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Moving to Ubuntu Linux
Moving to Ubuntu Linux
ISBN: 032142722X
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2004
Pages: 201
Authors:
Marcel Gagnu00e9
BUY ON AMAZON
Moving to Ubuntu Linux
Table of Contents
Copyright
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Chapter 1. Introducing Ubuntu
But What Is Linux?
Is Linux Really FREE?
What Do I Gain?
What Do I Lose?
Some Tips on Using This Book
Quick Tips and Shelling Out
Meet Your Desktop
Help Me
About the DVD
It s My Philosophy
Resources
Chapter 2. Running and Installing the Ubuntu Live DVD
Ready to Try Ubuntu Linux?
HELP
Taking a Tour of Ubuntu Linux
Installing the Ubuntu Live DVD
Remember to Share
Resources
Chapter 3. Getting Your Hands Dirty (Desktop Overview)
Getting to Know You . . . GNOME
Logging In
Becoming One with the Desktop
Your First Application
Windows, Title Bars, and Menus, Oh My
Command Central
A Polite Introduction to the Command Line
Give Me More
Changing Your Password
User Security
Much Ado About sudo
I Need More Help
Logging Out
Navigating Your Ubuntu Desktop
Resources
Chapter 4. Navigating Nautilus
Files, Directories, and the Root of All Things
Wherever You Go . . .
Search Me . . .
Navigating Networks
Uh, Roger, Copy That . . .
Creating New Folders
Copying Files and Directories (and Moving, Too)
Deleting Files and Folders
Other Interesting Places to Visit
My World, My Way
Making Your Home a Home
Chapter 5. Customizing Your Desktop (or Making Your World Your Own)
I Am Sovereign of All I Survey . . .
Save My Screen, Please
Moving Things Around
Is That a Theme or a Motif?
Adding Icons and Shortcuts to Your Desktop
Applets Galore: Back to the Panel
Miscellaneous Changes
Resources
Chapter 6. Printers and Other Hardware
Yes, It Runs with Linux
Plug and Play
Printers and Printing
Getting Familiar with Your Other Hardware
Modems versus Winmodems
What? More Devices?
Resources
Chapter 7. Connecting to the Internet
Before You Begin
Getting on the Net
Connecting to the Net with a Modem
Cable Modems and High-Speed DSL
Going Wireless
Okay, I m ConnectedNow What?
Resources
Chapter 8. Installing New Applications
Linux and Security
Identifying Software Packages
The Simplest Way to Add Applications
The Synaptic Package Manager
Installing Software with Synaptic
Keeping Ubuntu Up-to-Date
DEBs, the Shell Way
Chapter 9. Instant Messaging, and IRC, Too
Why Jabber?
Instant Messaging with Gaim
IRC: Internet Relay Chat
Resources
Chapter 10. Surfing the Net with Firefox
Mozilla versus Firefox
Extending Firefox
Wrapping UpOther Browsers to Consider
Resources
Chapter 11. Evolution: Email and More
Be Prepared . . .
Evolution
Other Options
Resources
Chapter 12. Evolution: Keeping Organized
Evolution and Planning
Resources
Chapter 13. OpenOffice.org Writer (It Was a Dark and Stormy Night . . .)
Getting Started with OpenOffice.org Writer
Alternative Word Processor Choices
Resources
Chapter 14. OpenOffice.org Calc (Tables You Can Count On)
Starting a New Spreadsheet and Entering Data
Nice, Colorful, Impressive, and Dynamic Graphs
Final Touches
Alternatives
Resources
Chapter 15. OpenOffice.org Impress (For When You Need to Impress Someone)
Getting Ready to Impress
Instant Web Presentations
So What s with the Penguin?
Extra Extra
Alternatives
Resources
Chapter 16. OpenOffice.org Base
The Beginning: Creating a New Database
Setting the Table
Creating Mailing Labels
Further Exploring
Resources
Chapter 17. Digital Art with the GIMP
Ladies and Gentlemen, Start Your GIMP
Printing Your Masterpiece
Tools, Tools, and More Tools
On to the Tool Icons
Touching Up Photographs
What Is Script-Fu?
Resources
Chapter 18. If Music Be the Food of Love . . . (Ubuntu Linux Multimedia)
Adjusting the Levels
Playing Audio CDs with the Sound Juicer
A Simpler CD Player
Ripping and Burning Songs
Playing Your Songs
Can You Feel the Burn?
Put Another Nickel In . . .
Resources
Chapter 19. Would You Like to Play a Game? (Very Serious Fun)
Ubuntu Preinstalled Games
Must-Have Linux Games
More Games I Need More Games
Resources
Chapter 20. Turning Ubuntu into Kubuntu
Installing the Kubuntu Desktop
Doing It with the Shell
Resources
Chapter 21. Taking Command of Ubuntu Linux
Linux Commands: An Easy Start
Working with Files
A Peek at Metacharacters
File Permissions in the Shell
More on rm (or, Oops I didn t really mean that)
Making Your Life Easier with alias
Standard Input and Standard Output
Pipes and Piping
Linux Commands: Working with Directories
There s No Place Like
More on File Permissions
User and Group Ownership
Who Was That Masked User?
Finding Anything
Processes
Working with Editors
Resources
Appendix A. The GNU General Public License
GNU General Public License
Resources
Index
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
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X
Y
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Moving to Ubuntu Linux
ISBN: 032142722X
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2004
Pages: 201
Authors:
Marcel Gagnu00e9
BUY ON AMAZON
Kanban Made Simple: Demystifying and Applying Toyotas Legendary Manufacturing Process
Forming Your Kanban Team
Appendix C Two-Bin Kanban Systems
Appendix E EOQ vs. Kanban
Appendix H Case Study 1: Motor Plant Casting Kanban
Appendix J Abbreviations and Acronyms
A+ Fast Pass
Domain 1 Installation, Configuration, and Upgrading
Domain 4 Motherboard/Processors/Memory
Domain 1 Operating System Fundamentals
Domain 2 Installation, Configuration, and Upgrading
Domain 4 Networks
Documenting Software Architectures: Views and Beyond
P.8. Discussion Questions
The Pipe-and-Filter Style
Communicating-Processes Style
Work Assignment Style
Why to Document Behavior
Java How to Program (6th Edition) (How to Program (Deitel))
Exception-Handling Overview
Introduction
Introduction
Welcome Files
Exercises
Cisco IOS Cookbook (Cookbooks (OReilly))
Selecting the Appropriate Area Types
Creating an SSL VPN
Sending Log Messages to Your Screen
Using NAT for Server Load Distribution
Debugging NAT
Programming .Net Windows Applications
The Integrated Development Environment (IDE)
Publish and Subscribe
The Forms Namespace
Editable Text Controls: TextBoxBase
Up-Down Controls
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