Linux Workshop

May 24, 2005

CDs: Burning and Ripping

• Burning- the process of creating a CD from data
  • K3B = cdrecord + cdrdao + readcd
  • K Menu -> Multimedia -> CD & DVD Burning (K3B)
    • Audio CDs
    • Data CDs
    • Copy CDs
    • CD images - ISOs
      • creating an ISO
      • writing an ISO to a CD
• Ripping- the process of creating data from a CD
  • audiocd protocol in Konqueror
  • MP3s & WAVs

PDFs: Installing and Configuring Acrobat Reader

• Downloading Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0
  • http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
  • Linux (.tar.gz)
• Unzipping Acrobat
  • Konqueror - Extract with right-click
• Running the INSTALL script
  • Window -> Show Terminal Emulator
  • ./INSTALL
• Creating the folder
  • Acroread - the executable
• Configuring PDFs to use Acrobat Reader
  • Edit -> Edit File Type
  • Embedding/Previewing
• Adding Acrobat Reader to the K Menu
  • K Menu -> Settings -> Menu Editor