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en: Update sys-tools (Hdbk)
author Paul Issott <paul@slitaz.org>
date Wed Mar 25 17:40:15 2009 +0000 (2009-03-25)
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     1.4  <a name="intro"></a>
     1.5  <h3>SliTaz sound and video</h3>
     1.6  <p>
     1.7 -SliTaz LiveCD mode provides sound support, but no video player<sup>**</sup>, however you can watch YouTube by installing 
     1.8 +SliTaz LiveCD mode provides sound support, but no video player, however you can watch YouTube by installing 
     1.9  the <code>get-flash-plugin</code> package. To watch videos you can use Xine, it supports most formats such 
    1.10  as avi, mov, mpeg, etc. Note Xine can also act as an audio player. At the sound level, you have a mixer 
    1.11  (alsamixer) and audio player (alsaplayer), both installed by default on the standard LiveCD. SliTaz also
    1.12 @@ -194,10 +194,6 @@
    1.13  <p>Official Xine <a href="http://xinehq.de/index.php/home">website</a>
    1.14  </p>
    1.15  
    1.16 -<p>
    1.17 -** <em>Note</em>: mplayer now included in 'cooking' versions.
    1.18 -</p>
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     2.1 --- a/en/doc/handbook/system-tools.html	Wed Mar 25 16:49:41 2009 +0100
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    2.13  
    2.14  <ul>
    2.15  	<li><a href="#clex">Clex</a> - Command line File Manager.</li>
    2.16 -	<li><a href="#emelfm2">emelFM2</a> - File Manager.</li>
    2.17 +	<li><a href="#pcmanfm">PCmanFM</a> - File Manager.</li>
    2.18  	<li><a href="#htop">Htop</a> - View system processes.</li>
    2.19  	<li><a href="#mountbox">Mountbox</a> - Mount devices.</li>
    2.20  	<li><a href="#gparted">Gparted</a> - Partition a hard drive.</li>
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    2.22  <a name="clex"></a>
    2.23  <h3>Clex - Command line File Manager</h3>
    2.24  <p>
    2.25 -To navigate through your folders and directories you can use <code>cd</code> on the command line or 
    2.26 -launch the 'Clex File Manager'. Using ncurses, clex is fast and easy to use and can be configured through 
    2.27 -the files ~/.clexrc and ~/.clexbm (bookmarks) or via the panel (ctrl -g). To start clex from a terminal or 
    2.28 -console:
    2.29 +To navigate through your folders and directories you can use <code>cd</code> 
    2.30 +on the command line or launch the 'Clex File Manager'. Using ncurses, 
    2.31 +clex is fast and easy to use and can be configured through the files 
    2.32 +~/.clexrc and ~/.clexbm (bookmarks) or via the panel (ctrl -g). 
    2.33 +To start clex from a terminal or console:
    2.34  </p>
    2.35  <pre>
    2.36   $ clex
    2.37  </pre>
    2.38  
    2.39 -<a name="emelfm2"></a>
    2.40 -<h3>emelFM2 - File Manager</h3>
    2.41 +<a name="pcmanfm"></a>
    2.42 +<h3>PCmanFM - File Manager</h3>
    2.43  <p>
    2.44 -EmelFM2 is a file manager providing many useful functions for daily tasks such as managing devices, opening 
    2.45 -terminals in the current directory, drag and drop, creating directories, key bindings or managing file 
    2.46 -permissions. It contains bookmarks to allow you to browse faster, a text editor/viewer and much more.
    2.47 -EmelFM2 can be launched with some command line options - you can specify the dustbin directory or set the 
    2.48 -start directory to display. For a full list of options:
    2.49 -<code>$ emelfm2 --help</code>.
    2.50 +PCmanFM is a file manager providing many useful functions for daily tasks 
    2.51 +such as managing devices, opening terminals in the current directory, 
    2.52 +drag and drop, creating directories or managing file permissions. It 
    2.53 +contains bookmarks to allow you to browse faster, search functions and 
    2.54 +much more. PCmanFM can be launched with some command line options - you 
    2.55 +can set the wallpaper to display or open folders in new tabs, etc. For a 
    2.56 +full list of options:
    2.57 +<code>$ pcmanfm --help-all</code>.
    2.58  </p>
    2.59  <p>
    2.60 -The context menu (right click on file/directory) makes it easy to unpack <code>.taz .gz</code> archives, 
    2.61 -compress and create archives or compare files. You can also create symbolic links via 'Create a link...'. 
    2.62 -Once learned, emelFM2 will allow you to work quickly and effectively.
    2.63 +The context menu (right click on file/directory) makes it easy to unpack 
    2.64 +<code>.taz .gz</code> archives, compress and create archives. PCmanFM 
    2.65 +allows you to work quickly and effectively.
    2.66  </p>
    2.67  
    2.68  <a name="htop"></a>
    2.69  <h3>Htop - View system processes</h3>
    2.70  <p>
    2.71 -Htop is a system process viewer that displays cpu load, memory state (RAM) and swap used. It can also 
    2.72 -display the number of tasks, uptime and PIDs of active processes. Htop can be used with the keyboard in 
    2.73 -console mode, the mouse with a X terminal (xterm) and provides configuration options (F2). Htop can also 
    2.74 -kill processes and you can select items with the up/down arrows or a mouse click. Note htop also functions 
    2.75 -via SSH and can be used to monitor a remote server:
    2.76 +Htop is a system process viewer that displays cpu load, memory state (RAM) 
    2.77 +and swap used. It can also display the number of tasks, uptime and PIDs 
    2.78 +of active processes. Htop can be used with the keyboard in console mode, 
    2.79 +the mouse with a X terminal (xterm) and provides configuration options (F2). 
    2.80 +Htop can also kill processes - you can select items with the up/down 
    2.81 +arrows or a mouse click. Note htop also functions via SSH and can be used 
    2.82 +to monitor a remote server:
    2.83  </p>
    2.84  <pre>
    2.85 - $ htop
    2.86 + # tazpkg get-install htop
    2.87  </pre>
    2.88  
    2.89  <a name="mountbox"></a>
    2.90  <h3>Mountbox - Mount devices</h3>
    2.91  <p>
    2.92 -Mountbox is a small GTK+ application to quickly mount media
    2.93 -such as a USB drive, hard drive or cdrom. Mountbox can be launched from a terminal or via the Tools menu 
    2.94 -(System Tools). Simply specify the peripheral (Device) and the mount point, ie. the directory where you want 
    2.95 -to access the media in question. Typically a CD is mounted on /media/cdrom, a USB key on /media/flash and 
    2.96 -disk drives on the local machine on /mnt. Note the <a href="system-admin.html#devices">handbook</a> also 
    2.97 -contains more information.
    2.98 +Mountbox is a small GTK+ application to quickly mount media such as a 
    2.99 +USB drive, hard drive or cdrom. Mountbox can be launched from a terminal 
   2.100 +or via the Tools menu (System Tools). Simply specify the peripheral 
   2.101 +(Device) and the mount point, ie. the directory where you want to access 
   2.102 +the media in question. Typically a CD is mounted on /media/cdrom, a USB 
   2.103 +key on /media/flash and disk drives on the local machine on /mnt. Note 
   2.104 +the <a href="system-admin.html#devices">Handbook</a> also contains more 
   2.105 +information.
   2.106  </p>
   2.107  
   2.108  <a name="gparted"></a>
   2.109  <h3>Gparted - Partition a hard drive</h3>
   2.110  <p>
   2.111 -Gparted is a graphical application making it possible to manage the partitions of a local hard drive or USB media.
   2.112 -It allows you to reformat, resize or check a partition on a hard drive and is the tool of choice if you need 
   2.113 -to prepare a partition to install SliTaz. Gparted supports proper GNU/Linux filesystems (ext2 and ext3) 
   2.114 -via mkfs, and Parted automatically handles dependancies.
   2.115 +Gparted is a graphical application making it possible to manage the 
   2.116 +partitions of a local hard drive or USB media. It allows you to reformat, 
   2.117 +resize or check a partition on a hard drive and is the tool of choice if 
   2.118 +you need to prepare a partition to install SliTaz. Gparted supports proper 
   2.119 +GNU/Linux filesystems (ext2 and ext3) via mkfs, and Parted automatically 
   2.120 +handles dependancies.
   2.121  </p>
   2.122  
   2.123  <h4>Support FAT and NTFS filesystems</h4>
   2.124  <p>
   2.125 -To have the support of FAT16 or Windows FAT32 filesystems, you must install the package 
   2.126 -<code>dosfstools</code>. To enable read/write support for NTFS partitions: <code>fuse</code>, 
   2.127 -<code>ntfs-3g</code> and <code>ntfsprogs</code>.
   2.128 +To have the support of FAT16 or Windows FAT32 filesystems, you must 
   2.129 +install the package <code>dosfstools</code>. To enable read/write support 
   2.130 +for NTFS partitions: <code>fuse</code>, <code>ntfs-3g</code> and 
   2.131 +<code>ntfsprogs</code>.
   2.132  </p>
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