Browse Space
Add Content
Add Page
Add News
Welcome to the Foresight Linux documentation. Here we provide user documentation that help you with installing and customizing your Foresight. These are wiki pages that allow you to contribute to the existing documentation.
We recommend that you should use Foresight 2, however, if you require documentation for Foresight 1.x, look in the Foresight 1.x group.
Getting Started with Foresight Linux User Guide
The Getting Started User Guide is a high level reference for users new to Linux or Foresight. The User Guide provides a high level overview of Foresight Linux, including:
- Download and Installing Foresight Linux
- Post-Installation Configuration
- Using Applications
- Updating Foresight / Adding & Removing Programs
- Printing
- Getting Help
- Getting Involved with Foresight Linux
Updating the User Guide:
- Join the Documentation team
- Current bug and task list for the User Guide
- HOWTO update the User Guide
Conary for new users from other Distributions
Frequently Asked Questions
- Frequently Asked Questions and Answers (FAQ) for Foresight 1.x
- Frequently Asked Questions and Answers (FAQ) for Foresight 2.x
HOWTOs
The HOWTOs show you how to accomplish certain tasks.
- How do I change icedtea to sun-java ?
- How do I install Foresight Linux in Apple's MacBooks ?
- How do I use proprietary (accelerated) video drivers with Foresight Linux ?
- How to install drivers for older nVidia cards
- [foresight1:How to install nVidia drivers which are not in the repository through conary]
- Notebook HOWTO
- HOWTO Install package X?
- Foresight for web developers
- How to fix Firefox 3 freezing/heavy disk use
- How to fix problems with an ATI HDMI capable graphics card
- How to restore the extlinux boot loader
Short Help for Switchers
- HOWTO bcm43xx
- HOWTO Install up to date plugins for banshee
- HOWTO Share Data
- Notebook HOWTO
- HOWTO Save Energy
- Conary for Debian and Ubuntu Users
- Conary for RPM Users(Fedora,SuSE,Mandriva,...)
- Conary for Gentoo Users
Games
Misc. User Documentation
Help with Documentation - Join the Foresight Docs team!
Documentation is one of the easiest ways to help out and lend a hand. Jump in and edit or create a wiki page! Do you know Docbook or XML? Help out with the User Guide, which is installed for all users. And if you don't know Docbook, don't worry, it's pretty easy to pick up. Or join the Foresight Docs mailing list to share feedback or brainstorm new ideas for documentation.
Alternative Windowmanager
Conary - rPath - versão em português
Conary for Debian and Ubuntu Users
Conary for Gentoo Users
Conary for RPM Users
Create USB installer from iso file
FAQ2
Foresight Beautification
Foresight Linux 2
Foresight Linux for web developers
Games
Getting Started with Foresight Linux
GRUB
How can I contribute to Foresight Linux?
How to fix Firefox 3 freezing or heavy disk use
How to fix problems with an ATI HDMI capable graphics card
How to install ATI or nVidia Binary Drivers on Foresight 1.4
How to install ATI or nVidia Binary Drivers on Foresight 2.x
How to install drivers for older nVidia cards
How to install Xfce
How to restore the extlinux boot loader
How to use NTFS partitions
HOWTO bcm43xx
HOWTO Change Icedtea to sun-java
HOWTO Configure ADSL
HOWTO edit files in command line
HOWTO Encrypt disk
HOWTO Install and run KDE apps on Foresight Gnome Edition
HOWTO Install and use OpenBox
HOWTO Install package X?
HOWTO Install up to date plugins for banshee
HOWTO Install VirtualBox
HOWTO Install VMware Workstation 6.x
HOWTO Rescue Foresight Linux Installation
HOWTO Save Energy
HOWTO Share Data
Install applications
Minimum Requirements
Ndiswrapper setup
Notebook HOWTO
Packages in Foresight 1.0
PPPOE Configuration
Printing
Pytube
Speech Synthesis HOWTO
VMWare Installation HOWTO
Is it possible to use a touchscreen with this? If so what brand, and how? Thanks.
-Dreamerkid