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A Newbie’s Initiation To Linux
By Stefan Neagu
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A Newbie‟s Initiation To Linux
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Table of Contents
Glossary .................................................................................................................................5Introduction to Linux, FLOSS and the GPL license .................................................................6Choosing the Distribution .......................................................................................................7Getting Ubuntu .....................................................................................................................8Writing Ubuntu to a CD ........................................................................................................8Installation Types .................................................................................................................8Installation Instructions .......................................................................................................11Introduction to the Ubuntu Desktop ......................................................................................12About the Graphical User Interface (GUI): Gnome, KDE, XFCE.........................................13Where Are My Applications? ................................................................................................16Add and Remove Applications Using the Synaptic Package Manager ...............................17Basic Commands for the Terminal........................................................................................18Linux Comes With Your New Computer ...............................................................................19Further Reading ...................................................................................................................19Conclusion ...........................................................................................................................19
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