Get Started with Ubuntu 19.04

629 Pages·36.523 MB·English

by  Matt Vogel

Get Started with Ubuntu 19.04
“Disco Dingo”
Get Started with Ubuntu ® 19.04 “Disco Dingo”
Copyright © 2019 Matthew Vogel
Ubuntu ® is a registered trademark of Canonical Ltd.
Linux ® is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds
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holders. Use of any trademark in this book does not constitute an affiliation
with/or an endorsement from the trademark holder. The use of the Ubuntu
trademark does not constitute an affiliation with/or endorsement by
Canonical or the Ubuntu project. Rather than put a trademark symbol after
every occurrence of a trademark name, we use names in an editorial fashion
only, and to benefit the trademark holder, with no intention of infringement
of the trademark.
All information in this book is presented on an “as-is” basis. No warranty or
guarantee is provided and the author and/or publisher shall not be held liable
for any loss or damage.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
1.1 What this book is
1.2 What this book is not
1.3 What is Ubuntu
1.4 Why I like Ubuntu
1.5 Getting Ubuntu
1.6 How are you going to install Ubuntu
1.6.1 Live DVD or USB
1.6.2 Install to the hard drive
1.6.3 Virtualization
1.6.4 UEFI Secure Boot
1.7 Long Term Support (LTS)
2. Installing Ubuntu
2.1 Booting Ubuntu
2.2 Preparing to Install Ubuntu
2.2.1 Language
2.2.2 Keyboard Layout
2.2.3 Updates and other Software
2.2.4 Installation Type
2.2.5 Where are you?
2.2.6 Who Are You?
2.2.7 Installation Complete
2.2.8 Login Screen
3. The Ubuntu Desktop
3.1 Gnome Desktop
3.1.1 Dock
3.1.1.1 Firefox
3.1.1.2 Thunderbird
3.1.1.3 File Manager
3.1.1.4 Rhythmbox
3.1.1.5 LibreOffice Writer
3.1.1.6 Ubuntu Software
3.1.1.7 Help
3.1.1.6 Amazon
3.1.2 Activities
3.1.3 Searching for Applications
3.1.4 The Upper Right Hand Corner
3.1.4.1 Volume Slider
3.1.4.2 Brightness Slider
3.1.4.3 Network Menu
3.1.4.4 Bluetooth Menu
3.1.4.5 Battery Menu
3.1.4.6 User Menu
3.1.4.7 Settings Button
3.1.4.8 Lock Button
3.1.4.9 Power Button
3.1.5 Trash
3.1.6 Applications
3.1.7 Open Windows
3.1.8 Calendar
3.1.8.1 Calendar Edit
3.1.8.2 Add Event
3.1.8.2 Edit Details
3.1.8.3 Delete Event
3.1.8.4 Week View
3.1.8.5 Month View
3.1.8.6 Year View
3.1.8.7 Search
3.1.8.8 Calendar Settings
3.1.9 Workspaces
4. Updating and Securing Ubuntu
4.1 Software Updater
4.2 apt
4.2.1 apt update
4.2.2 apt upgrade
4.2.2 apt dist-upgrade
4.2.3 Autoremove
4.3 Firewall
5. File Manager
5.1 Grid and List Views
5.2 Search
5.2.1 When
5.2.2 What
5.3 File Manager Menu
5.3.1 Right File Manager Menu
5.3.1.1 New File Manager Window
5.3.1.2 New Tab
5.3.1.3 New Folder
5.3.1.5 Edit
5.3.1.6 Select All
5.3.1.7 Show Hidden Files
5.3.1.8 Sidebar
5.3.1.9 Preferences
5.3.1.9.1 Views
5.3.1.9.1.1 General
5.3.1.9.1.2 Sort
5.3.1.9.1.3 List View
5.3.1.9.1.4 Icon View Captions
5.3.1.9.2 Behavior
5.3.1.9.2.1 Open Action
5.3.1.9.2.2 Link Creation
5.3.1.9.2.3 Executable Text Files
5.3.1.9.2.4 Trash
5.3.1.9.3 List Columns
5.3.1.9.4 Search & Preview
5.3.1.9.4.1 Search
5.3.1.9.4.1.1 Search in subfolders
5.3.1.9.4.1.2 Full text search
5.3.1.9.4.2 Thumbnails
5.3.1.9.4.3 File Count
5.3.1.10 Keyboard Shortcuts
5.3.1.11 Help
5.3.1.12 About
5.3.2 Left File Manager Menu
5.3.2.1 Grid View Menu
5.3.2.1.1 Zoom
5.3.2.1.2 Undo
5.3.2.1.3 Redo
5.3.2.1.4 Sort
5.3.2.1.4.1 A-Z
5.3.2.1.4.2 Z-A
5.3.2.1.4.3 Last Modified
5.3.2.1.4.4 First Modified
5.3.2.1.4.5 Size
5.3.2.1.4.6 Type
5.3.2.1.5 Reload
5.3.2.2 List View Menu
5.4 Navigation
5.5 Right Click - Empty Space
5.5.1 New Folder
5.5.2 Paste
5.5.3 Select All
5.5.4 Properties
5.5.4.1 Basic Tab
5.5.4.2 Permissions Tab
5.5.4.3 Local Network Share Tab
5.5.5 Restore Missing Files
5.5.6 Open in Terminal
5.6 Right Click - Directory
5.6.1 Open
5.6.2 Open In New Tab
5.6.3 Open in New Window
5.6.4 Open With Other Application
5.6.5 Cut
5.6.6 Copy
5.6.7 Paste Into Folder
5.6.8 Move to
5.6.9 Copy to
5.6.10 Move to Trash
5.6.11 Rename
5.6.12 Compress
5.6.13 Right Click on Compressed File
5.6.13.1 Open With Archive Manager
5.6.13.1.1 New Archive
5.6.13.1.2 Open
5.6.13.1.3 Save As
5.6.13.1.4 Password
5.6.13.1.5 Test Integrity
5.6.13.1.6 Properties
5.6.13.1.7 View All Files
5.6.13.1.8 View as a Folder
5.6.13.1.9 Sidebar
5.6.13.1.10 Help
5.6.13.1.11 About Archive Manager
5.6.13.2 Extract Here
5.6.13.3 Extract to
5.6.14 Local Network Share
5.6.15 Revert to Previous Version
5.6.16 Open in Terminal
5.6.17 Send to
5.6.18 Star
5.6.19 Unstar
5.6.20 Properties
5.6.20.1 Basic Tab
5.6.20.2 Permissions Tab
5.6.20.3 Local Network Share Tab
5.7 Right Click - File
5.7.1 Open With Text Editor
5.7.2 Open With Other Application
5.7.3 Cut
5.7.4 Copy
5.7.5 Move To
5.7.6 Copy To
5.7.7 Move to Trash
5.7.8 Rename
5.7.9 Compress
5.7.10 Revert to Previous Version
5.7.11 Send to
5.7.12 Properties
5.7.12.1 Basic Tab
5.7.12.2 Permissions Tab
5.7.12.3 Open With Tab
5.8 Files Menu
5.8.1 New Window
5.8.2 Show Details
5.8.3 Quit
6. System Settings
6.1 Wi-Fi
6.2 Bluetooth
6.3 Background
6.3.1 Wallpapers
6.3.2 Pictures
6.3.3 Colors
6.4 Dock
6.5 Notifications
6.6 Search
6.7 Region & Language
6.7.1 Language
6.7.2 Formats
6.7.3 Input Sources
6.7.4 Options
6.7.5 Install and Remove Input Sources
6.7.6 Manage Installed Languages
6.8 Universal Access
6.8.1 Seeing
6.8.1.1 High Contrast
6.8.1.2 Large Text
6.8.1.3 Cursor Size
6.8.1.4 Zoom
6.8.1.4.1 Magnifier
6.8.1.4.2 Crosshairs
6.8.1.4.3 Color Effects
6.8.1.5 Screen Reader