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Ubuntu Desktop Training
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Contents
1.1 About Open Source. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131.2 Free Software Movement, Open Source and Linux. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131.2.1 The Free Software Movement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141.2.2 The Open Source Movement and Linux. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141.3 About Ubuntu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161.3.1 The Ubuntu Promise. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171.3.2 Ubuntu Versions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171.3.3 Ubuntu Derivatives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191.3.4 Ubuntu Development and the Community. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191.4 Ubuntu and Microsoft Windows: Key Differences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201.4.1 Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221.4.2 Applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231.5 Lesson Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261.6 Review Exercise. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
2.1 Ubuntu Desktop Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282.2 Changing the Default Language. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382.3 Creating a User Account and Fast User Switching. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392.4 Adding/Removing Applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422.5 Desktop Effects - Compiz Fusion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442.6 Desktop Search Tracker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452.7 Lesson Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472.8 Review Exercise. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472.9 Lab Exercise. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
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