Moving to Ubuntu Linux
Moving to Ubuntu Linux
ISBN: 032142722X
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2004
Pages: 201
Pages: 201
Authors: Marcel Gagnu00e9
- 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
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- Q
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Moving to Ubuntu Linux
ISBN: 032142722X
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2004
Pages: 201
Pages: 201
Authors: Marcel Gagnu00e9