Free eBook of The Ubuntu User Guide Manual Version 06.02.pdf

Manual is written by users of Ubuntu and not officially representing Mark Shuttleworth, Ubuntu or canonical. They are not responsible for the content of this guide and may not even know about the existence of guidelines. Similarly, a user himself, he was not legally responsible for the content here. Use these instructions at your own risk.

Ubuntu is a Linux-based operating system kernel.1 There are many operating system based on Linux, and Ubuntu is just one of hundreds of them. I do not recommend Ubuntu to everyone, but there are some things that make Ubuntu unique Linux distributions. Table of contents:

* The Ubuntu User Guide - Version 06.02 by A.Y. Siu
* About This Guide
* The Purpose of this Guide
* Version Numbers
* The User Guide is Unofficial
* Copyright for This Document
* What is Ubuntu?
* Different Versions of Ubuntu
* How to Get Ubuntu
* Order Free CDs
* Download and Burn
* Booting the CD
* How to Try Ubuntu
* Live CD
* Dual Boot
* Installing Ubuntu
* UTC
* Partitioning
* Grub
* Username and Password
* The rest of the installation process
* Tweaking Ubuntu After Installation
* The Filesystem
* Benefits of the Command-Line/Terminal
* Editing Files as Root/Sudo
* Getting to Know Grub
* Mounting Windows Partitions
* Installing Software in Ubuntu
* apt-get/Synaptic/Adept
* Manual installation of a .deb
* Manual installation of a .rpm
* Installing from source
* Enabling Extra Repositories
* Running Windows Programs
* XFCE: What to do if Gnome or KDE are too slow for your computer
* Other Resources
* Learn how to search
* Sign up for the Ubuntu Forums
* Play Around.The Ubuntu User Guide - Version 06.02 by A.Y. Siu
* About This Guide
* The Purpose of this Guide
* Version Numbers
* The User Guide is Unofficial
* Copyright for This Document
* What is Ubuntu?
* Different Versions of Ubuntu
* How to Get Ubuntu
* Order Free CDs
* Download and Burn
* Booting the CD
* How to Try Ubuntu
* Live CD
* Dual Boot
* Installing Ubuntu
* UTC
* Partitioning
* Grub
* Username and Password
* The rest of the installation process
* Tweaking Ubuntu After Installation
* The Filesystem
* Benefits of the Command-Line/Terminal
* Editing Files as Root/Sudo
* Getting to Know Grub
* Mounting Windows Partitions
* Installing Software in Ubuntu
* apt-get/Synaptic/Adept
* Manual installation of a .deb
* Manual installation of a .rpm
* Installing from source
* Enabling Extra Repositories
* Running Windows Programs
* XFCE: What to do if Gnome or KDE are too slow for your computer
* Other Resources
* Learn how to search
* Sign up for the Ubuntu Forums
* Play Around

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