Chapter 4. Advanced Usage and Managing Ubuntu

• Adding and Removing Programs and Packages

• Keeping Your Computer Updated

• Moving to the Next Ubuntu Release

• Using and Abusing Devices and Media

• Configuring a Printer in Ubuntu

• Graphically Access Remote Files

• The Terminal

• Working with Windows

• Summary

AS YOU'VE SEEN SO FAR, Ubuntu is relatively straightforward to set up and use for the common day-to-day types of uses. With time though, most users want to change their software, add and experiment with other software that Ubuntu has to offer, install and use hardware devices and printers, access remote files, use the famous (and sometimes feared) terminal, and may even want to run some Windows programs. Ubuntu provides many ways to do each of these things. While they are a little more complex than the material covered in previous chapters, the Ubuntu community has worked hard to make them as easy as possible, and this chapter shows you how to do all of them.