A Practical Guide to Ubuntu Linux

Chapter 4. Introduction to Ubuntu Linux

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IN THIS CHAPTER

Curbing Your Power: root Privileges/sudo	88
A Tour of the Ubuntu Linux Desktop	89
The Update Notifier	100
Updating, Installing, and Removing Software Packages	119
Where to Find Documentation	124
More About Logging In	132
What to Do If You Cannot Log In	133
Working from the Command Line	136
Controlling Windows: Advanced Operations	139

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One way or another you are sitting in front of a computer that is running Ubuntu Linux. After describing root privileges, this chapter takes you on a tour of the system to give you some ideas about what you can do with it. The tour does not go into depth about choices, options, menus, and so on; that is left for you to experiment with and to ...