Summary

Ubuntu provides many different ways to search for software, install packages, and manage updates. Some of the methods require a graphic display-these are very easy to use but may limit remote administration. If the graphic display is unavailable (or inconvenient), you can always fall back to the command line software management system. Although most of the common software that you might want is available from one of the four standard repositories, you should be prepared to download source code and compile software by hand since some cool projects are not readily available for Ubuntu.