jargon-buster jargon-buster-en.xml,1.3,1.4
Paul W. Frields (pfrields)
fedora-docs-commits at redhat.com
Fri Aug 26 17:12:00 UTC 2005
Author: pfrields
Update of /cvs/docs/jargon-buster
In directory cvs-int.fedora.redhat.com:/tmp/cvs-serv18145
Modified Files:
jargon-buster-en.xml
Log Message:
More editing, only changing rev date since this is not to be republished yet
Index: jargon-buster-en.xml
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RCS file: /cvs/docs/jargon-buster/jargon-buster-en.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.3
retrieving revision 1.4
diff -u -r1.3 -r1.4
--- jargon-buster-en.xml 26 Aug 2005 02:43:42 -0000 1.3
+++ jargon-buster-en.xml 26 Aug 2005 17:11:57 -0000 1.4
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<!ENTITY % FEDORA-ENTITIES-EN SYSTEM "../docs-common/common/fedora-entities-en.ent">
%FEDORA-ENTITIES-EN;
-<!ENTITY BOOKID "jargon-buster-1.9.2 (2005-08-25)"> <!-- change version of manual and date here -->
+<!ENTITY BOOKID "jargon-buster-1.9.2 (2005-08-26)"> <!-- change version of manual and date here -->
]>
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@
</revision>
<revision>
<revnumber>1.9.2</revnumber>
- <date>25 Aug 2005</date>
+ <date>26 Aug 2005</date>
<authorinitials>PaulWFrields</authorinitials>
<revdescription>
<para>
@@ -408,6 +408,22 @@
</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
+ <glossentry id="gl-jb-ext3">
+ <glossterm>ext3</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>
+ The <systemitem>ext3</systemitem> file system is a method of
+ organizing data on storage devices. It is based on the
+ older but still vital <systemitem>ext2</systemitem> Linux
+ file system. Most users do not need to understand file
+ system internals because Linux translates this system into
+ understandable concepts such as files and folders. Refer to
+ <ulink url="http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net/"/>, however,
+ for more information on <systemitem>ext2</systemitem> and
+ <systemitem>ext3</systemitem>.
+ </para>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
<glossentry id="gl-jb-faq">
<glossterm>FAQ</glossterm>
<glossdef>
@@ -438,7 +454,7 @@
</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
- <glossentry>
+ <glossentry id="gl-jb-fhs">
<glossterm>FHS</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>
@@ -451,76 +467,81 @@
about the FHS.
</para>
</glossdef>
- </glossentry><!-- End for now - PWF -->
- <glossentry>
+ </glossentry>
+ <glossentry id="gl-jb-freshrpms">
<glossterm>FreshRPMS</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>
- A source of RPMs. Matthias Saou, the host, says: In late
- 2000, I started building quite a few RPM packages for my own
- needs, that couldn't easily be found elsewhere, or at least
- not so well suited for &RHL;. A few months later, the
- website on which these packages were hosted changed its name
- to become what people know today. A long time has passed and
- I still maintain all the packages I used to, and more of
- course! A whole community of users, testers and contributors
- has grown around the website and its packages, which is
- something I really didn't expect but really enjoy. Refer to
- <ulink url="http://freshrpms.net/">freshrpms.net</ulink>
+ A third-party repository of <xref linkend="gl-jb-rpm"/>
+ software packages. FreshRPMS is soon to be subsumed into
+ the larger RPMForge repository. Refer to <ulink
+ url="http://www.freshrpms.net/"/> for more information.
</para>
- <glossseealso otherterm="RPM">RPM</glossseealso>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
- <glossentry>
+ <glossentry id="gl-jb-fsck">
<glossterm>fsck</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>
- fsck is a command line tool used to check and optionally
- repair Linux file systems.
+ The <command>fsck</command> utility is a command line tool
+ used to check and repair file systems. It is normally used
+ with Linux file systems such as <xref
+ linkend="gl-jb-ext3"/>, but also has the ability to make
+ repairs on some Windows file systems.
</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
- <glossentry>
+ <glossentry id="gl-jb-fsh">
<glossterm>fsh</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>
Remote command execution via a cryptographically strong
- method such as lsh or ssh is often painfully slow,
- especially if either of the involved computers is slow. The
- biggest problem is that the client and the server perform a
- lot of complex calculations during connection establishment.
+ method such as <command>lsh</command> or
+ <command>ssh</command> is often slow, especially if either
+ of the involved computers is slow. The process is slow
+ because the client and the server must perform a series of
+ complex calculations during connection establishment.
</para>
<para>
- fsh uses lsh or ssh to establish a secure tunnel to the
- remote system. This takes as long as a normal connection
- establishment, but once the tunnel is established, fsh can
- reuse it to start new sessions on the remote system almost
- instantaneously. You get the security of ssh and the speed
- of rsh.
+ The <command>fsh</command> utility uses
+ <command>lsh</command> or <command>ssh</command> to
+ establish a secure tunnel to the remote system. This process
+ takes as long as a normal connection establishment. Once
+ the tunnel is established, however, <command>fsh</command>
+ reuses it to start new sessions on the remote system almost
+ instantaneously. With this process, <command>fsh</command>
+ combines the security of ssh and the speed of rsh.
</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
- <glossentry>
- <glossterm>gimp</glossterm>
+ <glossentry id="gl-jb-gimp">
+ <glossterm>GIMP</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>
- The GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a
- freely distributed piece of software suitable for such tasks
- as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring.
- Refer to <ulink url="http://www.gimp.org/">gimp.org</ulink>
+ The GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. The GIMP is
+ graphics software suitable for such tasks as photo
+ retouching, image composition and image authoring. The GIMP
+ will read and write graphics files in a variety of formats,
+ including JPG, PNG, BMP, GIF. It will also import some
+ proprietary image formats from other graphics programs.
+ Refer to <ulink url="http://www.gimp.org/"/> for more
+ information about the GIMP.
</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
- <glossentry>
+ <glossentry id="gl-jb-glibc">
<glossterm>glibc</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>
- The GNU C library is used as the C library in the GNU system
- and most newer systems with the Linux kernel. Refer to
- <ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/libc.html">gnu.org</ulink>
+ The GNU C library, or <systemitem>glibc</systemitem>, is
+ used as the C library in &FED;. Most software programs for
+ your &FED; system rely on <systemitem>glibc</systemitem> for
+ basic common functions. Refer to <ulink
+ url="http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/libc.html"/> for more
+ information about <systemitem>glibc</systemitem>.
</para>
</glossdef>
- </glossentry>
+ </glossentry><!-- end PWF -->
<glossentry id="gl-jb-gnome">
<glossterm>GNOME</glossterm>
<glossdef>
@@ -810,7 +831,7 @@
which together form an application or other usable software
entity. Normally meant for installation by a package manager
</para>
- <glossseealso otherterm="RPM">RPM</glossseealso>
+ <glossseealso otherterm="gl-jb-rpm">RPM</glossseealso>
<glossseealso otherterm="rhconfpkg">redhat-config-packages</glossseealso>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
@@ -939,7 +960,7 @@
</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
- <glossentry id="RPM">
+ <glossentry id="gl-jb-rpm">
<glossterm>RPM</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>
@@ -1016,7 +1037,7 @@
you want to read it or modify it. You do not need any SRPMS
to install or use the software.
</para>
- <glossseealso otherterm="RPM">RPM</glossseealso>
+ <glossseealso otherterm="gl-jb-rpm">RPM</glossseealso>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
<glossentry>
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