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Moving to Ubuntu Linux
- By Marcel Gagné
- Published Aug 17, 2006 by Addison-Wesley Professional.
- Copyright 2007
- Dimensions: 7x9-1/4
- Pages: 496
- Edition: 1st
- Book
- ISBN-10: 0-321-42722-X
- ISBN-13: 978-0-321-42722-9
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Marcel Gagné is best known as author of the Linux Journal's "Cooking with Linux" series, which has earned the magazine's Readers' Choice award for favorite column four years in a row, and as the regular "Linux Guy" on G4/TechTV Canada. His books include Moving to the Linux Business Desktop and Linux Administration: A User's Guide (both from Addison-Wesley.) He is one of the Linux world's most familiar and respected voices.
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
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41 of 41 people found the following review helpful
Great Intro - very newbie friendly, By
This review is from: Moving to Ubuntu Linux (Paperback)
I received 3 Ubuntu titles and thought it might be useful to compare them. Ubuntu is a fairly recent Linux distribution that strives to be usable out of the box, with strong support. It has deep pockets and a thriving community behind it. I admire a lot of the design choices that went into Ubuntu, such as limiting the use of the all-powerful root account, which can get people into trouble. The bare-bones server install is the cleanest Linux server I've seen - *no* open ports, minimal services. Just enough to log in at a console and then install what you want. On the other hand, if you want a LAMP server (Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP - the most popular combination on the internet), that's a one button install! Brilliant!I think all three books are pretty good, and your choice will depend on your technical level and religious ferver. If you are uncomfortable with computers, I think _Moving to Ubuntu_ is your best choice. If you are somewhat comfortable and into the... Read more
19 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Wow! If you're interesed in Linux this is the book for you.,
This review is from: Moving to Ubuntu Linux (Paperback)
I don't quite know where to begin with this book except to say "Wow!" Marcel Gagné has captured the spirit of Ubuntu in this book. This is quite possibly the best beginner's book I've ever read. Marcel's style of writing is enough to capture even a techno neophyte such as my wife. Not to say my wife's incapable of using technology but she's resistant. I guess you could say, from all of the years I've been working on something and she's said "Are you coming to bed?" and I reply "Yea, in just a second" then four hours later I attempt to slip into bed unnoticed, that she's developed a distain for anything related to technology.After reading the first two chapters of this book I handed the book to my wife and said "Here read this" she took the book and reluctantly began to read. After chapter one she was hooked! The next day I ended up handing her a laptop and using this book she fully installed Ubuntu Linux 6.06 by herself. Let me tell you this is huge now... Read more
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Very good for linux newbies, By
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Great information for setting up Ubuntu for a Linux newbie. I would get the latest version of the os though, the one in the book is out of date. Since it's a free download this is no big deal. I'm now a happy dual booting user, and use Linux 90% of the time.
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Customizing Your Ubuntu Linux Desktop (or Making Your World Your Own)
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments xix
Foreword xxi
Chapter 1: Introducing Ubuntu! 1
But What Is Linux? 2
Is Linux Really FREE? 4
What’s a Distribution? 4
Linux and the GPL 5
What Do I Gain? 5
What Do I Lose? 7
Some Tips on Using This Book 8
Quick Tips and Shelling Out 9
Meet Your Desktop 9
Help Me! 10
About the DVD 12
It’s My Philosophy 13
Resources 14
Chapter 2: Running and Installing the Ubuntu Live DVD 15Ready to Try Ubuntu Linux? 17
HELP! 18
Installing the Ubuntu Live DVD 31
Remember to Share 40
Resources 40
Chapter 3: Getting Your Hands Dirty (Desktop Overview) 41Getting to Know You . . . GNOME 42
Logging In 43
Becoming One with the Desktop 44
Your First Application 46
Windows, Title Bars, and Menus, Oh My! 48
Command Central 52
A Polite Introduction to the Command Line 54
Give Me More! 55
Changing Your Password; It’s All About You! 56
User Security 58
Much Ado About sudo 60
I Need More Help! 61
Logging Out 62
Navigating Your Ubuntu Desktop 64
Resources 64
Chapter 4: Navigating Nautilus 65Files, Directories, and the Root of All Things 66
Wherever You Go . . . 70
Search Me . . . 71
Navigating Networks 75
Uh, Roger, Copy That . . . 78
Creating New Folders 79
Copying Files and Directories (and Moving, Too!) 80
Deleting Files and Folders 86
Other Interesting Places to Visit 87
My World, My Way 88
Making Your Home a Home 88
Chapter 5: Customizing Your Desktop (or Making Your World Your Own) 89I Am Sovereign of All I Survey . . . 90
Save My Screen, Please! 93
Moving Things Around 95
Is That a Theme or a Motif? 98
Adding Icons and Shortcuts to Your Desktop 102
Applets Galore: Back to the Panel! 106
Miscellaneous Changes 109
Resources 109
Chapter 6: Printers and Other Hardware 111Yes, It Runs with Linux! 112
Plug and Play 113
Printers and Printing 114
Getting Familiar with Your Other Hardware 123
Modems versus Winmodems 129
What? More Devices? 132
Resources 133
Chapter 7: Connecting to the Internet 135Before You Begin 136
Getting on the Net 137
Connecting to the Net with a Modem 137
Cable Modems and High-Speed DSL 143
Going Wireless 144
Okay, I’m Connected—Now What? 146
Resources 147
Chapter 8: Installing New Applications 149Linux and Security 150
Identifying Software Packages 151
The Simplest Way to Add Applications 151
The Synaptic Package Manager 155
Installing Software with Synaptic 158
Keeping Ubuntu Up-to-Date 162
DEBs, the Shell Way 164
Chapter 9: Instant Messaging, and IRC, Too! 169Why Jabber? 170
Instant Messaging with Gaim 170
IRC: Internet Relay Chat 176
Resources 182
Chapter 10: Surfing the Net with Firefox 183Mozilla versus Firefox 184
Extending Firefox 193
Wrapping Up—Other Browsers to Consider 196
Resources 197
Chapter 11: Evolution: Email and More! 199Be Prepared . . . 200
Evolution 200
Sending and Receiving Mail 204
Your Little Black Book 207
Attached to You . . . 209
Other Options 210
Resources 210
Chapter 12: Evolution: Keeping Organized 211Evolution and Planning 212
Resources 223
Chapter 13: OpenOffice.org Writer (It Was a Dark and Stormy Night . . .) 225Getting Started with OpenOffice.org Writer 226
Alternative Word Processor Choices 244
Resources 244
Chapter 14: OpenOffice.org Calc (Tables You Can Count On) 245Starting a New Spreadsheet and Entering Data 246
Nice, Colorful, Impressive, and Dynamic Graphs 252
Final Touches 255
Alternatives 257
Resources 257
Chapter 15: OpenOffice.org Impress (For When You Need to Impress Someone) 259Getting Ready to Impress 260
Instant Web Presentations 270
So What’s with the Penguin? 275
Extra! Extra! 276
Alternatives 277
Resources 277
Chapter 16: OpenOffice.org Base 279The Beginning: Creating a New Database 280
Setting the Table 284
Creating Mailing Labels 289
Further Exploring 293
Resources 294
Chapter 17: Digital Art with the GIMP 295Ladies and Gentlemen, Start Your GIMP 296
Printing Your Masterpiece 303
Tools, Tools, and More Tools 305
On to the Tool Icons 306
Touching Up Photographs 314
What Is Script-Fu? 317
Resources 317
Chapter 18: If Music Be the Food of Love . . . (Ubuntu Linux Multimedia) 319Adjusting the Levels 320
Playing Audio CDs with the Sound Juicer 321
A Simpler CD Player 323
Ripping and Burning Songs 324
Playing Your Songs 329
Can You Feel the Burn? 331
Put Another Nickel In . . . 340
Resources 345
Chapter 19: Would You Like to Play a Game? (Very Serious Fun) 347Ubuntu Preinstalled Games 348
Must-Have Linux Games 364
More Games! I Need More Games! 368
Resources 369
Chapter 20: Turning Ubuntu into Kubuntu 371Installing the Kubuntu Desktop 372
Doing It with the Shell 379
Resources 379
Chapter 21: Taking Command of Ubuntu Linux 381Linux Commands: An Easy Start 382
Working with Files 384
A Peek at Metacharacters 386
File Permissions in the Shell 386
More on rm (or, “Oops! I didn’t really mean that”) 389
Making Your Life Easier with alias 389
Standard Input and Standard Output 392
Pipes and Piping 394
Linux Commands: Working with Directories 397
There’s No Place Like $HOME 399
More on File Permissions 399
User and Group Ownership 400
Who Was That Masked User? 403
Finding Anything 405
Processes 409
Working with Editors 416
Resources 424
Appendix A: The GNU General Public License 425
Index 435
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