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Introduction | p. 1 |
Installation and Configuration | |
Installing Ubuntu | p. 11 |
Post-Installation Configuration | p. 25 |
Working with Gnome | p. 51 |
Command Line Quickstart | p. 79 |
Desktop Ubuntu | |
On the Internet | p. 113 |
Productivity Applications | p. 133 |
Multimedia Applications | p. 153 |
Printing with Ubuntu | p. 185 |
Games | p. 197 |
System Administration | |
Managing Users | p. 209 |
Automating Tasks | p. 233 |
System-Monitoring Tools | p. 289 |
Backing Up | p. 301 |
Networking | p. 325 |
Remote Access with SSH and Telnet | p. 371 |
Ubuntu as a Server | |
File and Print | p. 381 |
Apache Web Server Management | p. 407 |
Remote File Serving with FTP | p. 439 |
Handling Electronic Mail | p. 471 |
Proxying and Reverse Proxying | p. 489 |
Administering Database Services | p. 499 |
LDAP | p. 525 |
Programming Linux | |
Using Perl | p. 537 |
Working with Python | p. 561 |
Writing PHP Scripts | p. 579 |
C/C++ Programming Tools for Ubuntu | p. 613 |
Mono | p. 625 |
Ubuntu Housekeeping | |
Securing Your Machines | p. 639 |
Performance Tuning | p. 651 |
Command Line Masterclass | p. 663 |
Managing Software | p. 689 |
Kernel and Module Management | p. 701 |
Appendixes | |
Ubuntu Under the Hood | p. 727 |
Installation Resources | p. 737 |
Ubuntu and Linux Internet Resources | p. 759 |
Index | |
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