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Index: F

fax devices, support: 8.4.4. Checking Print Utilities

FBDev server: 10.2. Hardware Requirements

f2c translator: 13.6. Other Languages

fdisk

LILO, removing: 5.2.2.4. Removing LILO

Linux partitions, creating: 3.1.3. Creating Linux Partitions

options: 3.1.3. Creating Linux Partitions

fdisk utility: 2.2.4. Repartitioning Your Drives

features, overview: 1.4.2. A Bag of Features

1.4.2. A Bag of Features

fetchmail package: 16.2.2. Getting the Mail to Your Computer with Fetchmail

ff variable (printcap): 8.4.5.3. The rest of the printcap variables

-fg option (xterm): 11.1.1. xinit

file manager, Nautilus (GNOME): 11.4.2.2. Nautilus: your desktop and file manager

11.4.2.2. Nautilus: your desktop and file manager

file sharing

with Windows computers: 12.2.1. Mounting Windows Shares

Windows translation utilities: 12.2.3. File Translation Utilities

filename expansion: 4.8. Filename Expansion

files

archiving, utilities for: 7.1. Archive and Compression Utilities

backing up: 8.1. Making Backups

commands: 4.4.2. Listing Files

compressing, utilities for: 7.1. Archive and Compression Utilities

corrupted, accessing: 8.6.2. Accessing Damaged Files

deleting,avoiding unintended deletions: 5.1. Maintaining the System

Emacs, saving: 9.2.2. Simple Editing Commands

inittab: 5.3.2. init, inittab, and rc Files

kernel boot messages: 5.3.1. Kernel Boot Messages

lilo.config: 5.2.2.1. The /etc/lilo.conf file

locking (lpc): 8.4.12. Controlling Printer Services with lpc

meminfo: 5.6. The /proc Filesystem

overwriting

preventing: 4.9. Saving Your Output

recovering: 8.1. Making Backups

passwd: 5.7.1. The passwd File

5.7.1. The passwd File

permissions, printing: 8.4.10.2. File, directory, and utility privileges

proc/filesystems: 6.1.1. Filesystem Types

rc: 5.3.3. rc Files

restoring from backup: 8.6.3. Restoring Files from Backup

revision control

RCS: 14. Tools for Programmers

RCS utility: 14.2.6. Revision Control Tools — RCS

saving within vi: 9.1.6. Saving Files and Quitting vi

sharing: 1.5.7. Networking

startup files: 4.15. Startup Files

viewing: 4.4.3. Viewing Files, More or Less

Filesystem Hierarchy Standard: 3. Installation and Initial Configuration

filesystems

automounting: 6.1.3. Automounting Devices

boot options: 3.1.1. Booting Linux

booting and: 5.2.1. Using a Boot Floppy

checking and repairing: 6.1.5. Checking and Repairing Filesystems

creating: 3.1.5. Creating the Filesystems

6.1.4. Creating Filesystems

installing Linux: 2.2.1. Installation Overview

etc/fstab file, editing: 3.2.3. Editing /etc/fstab

live: 3.1.6. Installing the Software

management: 6.1. Managing Filesystems

mounting: 6.1.2. Mounting Filesystems

MS-DOS: 6.1.1. Filesystem Types

multiple reasons for: 2.2.3. Linux Partition Requirements

partitioning drives and: 2.2.3. Linux Partition Requirements

platform compatibility: 6.1.1. Filesystem Types

proc: 5.6. The /proc Filesystem

repairing: 8.6.1. Repairing Filesystems

support: 1.4.2. A Bag of Features

building kernel and: 7.4.2. Building the Kernel

types: 6.1.1. Filesystem Types

filesystems (journalling): 6.1.1. Filesystem Types

filters

print: 8.4.7. Print Filters

printing

magic: 8.4.9. Magic Filters: APSfilter and Alternatives

nenscript: 8.4.8. The nenscript Filter

filters, printing: 8.4.5.3. The rest of the printcap variables

9.6.1. How the Printing System Processes a Queued File

find command: 8.1.2. Incremental Backups

finish command (gdb): 14.1.1. Tracing a Program

firmware on Alpha systems: B.2.2.3. Features and limitations of ARC Firmware

floppy disks

backups: 8.1.1.2. Backing up to floppy

filesystems, creating on: 6.1.4. Creating Filesystems

support, enabling: 7.4.2. Building the Kernel

floppy=thinkpad boot option: 3.1.1. Booting Linux

FM synthesis (audio): 9.5.1. A Whirlwind Tour of Digital Audio

FMU (flash-RAM management utility): B.2.2.1. Firmware options

-fn option (xterm): 11.1.1. xinit

fo variable (printcap): 8.4.5.3. The rest of the printcap variables

font resource: 11.6.1. The X Resource Database

foreground color (Emacs): 11.6.2. Emacs and Other Editors

foreground resource: 11.6.1. The X Resource Database

format, printcap file: 8.4.5.1. Printcap file format rules

formatting

LaTeX: 9.3.2.2. Formatting and printing

man pages: 9.3.4.2. Formatting and installing the manual page

tape drives: 8.1.1.1. Backing up to tape

Texinfo: 9.3.5.2. Formatting Texinfo

formatting languages, text processing: 1.5.2. Text Processing and Word Processing

FORTRAN language: 13.6. Other Languages

Forward button (Konqueror): 16.1.1. Using Konqueror and Other Web Browsers

fpic switch (gcc): 13.1.7.1. Creating shared libraries

framebuffer device: 10.2. Hardware Requirements

frames (Emacs): 11.6.2. Emacs and Other Editors

free command: 5.6. The /proc Filesystem

swap space: 6.2. Managing Swap Space

Free Software Foundation: 1.2. A Brief History of Linux

Free Software projects (web sites): A.3.2. Open Source Projects

fsck program

filesystem maintenance: 6.1.5. Checking and Repairing Filesystems

superblock copies and: 8.6.1. Repairing Filesystems

fstab file, configuring NFS: 15.5.1. Configuring NFS

ftape driver: 7.5. Loadable Device Drivers

ftformat utility: 8.1.1.1. Backing up to tape

FTP (File Transfer Protocol)

AlphaLinux reference sites: B.1.3.3. AlphaLinux FTP sites

obtaining Linux: 2.1.2. Getting Linux from the Internet

software sites: A.2. FTP Sites

via World Wide Web: 16.1. The World Wide Web

XFree86 via: 10.3. Installing XFree86

FTP sites, Linux information resources: A.2. FTP Sites

functions, tar command: 7.1.2. Using tar

Fundamental mode (Emacs): 9.2.1. Firing It Up

fvwm2: 1.5.5. The X Window System

window manager: 11.1.1. xinit

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