Written by award-winning author Keir Thomas, Ubuntu Pocket Guide and Reference is a totally unique and concise guide for everyday Ubuntu use.

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Contents:

• A brief introduction:
  • What is Ubuntu?
  • What makes Ubuntu special
  • What Ubuntu offers
  • How to read this book

1. Installing Ubuntu:
   • Types of installation
   • Preparing your PC for Ubuntu
   • Getting Ubuntu
   • Creating an install CD
   • Step-by-step: Installing Ubuntu
2. Configuring Ubuntu:
   • Getting started
   • Keyboard and mouse/trackpad
   • Graphics
   • Sound
   • Getting online
   • Printers
   • Removable storage
   • Scanners
   • Bluetooth
3. Getting to grips with the desktop:
   • Logging in
   • The layout of the desktop
   • Virtual desktops
   • Personalizing
   • Useful applications
   • Cutting, copying, and pasting
   • Desktop search
   • Deskbar
   • Keyboard shortcuts
   • Adding new users
   • Making programs start automatically
   • Dealing with crashed programs
   • Changing the time & date
   • Rebooting and shutting down
4. Users and the filesystem:
   • How Ubuntu handles files
   • Understanding users
   • Nautilus: An overview
   • Day-to-day file management
   • File compression
5. Hands-on at the command-line:
   • All about the shell
   • Understanding the prompt
   • How commands work
   • Complex filenames
   • Relative and absolute paths
   • Running programs
6. Software management:
   • All about package management
   • Synaptic: An overview
   • Typical tasks
   • Command-line software management
   • Working with repositories
   • Compiling from source code
7. Securing the system:
   • System updates
   • Configuring the firewall
   • Installing antivirus
   • Encrypting files and folders
   • Enhancing web browser security

Appendix:

• Glossary of terms
• Learning more and getting help:
  • Books and magazines
  • Online help
  • Built-in documentation