This chapter is about configuring your environment. Now that we now how to use an editor, we can change all kinds of files to make ourselves feel better at home. After completing this chapter, you will know more about:
Organizing your environment
Common shell setup files
Shell configuration
Configuring the prompt
Configuring the graphical environment
Sound and video applications
Display and window managers
How the X client-server system works
Language and font settings
Installing new software
Updating existing packages
