Moving to Ubuntu Linux

by Gagné, Marcel

• ISBN13: 9780321427229
• ISBN10: 032142722X
• Format: Paperback w/CD
• Copyright: 2007-01-01
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional

Summary

Learn how to test drive, install, operate, and maintain Ubuntu Linux, the hottest distro, from the award winning Marcel Gagne.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	xix
Foreword	xxi
Introducing Ubuntu!	1	(14)
But What Is Linux?	2	(2)
Is Linux Really Free?	4	(1)
What's a Distribution?	4	(1)
Linux and the GPL	5	(1)
What Do I Gain?	5	(2)
Security	6	(1)
Stability	6	(1)
Power	6	(1)
Money	6	(1)
Freedom from Legal Hassles	7	(1)
What Do I Lose?	7	(1)
Hardware and Peripheral Support	7	(1)
Software Packages	8	(1)
A Step into the Unknown	8	(1)
Some Tips on Using This Book	8	(1)
Quick Tips and Shelling Out	9	(1)
Meet Your Desktop	9	(1)
Help Me!	10	(2)
The Ubuntu Community	11	(1)
The Linux Documentation Project	11	(1)
Linux User Groups	12	(1)
About the DVD	12	(1)
It's My Philosophy	13	(1)
Resources	14	(1)
Running and Installing the Ubuntu Live DVD	15	(26)
Ready to Try Ubuntu Linux?	17	(1)
Help!	18	(2)
Boot Level Options	19	(1)
Taking a Tour of Ubuntu Linux	20	(11)
Famous Places on the Menu	27	(1)
Administering and Personalizing Your System	28	(3)
Installing the Ubuntu Live DVD	31	(9)
Remember to Share	40	(1)
Resources	40	(1)
Getting Your Hands Dirty (Desktop Overview)	41	(24)
Getting to Know You . . . GNOME	42	(1)
A Few Words About X	42	(1)
Logging In	43	(1)
Becoming One with the Desktop	44	(2)
Your First Application	46	(2)
Windows, Title Bars, and Menus, Oh My!	48	(4)
The Title Bar	48	(2)
On to the Menu Bar	50	(1)
And the Wastebasket?	51	(1)
Resizing Windows	51	(1)
Command Central	52	(2)
A Polite Introduction to the Command Line	54	(1)
Give Me More!	55	(1)
Changing Your Password; It's All About You!	56	(2)
User Security	58	(2)
Much Ado About sudo	60	(1)
I Need More Help!	61	(1)
Logging Out	62	(2)
Navigating Your Ubuntu Desktop	64	(1)
Resources	64	(1)
Navigating Nautilus	65	(24)
Files, Directories, and the Root of All Things	66	(4)
Wherever You Go . . .	70	(1)
Search Me . . .	71	(4)
Navigating the Side Panel	72	(3)
Navigating Networks	75	(3)
Uh, Roger, Copy That . . .	78	(1)
Creating New Folders	79	(1)
``I've Changed My Mind'' (a.k.a. Renaming Files)	79	(1)
Copying Files and Directories (and Moving, Tool)	80	(6)
Wait! What About Links?	81	(3)
Which Brings Us to Permissions	84	(2)
Deleting Files and Folders	86	(1)
Other Interesting Places to Visit	87	(1)
My World, My Way	88	(1)
Making Your Home a Home	88	(1)
Customizing Your Desktop (or Making Your World Your Own)	89	(22)
I Am Sovereign of All I Survey . . .	90	(3)
Changing the Background	90	(3)
Save My Screen, Please!	93	(2)
Moving Things Around	95	(3)
Is That a Theme or a Motif?	98	(4)
Defining Your Own Theme	100	(2)
Adding New Themes	102	(1)
Adding Icons and Shortcuts to Your Desktop	102	(4)
Applets Galore: Back to the Panel!	106	(3)
Miscellaneous Changes	109	(1)
Resources	109	(2)
Printers and Other Hardware	111	(24)
Yes, It Runs with Linux!	112	(1)
Plug and Play	113	(1)
Printers and Printing	114	(9)
Network Printers	118	(4)
Print Jobs--Where Are My Print Jobs?	122	(1)
Getting Familiar with Your Other Hardware	123	(6)
PCI Devices	123	(4)
USB Devices	127	(2)
Modems versus Winmodems	129	(3)
The Winmodem/Linmodem Roundup	131	(1)
What? More Devices?	132	(1)
Resources	133	(2)
Connecting to the Internet	135	(14)
Before You Begin	136	(1)
Getting on the Net	137	(1)
Connecting to the Net with a Modem	137	(6)
Configuring Your Dial-up Connection	140	(3)
Cable Modems and High-Speed DSL	143	(1)
Going Wireless	144	(2)
The Windows-only Driver Dilemma	144	(2)
Okay, I'm Connected--Now What?	146	(1)
Resources	147	(2)
Installing New Applications	149	(20)
Linux and Security	150	(1)
Identifying Software Packages	151	(1)
The Simplest Way to Add Applications	151	(4)
Removing Installed Packages	154	(1)
But Wait, There's More!	154	(1)
The Synaptic Package Manager	155	(3)
Adding Repositories	156	(2)
Installing Software with Synaptic	158	(4)
Keeping Ubuntu Up-to-Date	162	(2)
DEBs, the Shell Way	164	(5)
Great, but Can You Tell Me What Is Already There?	165	(1)
Finding out a Package's Current Release Level	166	(1)
What Is That Strange File?	167	(1)
Using apt-get to Install or Update Software	167	(1)
Graphical or Nongraphical?	168	(1)
Instant Messaging, and IRC, Too!	169	(14)
Why Jabber?	170	(1)
Instant Messaging with Gaim	170	(6)
IRC: Internet Relay Chat	176	(6)
XChat	177	(4)
Learning More About IRC	181	(1)
Resources	182	(1)
Surfing the Net with Firefox	183	(16)
Mozilla versus Firefox	184	(9)
Working from Home	185	(1)
Keeping Tabs on the Web, Firefox Style	186	(2)
Go for the Big Screen	188	(1)
Ban the Pop-up Ads, Forever!	188	(2)
Yummy . . . Cookies	190	(2)
The Firefox Sidebar	192	(1)
Extending Firefox	193	(3)
Wrapping Up---Other Browsers to Consider	196	(1)
Resources	197	(2)
Evolution: Email and More!	199	(12)
Be Prepared . . .	200	(1)
Evolution	200	(10)
Sending and Receiving Mail	204	(3)
Your Little Black Book	207	(2)
Attached to You . . .	209	(1)
Other Options	210	(1)
Resources	210	(1)
Evolution: Keeping Organized	211	(14)
Evolution and Planning	212	(11)
Creating Appointments	213	(4)
Let's Do That Again: Evolution Recurrence	217	(1)
The Makings of a Meeting	218	(3)
Tasks and Other To-Dos	221	(2)
Resources	223	(2)
OpenOffice.org Writer (It Was a Dark and Stormy Night . . .)	225	(20)
Getting Started with OpenOffice.org Writer	226	(18)
Write Now!	228	(1)
The Hunt for Typos	228	(2)
What Language Is That?	230	(1)
Saving Your Work	230	(2)
Printing Your Document	232	(1)
Toolbars of Every Kind . . .	233	(1)
Help!	233	(1)
To Word or Not to Word?	234	(1)
Personalizing Your Environment	235	(3)
A Wizard of Words	238	(1)
Navigating Style	239	(2)
Navigating the Rivers of Text	241	(1)
Speaking of Document Elements . . .	242	(1)
More! Give Me More!	243	(1)
Alternative Word Processor Choices	244	(1)
Resources	244	(1)
OpenOffice.org Calc (Tables You Can Count On)	245	(14)
Starting a New Spreadsheet and Entering Data	246	(6)
Basic Math	247	(3)
Saving Your Work	250	(1)
Complex Charts and Graphs, Oh My!	251	(1)
Magical Totals	251	(1)
Nice, Colorful, Impressive, and Dynamic Graphs	252	(3)
Final Touches	255	(2)
A Beautiful Thing!	256	(1)
Alternatives	257	(1)
Resources	257	(2)
OpenOffice.org Impress (For When You Need to Impress Someone)	259	(20)
Getting Ready to Impress	260	(10)
Inserting Slides	267	(1)
Adding Color	268	(2)
Printing Your Presentation	270	(1)
Instant Web Presentations	270	(5)
How About a Little Flash? Shocking!	275	(1)
So What's with the Penguin?	275	(1)
Extra! Extra!	276	(1)
Alternatives	277	(1)
Resources	277	(2)
OpenOffice.org Base	279	(16)
The Beginning: Creating a New Database	280	(4)
Setting the Table	284	(5)
No Wizards for Me!	289	(1)
Creating Mailing Labels	289	(4)
Further Exploring	293	(1)
Resources	294	(1)
Digital Art with the GIMP	295	(24)
Ladies and Gentlemen, Start Your GIMP	296	(7)
Easy Logos with the GIMP	299	(3)
Saving and Opening Your Work	302	(1)
Printing Your Masterpiece	303	(2)
Tools, Tools, and More Tools	305	(1)
On to the Tool Icons	306	(8)
Touching Up Photographs	314	(3)
What Is Script-Fu?	317	(1)
Resources	317	(2)
If Music Be the Food of Love . . . (Ubuntu Linux Multimedia)	319	(28)
Adjusting the Levels	320	(1)
Playing Audio CDs with the Sound Juicer	321	(2)
A Simpler CD Player	323	(1)
Ripping and Burning Songs	324	(5)
Intermezzo: Digital Audio Formats	325	(1)
Using Sound Juicer as a CD Ripper	325	(4)
Playing Your Songs	329	(2)
Can You Feel the Burn?	331	(9)
Burning a Data CD	332	(3)
A Note About Backups	335	(1)
Burning a Music CD with Serpentine	336	(4)
Put Another Nickel In . . .	340	(5)
Rhythmbox	341	(4)
Resources	345	(2)
Would You Like to Play a Game? (Very Serious Fun)	347	(24)
Ubuntu Preinstalled Games	348	(16)
AisleRiot Solitaire	348	(1)
Ataxx	349	(1)
Blackjack	350	(2)
Five or More	352	(1)
Four-in-a-Row	353	(1)
Freecell Patience	354	(1)
Gnometris	354	(1)
Iagno	354	(2)
Klotski	356	(1)
Mahjongg	357	(2)
Mines	359	(1)
Nibbles	360	(1)
Robots	360	(1)
Same GNOME	361	(1)
Tali	362	(1)
Tetravex	363	(1)
Must-Have Linux Games	364	(4)
Frozen-Bubble	364	(2)
PlanetPenguin Racer	366	(1)
Armagetron	367	(1)
More Games! I Need More Games!	368	(1)
Resources	369	(2)
Turning Ubuntu into Kubuntu	371	(10)
Installing the Kubuntu Desktop	372	(7)
Doing It with the Shell	379	(1)
Resources	379	(2)
Taking Command of Ubuntu Linux	381	(44)
Linux Commands: An Easy Start	382	(2)
Getting to the Shell	382	(1)
Commands to Know and Love, Part 1	383	(1)
Working with Files	384	(2)
Commands to Know and Love, Part 2	384	(1)
File Naming Conventions	385	(1)
Listing Files with Emotion!	385	(1)
A Peek at Metacharacters	386	(1)
File Permissions in the Shell	386	(3)
Not-So-Hidden Files	387	(1)
Strange Filenames That Just Don't Go Away	388	(1)
More on rm (or, ``Oops! I didn't really mean that'')	389	(1)
Making Your Life Easier with alias	389	(3)
Forcing the Issue	391	(1)
Standard Input and Standard Output	392	(2)
Pipes and Piping	394	(3)
tee: A Very Special Pipe	395	(1)
STDERR	395	(1)
The Road to Nowhere	396	(1)
Linux Commands: Working with Directories	397	(2)
There's No Place Like $Home	399	(1)
More on File Permissions	399	(1)
User and Group Ownership	400	(3)
Who Can Do What?	401	(2)
Who Was That Masked User?	403	(2)
The setuid Bit	404	(1)
Finding Anything	405	(4)
Using grep	408	(1)
Processes	409	(7)
Forests and Trees	411	(2)
Interrupting, Suspending, and Restarting Processes	413	(2)
Killing Processes	415	(1)
Working with Editors	416	(8)
Meet gedit	417	(1)
I Am vi, the Great and Powerful	418	(1)
:q, :w, :wq, and zz	419	(3)
Recovering a vi Session	422	(1)
Power vi: Start-Up Options	423	(1)
Other Editor Options	423	(1)
Resources	424	(1)
Appendix A The GNU General Public License	425	(10)
GNU General Public License	426	(8)
Preamble	426	(1)
GNU General Public License Terms and Conditions for Copying, Distribution, and Modification	427	(5)
No Warranty	432	(1)
How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs	433	(1)
Resources	434	(1)
Index	435