Beginning Ubuntu Linux

From Novice to Professional

By: Keir Thomas

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CD-ROM | 27 March 2007 | Edition Number 2

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This edition is the update to the best-selling first edition introducing Ubuntu Linux. Adapted from the best-selling first edition, this book guides readers through the most commonly desired yet confusing concepts and tasks confronted by new Linux users. The book is purposely focused on end users to satisfy the growing interest in migrating away from Windows to the increasingly mature Linux desktop platform. The book serves as a guide to a rapid and transparent familiarization of those features most treasured by general and power desktop users alike.

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Non-Fiction Computing & I.T.Operating Systems Linux UBUNTU Computer Programming & Software Development Programming & Scripting Languages Software Engineering

Welcome!	p. 3
A history and politics lesson	p. 13
The realities of running Linux	p. 23
Preinstallation steps	p. 31
Installing Ubuntu	p. 43
Solving installation problems	p. 71
Booting Ubuntu for the first time	p. 91
Getting everything up and running	p. 109
How to secure your computer	p. 171
Personalizing Ubuntu : getting everything just right	p. 193
Ubuntu replacements for Windows programs	p. 219
Managing your files	p. 241
Introducing the BASH shell	p. 265
Understanding Linux files and users	p. 283
Working with text files	p. 309
Taking control of the system	p. 327
Cool shell tricks	p. 339
Digital audio	p. 353
Movies and multimedia	p. 373
Digital photos	p. 387
Making the move to OpenOffice.org	p. 413
OpenOffice.org overview	p. 423
In depth : writer	p. 439
In depth : calc	p. 451
In depth : impress	p. 461
In depth : base	p. 471
In depth : evolution	p. 481
Installing and removing software	p. 505
Managing users	p. 533
Optimizing your system	p. 543
Backing up data	p. 559
Scheduling tasks	p. 571
Accessing computers remotely	p. 577
Glossary of Linux terms	p. 595
BASH command index	p. 617
Getting further help	p. 631
Exploring the DVD-ROM : other versions of Ubuntu	p. 641
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