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Ubuntu for Non-Geeks, 2nd Edition . A Pain-Free, Project-Based, Get-Things-Done

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This newbie’s guide to Ubuntu – now updated for Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn), the latest Ubuntu release, which puts the spotlight on multimedia enablement and desktop effects – lets readers learn by doing. Using immersion-learning techniques favored by language courses, step-by-step projects build upon earlier tutorial concepts, stimulating the brain and increasing the reader’s understanding.

Ubuntu for Non-Geeks, 2nd Edition covers all the topics likely to be of interest to an average desktop user. Inside, you'll learn to:

  • Download and install free applications, games, and utilities
  • Connect to the Internet and wireless networks
  • Configure your hardware, including printers, scanners, and removable storage devices
  • Watch DVDs, listen to music, and even sync your iPod
  • Download photos and videos from your digital camera, then edit and share them
  • Tackle more advanced tasks as soon as you’re ready

Full of tips, tricks, and helpful pointers, Ubuntu for Non-Geeks, 2nd Edition is a hands-on, project-based, take-it slow guidebook intended for those interested in—but nervous about—switching to the Linux operating system. Step-by-step projects build upon earlier tutorial concepts, helping you absorb and apply what you've learned.

Included is a companion CD that lets you try out Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn) without making any changes to your computer and then install it when you're ready.

Contenidos

Chapter 1: Becoming a Penguinista—Welcome to the World of Linux

Chapter 2: Wading and Diving—Running and (if you like) Installing Ubuntu

Chapter 3: A New Place to Call Home—Getting to Know the Desktop

Chapter 4: More than Webbed Feet—The Internet, Linux Style

Chapter 5: Rounding Out the Bird—Downloading, Installing, and Updating Programs the Easy Way

Chapter 6: A Tidy Nest—File and Disk Handling in Ubuntu

Chapter 7: Dressing Up the Bird—Customizing the Look and Feel of Your System

Chapter 8: Simple Kitten Ways—Getting to Know the Linux Terminal and Command Line

Chapter 9: Automatix and Not So Automatix—More Ways to Install Programs

Chapter 10: Gutenbird—Setting Up and Using Your Printer and Scanner

Chapter 11: Font Feathered Frenzy—Adding New Fonts to Your System

Chapter 12: Polyglot Penguins—Linux Speaks Your Language

Chapter 13: Penguins Back at Work—Getting Down to Business in Linux

Chapter 14: Brush-Wielding Penguins—Linux Does Art

Chapter 15: Tux Rocks—Music a la Linux

Chapter 16: Pluggin' in the Penguin — Ubuntu and Your iPod™

Chapter 17: Couch Penguins—Video and DVD Playback in Ubuntu

Chapter 18: Defending the Nest—Security

Appendix A: Ubuntu Desktop CDs for AMD64 Users

Appendix B: Resources

Contenidos extra

View a sample chapter, Chapter 3: A New Place to Call Home—Getting to Know the Desktop

Más información

Editado: Junio 2007

352 páginas

ISBN-10: 1-59327-152-2

ISBN-13: 978-1-59327-152-7

Sobre el autor

Rickford Grant, author of Linux for Non-Geeks and Linux Made Easy (both No Starch Press), has been a computer operating system maniac for more than 20 years. From his earliest days with his Atari 600XL to his present Linux machines, he has been the guy at the other end of the computer help line for family, friends and colleagues. Rickford currently resides in Greensboro, North Carolina, where he spends his working hours as a teacher and his free time cycling, writing, and annoying his neighbors with his Nyckelharpa (Swedish keyed fiddle).

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