| About The Authors |
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| Rickford Grant |
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| Phil Bull |
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| Acknowledgments |
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| Introduction |
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| Version Compatibility |
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| Concept and Approach |
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| How to Use This Book |
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| About the Conventions Used in This Book |
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| About the Projects in This Book |
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1 Becoming a Penguinista Welcome to the World of Linux |
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When Research Is Required |
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Good News for 64-Bit Machine Users |
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2 Wading and Diving Running and (If You Like) Installing Ubuntu |
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11 | (14) |
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12 | (1) |
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Choices, Choices, Choices---Installation Options |
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Going for a Swim---Installing Ubuntu Inside Windows (the Wubi Installer) |
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Taking the Full Plunge---Installing Ubuntu Outside of Windows |
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How Can I Get Back into Windows? |
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Oh No, My Computer Won't Boot! |
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3 A New Place to Call Home Getting to Know the Desktop |
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Parts of the Unity Desktop Environment |
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27 | (2) |
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Working with the Launcher |
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Finding and Running Apps with the Keyboard |
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34 | (1) |
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Navigating a Sea of Open Windows |
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Workspace Switcher---Virtual Desktops |
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37 | (1) |
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Why Doesn't My Desktop Look Like That? |
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38 | (1) |
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4 More than Webbed Feet Connecting to the Internet |
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42 | (1) |
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Setting Up a Wired Connection |
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43 | (2) |
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Setting Up a Cable or Ethernet Connection for Providers Not Using DHCP |
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43 | (2) |
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Setting Up a Wireless Connection |
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45 | (4) |
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45 | (1) |
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Activating Your Wireless Card |
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46 | (3) |
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Switching Off or Refreshing Your Wireless Connection |
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49 | (1) |
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Connecting with a DSL or ADSL Modem |
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49 | (1) |
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Setting Up a Dial-up Connection |
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50 | (2) |
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What to Do If Your Modem Isn't Compatible |
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51 | (1) |
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Mobile Broadband Connections |
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52 | (2) |
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I'm Connected... So Now What? |
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54 | (1) |
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5 Slipping and Sliding Exploring the Internet, Linux Style |
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55 | (22) |
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Firefox: Your Internet Browser |
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55 | (10) |
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Controlling Browser Window Clutter with Tabs |
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56 | (1) |
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Save It for Later: Using History and Bookmarks |
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57 | (4) |
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Keeping Up-to-Date with Live Bookmarks |
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61 | (1) |
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62 | (1) |
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62 | (3) |
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Project 5 Installing Firefox Extensions |
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65 | (2) |
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5-1 Downloading and Installing the ScribeFire Extension |
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66 | (1) |
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5-2 Setting Up the ScribeFire Extension |
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67 | (1) |
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67 | (2) |
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69 | (1) |
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Chatting with Your Friends via Empathy |
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70 | (2) |
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Telling People When You Don't Want to Chat |
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72 | (1) |
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Microblogging---Twitter and Friends |
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72 | (4) |
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Other Internet Applications |
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76 | (1) |
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6 Rounding Out the Bird Downloading, Installing, and Updating Programs the Easy Way |
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77 | (18) |
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Project 6A Installing Applications via the Ubuntu Software Center |
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78 | (6) |
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6A-1 Selecting Applications for Installation |
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80 | (1) |
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6A-2 Searching for Applications |
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81 | (1) |
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6A-3 Uninstalling Applications |
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82 | (1) |
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6A-4 Commercial vs. Free Software |
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83 | (1) |
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Performing System Updates via Update Manager |
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84 | (4) |
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How Often Should You Install Updates? |
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85 | (1) |
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If an Update Ruins Your Day ... or System |
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86 | (2) |
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Adding Extra Software Repositories |
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88 | (2) |
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APT-URL: Installing from Websites |
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90 | (1) |
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Project 6B Installing Software from a PPA---Turtle Arena |
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90 | (2) |
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Project 6C Installing DEB Packages Not Available via the Ubuntu Repositories---Google Earth |
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92 | (3) |
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7 A Tidy Nest File and Disc Handling in Ubuntu |
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95 | (30) |
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Find It Fast---Searching for Files with the Dash |
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96 | (3) |
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Recent Files and Downloads |
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96 | (1) |
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Finding More Elusive Files |
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96 | (1) |
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A Closer Look at Lenses and Filters |
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97 | (2) |
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Nautilus: The Fully Featured File Manager |
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99 | (2) |
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100 | (1) |
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Now You See It; Now You Don't |
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101 | (1) |
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File Handling in Nautilus |
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101 | (1) |
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Creating, Naming, and Renaming Folders |
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101 | (1) |
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102 | (1) |
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Copying Files and Folders |
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102 | (1) |
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102 | (8) |
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Browsing with Breadcrumbs in Nautilus |
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102 | (1) |
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Spelling It Out---Typing File Paths in Nautilus |
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103 | (1) |
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Bookmarks Within Nautilus |
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104 | (1) |
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Understanding the Linux Filesystem |
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104 | (1) |
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What's in All Those Other Folders? |
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105 | (1) |
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Using Nautilus as a Network Browser |
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106 | (1) |
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Using Nautilus as an FTP Client |
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107 | (1) |
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File and Folder Permissions Within Nautilus |
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108 | (1) |
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Changing File and Folder Permissions in Nautilus |
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108 | (1) |
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Keeping Your Home Folder Private |
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109 | (1) |
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Reading Data CDs and DVDs |
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110 | (6) |
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Burning Data CDs and DVDs |
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111 | (1) |
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112 | (1) |
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Burning ISO Images to Disc |
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113 | (1) |
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Creating Your Own ISO Images |
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113 | (1) |
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114 | (1) |
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Burning Subsequent Sessions |
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115 | (1) |
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115 | (1) |
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116 | (1) |
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Working with Bluetooth Devices |
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117 | (3) |
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117 | (1) |
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Sending Files by Bluetooth |
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118 | (1) |
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Receiving Files by Bluetooth |
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119 | (1) |
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120 | (2) |
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122 | (1) |
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122 | (1) |
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Project 7 Creating and Extracting Compressed Files |
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123 | (2) |
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8 Simple Kitten Ways Getting to Know the Linux Terminal and Command Line... and the Cool Things It Can Do |
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125 | (34) |
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126 | (2) |
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Some Goofy yet Useful Fun with the Command Terminal |
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128 | (1) |
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128 | (2) |
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128 | (1) |
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129 | (1) |
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129 | (1) |
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130 | (1) |
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130 | (1) |
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130 | (9) |
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130 | (1) |
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131 | (1) |
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131 | (1) |
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132 | (1) |
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132 | (1) |
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132 | (1) |
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133 | (2) |
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135 | (1) |
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135 | (1) |
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136 | (1) |
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137 | (2) |
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A Couple of Other Commands You'll Be Using Soon |
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139 | (2) |
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139 | (1) |
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139 | (2) |
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Project 8A Creating a Plan |
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141 | (1) |
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Project 8B More Command Practice with pyWings |
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142 | (5) |
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8B-1 Getting Ready for pyWings (Installing Tkinter) |
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143 | (1) |
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144 | (1) |
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8B-3 Creating a LocalApps Folder for pyWings |
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144 | (1) |
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8B-4 Extracting the pyWings Tarball |
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144 | (1) |
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8B-5 Moving the pyWings Folder to Your LocalApps Folder |
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145 | (1) |
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145 | (1) |
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8B-7 Creating a Launchable Link for pyWings |
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145 | (2) |
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8B-8 Running pyWings Again |
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147 | (1) |
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Project 8C Command Practice Review with Briscola |
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147 | (4) |
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148 | (1) |
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8C-2 Extracting the Briscola Tarball and Renaming the Briscola Folder |
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148 | (1) |
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8C-3 Preparing the Briscola Script |
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148 | (1) |
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8C-4 Moving the Briscola Folder to a Global Location |
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149 | (1) |
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8C-5 Creating a Launchable Link for Briscola |
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150 | (1) |
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Can You Do the Same Thing with pyWings? |
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150 | (1) |
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150 | (1) |
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Project 8D Compiling and Installing Programs from Source---Xmahjongg |
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151 | (5) |
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151 | (1) |
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152 | (1) |
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8D-1 Installing the Tools You Need |
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152 | (1) |
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8D-2 Downloading and Extracting the Xmahjongg File |
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152 | (2) |
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8D-3 Running configure and make for Xmahjongg |
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154 | (1) |
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8D-4 Installing and Running Xmahjongg |
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155 | (1) |
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8D-5 Cleaning Up and/or Uninstalling Xmahjongg |
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155 | (1) |
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156 | (1) |
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Tabbed Shell Sessions in the Terminal |
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157 | (2) |
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9 Dressing up the Bird Customizing the Look and Feel of Your System |
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159 | (20) |
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Project 9A Creating a New User Account |
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160 | (2) |
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9A-1 Creating the Account |
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160 | (1) |
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9A-2 Logging In to Your New Account |
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161 | (1) |
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162 | (5) |
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Changing the Desktop Background |
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162 | (2) |
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164 | (1) |
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Changing Your Launcher Icon Size (Unity 3D Only) |
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164 | (1) |
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164 | (1) |
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164 | (2) |
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166 | (1) |
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Customizing Your Desktop Environment: The Next Level |
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167 | (8) |
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Customizations with MyUnity |
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167 | (5) |
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Customizing Visual Effects with CompizConfig Settings Manager |
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172 | (3) |
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Project 9B Customizing Your Desktop Environment---There's No Place Like GNOME |
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175 | (2) |
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9B-1 Installing the GNOME Desktop Environments |
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176 | (1) |
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9B-2 Switching to the GNOME Desktop Environments and Back Again |
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176 | (1) |
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Project 9C Switching from Unity to Cinnamon |
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177 | (2) |
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10 Gutenbird Setting Up and Using Your Printer and Scanner |
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179 | (20) |
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180 | (10) |
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Confirming That Your Printer Is Supported |
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180 | (1) |
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Getting Ubuntu to Automatically Recognize and Set Up Your Printer |
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180 | (2) |
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Manually Configuring Printers |
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182 | (1) |
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Setting Up Wireless-Enabled Printers |
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183 | (1) |
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Setting Up Printers Connected over a Network |
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184 | (1) |
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For the Driverless Among You |
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185 | (1) |
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186 | (4) |
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Project 10 Installing TrueType Fonts |
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190 | (3) |
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10-1 Getting the Font Files |
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190 | (1) |
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10-2 Installing Fonts Locally |
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191 | (1) |
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10-3 Installing TrueType Fonts Globally |
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192 | (1) |
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193 | (6) |
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Scanning, No Questions Asked, with Simple Scan |
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193 | (1) |
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Not-So-Simple Scanning with XSane |
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194 | (2) |
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196 | (1) |
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Why Are My Scanned Images So Big? |
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196 | (1) |
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Which Resolution Should I Use When Scanning? |
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197 | (2) |
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11 Polyglot Penguins Linux Speaks Your Language |
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199 | (14) |
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Read-Only Language Support |
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200 | (1) |
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Typing Nonstandard Characters |
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201 | (4) |
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Using the Compose Key Option |
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201 | (2) |
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203 | (2) |
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Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Input |
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205 | (2) |
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205 | (1) |
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205 | (1) |
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206 | (1) |
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Project 11 Setting Up Asian-Language Support |
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207 | (2) |
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11-1 Installing IBus Input Methods |
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207 | (1) |
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11-2 Selecting Input Method Modules |
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207 | (1) |
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11-3 Typing Asian Languages with IBus |
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208 | (1) |
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Setting Up IBus to Automatically Start Up When You Log In |
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209 | (1) |
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Viewing Your System in Another Language |
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210 | (3) |
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12 Penguins at Work Getting Down to Business in Linux |
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213 | (16) |
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214 | (1) |
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214 | (8) |
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214 | (3) |
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Microsoft Office and LibreOffice File Compatibility |
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217 | (1) |
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218 | (1) |
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Getting to Know the Buttons |
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218 | (4) |
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Word Processing Done Lightly with AbiWord |
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222 | (1) |
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222 | (1) |
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Some Other Cool Productivity Apps |
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223 | (6) |
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223 | (1) |
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224 | (1) |
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224 | (2) |
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226 | (1) |
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227 | (2) |
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13 Right-Brain Penguins Linux Does Art |
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229 | (16) |
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229 | (1) |
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Project 13A Importing Images from Digital Cameras |
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230 | (2) |
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13A-1 Importing Images from Camera to Computer Somewhat Automatically via Shotwell |
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230 | (1) |
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13A-2 Transferring Images from Camera to Computer via the File Manager |
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231 | (1) |
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Project 13B Working with Digital Images in Shotwell |
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232 | (5) |
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13B-1 Publishing Images to Online Albums and Galleries |
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233 | (2) |
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13B-2 Sending Images by Email via Shotwell |
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235 | (1) |
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13B-3 Organizing Your Photo Collections with Tags |
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236 | (1) |
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A Few Other Graphics Apps to Consider |
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237 | (8) |
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237 | (1) |
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Getting Arty with the GIMP |
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238 | (2) |
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Phatch Photo Batch Processor |
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240 | (2) |
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242 | (1) |
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242 | (1) |
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243 | (1) |
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244 | (1) |
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14 Tux Rocks Music a la Linux |
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245 | (18) |
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246 | (1) |
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246 | (1) |
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Installing MP3 Support for Audio Apps |
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247 | (1) |
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Rhythmbox---Ubuntu's Default Audio Player |
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248 | (5) |
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Adding Songs and Albums to the Rhythmbox Library |
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248 | (1) |
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Ripping Audio CDs with Rhythmbox |
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249 | (1) |
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Browsing the Rhythmbox Library |
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250 | (1) |
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Creating Playlists in Rhythmbox |
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250 | (1) |
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Ubuntu One Music Store via Rhythmbox |
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251 | (1) |
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Other Cool Features in Rhythmbox |
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252 | (1) |
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Project 14 Listening to Streaming Media with Rhythmbox |
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253 | (1) |
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14-1 Adding Radio Streams to Rhythmbox |
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253 | (1) |
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14-2 Changing a Stream's Title and Information in Rhythmbox |
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253 | (1) |
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254 | (1) |
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Burning Audio CDs with Rhythmbox |
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254 | (1) |
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Burning Audio CDs Directly with Brasero |
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254 | (1) |
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255 | (2) |
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255 | (1) |
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Streaming Music with Streamtuner2 |
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255 | (2) |
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257 | (1) |
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257 | (6) |
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257 | (1) |
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258 | (1) |
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258 | (1) |
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259 | (1) |
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260 | (3) |
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15 Pluggin' in the Penguin Working with Your iPod, iPhone, and Other Digital Media Devices |
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263 | (12) |
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264 | (1) |
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Mounting and Ejecting Your iPod, iPhone, or iPad |
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264 | (1) |
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(Not) Auto-updating Your iPod or iPhone |
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265 | (1) |
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Working with Android-Based Devices |
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266 | (1) |
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What About Kindles, NOOKs, and Android 3.0+ "Honeycomb"-Based Devices? |
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267 | (1) |
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Working with Other Digital Media Players and Cell Phones |
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268 | (1) |
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Managing Your Audio Device's Audio Files with Rhythmbox |
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269 | (2) |
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Copying Songs from Your Audio Device to Your Hard Disk |
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270 | (1) |
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Ejecting Your iPod or Other Digital Device from Within Rhythmbox |
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271 | (1) |
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Problems Writing to Your iPod |
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271 | (1) |
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Working with Photos on Your Digital Device |
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271 | (1) |
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Converting Audio File Formats |
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272 | (2) |
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Playing Locked AAC (M4P) Files |
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274 | (1) |
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Linux on Your iPod, iPad, or Android Device? |
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274 | (1) |
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16 Couch Penguins Video and DVD Playback in Ubuntu |
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275 | (14) |
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275 | (1) |
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276 | (1) |
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Project 16 Installing Support for Encrypted DVDs |
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276 | (1) |
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276 | (1) |
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Watching Video Files with Movie Player |
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277 | (3) |
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Using Movie Player to Play DVDs, VCDs, and Other Multimedia Files |
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278 | (1) |
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Movie Player as an Audio Player? |
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278 | (1) |
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A Couple of Other Cool Movie Player Features |
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279 | (1) |
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An Alternative (and Arguably Better) Video Player: VLC |
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280 | (1) |
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Transferring Movies from Your Digital Camera to Computer |
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281 | (4) |
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Transferring Video Files from a Camera with a Storage Card |
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281 | (1) |
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Transferring Video Files from a Cell Phone or Another Mobile Device |
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281 | (1) |
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Capturing Digital Video from Cameras with Tape Storage |
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282 | (3) |
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Editing Digital Video with PiTiVi |
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285 | (1) |
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286 | (3) |
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17 Feathered Flippers Linux Gaming |
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289 | (20) |
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290 | (1) |
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Project 17A Expanding Your Game Collection via the Ubuntu Software Center |
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290 | (3) |
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17A-1 Installing Classic GNOME Games |
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290 | (1) |
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17A-2 Installing Some Linux Classics: Frozen Bubble, Tux Racer, and Pingus |
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291 | (2) |
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293 | (9) |
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Checking for Hardware Acceleration |
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293 | (1) |
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294 | (2) |
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296 | (1) |
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297 | (3) |
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Beyond the Ubuntu Software Center |
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300 | (1) |
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300 | (2) |
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Project 17B Installing a Java-Based Game: Schnapsen |
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302 | (3) |
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17B-1 Installing the Java Runtime Environment |
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303 | (1) |
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17B-2 Getting and Extracting Schnapsen |
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303 | (1) |
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17B-3 Running and Anglicizing Schnapsen |
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304 | (1) |
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305 | (1) |
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305 | (4) |
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18 Sweet Home Antarctica Linux Around the House |
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309 | (12) |
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309 | (1) |
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310 | (1) |
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Project 18A Installing a Recipe Lens |
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310 | (1) |
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311 | (2) |
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Fun (but Educational) Stuff |
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313 | (2) |
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315 | (2) |
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Project 18B Installing Parental Controls |
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317 | (2) |
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Other Home-Related Applications |
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319 | (2) |
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19 Penguins at the Gates Working with Ubuntu in a Windows World |
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321 | (18) |
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Project 19A Accessing Files on Your Windows Partition (for Dual-Booters) |
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322 | (2) |
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19A-1 Mounting Your Windows Partition |
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322 | (1) |
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19A-2 Unmounting Your Windows Partition |
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323 | (1) |
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Accessing a Linux Partition While Running Windows |
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324 | (1) |
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Project 19B Installing Microsoft Windows Core Fonts |
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325 | (1) |
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Dual-Booting: Changing the Boot Order and Timeout |
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326 | (2) |
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Linux Equivalents .to Your Windows Applications |
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328 | (1) |
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Project 19C Running Windows Programs |
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329 | (4) |
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19C-1 Installing and Testing Wine |
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329 | (1) |
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19C-2 Installing a Windows Application in Wine |
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330 | (1) |
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19C-3 Getting Windows Apps to Work in Wine with PlayOnLinux |
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331 | (2) |
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Installing Windows Inside Ubuntu |
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333 | (3) |
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Sharing Files with Windows Users on Your Network |
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336 | (3) |
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Accessing Files Stored on a Windows Computer |
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336 | (1) |
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Making Your Files Accessible from a Windows Computer |
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337 | (2) |
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20 Defending the Nest Security |
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339 | (12) |
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Does My System Need Protection? |
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340 | (1) |
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The First Line of Defense |
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340 | (1) |
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341 | (3) |
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Taking Control of Firestarter |
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343 | (1) |
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Confirming That Firestarter Runs Automatically |
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344 | (1) |
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344 | (1) |
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ClamAV: Antivirus Software, Linux Style |
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344 | (1) |
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Project 20A Encrypting Your Files |
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345 | (3) |
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20A-1 Creating an Encrypted File Folder |
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346 | (1) |
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20A-2 Recovering Encrypted Files If Something Goes Wrong |
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347 | (1) |
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Project 20B Shredding Documents Digitally |
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348 | (3) |
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20B-1 Trying the shred Command |
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348 | (1) |
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20B-2 A Graphical Equivalent to the shred Command |
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349 | (2) |
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21 A Colony of Penguins The Ubuntu Community |
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351 | (22) |
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352 | (1) |
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Launchpad: Your Passport to the Ubuntu Community |
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353 | (1) |
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Bugs, Bugs, Glorious Bugs |
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354 | (7) |
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354 | (1) |
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355 | (2) |
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Has It Already Been Reported? |
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357 | (1) |
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358 | (1) |
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358 | (1) |
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When Will My Bug Be Fixed? |
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359 | (1) |
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360 | (1) |
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361 | (2) |
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362 | (1) |
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362 | (1) |
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What's All This Bean Business? |
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363 | (1) |
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363 | (1) |
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364 | (4) |
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Registering Your Nickname |
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365 | (2) |
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367 | (1) |
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367 | (1) |
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An IRC Alternative: Mailing Lists |
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368 | (1) |
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368 | (1) |
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368 | (1) |
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Stickers and Other Goodies |
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369 | (1) |
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370 | (3) |
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370 | (3) |
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22 Wounded Wings Fixing Common Problems |
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373 | (30) |
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I Can't Get Ubuntu Installed |
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374 | (3) |
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My Computer Won't Boot from the CD |
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374 | (1) |
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I Can't Get the Installer to Run |
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375 | (2) |
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The Installer Stops Partway Through |
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377 | (1) |
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Something Goes Wrong Before Ubuntu Finishes Booting |
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377 | (5) |
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378 | (1) |
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I Get a Kernel Panic or the Computer Freezes |
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378 | (3) |
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381 | (1) |
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382 | (4) |
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Ubuntu Doesn't Play Any Sounds |
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383 | (1) |
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My Microphone Doesn't Work |
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384 | (1) |
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I Can't Play an Audio or Video File |
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385 | (1) |
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Internet and Network Connection Problems |
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386 | (6) |
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Finding the Cause of a Connection Problem |
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386 | (2) |
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Installing Drivers for Your Network/Wireless Card |
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388 | (1) |
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Checking for Restricted Drivers |
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388 | (2) |
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No Wireless Networks Are Found |
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390 | (1) |
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Other Users on My Computer Can't Connect |
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391 | (1) |
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Problems with the Display and Graphics Cards |
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392 | (2) |
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Games/Unity Don't Work: Installing Accelerated Graphics Drivers |
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392 | (1) |
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The Screen Looks Stretched or the Wrong Size |
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393 | (1) |
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394 | (1) |
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Hard Disks and Storage Problems |
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394 | (2) |
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395 | (1) |
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My Disk Is Completely Full |
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395 | (1) |
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396 | (1) |
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Software Installation Problems |
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396 | (3) |
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I Get an Error About Unauthenticated Packages |
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397 | (1) |
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397 | (1) |
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398 | (1) |
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A Software Repository/PPA That I Added Doesn't Show Up in the Software Center |
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398 | (1) |
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Common Problems with Applications |
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399 | (1) |
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Firefox Says It's Already Running |
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399 | (1) |
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399 | (1) |
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399 | (1) |
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My Computer Is Running Slowly |
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400 | (1) |
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401 | (1) |
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Where Can I Go to Get More Help? |
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402 | (1) |
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A Installing Ubuntu from a USB Flash Drive |
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403 | (4) |
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Preparing the Installer Files |
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404 | (1) |
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Creating a Bootable Installer Disk |
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404 | (1) |
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Booting from the USB Disk |
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405 | (2) |
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B Ubuntu Desktop 64-Bit Discs |
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407 | (4) |
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Downloading and Burning Ubuntu Desktop CD ISOs to Disc |
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407 | (2) |
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Burning the ISO to Disc in Windows |
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408 | (1) |
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Burning the ISO to Disc in OS X |
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408 | (1) |
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Ordering an Install Disc from Other Online Sources |
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409 | (2) |
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C Manually Partitioning Your Hard Disk |
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411 | (8) |
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Creating and Deleting Partitions |
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412 | (2) |
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Editing Existing Partitions |
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414 | (1) |
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414 | (2) |
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415 | (1) |
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415 | (1) |
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415 | (1) |
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415 | (1) |
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416 | (1) |
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Example Partition Layouts |
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416 | (2) |
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Standard Ubuntu-Only Installation |
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416 | (1) |
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Ubuntu-Only with a Separate Home Partition |
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416 | (1) |
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Ubuntu and Windows with a Shared Partition |
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417 | (1) |
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418 | (1) |
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419 | (6) |
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419 | (1) |
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420 | (1) |
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421 | (1) |
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Hardware Compatibility Issues |
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421 | (1) |
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422 | (1) |
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422 | (1) |
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Applications and Other Packages |
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422 | (1) |
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422 | (1) |
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422 | (1) |
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423 | (1) |
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423 | (1) |
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424 | (1) |
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