Many Linux beginners have just "immigrated" from Windows and are both novel and unfamiliar with the Linux environment and operations. How can we help beginners find their feelings quickly and enter the Linux palace as soon as possible? Of course, we start with the operating environment and usage habits. A familiar environment and habitual operation can allow beginners to get started quickly. Below, the author takes the Hongqi Linux environment as an example to DIY a familiar environment to make Linux more like Windows.
Interface icon transformation
There are many exquisite desktop themes under Linux, among which kde_xp and Windows XP are the most similar. The author will take the Kde_xp style of Hongqi Linux 4.1 as an example to introduce how to install desktop themes on Hongqi Linux.
First, go to /kdexp to download kde_xp_full-0. File to /opt directory, right-click the file, and select "Extract". Or enter the following command in the terminal:
#tar zxvf kde_xp_full-0.
After decompression, enter the kde_xp_full-0.9 directory. At this time, there are three subdirectories kde_xpStyle, kde_xpTheme,
icons, corresponding to style, theme, and icons. Enter the following command in the terminal:
#cd kde_xpTheme
#chmod 777
#./
In this way, the Ked_xp desktop theme is installed. The rest is copied and entered the following command:
#cd /opt/kde_xp_full-0.9/kde_xpStyle
#chmod 777
#./
#cd /opt/kde_xp_full-0.9/icons
#chmod 777
#./
If everything is OK, the terminal will display kde_xp Theme for KDE installed. Next, start configuring the desktop theme, click "Start → Settings → Control Panel → Viewing Configuration", which contains functions such as "Icon", "Window Decoration" and "Style".
After that, double-click "Window Decoration", select "IceWM" in the window Decoration, and select kde_xp in the decoration options to see if the window has become Windows XP style. Next, double-click "Style" and select "kde_xp" in the drop-down bar of "Style → Part Style".
Finally, double-click the "Icon" and you can see that there is an additional "KDE-XP" in the "Theme". Select this option and click OK. In this way, most icons on the desktop have become Windows XP style. The remaining few icons that have not changed can be modified in the following ways. First, right-click the icon, select "Properties", click the large icon under "General", and then you can select the icon you like. (The icon of "My Computer" needs to be modified in the root directory) At this time, the default desktop Bliss of Windows XP has also been installed under /root/.kde/share/wallpapers/. After some settings, the desktop should look very similar to Windows XP.
Shortcut key scheme using Windows
When I first started using Hongqi Linux, I found that the shortcut keys that were well used under Windows failed under Linux, and even the most commonly used shortcut key "Show Desktop" was "strike". It turns out that there are many shortcut key solutions in Linux system, but the default one is not Windows.
After knowing this reason, it is quite simple to solve. Click "Start" - "Settings" - "Control Panel", then double-click "Shortcut Keys", and select "Windows Solution" in the drop-down menu of "Current Solution" (based on your keyboard, you can choose two ways to have Win keys and no Win keys), and press the "Strike" shortcut key after confirmation to exit.
"My Documents" are unified
Generally speaking, my computer is Windows + Hongqi Linux dual system. Out of habit, some commonly used files are often placed in "My Documents", but the "My Documents" directories under Hongqi Linux and Windows are not unified, and Windows cannot directly access the Linux partition, which brings some inconvenience to the operation.
The same "My Document" can be shared perfectly by the following methods. First, drag the "My Document" icon in Windows to /root/Desktop and then release the left button. Select "Link to Current Location (L)" in the options menu that appears, and then rename the document to "mydocument" (excluding quotes; if the system prompts that the folder already exists, please rename the mydocument in the Desktop directory first). This allows you to point to the same folder as the desktop and "My Documents" in the menu on the left side of "My Computer".
Let Ark support RAR
Hongqi Linux has the best graphical compression and decompression software Ark under Linux, but today, the Internet world where RAR compressed documents are everywhere, it is a pity that the default Ark does not support RAR format.
But it doesn't matter. You can go to / to download the latest official version of RAR for Linux, decompress the downloaded compressed package, enter the terminal, and enter the "make" command to complete the installation. In this way, RAR for Linux is automatically integrated into Ark. In the future, double-clicking the RAR compression package will directly call Ark for processing, which is very convenient.
Linux virtual one-stop
I often hear friends complain that there are no graphical virtual optical drives and virtual floppy drive tools as convenient as Windows in Linux. It is really troublesome to enter a long list of command characters for a virtual hardware. In fact, this problem can be easily accomplished with a "virtual one-stop". "Virtual One-Stop" is an integrated virtual tool software independently developed by an open source enthusiast that integrates virtual optical drive, virtual floppy drive and virtual drive disk.
Next, let’s introduce the installation and use of “virtual one-stop”. First, download VirtualDra gon-1.0-1. Here, after downloading, double-click the RPM package to complete the installation. Then open the main software interface by clicking "Start → Programs → Virtual Virtual One-stop". There are three tabs on the main interface: "Virtual Optical Drive", "Virtual Floppy Drive", and "Virtual Drive Disk", and the interface is shown in Figure 2.
Take the virtual optical drive as an example. First select the "Virtual Optical Drive" tab on the main interface, click "Open" to set the location of the ISO image file on your computer, and press "Open" to confirm. When using the virtual optical drive, click "mount" in the action box, and the system will automatically pop up the contents in the virtual mirror.
When you open "My Computer", you will find that there is an "virtual optical drive" on the computer, and you can operate it like using a normal optical drive. If you observe carefully, you will find that there is an additional vcd folder in the /mnt/ directory, which is the real directory of the virtual optical drive. When not in use, just click "Uninstall" on the main interface of the software.
The operation method of a virtual floppy drive is similar to that of a virtual optical drive. After the virtualization is completed, the "virtual floppy drive" item will also appear in "My Computer", and its real path is /mnt/vfb. The "virtual floppy drive" item also has the function of writing from the floppy drive image to the floppy disk/creating a mirror file from the floppy disk as shown in Figure 3.
The specific operation is as follows: First insert an empty floppy disk into the floppy drive and click "Open" to set the location of the IMG image file on your computer, press "Open" to confirm, and then click "Write Floppy" in the action box to write to the floppy disk from the floppy drive image. Similarly, insert a floppy drive with content written into the floppy drive and enter the save path (default is /root/) under the "Make a mirror file from the floppy disk (please enter the save path)" box (default is /root/), and then click Make to complete the mirror file from the floppy disk.
The last function of the virtual one-stop is the "virtual drive disk". This function is the same as Vfloopy under Windows. The difference is that the former is based on Windows OS Loader and has a limit on the image size (1.44M/2.88M), while this program is based on Linux GRUB, which can use any size of image files, or even compress it into .gz images.
The method of using it is to click "Open" to set the location of the IMG image file on your computer and press "Open" to confirm. Then enter the title (default is "boot from virtual floppy") in the blank below "Please enter the startup item title (which will be displayed in the GRUB menu)" and click "Add". A prompt box will pop up, prompting that it will take effect after restarting, and the successful operation is shown in Figure 4.
After restarting, there will be an additional "boot from virtual floppy" option at the bottom of the GRUB menu. After selecting and pressing Enter, you will directly enter the virtual boot disk. Today, when floppy drives are gradually fading out of standard installation, "virtual drive disks" often play unexpected functions, and the author recommends everyone to use them here.
In actual operation, the author has also discovered some shortcomings. For example, you must log in to the system as root to use the software. Currently, the software can only simulate ISO and IMG files. But in general, the "virtual one-stop" operation is simple and easy to use, reflecting the humanized side of Linux. It is very suitable for beginners and Linux users who are too lazy to enter a long list of command characters.