer/remover for RPM systems. It automatically computes dependencies and figures out what actions should occur to install packages. Refer to <ulink url="http://linux.duke.edu/projects/yum/">Duke University</ulink> </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> <!-- <glossentry> <glossterm></glossterm> <glossdef> <para> </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> <glossentry> <glossterm></glossterm> <glossdef> <para> </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> --> </glossdiv> </glossary> </article> <!-- Local variables: mode: xml fill-column: 72 End: --> Index: Makefile =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/docs/jargon-buster/Makefile,v retrieving revision 1.3 retrieving revision 1.4 diff -u -r1.3 -r1.4 --- Makefile 24 Feb 2004 19:14:47 -0000 1.3 +++ Makefile 17 Aug 2005 17:09:02 -0000 1.4 @@ -1,29 +1,30 @@ ############################################################################### # Makefile for RHLP docs project # Created by: Tammy Fox <tfox(a)redhat.com&gt; -# Last edited by: Tammy Fox <tfox(a)redhat.com&gt; +# Last edited by: Tommy Reynolds <Tommy.Reynolds(a)MegaCoder.com&gt; # WARNING: need passivetex 1.24 for pdf generation to work # License: GPL -# Copyright 2003-2004 Tammy Fox, Red Hat, Inc. +# Copyright 2003 Tammy Fox, Red Hat, Inc. +# Copyright 2005 Tommy Reynolds, MegaCoder.com ############################################################################### -XSLPDF = ../xsl/main-pdf.xsl -XSLHTML = ../xsl/main-html.xsl -LANG = en -DOCNAME = fedora-jargon-buster-$(LANG) -XMLFILE = $(DOCNAME).xml +XSLPDF = ../docs-common/xsl/main-pdf.xsl +XSLHTML = ../docs-common/xsl/main-html.xsl +XSLHTMLNOCHUNKS = ../docs-common/xsl/main-html-nochunks.xsl +LANG = en +DOCNAME = jargon-buster-$(LANG) +XMLFILE = $(DOCNAME).xml +XMLEXTRAFILES = ###################################################### -html: - @xmlto html -x $(XSLHTML) -o $(DOCNAME) $(XMLFILE) - @mkdir -p $(DOCNAME)/stylesheet-images - @cp ../stylesheet-images/*.png $(DOCNAME)/stylesheet-images - @cp ../css/fedora.css $(DOCNAME) - - -pdf: - @xmlto pdf -x $(XSLPDF) $(XMLFILE) +include ../docs-common/Makefile.common ###################################################### -clean: - @rm -rfv *.html *.pdf *.tex $(DOCNAME) +# If you want to add additional steps to any of the +# targets defined in "Makefile.common", be sure to use +# a double-colon in your rule here. 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