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Ubuntu 10.10 Essentials Kindle Edition

by Neil Smyth (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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The purpose of this book is to provide the essential knowledge required to install, use and maintain an Ubuntu 10.10 system. Beginning with the basics this book covers the history of Linux and Ubuntu, installation from CDROM and USB flash drive, dual boot configuration, configuring the desktop and implementing wireless networking.

Subsequent chapters cover topics such as disk partitioning, configuring a firewall, setting up a web server, enabling email access, adding disk drives and swap space, configuring KVM based virtualization, providing remote desktop access via an SSH tunnel, X11 forwarding, printer configuration, user and group administration and Windows resource sharing.

Consisting of 40 chapters of practical examples and detailed content, Ubuntu 10.10 Essentials takes a thorough step by step approach to installing, using and administering Ubuntu 10.10.

Ubuntu 10.10 Essentials chapter list:

- About Ubuntu Essentials

- The History of Ubuntu

- How to Download and Try Ubuntu

- Performing a Clean Ubuntu Installation

- Installing Ubuntu on a Windows System (Dual booting)

- Installing Ubuntu on a Windows Disk with Wubi

- Allocating a Windows Partition to Ubuntu

- Logging into the Ubuntu GNOME Desktop

- A Guided Tour of the Ubuntu GNOME Desktop

- Ubuntu Screensaver, Desktop Lock and Power Management Configuration

- Changing the Ubuntu GNOME Desktop Background

- Installing and Customizing Ubuntu Desktop Themes

- Configuring Ubuntu Desktop Fonts

- Configuring the Ubuntu Desktop Panels

- Configuring the Ubuntu Desktop Menu System

- Ubuntu Desktop Visual Effects

- Configuring Ubuntu Wireless Networking

- Browsing My Computer, Files and Folders on the Ubuntu Desktop

- Configuring the Ubuntu File Manager

- Ubuntu Desktop - Starting Applications on Login

- Ubuntu Desktop Keyboard Shortcuts

- Configuring Ubuntu Printers

- Connecting an Ubuntu System to a DSL Modem

- Ubuntu Firewall Basics

- Using Firestarter to Configure an Ubuntu Firewall

- Managing Ubuntu Users and Groups

- Configuring Ubuntu Remote Access using SSH

- Remote Access to the Ubuntu Desktop

- Displaying Ubuntu Applications Remotely (X11 Forwarding)

- Configuring an Ubuntu Based Web Server

- Sharing Ubuntu Folders with Remote Linux and UNIX Systems

- Sharing Ubuntu Folders with Remote Windows Systems

- Configuring an Ubuntu Mail Client (Evolution)

- Sending and Receiving GMail Email on an Ubuntu System

- Adding a New Disk Drive to an Ubuntu System

- Adding and Managing Ubuntu Swap Space

- Installing and Configuring Ubuntu KVM Virtualization

- Creating an Ubuntu KVM Networked Bridge Interface

- Installing an Ubuntu KVM Guest OS from the Command-line (virt-install and virsh)

- Managing and Monitoring Ubuntu based KVM Guest Systems
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    380 pages
  2. Language
    English
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  4. Publication date
    October 18, 2010
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00486UDCW
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Payload Media; 1st edition (October 18, 2010)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 18, 2010
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3068 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 380 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.5 3.5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings

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2.0 out of 5 stars Less informative than Googling about Ubuntu 10.10
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5.0 out of 5 stars Essential!!!
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