The Official Ubuntu Book (Mixed media product) By (author) Matthew Helmke, By (author) Amber Graner, By (author) Kyle Rankin, By (author) Benjamin Mako Hill, By (author) Jono Bacon

Full bibliographic data for The Official Ubuntu Book

Title

The Official Ubuntu Book

Authors and contributors

By (author) Matthew Helmke, By (author) Amber Graner, By (author) Kyle Rankin, By (author) Benjamin Mako Hill, By (author) Jono Bacon

Physical properties

Format: Mixed media product
Number of pages: 432
Width: 180 mm
Height: 229 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight: 648 g

Audience

General/trade
Professional and scholarly

Language

English

ISBN

ISBN 13: 9780133017601
ISBN 10: 0133017605

Classifications

BISAC category code: COM046070
Nielsen BookScan Product Class: S10.2
Dewey: 005.432

Edition

7, Revised

Edition statement

7th Revised edition

Publisher

Pearson Education (US)

Imprint name

Prentice Hall

Publication date

01 July 2012

Publication City/Country

Upper Saddle River/US

Main description

Ubuntu is a complete, free operating system that emphasizes ease of use, community, and support while enhancing speed, power, and flexibility. It is designed for everyone from computer novices to experts. This title serves a wide audience: novices who just want to test the waters and give Ubuntu a try, intermediate users, and those who want to take the next step toward becoming power users. It is not intended as a guide to highly technical uses like professional systems administration or programming, although there is some technical material here; the focus is on learning the landscape. New in this edition is deep coverage of the groundbreaking, user-experience-focused Unity desktop, an innovative new style of human—computer interaction that has undergone extensive development and testing to provide powerful, industry-leading usability. In addition, you will Learn how to use and customize Ubuntu for home, small business, school, government, and enterprise environmentsLearn how to quickly update Ubuntu to new release versions with upgraded applicationsFind up-to-the-minute troubleshooting advice from Ubuntu users worldwide to get the help you need quicklyLearn Ubuntu Server installation and administration, including LVM and RAID implementation The DVD includes the complete Ubuntu Linux operating system for installation on PC platforms. The disk is preconfigured with an outstanding desktop environment for both home and business computing, for novices and advanced users.

Biographical note

Matthew Helmke first used Unix in 1987 and has been an Ubuntu user since April 2005. He has been an active member of the Ubuntu community since that time, including leadership roles in the Ubuntu Forums and one of the Ubuntu membership boards. He is also the author of Ubuntu Unleashed (SAMS, 2012), intended for more technical and advanced users. Amber Graner is an active Ubuntu community member whose path to Ubuntu activism started as she blogged about her transition to Ubuntu in 2009. She contributes to the Ubuntu News Team, Ubuntu Women Project, and much more.

Table of contents

Foreword to the Sixth Edition xix Foreword to the First Edition xxi Preface xxvii Acknowledgments xxxi About the Authors xxxiii Introduction xxxv Chapter 1: The Ubuntu Story 1 The Vision 2 Free Software, Open Source, and GNU/Linux 3 How the Vision Became Ubuntu 7 What Is Ubuntu? 12 Ubuntu Promises and Goals 17 Sustaining the Vision: Canonical and the Ubuntu Foundation 25 Beyond the Vision: Ubuntu Subprojects, Derivatives, and Spin-Offs 30 Summary 32 Chapter2: Installing Ubuntu 33 Choosing Your Ubuntu Version 34 Getting Ubuntu 36 Booting and Installing 40 Installing from the Alternate Install CD 53 Installing from within Windows 59 Summary 59 Chapter 3: Getting Started with Ubuntu 61 Getting Acquainted with Unity 63 Using Applications 74 Using Ubuntu in Your Language 84 Configuring a Printer 84 Keeping Your Computer Updated 88 Adding and Removing Programs and Packages 90 Upgrading to the Next Ubuntu Release 93 Ubuntu and Multimedia 95 Backing Up 102 Customizing Ubuntu's Look and Feel 104 Summary 104 Chapter 4: Becoming an Ubuntu Power User 105 Administering System and User Settings 106 Understanding How Linux Stores and Organizes Files 111 Learning Unity Keyboard Shortcuts 115 Using the Terminal 118 Working with Windows Programs 119 Installing Software from PPAs 120 Compiling Software from Source 121 Summary 122 Chapter 5: Finding and Installing Ubuntu Applications 123 Using Ubuntu Software Center 124 Learning Terminology and Foundations 131 Using Synaptic 132 Useful Software Packages to Explore 135 Playing to Learn with Educational Programs 154 Summary 161 Chapter 6: Customizing Ubuntu for Performance, Accessibility, and Fun 163 Unity Terminology 164 Appearance Tool 169 MyUnity 171 Compiz Config Settings Manager 174 Unity Lenses and Scopes 181 Additional Resources 181 Summary 182 Chapter 7: Welcome to the Command Line 183 Starting Up the Terminal 184 Getting Started 185 Building Pipelines 186 Running Commands as Superuser 187 Finding Help 188 Moving around the Filesystem 189 Manipulating Files and Folders 190 System Information Commands 191 Searching and Editing Text Files 192 Dealing with Users and Groups 193 Getting Help on the Command Line 194 Searching for Man Files 195 Using Wildcards 195 Executing Multiple Commands 196 Moving to More Advanced Uses of the Command Line 198 Chapter 8: The Ubuntu Server 199 What Is Ubuntu Server? 200 Installing Ubuntu Server 202 Ubuntu Package Management 214 Ubuntu Server Security 225 Advanced Topics 232 Summary 238 Chapter 9: Ubuntu-Related Projects and Derivatives 241 Recognized Derivatives 242 Editions 253 Remixes 254 Other Distributions 256 Launchpad 258 Bazaar 267 Ubuntu One 268 Summary 273 Chapter 10: The Ubuntu Community 275 Venues 277 Teams, Processes, and Community Governance 293 Getting Involved 306 Submitting Apps to the Ubuntu Software Center 310 Summary 310 Index 313