| Description |
1 online resource (360 pages) : illustrations |
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--For dummies |
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--For dummies.
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CD-ROM contains the full Ubuntu Linux 6.10, the GNOME Desktop graphical environment, OpenOffice.org desktop productivity suite; Mozilla's Firefox browser, Evolution e-mail and calendaring client, and multimedia applications, Graphical and system administration tools and utilities, network services, and games. |
| Contents |
pt. I. Starting fast -- Ch. 1. Ubuntu and U -- Ch. 2. Live Ubuntu -- Ch. 3. Preparing to install Ubuntu -- Ch. 4. Installing Ubuntu Linux -- Ch. 5. Ubuntu 101 -- pt. II. Networkinq and the Internet -- Ch. 6. Zen and the art of Ubuntu networking -- Ch. 7. Cut the cord : using wireless networking -- Ch. 8. Broadening your horizons with broadband -- Ch. 9. Internet old school : using dialup modems -- Ch. 10. Protecting yourself with a firewall -- pt. III. Working with Ubuntu workstation -- Ch. 11. Introducing GNOME -- Ch. 12. GNOME's going places -- Ch. 13. Printing with GNOME -- Ch. 14. Firing up Firefox -- Ch. 15. Evolution e-mail, calendars, and addresses -- Ch. 16. Opening your Ubuntu Office with OpenOffice.org -- pt. IV. Multimedia Ubuntu -- Ch. 17. Telephonic Ubuntu -- Ch. 18. Instant messaging -- Ch. 19. Connecting to the dark side : working remotely on Windows -- Ch. 20. Lyrical Ubuntu : using multimedia applications -- Ch. 21. Graphical Ubuntu -- pt. V. The part of tens -- Ch. 22. Almost ten Ubuntu resources -- Ch. 23. Almost ten system-administration functions -- pt. VI. Appendixes -- App. A. Tutti-Fruti Ubuntu -- App. B. Stupendous OpenSSH tricks -- GNU general public license. |
| Summary |
What has made Ubuntu the most popular Linux distribution in recent years? It's the emphasis on ease of installation and use. It gets even easier when paired with Ubuntu Linux For Dummies. This friendly reference shows you how to run Ubuntu directly from CD-ROM and install it on a PC as a personal workstation and network server. You'll find out how to download Ubuntu and start using it right away. You'll also discover how to: Connect to a LAN via a wireless and Ethernet Use OpenOffice.org and Mozilla Firefox drawing and editing Tap into multimedia, graphics and other applications using Ubuntu Create services for a home or small business network Generate and manage web pages, print services, and more Find helpful information about Ubuntu and Linux Troubleshoot and fix problems "Ubuntu" means "humanity toward others." Operating system guidebooks don't get any more humane than Ubuntu Linux For Dummies |
| Subject |
Linux.
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Ubuntu (Electronic resource)
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Linux. |
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Ubuntu (Electronic resource) |
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Linux |
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Ubuntu (Electronic resource) |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Sery, Paul G. Ubuntu Linux for dummies. Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, ©2007 (DLC) 2007920022 |
| ISBN |
9780470125052 (paperback) |
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0470125055 (paperback) |
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