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Table of Contents

Okay this is the NEW Table of Contents. People assigned to each chapter is in parentheses beside the title.

PART I

1. Prologue (Benjamin Humphrey)

Introduction
  • About this manual
  • Welcome
  • Contact details

The spirit of Ubuntu
  • Ubuntu philosophy
  • A brief history of Ubuntu
  • Canonical
  • Linux
  • Is Ubuntu right for you?

2. Starting out (Benjamin Humphrey)

Getting Ubuntu
  • Downloading Ubuntu
  • Ordering a free CD

Installing Ubuntu
  • The LiveCD
  • Using Wubi
  • Partitioning
  • Installation options

3. Around your desktop (Alistair Munro - b1ackcr0w)

  • What is GNOME?
  • Panels
  • Appearance and themes
  • Nautilus file manager

4. Default Applications (Matt Griffin and Ilya Haykinson)

  • Rhythmbox
  • F-Spot
  • Open Office
  • Tomboy
  • Empathy
  • Firefox
  • Evolution
  • Totem
  • Ubuntu One

5. Preferences and Hardware (Deon Spengler)

  • Printing
  • Multiple Users
  • Desktop Effects
  • Appearance
  • Screensaver/Wallpaper
  • Display

6. Software and Packaging (No-one)

  • Software Management in Ubuntu
  • Software Center
  • Deb packages
  • Software Sources
  • Synaptic Package Manager

7. System Maintenance and Security (Joe Burgess)

Updating Your Computer
  • Update manager
  • Configuring update settings

Upgrading Your Computer
  • Release cycle and LTS
  • Upgrading an existing installation
  • Performing a fresh upgrade

PART II

8. The Command Line and Security (Ryan Macnish and Kelvin Gardiner)

The Terminal
  • What is a terminal?
  • Sudo in the terminal
  • Browsing the file system
  • Manipulating files
  • Virtual terminals
  • Useful commands

Security
  • Why Ubuntu is safe
  • Firewall
  • Trusting your sources
  • Users and permissions
  • Sudo

9. Troubleshooting (No-one!)

  • Common problems

10. Learning more about Linux (Benjamin Humphrey)

  • Other distributions
  • Linux servers
  • Free software
  • Where you can get help

Extra Applications
  • Cheese
  • The GIMP
  • Gnome Do
  • Google Chrome
  • Jokosher Audio Editor
  • Sun Virtualbox
  • VLC
  • Wine

Glossary of Terms (Paritosh Mathur)

Index (Joe Burgess)

Credits (Benjamin Humphrey)


Comments

  • Huge overhaul due to bug #504668 - old ToC can be found here.

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