Contents -- Introduction -- PART I: INSTALLING AND CONFIGURING UBUNTU -- Chapter 1 What Is Ubuntu? -- What Is Linux? -- What Ubuntu Is -- A Cosmonaut's View -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2 Before You Install Ubuntu -- Choosing the Right Ubuntu -- Getting Ubuntu -- Installation Preparation -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3 Installing Ubuntu -- Try Before You Buy -- One or Two Operating Systems? -- Running Ubiquity -- Reviewing the Settings -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4 Desktop Basics -- Understanding the GNOME Desktop -- Desktop Settings and Features -- Window Dressing -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5 Getting Online -- How to Get on the Internet -- Configuring Connections -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6 Installing and Updating Software -- How Ubuntu Installs Software -- Understanding Software Repositories -- Using Update Manager -- Using Synaptic Package Manager -- Managing Software with Install and Remove Applications -- Managing Software with Apt-get -- Conclusion -- Chapter 7 Making Things Work -- Setting Up User Accounts -- Using Printers -- Using USB Mass Storage Devices -- Setting Up a Digital Camera -- Special Hardware Concerns -- Conclusion -- PART II: USING UBUNTU -- Chapter 8 Taking the Grand Tour -- Introducing Firefox -- Introducing Evolution -- Introducing OpenOffice.org -- Other Nifty Ubuntu Tools -- Conclusion -- Chapter 9 Basic File Management -- Using Nautilus -- Command-Line File Management -- Conclusion -- Chapter 10 Surfing the Web -- Using Firefox -- Conclusion -- Chapter 11 Mail Call -- Using Evolution -- Using Thunderbird -- Conclusion -- Chapter 12 Messaging Tools -- Using Gaim (Pidgin) -- Using Ekiga Softphone -- Conclusion -- Chapter 13 Multimedia Tools -- The Big Deal: Formats and Codecs -- Audio on Ubuntu -- Video on Ubuntu -- Conclusion -- Chapter 14 Getting All the Goodies -- Installing Automatix2 -- Using Automatix2 -- Working with Windows.

Playing DVDs -- Looking Forward -- Conclusion -- PART III: USING OPENOFFICE.ORG -- Chapter 15 Documenting with Writer -- The Writer Interface -- Creating Documents -- Conclusion -- Chapter 16 Analyzing with Calc -- A Spreadsheet Primer -- Learning the Calc Interface -- Good-Looking Data -- Conclusion -- Chapter 17 Presenting with Impress -- The Second Greatest Fear -- Learning the Tools to Use -- Creating a Presentation -- Conclusion -- Chapter 18 Organizing with Base -- Database Concepts -- Building Your Own Database -- Conclusion -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X.