Make your Linux use the same as windows

Many Linux beginners have just migrated from windows, and are new and unfamiliar with the Linux environment and operations. How can beginners quickly find out what they feel and enter the Linux Hall as soon as possible? Of course, it starts with the operating environment and usage habits. The familiar environment and operations can help beginners get started quickly. Next I will take the red-flag Linux environment as an example to DIY a familiar environment, so that Linux can be used more like windows.

Interface icon Transformation

There are many exquisite desktop themes in Linux, among which kde_xp and Windows XP are the most similar. Next I will introduce how to install the desktop theme on red-flag Linux 4.1 with the kde_xp style as an example.

First, go to http://zhaolinux.com/kdexpto download the kde_xp_full-0.9.tar.gz file to the/OPT directory, right-click the file, and select extract ". Or enter the following command in the terminal:

# Tar zxvf kde_xp_full-0.9.tar.gz

After decompression into the kde_xp_full-0.9 directory, there are three subdirectories kde_xpstyle, kde_xptheme,

Icons, corresponding to the style, topic, icon. Enter the following command in the terminal:

# Cd kde_xptheme

# Chmod 777 theme-install-kde.sh

#./Theme-install-kde.sh

In this way, the ked_xp desktop topic is installed, and the rest is based on the gourd image. Enter the following command:

# Cd/opt/kde_xp_full-0.9/kde_xpstyle

# Chmod 777 style-install.sh

#./Style-install.sh

# Cd/opt/kde_xp_full-0.9/icons

# Chmod 777 icons-install-kde.sh

#./Icons-install-kde.sh

If everything is normal, kde_xp theme for KDE installed is displayed on the terminal. Next, configure the desktop topic, and click "Start> Settings> Control Panel> View configuration", which includes "icon", "window decoration", and "style.

Double-click "window decoration", select "icewm" in the window decoration, and select "kde_xp" in the decoration options to see if the window has changed to a Windows XP style. Double-click "style" and select "kde_xp" from the drop-down menu of "style> component style ".

Finally, double-click the icon to see an additional KDE-XP in the topic, select this option and click OK. In this way, most icons on the desktop are converted to Windows XP. The remaining few unchanged Icons can be modified in the following way. Right-click the icon and select "attribute ", click the big icon below "regular" to select your favorite icon. (Here, the "my computer" icon needs to be modified under the root directory) at this time, Windows XP default desktop bliss has been installed in/root /. KDE/share/wallpapers/, after some settings, the desktop should look like Windows XP.

Use windows shortcut keys

When I first started using red-flag Linux, I found that the shortcut keys used in Windows failed in Linux, and even the most commonly used shortcut keys "show desktop" went on strike. In the past, there were many shortcut keys in Linux, but the default one was not windows.

After knowing the cause, the solution is quite simple. Click "start"-"set"-"Control Panel", double-click "shortcut key", and select "Windows solution" from the "current solution" drop-down menu (based on your own keyboard, optional with win key or without win key), press the "strike" shortcut key after exit and return.

"My Documents"

Generally, my computer is a Windows + red-flag Linux dual-system. Out of habit, some commonly used files are often placed in "My documents", but the "My Documents" directories in red-flag Linux and Windows are not uniform, and Windows cannot directly access Linux partitions, this makes the operation inconvenient.

You can use the following methods to share the same "My Documents" perfectly ". First, left-click to drag the "My Documents" icon under Windows to/root/desktop and then open the left button. Select "link to current location (l)" in the option menu that appears )", rename this document to "mydocument" (without quotation marks; if the system prompts that this folder already exists, rename the mydocument under the desktop directory first ). In this way, the desktop and my files in the left-side menu of "My Computer" point to the same folder.

Allow Ark to support RAR

Red-Flag Linux has the best graphical compression and decompression software ark in Linux, but today it is a world of RAR compression files, but the default Ark does not support RAR format is really a pity.

But it doesn't matter. Go to http://www.rarsoft.com/download.htmto download the latest official version of RAR for Linux, decompress the downloaded package, enter the terminal, and enter the "make" command to complete the installation. In this way, rar for Linux is automatically integrated into ark, and double-click the RAR compressed package to directly call ark for processing, which is very convenient.

Linux virtual Dragon

I often hear complaints from my friends that Linux does not have a graphical Virtual Drive or virtual drive tool that is as convenient as windows. It is really troublesome to enter a long string of command characters for a virtual hardware. In fact, this problem can be easily solved with "virtual one-stop. "Virtual one-stop" is an integrated virtual tool software developed by an open-source enthusiast to integrate virtual optical drives, virtual soft drives, and virtual drive disks.

Next, we will introduce the installation and use of "virtual one-stop. First, download the virtualdra gon-1.0-1.i386.rpm here, and then left-click the RPM package to complete the installation. Click Start>Program→ Virtual Dragon "opens the main interface of the software. The main interface consists of three tabs: "Virtual Drive", "Virtual Drive", and "Virtual Drive disk", as shown in interface 2.
Take the virtual optical drive as an example. Select the "virtual Optical Drive" tab on the main interface, click "open", set the location of the ISO image file on your computer, and click "open. When using the virtual optical drive, click "Attach" in the Action box. The system automatically displays the content in the virtual image.

Open "my computer" and you will find that there is an extra "virtual Optical Drive" on the computer. Then you can perform operations like using a normal optical drive. If you take a closer look, you will find that there are multiple VCD folders in the/mnt/directory, which is the real directory of the virtual Optical Drive. When not in use, click "Uninstall" on the main interface of the software.
The operation method of the Virtual Drive is similar to that of the Virtual Drive. After the Virtual Drive is completed, the "Virtual Drive" item appears in "My Computer". Its actual path is/mnt/vfb. The "virtual soft drive" item also provides the "write from a soft drive image to a floppy disk/create an image file from a floppy disk" function as shown in figure 3.

The specific operation is as follows: First insert an empty floppy disk into the floppy disk and click "open" to set the location of the IMG image file on your computer, and press "open" to confirm, then, click "write to floppy disk" in the Action box to write the image from the floppy disk. Similarly, insert a content-based drive into the drive and enter the Save path (/root/demo by default) in the "Create image file from a floppy disk (enter the Save path)" box. IMG), and then click Create to complete the image file from the floppy disk.

The last feature of the virtual one-stop is "Virtual Drive disk ". This function is the same as vfloopy in windows. The difference is that the former is a Windows-based OS loader with a limited image size (1.44 m/2.88m133, and the program is based on the grubps of linux, and can use a small image file, which is compressed into a .gz image.

Click "open" to set the location of the IMG image file on your computer, and click "open. Then enter the title ("boot from virtual Floppy" by default) in the blank area under "Enter the title of the startup Item (which will be displayed in the GRUB menu)" and click "add ", A prompt box is displayed, indicating that the operation will take effect after restart, as shown in operation 4.

After the instance is restarted, the "boot from virtual Floppy" option will be added at the bottom of the GRUB menu. After selecting and pressing enter, the system will directly go to the virtual boot disk. Today, when the soft drive device gradually fades out of the installation standard, the "virtual drive disk" often plays unexpected functions. I suggest you use it here.

In practice, I also found some shortcomings. For example, you must log on to the system as root to use the software. Currently, the software can only simulate ISO and imgfiles. But in general, the "virtual one-stop" operation is simple and easy to use, reflecting the humane nature of Linux. It is very suitable for beginners and users who are too reluctant to enter a long string of command symbols for Linux.