jargon-buster jargon-buster-en.xml, NONE, 1.1 Makefile, 1.3, 1.4 fedora-jargon-buster-en.xml, 1.9, NONE
Paul W. Frields (pfrields)
fedora-docs-commits at redhat.com
Wed Aug 17 17:09:05 UTC 2005
Author: pfrields
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<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>fedora-docs-list at redhat.com</email>
. 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</ulink>
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</ulink>
</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/">&RH;</ulink>
</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/s1-filesystem-fhs.html">&RH;</ulink>
</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</ulink>
</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 & 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</ulink>
</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/s1-grub-whatis.html">&RH;</ulink>
</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-guide/ch-kickstart2.html">&RH;
</ulink>
</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
<glossentry>
<glossterm>Kudzu</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>
kudzu is the hardware autodetection & 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/">fedora.redhat.com</ulink>
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_chapter/textutils_6.html#SEC21">gnu.org</ulink>
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/">activestate.com</ulink>
</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-started-guide/s1-desktop-nautilus.html">redhat</ulink>
</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 — a Program for Internet News & Email —
is a tool for reading, sending, and managing electronic
messages (email). Refer to
<ulink url="http://www.washington.edu/pine/">washington.edu</ulink>
</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</ulink>
</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.sgi.com</ulink>
</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</ulink>
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>
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RCS file: /cvs/docs/jargon-buster/Makefile,v
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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 at redhat.com>
-# Last edited by: Tammy Fox <tfox at redhat.com>
+# Last edited by: Tommy Reynolds <Tommy.Reynolds at MegaCoder.com>
# 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 $(DOCNAME)
+# If you want to add additional steps to any of the
+# targets defined in "Makefile.common", be sure to use
+# a double-colon in your rule here. For example, to
+# print the message "FINISHED AT LAST" after building
+# the HTML document version, uncomment the following
+# line:
+#${DOCNAME}/index.html::
+# echo FINISHED AT LAST
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