Using Ubuntu Linux
The purpose of this book is to provide a complete reference & guide for all things related to Ubuntu.
Ubuntu is a Linux distribution with a strong focus on usability, regular releases, and ease of installation.
Table of Contents
[edit | edit source]- Introduction for new users: An introduction for people new to/unfamiliar with computers
- Introduction for Windows users: An introduction for computer users familiar with the Windows operating system
- Introduction for Mac users: Yes, Linux can be cool too
- Introduction for Ubuntu users: The secret handshake
- Introduction for users of other Linux distributions: Comrades, welcome!
- Introduction for users of Unix and/or Unix-like operating systems: Family ties...
- Introduction for users of other operating systems: If you belong in this category, boy you are strange!
Ubuntu Variations: Distros & sub-distros
General Use: The basics
- Home
- Business/Enterprise: NOT the starship
- School
- Computer Lab
- Studio
- Gaming
- Stripped Down
- Other
Ubuntu History & Origins: Ubuntu lore
- Ubuntu, The Word: The OTHER Ubuntu
- Ubuntu Linux: The software
- The Roots of Ubuntu Linux
- Pre-Linux: The history of the universe through Multics, Unics, Unix, & Unix-like operating systems, up to the time of Linus Torvalds... or, whatever happened to PlanKalkül?
- Gnu/Linux: Richard Stallman, this is for you...
- Proto-Ubuntu
- Ubuntu: Let there be earth tones & a birth to the sound of drums...
- The Roots of Ubuntu Linux
- Ubuntu & Ubuntu-Derived Distributions
- Canonical: The official canon
- Deuterocanonical & Semi-Canon: Distros with some connection to Canonical; business, commercial agreements, etc.
- Ubuntu Distro D.I.Y.: make your own
The list of lists
- Master List of Concise Wisdom: Advice, f.a.q.'s, help & how to's, tips, tricks, & warnings....
- Master List of Ubuntu & Ubuntu-Based Distributions
- Master List of Ubuntu Releases
- Master List of Links