Andrew Hudson is a freelance journalist who specializes in writing about Linux. He has significant experience in Red Hat and Debian-based Linux distributions and deployments and can often be found sitting at his keyboard tweaking various settings and config files just for the hell of it. He lives in Wiltshire, which is a county of England, along with his wife, Bernice, and their son, John. Andrew does not like Emacs. He can be reached at andy.hudson@gmail.com.
Paul Hudson is a recognized expert in open-source technologies. He is also a professional developer and full-time journalist for Future Publishing. His articles have appeared in Mac Format, PC Answers, PC Format, PC Plus, and Linux Format. Paul is passionate about free software in all its forms and uses a mix of Linux and BSD to power his desktops and servers. Paul likes Emacs. Paul can be contacted through http://hudzilla.org.
Introduction | p. 1 |
What Is Linux? | p. 2 |
What Is Ubuntu? | p. 3 |
Roots of Ubuntu | p. 3 |
Licensing | p. 4 |
Why Use Linux? | p. 4 |
Who This Book Is For | p. 6 |
What This Book Contains | p. 6 |
Conventions Used in This Book | p. 8 |
Installation and Configuration | p. 11 |
Introducing Ubuntu | p. 13 |
What Is Ubuntu? | p. 15 |
Inside Ubuntu | p. 15 |
Features of the Ubuntu Install | p. 17 |
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