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Book Description

Discover Ubuntu, Today’s Hottest Linux

Everyone’s talking about Ubuntu—it’s not just 100% free, it’s the most useful, practical desktop Linux ever! Now, Linux expert Marcel Gagné reveals Ubuntu’s amazing power and helps you migrate from Windows faster than you ever thought possible.

Moving to Ubuntu Linux will teach you how to do virtually anything with Ubuntu—write documents, create spreadsheets, surf the Web, use email, listen to music, watch movies, and play games.

  • Install Ubuntu fast, with easy, step-by-step instructions

  • Take control, with the GNOME desktop environment and Nautilus file manager

  • Browse the Internet using Firefox, the powerful browser that’s quickly replacing Microsoft Internet Explorer

  • Find and install all the software you’ll ever need, with Ubuntu’s powerful Synaptic package manager

  • Send email, track contacts, create calendars, and manage all your personal information with Evolution

  • Organize digital photos, rip music, burn and play CDs, watch movies, create graphics, and more

  • Discover the world of Linux games, and learn how to run Windows games on your Ubuntu PC

  • Set up an efficient, convenient network for your home or small business

  • Customize your desktop so it’s perfectly comfortable and totally efficient



  • Table of Contents

    1. Title Page
    2. Copyright Page
    3. Contents
    4. Acknowledgments
    5. Foreword
    6. Chapter 1 Introducing Ubuntu!
    7. Chapter 2 Running and Installing the Ubuntu Live DVD
    8. Chapter 3 Getting Your Hands Dirty (Desktop Overview)
    9. Chapter 4 Navigating Nautilus
    10. Chapter 5 Customizing Your Desktop (or Making Your World Your Own)
    11. Chapter 6 Printers and Other Hardware
    12. Chapter 7 Connecting to the Internet
    13. Chapter 8 Installing New Applications
    14. Chapter 9 Instant Messaging, and IRC, Too!
    15. Chapter 10 Surfing the Net with Firefox
    16. Chapter 11 Evolution: Email and More!
    17. Chapter 12 Evolution: Keeping Organized
    18. Chapter 13 OpenOffice.org Writer (It Was a Dark and Stormy Night . . .)
    19. Chapter 14 OpenOffice.org Calc (Tables You Can Count On)
    20. Chapter 15 OpenOffice.org Impress (For When You Need to Impress Someone)
    21. Chapter 16 OpenOffice.org Base
    22. Chapter 17 Digital Art with the GIMP
    23. Chapter 18 If Music Be the Food of Love ... (Ubuntu Linux Multimedia)
    24. Chapter 19 Would You Like to Play a Game? (Very Serious Fun)
    25. Chapter 20 Turning Ubuntu into Kubuntu
    26. Chapter 21 Taking Command of Ubuntu Linux
    27. Appendix A The GNU General Public License
    28. Index
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