Whether you're an end user, a system administrator, or a bit of both, this book explains with step-by-step examples how to get the most out of an Ubuntu system. The book is designed for a wide range of readers, suitable for:
- Students
- Home users
- Professionals
- System administrators
- Computing
A "Ubuntu how-to guide"gives you a broad understanding of many facets of Linux. Whatever your background, this book provides the knowledge you need to continue your work. This book explains how to use Linux from the GUI and the line of This book is designed so that you can get the most out of it in the shortest possible time. You do not have to read this book directly in page order. Look for a topic of interest in the table of contents or in an index and read it The book includes many pointers to websites where you can get additional information. The Linux operating system, which was developed through the cooperation of many, many people around the world, is a product of the Internet and is a free operating system. In other words, all source code is free. You are free to study, redistribute and modify it. Therefore, the code is available. ible free of charge and at no cost for software, source, documentation, or support.
A rich selection of applications is available for Linux - both free and commercial - as well as a wide variety of tools: graphics, word processing, networking, security, administration, web server, and many more . Large software companies have recently seen the benefit of supporting Linux and now have programmers on their staff whose job it is to design and code the Linux kernel, GNU, KDE, or other software that runs on Linux. software available, not only source code (which must be compiled), but also pre-built binaries that are easy to install and ready to run. These programs include more than free software. Netscape, for example, was available for Linux from the start and included Java support before it was available from many commercial vendors. Its Mozilla / Thunderbird / Firefox sibling is also a viable browser, email client, and newsreader, performing many other functions as well.
This is all only a small part of the book. Chapters covered in this book:
- Installation
- Working with Ubuntu Linux
- System administration
- security
- Clients and servers
- Programming
- Etc.