Beginning Ubuntu Linux (eBook)
XXXV, 684 Seiten
Apress (Verlag)
978-1-4302-0191-5 (ISBN)
This edition is the update to the best-selling first edition introducing Ubuntu Linux. Adapted from the best-selling first edition, this book guides readers through the most commonly desired yet confusing concepts and tasks confronted by new Linux users. The book is purposely focused on end users to satisfy the growing interest in migrating away from Windows to the increasingly mature Linux desktop platform. The book serves as a guide to a rapid and transparent familiarization of those features most treasured by general and power desktop users alike.
Keir Thomas is an award-winning author who has written several best-selling beginning-level Linux titles for Apress. A former computer magazine editor, he has been writing about computers, operating systems, and software for a decade. He has also edited many computing titles and works as a full-time author. He lives on the side of a mountain in England, and his hobbies include hiking and playing musical instruments.
Winner of a Linux Journal Editor's Choice 2006 award (first edition)!Beginning Ubuntu Linux, Second Edition updates the best-selling and award-winning first edition. It's the perfect guide for those switching to the world's favorite Linux. The new edition has been thoroughly updated to cover technology introduced in the 6.10 release. In the 680+ fully illustrated pages, you'll learn how to install Linux, set up your hardware and software, customize the desktop experience, browse the Web and send/receive e-mail, play back audio and video, edit digital images, use the OpenOffice.org office suite, and more. Additionally, you'll discover how to perform vital maintenance tasks, such as securing your computer against hackers, updating online, optimizing your system, installing and managing software, backing up, accessing your computer remotely, scheduling tasks, and more. A whole third of the book is dedicated to Linux internals, including managing system processes and working at the command line. Two appendices provide a glossary of Linux terms and an index of commands that can be used to control Ubuntu. Beginning Ubuntu Linux, Second Edition is a complete, comprehensive, and unbiased guide to getting the most from Ubuntu.Beginning Ubuntu Linux, Second Edition features a unique DVD-ROM companion disk containing the full Ubuntu installation that you can install on your computer. A full installation guide is provided in the book. Also included on the DVD-ROM are the Ubuntu sister projects, such as Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Edubuntu, and others. Both the long-term support and 6.10 releases of all projects are provided.
Keir Thomas is an award-winning author who has written several best-selling beginning-level Linux titles for Apress. A former computer magazine editor, he has been writing about computers, operating systems, and software for a decade. He has also edited many computing titles and works as a full-time author. He lives on the side of a mountain in England, and his hobbies include hiking and playing musical instruments.
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| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.5.2007 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | XXXV, 684 p. |
| Verlagsort | Berkeley |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Informatik ► Betriebssysteme / Server ► Unix / Linux |
| Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Software Entwicklung | |
| Schlagworte | Installation • Linux • Multimedia • Software • Ubuntu • WINDOWS |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4302-0191-6 / 1430201916 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4302-0191-5 / 9781430201915 |
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