This edition of Linux Identity will bring to you much of the Ubuntu world, with articles directed to everyone, from newcomers to advanced users. You'll learn how to install it in your personal computer, configuring it according to your preferences, use many of the shipped applications.
Nowadays, Ubuntu offers a higher level of maturity, giving its users a new and customized look, many usuability improvements and huge boot time reduction. This distribution is recommended for everyone, due to its security, great speed, versatility and usuability, all allied with the highly available documentation from the official site or from thousands of blog posts and wiki pages.
Linux Identity Starter comes with an Ubuntu 10.04.1 installation disc. This is the Live CD, so you can try it without touching the drive itself. Enjoy this great and completely free experience.
Table of contents
- Ubuntu Live CD Contents
- Why Ubuntu?
- Installing Ubuntu 10.04.1 Lucid Lynx
- Ubuntu Post Installation Guide
- GNOME: Tips and Tricks
- Awesome desktops
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Hardware Intergration in Ubuntu
- Tips for Microsoft Office Users Migrating to OpenOffice.org
- Working with tables of Contents
- Dictionaries in OpenOffice.org
- Gnome-Do Application Launcher
- Chromium
- Evolution Mail and Calendar
- Instant messaging applications in Ubuntu
- GIMP Image manipulation
- OpenShot – an exemplary video editor
- The Rhythmbox Music Player
- Optical Disc authoring in Ubuntu
- A Beginners guide to Vim
- Ubuntu's Uncomplicated Firewall
- Setting Up Ubuntu For Web Development
- Games in Ubuntu
- Ubuntu One
- Command Line Tips for Linux Beginners
- FAQ – Frequently Asked Questions
Magazine properties: title line: Linux Identity Starter; issue: 7; pages: 68; CD attached: 1; price (US): $14.99
