1. Chapter 1 About Ubuntu

   1. Why Ubuntu?

   2. The Parts That Make Up Ubuntu

   3. Summary

2. Chapter 2 Installing and Upgrading Ubuntu

   1. The Live DVD

   2. Starting the Live DVD

   3. Alternative Editions

   4. Burning a CD or DVD

   5. Virtual Installation

   6. Full Installation

   7. Upgrading to New Releases

   8. Summary

3. Chapter 3 Configuring

   1. Keyboard

   2. Mouse

   3. Graphics

   4. Sound

   5. PulseAudio

   6. Basic Networking

   7. Printing

   8. TV Tuners

   9. Webcams

   10. USB Media

   11. Summary

4. Chapter 4 The Desktop: Accessing Applications and Features

   1. Logging In

   2. Desktop Layout

   3. Personalization

   4. The Desktop Itself

   5. Adding New Users

   6. What’s New in 10.04

   7. Summary

5. Chapter 5 The Filesystem, File Attributes, and Permissions

   1. The Directory Tree

   2. Case Sensitivity and Special Characters

   3. Mounting Media

   4. Hidden Files and Folders

   5. Symbolic Links

   6. File Extensions

   7. File Permissions

   8. Users and Groups

   9. Other File Attributes

   10. The Trash

   11. Summary

6. Chapter 6 The Nautilus File Browser

   1. Opening Files and Folders

   2. Dragging and Dropping

   3. Copying Files and Folders

   4. Selecting Files and Folders

   5. Zooming In and Out

   6. The File Browser Menus

   7. Other Features of the File Manager

   8. Preferences

   9. The View Menu

   10. The Go Menu

   11. The Bookmarks Menu

   12. The Tabs Menu

   13. Help

   14. Context Menus

   15. Template Files

   16. The Toolbars

   17. Configuration Editor

   18. What’s New in 10.04

   19. Summary

7. Chapter 7 The Command Line

   1. The Terminal

   2. Bash

   3. The Command-Line Editor

   4. Bash Commands

   5. Using man

   6. Absolute and Relative Paths

   7. Using Quotation Marks

   8. The PATH Environment Variable

   9. Other Environment Variables

   10. Alternative Shells

   11. Using Nano to Edit Files

   12. Shell Scripts

   13. Using Backticks

   14. Using Pipes

   15. Using Redirection

   16. Standard Input, Output, and Error

   17. Wildcards, Sets, and Brace Expansion

   18. Using Aliases

   19. File Compression

   20. File and Folder Permissions

   21. Using sudo

   22. System Processes

   23. Summary

8. Chapter 8 Installing and Removing Software

   1. The Ubuntu Software Center

   2. The Synaptic Package Manager

   3. Synaptic’s Menus

   4. Using Aptitude

   5. Using apt-get

   6. Summary

9. Chapter 9 System Maintenance and Security

   1. System Maintenance

   2. Alpha and Beta Releases

   3. System Security

   4. Summary

10. Chapter 10 Networking Ubuntu

    1. Remote Desktop

    2. Controlling Multiple Local Computers

    3. Using Shared Folders

    4. Using Keyrings

    5. Summary

11. Chapter 11 The Internet

    1. Web Browsing

    2. Email

    3. Instant Messaging

    4. Internet Telephony

    5. Peer-to-Peer File Sharing

    6. Telnet and SSH

    7. Ubuntu One

    8. Summary

12. Chapter 12 Using OpenOffice.org

    1. Preparing the Example Files

    2. Writer

    3. Calc

    4. Impress

    5. Draw

    6. Base

    7. Math

    8. Built-in Help

    9. Evolution Calendar

    10. What’s New in 10.04?

    11. Summary

13. Chapter 13 Playing Games

    1. Built-in Games

    2. PlayDeb

    3. Other Linux Games

    4. PlayOnLinux

    5. KDE Games

    6. Browser-Based Games

    7. Ubuntu Easter Eggs

    8. OpenOffice.org StarWars

    9. Aptitude Silliness

    10. What’s New in 10.04

    11. Summary

14. Chapter 14 Pictures, Sound, and Video

    1. Movie Player

    2. VLC Media Player

    3. Rhythmbox Music Player

    4. The GIMP Image Editor

    5. F-Spot Photo Manager

    6. Audacity Audio Editor

    7. Rosegarden

    8. PiTiVi Video Editor

    9. The Take Screenshot Program

    10. Summary

15. Chapter 15 Other Ubuntu Distributions

    1. Installation

    2. Kubuntu

    3. Xubuntu

    4. Mythbuntu

    5. Edubuntu

    6. Ubuntu Netbook Edition

    7. Ubuntu Server Edition

    8. Ubuntu Studio

    9. Eeebuntu

    10. Even More Distributions

    11. Summary

16. Chapter 16 Using Wine

    1. What Is Wine?

    2. The Benefits of Wine

    3. Wine’s Limitations

    4. Installing Wine

    5. Installing Microsoft Fonts

    6. Configuring Wine

    7. Accessing the Windows C: Drive

    8. Further Information

    9. Summary

1. Colophon

The animal on the cover of Ubuntu: Up and Running is an addax (Addaxnasomaculatus). It is more commonly known as the screwhorn antelope because of the crooked horns that adorn both sexes of this endangered species. Females' horns can grow to be more than 2.5 feet high, while males' horns can reach as high as 4 feet. The addax's coat changes colors with the seasons; in the winter, it is a grayish-brown and its hind legs are white, and in the summer, its coat is completely white or sandy-blond. Its beard and red nostrils are also characteristic of its appearance. Its hooves are flat with strong dewclaws-vestigial digits on the feet of many mammals, birds, and reptiles-that help them walk on, rather than sink into, the sand.The addax lives in isolated sections of the Sahara desert and is nocturnal, as temperatures are coolest at night. During the day, it rests in a bed it has dug with its forefeet, ideally hidden in the shade provided by boulders or bushes. It feeds on Aristida and Parnicum grasses, eating only specific parts of each. Aristida grass thrives with only the slightest bit of humidity and rain, so it is a dependable resource for the addax, and the seeds of the Parnicum grass are high in protein. Able to survive in the drastic desert conditions, addax can live without water almost indefinitely. In fact, they rarely, if ever, drink water; they get sufficient moisture from their food.Addax herds can contain as many as 20 animals, both male and female. Its hierarchy appears to be based on age, as herds are characteristically led by the eldest male.There are fewer than 500 addax in the wild. Much of their habitat was destroyed for commercial purposes and the animal itself is hunted for leather. The addax is much slower than other antelope species and is thus an easy target for hunters with motorized vehicles.