Ebook: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Desktop: Applications and Administration

"Explore Ubuntu applications, desktops, and administrative tools; Examine the Ubuntu GNOME Desktop within the dock; Explore the Kubuntu KDE desktop with activities, plasmoids, and KWin effects; Examine the Ubuntu Mate Desktop, with GNOME 2 like panels, menus, and applets; Explore the Ubuntu GNOME Desktop, using the advanced GNOME 3 interface; Use office suites, editors, mailers, web browsers, FTP clients, and social networking applications; Manage the software with the GNOME Software, the Synaptic Package Manager, and Discover; Review the Xubuntu and Lubuntu Desktops; Examine photo management applications, video and multimedia configuration, and music, video, and tv players; Examine Ubuntu desktop System Settings tools; Configure sound devices with PulseAudio; Set up a firewall with Gufw and FirewallD; Configure Windows access with Samba; Explore system administration, including managing users, backups, disk management, network connections, and system monitoring"--;Getting started. Ubuntu 18.04 introduction ; Installing Ubuntu ; Usage basics : login, desktop, network, and help ; Installing and updating software -- Applications. Office suites, editors, and e-mail ; Graphics and multimedia ; Internet applications -- Desktops. Ubuntu desktop ; Kubuntu (KDE Plasma) ; Ubuntu MATE ; Ubuntu flavors ; Shells -- Administration. System tools ; System administration ; Network connections.