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. (dot) prefix files, 108* (asterisk), wildcard character, 410$ (dollar sign), shell prompt, 169- (hyphen), dash in commands, 145? (question mark), wildcard character, 410| (vertical bar), pipe symbol, 411[ ] (brackets), wildcard characters, 410~ (tilde), home directory indicator, 1693D modeling, 98–99, 438

About Kubuntu Guide, 305–306Access, Ubuntu equivalent to, 436Access permissions, 177–178, 405Access restrictions, Kubuntu, 300–301Accessibility, Kubuntu, 250Accounting, Ubuntu equivalent to Windows, 437Add a Printer Wizard, 137–139addgroup command, 408Adding/removing programs

Adept, 264–265Edubuntu, 384–386Kubuntu, 264–265Ubuntu, 122–124

Address book, 94adduser command, 408Adept package manager. See also Installing

Kubuntu.adding/removing programs, 264–265components, 263installing packages, 263–266, 269–271managing repositories, 266–269previewing changes, 270–271search feature, 265starting, 264update notification, 271–274Updater, 271–274Updater-Notifier, 271–274

Advanced Package Tool (APT), 125, 166–167Advanced tab, 282–285Advocacy, 334AIM, Ubuntu equivalent, 437

Alternate install CD. See Installing Ubuntu fromalternate install CD.

Amarok music manager, 288–289Anagram creator, 363Animation, 98–99Announcements, 313Answers, 28, 351Applets. See also specific applets.

adding, 64definition, 64Kubuntu, 261–262

Applications. See also specific applications.closing, 60compiling, 197–198maximizing, 60minimizing, 60open, displaying, 66starting, 60–62, 69switching between, 66vendor lockup, 74writing and tracking, 28

Applications menu. See also Desktop, Ubuntu.Audio CD Creator, 97Calculator, 95CD ripper, 97description, 60Dictionary, 95Disk Usage Analyzer, 97FreeCell Patience, 96Gnometric, 96Internet Relay Chat, 96Mahjongg, 96Movie Player, 97Nibbles, 96Sound Recorder, 97starting applications, 60Sudoku, 97System Monitor, 97Terminal, 95Terminal Server Client, 96Text Editor, 95

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Appointments, 296. See also Calendars.APT (Advanced Package Tool), 125, 166–167aptitude utility, 174Archive management, 347Array failure, RAID, 160Array management, 164Artwork, user contributions, 336Asterisk (*), wildcard character, 410Astronomy program, 366–367Audio. See also Music.

distorted, 208from iPods, 116listening to, 114–116LTSP (Linux Terminal Server Project), 388–389MP3 format, 117Ogg format, 117playing CDs, 116–117Rhythmbox, 114–116ripping CDs, 116–117Sound Juicer, 116–117

Audio CD Creator, 97Autopackages, running, 196–197

Background, desktopKubuntu, 259, 300Ubuntu, 105

Backing up databoot sector, 187–188RAID, 159

Backports repository, 165Bacon, Jono, 310Baker, 135Base, 369Bazaar, 27, 352Beagle, 99–100, 203–204Big Iron Kernel, 153–154BIOS configuration problems, 38Blanking screens, 396Blender, 97–99Bluefish, 100–101Blueprint, 28, 350Bluetooth support, 222Bookmarking

files, 103live bookmarks, 71Web sites, 71

Books. See Documentation; Help.Boot failure, 187–188/boot folder, 109Boot logo appears corrupted, 188–189Boot process, Edubuntu, 358–359Boot sector, backing up and restoring, 187–188. See also

MBR.

Brackets ([ ]), wildcard characters, 410Bread, baking, 243–244Breezy Badger (5.10), 250Bug #1, 24–25Bugs

Bug #1, 24–25Malone, 24–25, 28, 349–350reports, filing, 240–242tracking, 24–25, 28, 349–350user contributions, 336–337

Bulletin boards, 315–318Burning CDs

audio and data, 134–135, 292–293installation, 36–38, 134

Buttons in window border, 60

Calc, 289–290, 369Calculator program, 95Calculators, 95, 302Calendars

on the desktop, 65Evolution, 78–79Kontact, 296KOrganizer, 296Kubuntu, 294–297

Cameras. See Digital cameras.Canonical Ltd.

Bazaar, 27formation of, 11–12Launchpad, 27–29service and support, 25–27

cardbus adapter not recognized, 218–219cat command, 408cd command, 404CD images. See .iso files.CD ripper, 97CD/ROM, troubleshooting, 221CDs

audioburning, 134–135, 292–293creating, 97playing, 116–117ripping, 97, 116–117, 286–287

data, burning, 292–293installation. See Installation CDs.

Checking forCD errors, 371installed fonts, 191–192Kubuntu updates, 267software upgrade, 200Ubuntu updates, 130–131, 132

chmod command, 405chown command, 406

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Client management, Edubuntukernel version, updating, 392–393NFS root, updating, 391–392

Clockdate and time, 276Edubuntu, 377Ubuntu, 65

CoC (Code of Conduct), 20–22, 413–414Codecs, installing, 113–114Collective work, legal definition, 426Command-line interface

Kubuntu, 302Ubuntu. See Terminal.

Commands. See Terminal, commands.Commercial distributions, 343–345Community Council, 330–331Community of users. See Ubuntu community.Compression, multimedia, 113–114Computer Administration section, 276–280Computers, older or less powerful. See Xubuntu.Conferences, 322–325Configuration files, 108Configuring. See also Customizing.

BIOS, 38desktop

background, 105menu layout, 61–62preferences, 63screensavers, 106themes, 105–106

Edubuntu server, 373–374Ekiga, 88–92keyboard layout

Edubuntu, 375Kubuntu, 276Ubuntu, 41

Kubuntugraphical display configuration, 278–279locking the configuration, 300network configuration, 279–282networks, 279–282X Window configuration, 278–279

printers, 135–139user accounts, 45–48, 54X Window, 278–279

Copyingfiles, 111, 285–286files between computers, 230folders, 111photos from mobile phone, 222

cp command, 405Creative Commons Attribution, 425–433. See also

Licensing.

Creative Commons compatible license, 426crontab file, 228–230Cropping images, 85Cunningham, Ward, 319CUPS Manager, 136Customizing. See also Configuring.

Kubuntuaccess restrictions, 300–301applets, 261–262date and time, 276desktop, 259–260, 300disk drives, 282–283file sharing, 279–282GHNS (Get Hot New Stuff), 260–261graphical display configuration, 278–279keyboard behavior, 276the Kicker, 261–262KMenu, 262–263locking out, 300look and feel, 275–276making immutable, 300mouse behavior, 276network configuration, 279–282personal information, 275printers, 276–279splash screen, 276templates for, 260–261Windows applications, 283–285Wine, 283–285X Window configuration, 278–279

Ubuntu desktopbackground, 105menu layout, 61–62preferences, 63screensavers, 106themes, 105–106

Dapper Drake (6.04), 3, 23, 250Databases

Base program, 369of stars, 366–367Ubuntu equivalent to Windows, 436

Date and time, 276. See also Clock.Debian project, 16–17Deleted items, restoring, 194–195Deleting

files, 285–286user accounts, 408user groups, 408

delgroup command, 408deluser command, 408Derivative work, legal definition, 426Derived distributions, 342–345

Index 441


Desktop, Edubuntublanking screens, 396lockdown editor, 396locking screens, 396logging users out, 394–395plug-ins, 397process management, 394sending messages, 395starting programs, 395–396user groups, 396–397

Desktop, KDE. See KDE desktop; Kubuntu.Desktop, Kubuntu. See also KDE desktop.

backgrounds, 259, 300clearing, 257customizing, 259–260making immutable, 300multiple, 260screensaver, 260–261wallpaper, 259, 260–263, 300

Desktop, Ubuntu. See also Applications menu.applets, 64applications

closing, 60maximizing, 60minimizing, 60open, displaying, 66starting, 60–62switching between, 66

buttons in window border, 60calendar, 65clock, 65customizing

background, 105menu layout, 61–62preferences, 63screensavers, 106themes, 105–106

Desktop folder, accessing, 62device icons, 60files on, location, 62hanging up, 198help and support, 63hiding/showing, 66Home folder, accessing, 62installing, 192language selection, 59main areas, 59notification area, 64–65panel, 59performance enhancement, 231–232Places menu, 62–63preferences, 63problem reporting, 63

shortcut icons, 64system configuration, 63System menu, 63–64taskbar, 60, 66themes

changing, 208–209finding, 209–210installing, 209–210

usability, 67wastebasket, 67workspaces, 66

Desktop CD. See Installing Ubuntu from desktop CD.Desktop folder, accessing, 62Desktop publishing, 370, 437. See also Word

processing.Desktop search, 203–204Desktops vs. servers, 23. See also Ubuntu Server./dev folder, 109/dev/dsp not available, 207Developer blogs, 71Developer summits, 322–324Development discussions, 313Development environment, 102Device detection, 276–279Device file creation, disabling, 178Device icons, 60Devices. See specific devices.df command, 406Dia, 371Dictionary, 95Digital cameras, 135Directories. See Folders.Disk & Filesystems section, 282–283Disk storage. See also CDs; USB storage devices.

across physical boundaries. See RAID (redundantarray of inexpensive disks).

drives, Kubuntu, 282–283drives, searching for, 62fixing, 234–235floppy disks, 133, 135formatting, 224–225hard disks. See also LVM (Logical Volume

Manager).mounting/unmounting, 133partitioning. See Partitioning disks.usage analysis, 97

reads but won’t write, 222–223, 223–226recovering from power failure, 234–235space usage

displaying, 406freeing, 199–200reducing, 235

USB keyring devices, 133–134

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Disk Usage Analyzer, 97Display tool, 278–279Dispute resolution, 330, 414Distribution management, 347Distributions. See also specific distributions.

commercial, 343–345definition, 12derived, 342–345description, 12–14diversity of, 14–16educational purposes. See Edubuntu.with KDE desktop. See Kubuntu.managing, 28for older computers. See Xubuntu.repositories of, 14–16South African, 345Spanish, 343

Documentation. See also Help; Online resources.command-line interface, 411licensing, 423man pages

for commands, 236finding, 409–410Terminal, 147

user contributions, 336Documents

creating, 72–74. See also OpenOffice.org.recently-used, searching for, 63

Dollar sign ($), shell prompt, 169Dot (.) prefix files, 108Downloading packages, 169–172Draw, 289–290, 370Drawing programs. See also Image editing.

3D modeling, 98–99animation, 98–99Draw, 289–290, 370GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation), 370production studio, 98–99rendering, 98–99SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics), 99, 438Tux Paint, 368Ubuntu equivalent to Windows, 438

Driverslicensing, 423restricted, 190

Dual bootcreating, 239–240Edubuntu, 381–383LTSP (Linux Terminal Server Project), 381–383operating systems supported, 239–240partitioning for, 42, 43QEMU project, 239–240troubleshooting, 239–240

DVDencryption, 119not working, 221playback is jittery, 206–207video, enabling, 210–211won’t eject, 221won’t play, 206

Eclipse, 102Edgy Eft (6.10), 250Edubuntu. See also LTSP (Linux Terminal Server

Project).applications

anagram creator, 363astronomy, 366–367Base, 369Calc, 369for children 2-10, 368–369databases, 369desktop publishing, 370Dia, 371Draw, 370drawing, 368, 370educational, 362–369flow diagrams, 371fraction exercises, 363–364GCompris, 368–369GCompris Administration, 362geometrical construction, 364–365graphing, 365hangman game, 364Impress, 369Kalzium, 362–363Kanagram, 363KBruch, 363–364KEduca, 364KEduca-Editor, 364KHangman, 364Kig, 364–365Kino, 371KmPlot, 365KPercentage, 365KStars, 366–367KTouch, 367KTurtle, 367Kverbos, 367KVocTrain, 367–368Logo program, 367Math, 370mathematical expression builder,

370OpenOffice.org, 369–371percentage exercises, 365

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Edubuntu, applications, continuedperiodic table exploration, 362–363plotting, 365presentations, 369Scribus, 370space exploration, 366–367Spanish verbs, 367spreadsheets, 369standard, 369–371stars database, 366–367test creation and administration, 364touch typing tutor, 367Tux Paint, 368video editor, 371vocabulary training, 367–368word processing, 369, 370Writer, 369, 370

blanking screens, 396boot process, 358–359client management

kernel version, updating, 392–393NFS root, updating, 391–392

description, 30–31, 356–357desktop management

blanking screens, 396lockdown editor, 396locking screens, 396logging users out, 394–395plug-ins, 397process management, 394sending messages, 395starting programs, 395–396user groups, 396–397

Educational menu, 362–369goals of, 357help, 399–401history of, 357–358installing. See Installing Edubuntu.lockdown editor, 396locking screens, 396logging users out, 394–395partner project, 341plug-ins, 397process management, 394sending messages, 395server management

applications, installing and removing,384–386

IP address, changing, 386–387local devices over LTSP, 387–388printing over LTSP, 389–390sound over LTSP, 388–389updating, 383–384

USB sticks under LTSP, 387–388window manager alternatives, 390

sources for, 358starting programs, 395–396Thin Client Manager, 393–397user groups, 396–397vs. Ubuntu, 35

Educational menu, 362–369Educational programs, Ubuntu equivalent to Windows,

438Education-oriented Ubuntu. See Edubuntu.Effect filters, 82–83Ekiga

address book, 94configuring, 88–92description, 87–88making a call, 92–94starting, 88text chat, 94view mode, 94webcam, 92, 94

Electrical powerfailure, recovering from, 234–235suspending, 68, 258

Elkner, Jeff, 357E-mail

Kubuntu, 294–297sending/receiving, 77–78setting up, 75–77troubleshooting, 204–205Ubuntu equivalent to Windows, 436unable to connect to server, 78

Emblems, 112Encryption

DVD, 119Launchpad, 351

Entertainment programs, Ubuntu equivalent toWindows, 438

/etc folder, 109Etrich, Matthias, 248Evolution, 75–78, 204–205Excel, Ubuntu equivalent, 435

Fair dealing rights, 427Fault tolerance, 164Feature tracking, 350Feisty Fawn (7.04), 251File Manager

displaying hidden files and folders, 194freeing disk space, 200restoring deleted items, 194–195running slow, 194scripting, 201–202

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File systemsdefault, 45navigation, 403–404Ubuntu Server, 177–178

Files. See also Folders.. (dot) prefix, 108access record, disabling, 178bookmarking, 103configuration, 108contents, displaying, 286copying, 111, 285–286, 405copying between computers, 230deleting, 285–286, 405emblems, 112execution, disabling, 178finding, 62–63, 102–103, 286hidden, displaying, 194kioslaves, 286listing by folder, 405listing by package, 174–175moving, 111, 285–286, 405music management, 288–289ownership, changing, 406package owner, finding, 175package provider, finding, 175pasting, 285–286permissions, changing, 405remote, accessing, 142–143selecting, 111sharing, 279–282shortcuts, 286storing and organizing, 107–110tagging, 112text, searching and editing, 407–408transfer with SSH (Secure Shell), 213USB drive access, 288Windows partition access, 287–288

Filtersgraphic, 82–83packages, 269

Finding. See also Search tools.desktop files, 62disk drives, 62files and folders, 62–63, 102–103, 286man files, 409–410network servers, 63packages, 269recently-used documents, 63

Finger pain, 244–245Firefox

bookmarking sites, 71description, 69–70Google searches, 70–71

Kubuntu, 291–292live bookmarks, 71plug-ins, 71–72previewing pages, 71tabbed browsing, 70–71

Firmware, licensing, 423Flash disks. See USB storage devices, keyring devices.Flight simulator, Ubuntu equivalent to Windows,

438Floppy disks, 133, 135Flow diagrams, 371Folders. See also Files.

changing directory, 404copying, 111creating, 110, 405default, descriptions, 109emblems, 112finding, 62–63, 102–103hidden, displaying, 194moving, 111ownership, changing, 406permissions, changing, 405printing working directory, 403–404selecting, 111tagging, 112viewing, 110

Fontsinstalled, checking for, 191–192missing, 190–191TrueType, installing, 191–192Windows, 190–191

Formatting disk storage, 224–225Fraction exercises, 363–364free command, 406Free software

characteristics of, 4freedoms, 4history of Ubuntu, 3–5, 16–17meaning of “free,” 6, 417

FreeCell Patience, 96Freespire, 344–345The Fridge, 321–322fsck message, 234–235F-Spot, 100–101

Gaim, 85–87Games, 96–97, 438GCompris, 368–369GCompris Administration, 362General Tab, 274–282Geographical location, specifying, 40, 49–50Geometrical construction, 364–365GHNS (Get Hot New Stuff), 260–261

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GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation)creating an image, 80cropping, 85description, 79Edubuntu, 370–371effect filters, 82–83layers, 83–84starting, 80templates, 80–81text, 82

gNewSense, 343–344GNOME CUPS Manager, 136Gnometric, 96GNU, history of Ubuntu, 3–5Gnubuntu, 344Goals of

Edubuntu, 357Ubuntu, 18–20, 22–24Ubuntu community governance, 327

GPL (GNU Public License), 249Graphics. See Drawing; Image editing.Graphing, 365Grawert, Oliver, 357, 393Green dragon, 249grep command, 407Ground rules, 414–416Groups, user

commands for, 408creating, 396, 408deleting, 408description, 396–397

Guadalinex, 343Gwenview, 303

HAL devices, listing, 407Ham/Bugsrmony project, 249Handicapped users. See Accessibility.Hangman game, 364Hard disks. See also Disk storage; LVM (Logical Volume

Manager).fixing, 234–235mounting/unmounting, 133partitioning. See Partitioning disks.usage analysis, 97

Hardware. See also specific devices.connection type, determining, 44device file system, determining, 223–224HAL devices, listing, 407listing, 407troubleshooting. See Troubleshooting, hardware.

Harrison, Eric, 357HBD (Here Be Dragons), 8

Help. See also Online resources; Technical support.About Kubuntu Guide, 305–306for commands, 236Edubuntu, 399–401KHelpCenter, 305–306Kubuntu, 305–306Kubuntu Desktop Guide. See Kubuntu System

Documentation.Kubuntu System Documentation, 305–306man pages, 147, 236Terminal, 147, 409–410Ubuntu Help Center, 63Ubuntu Packaging Guide, 305–306Ubuntu Server Guide, 305–306

Hibernating, 68, 258History of Ubuntu. See also Shuttleworth, Mark.

Debian project, 16–17free software

and the Debian project, 16–17and GNU, 3–5meaning of “free,” 6

GNU, 3–5Linux, 5open source, 5–7Open Source Initiative, 6Perens, Bruce, 6Raymond, Eric S., 6religious schisms, 6–7Stallman, Richard M., 3–5Torvalds, Linus, 5user community, 17–18X window system, 5

Hoary Hedgehog, 152/home folder, 109Home folder, accessing, 62Hostname, specifying, 50–51HP Device Manager, 276–279Hyphen (-), dash in commands, 145

ICQ, Ubuntu equivalent, 437IDE (Integrated Development Environment), 303ifconfig command, 406Illustrator, Ubuntu equivalent, 438Image editing. See also Drawing.

Edubuntu, 370–371GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation), 370–371Krita, 297–299Kubuntu, 297–299Ubuntu equivalent to Windows, 436

Image files. See .iso files.Image viewer, 303Immutability, Kubuntu, 300

446 Index


ImpiLinux, 345Impress, 289–290, 369Info Center, 302Inkscape, 99Installation CDs

burning, 36–38, 134Linux, 37Mac OS X, 38Windows, 37

Installingdesktop environment, 192desktop themes, 209–210LTSP (Linux Terminal Server Project), 379–380non-Synaptic applications, 193packages, 168–169, 170remote control, 210a server, 49visual themes, 209–210

Installing applicationswith Add/Remove Applications, 122–124application sources. See Repositories.APT (Advanced Package Tool), 125packages, 125repositories, 125software channels. See Repositories.with Synaptic, 125–128

Installing EdubuntuCD, error checking, 371from the desktop CD, 372–373dual booting, 381–383with existing DHCP server, 380–381installation type, choosing, 371–372from the server CD

clock, setting, 377installation procedure, 374–377keyboard layout, choosing, 375language setup, 375LTSP client setup, 378–379LTSP server setup, 377–378partitioning the hard disk, 376reverting to Ubuntu desktop, 379screen resolution, 377server configuration, 373–374standalone installation, 373

updates. See Installing updates, Edubuntu.Installing Kubuntu. See also Adept.

alongside Ubuntu, 251–252dependencies, 270from the desktop CD, 252–255downloading the image file, 251Ubiquity installer program, 252–255updates. See Installing updates, Kubuntu.

Installing Ubuntuchecking for updates, 132computer types supported, 34–35file system default, 45migrating from previous version, 45–46, 131–132migration assistant, 45–46updates. See Installing updates, Ubuntu.

Installing Ubuntu from alternate install CDdefinition, 34geographical location specification, 49–50getting the CD, 36–38hostname specification, 50–51installing a server, 49language selection, 48partitioning the disk

adding a partition, 52–53manually, 52methods for, 51–52root partition, placing, 53settings, 54

user configuration, 54Installing Ubuntu from desktop CD

BIOS configuration problems, 38definition, 34failure to boot, 38geographical location specification, 40getting the CD, 36–38keyboard configuration, 41language selection, 38–39migrating from previous version, 45–46partitioning the disk

adding a partition, 45definition, 41–42for dual boot, 42, 43manually, 43methods for, 42sharing with Windows, 45for Ubuntu only, 42, 43

password guidelines, 47system use during installation, 48user configuration, 45–48

Installing Ubuntu Serverlog file, 155LVM (Logical Volume Manager)

array management, 164description, 160–161fault tolerance, 164LVs (logical volumes), 162PVs (physical volumes), 161–162redundancy, 164setting up, 162–164VGs (volume groups), 161–162

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Installing Ubuntu Server, continuedpartitioning, 155–156. See also RAID.RAID (redundant array of inexpensive disks)

array failure, 160array management, 164backing up data, 159choosing, 158description, 156–157levels, 156–157modes, 158parity drives, 158setting up, 158–160spare devices, 160

root account, enabling, 164–165ssh client, 155switching consoles, 155vs. regular Ubuntu machine, 154–155

Installing updatesEdubuntu

client, 391–392–395kernel version, 392–393NFS root, 391–392server, 383–384

Kubuntuchecking for, 267filtering packages, 269finding packages, 269installing, 271–274notification, 271package information, displaying,

269–270packages, 263–266, 269–271

Ubuntuchecking for updates, 130–131, 132launching the update, 129limitations, 130–131reviewing updates, 129–130security-related, 128smart updates, 131Ubuntu releases, 131–132

Instant messaging, 86–87, 293–294, 437Integrated Development Environment (IDE),

303Intel Boot Agents will not boot, 399Internet dial-up tool, 303Internet Explorer, Ubuntu equivalent, 436Internet phone. See Ekiga.Internet radio, 289IP address, changing, 386–387IP address not received, 397–398iPods, 116

IRC (Internet Relay Chat)description, 96Edubuntu, 401Kubuntu, 299, 306Ubuntu, 87, 314–315

.iso filesburning to CD, 36–38, 134testing, 195–196

iTunes, Ubuntu equivalent, 436iwconfig command, 406

K Control Center. See System Settings.K3b, 292–293Kalzium, 362–363Kanagram, 363Katapult, 256Katapult navigation tool, 256–257Kate, 302KBruch, 363–364KDE desktop. See also Kubuntu.

current version, 249GPL (GNU Public License), 249green dragon, 249Ham/Bugsrmony project, 249history of, 248–249Konqi, 249mascot, 249name origin, 249next major release, 249QPL (Q Public License), 249QT toolkit, 249

KDE Project, 249KDevelop, 303KEduca, 364KEduca-Editor, 364Kernel, incorrect, 188Kernel version, updating, 392–393Keyboard configuration

Edubuntu, 375Kubuntu, 276Ubuntu, 41

Keyboard types garbage, 225Keyring devices, 133–134KHangman, 364KHelpCenter, 305–306The Kicker, 261–262Kig, 364–365Kino, 371Kiosk mode, 299–301Kioslaves, 286Kmail, 294–297

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KMenu, 256–257, 262–263KmPlot, 365Konqi, 249Konqueror

file manager, 285–286shortcut, 257Web browser, 290–291

Konsole, 302Kontact PIM, 257, 294–297Konversion, 299Kopete, 293–294KOrganizer, 296KPDF, 303KPercentage, 365KPPP, 303KRDC, 303Krita, 297–299KSnapShot, 303KStars, 366–367KSysGuard, 302KSystemLog, 302KTouch, 367KTurtle, 367Kubuntu

5.10 (Breezy Badger), 2506.04 (Dapper Drake), 2506.10 (Edgy Eft), 2507.04 (Feisty Fawn), 251accessibility, 250current version, 251customizing

access restrictions, 300–301applets, 261–262date and time, 276desktop, 259–260, 300disk drives, 282–283file sharing, 279–282GHNS (Get Hot New Stuff), 260–261graphical display configuration, 278–279keyboard behavior, 276the Kicker, 261–262KMenu, 262–263locking out, 300look and feel, 275–276making immutable, 300mouse behavior, 276network configuration, 279–282personal information, 275printers, 276–279splash screen, 276templates for, 260–261

Windows applications, 283–285Wine, 283–285X Window configuration, 278–279

description, 248desktop. See also KDE desktop.

backgrounds, 259, 300clearing, 257customizing, 259–260making immutable, 300multiple, 260screensaver, 260–261wallpaper, 259, 260–263, 300

file managementcopying files, 285–286deleting files, 285–286file contents, displaying, 286finding files, 286kioslaves, 286Konqueror file manager, 285–286moving files, 285–286music management, 288–289pasting files, 285–286ripping audio CDs, 286–287shortcuts, 286USB drive access, 288Windows partition access, 287–288

help, 305–306hibernating, 258installing. See Installing Kubuntu.installing packages, 263–266Katapult navigation tool, 256–257KMenu, 256–257, 262–263Konqueror shortcut, 257Kontact PIM, 257logging out, 258mini-pager, 261navigating, 256–257partner project, 340–341repositories

authentication, 267contents, 248managing, 266–269multiverse, 266restricted software, 266third party, adding, 267universe, 266usage statistics, 268–269

root account, 258Show Desktop icon, 257shutting down, 258Start menu. See KMenu.

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Kubuntu, continuedswitching users, 258System menu, 257usage statistics, 268–269vs. Ubuntu, 35word origin, 340

Kubuntu, applicationsautomatic login, 304Calc, 289–290calculator, 302calendars, 294–297CDs, audio and data

burning, 292–293ripping, 286–287

command-line interface, 302default installation, 302–303Draw, 289–290drawing programs. See Draw.e-mail, 294–297Firefox, 291–292Gwenview, 303IDE (Integrated Development Environment), 303image editing, 297–299image viewer, 303Impress, 289–290Info Center, 302instant messaging, 293–294Internet dial-up tool, 303IRC (Internet Relay Chat), 299Kate, 302KDevelop, 303Kiosk mode, 299–301Kmail, 294–297Konqueror, 290–291Konsole, 302Kontact, 294–297Konversion, 299Kopete, 293–294KPDF, 303KPPP, 303KRDC, 303Krita, 297–299KSnapShot, 303KSysGuard, 302KSystemLog, 302launching

Katapult, 256the Kicker, 261–262Quick Launcher, 261–262

Math, 289–290Numlock activation, 304OpenOffice.org, 289–290

PDF viewer, 303performance monitor, 302PIM (personal information manager), 294–297presentations. See Impress.remote desktop connection, 303RSS feeds, tracking, 297running, previewing, 261–262running at startup, 304screen capture program, 303Speedcrunch, 302spreadsheets. See Calc.system information, displaying, 302system logs viewer, 302text editor, 302Web browsing, 290–292word processing. See Writer.Writer, 289–290

Kubuntu, system administrationAdept package manager

adding/removing programs, 264–265components, 263installing packages, 263–266, 269–271managing repositories, 266–269previewing changes, 270–271search feature, 265starting, 264update notification, 271–274Updater, 271–274Updater-Notifier, 271–274

device detection, 276–279HP Device Manager, 276–279installing packages, 263–266Kynaptic. See Adept.printers, adding, 278system settings

date and time, 276disk drives, 282–283file sharing, 279–282graphical display configuration, 278–279keyboard behavior, 276look and feel, 275–276mouse behavior, 276network configuration, 279–282personal information, 275printers, 276–279splash screen, 276Windows applications, 283–285Wine, 283–285X Window configuration, 278–279

updateschecking for, 267filtering packages, 269

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finding packages, 269installing, 271–274notification, 271package information, displaying, 269–270packages, 263–266, 269–271

Kubuntu System Documentation, 305–306Kverbos, 367KVocTrain, 367–368

LAN (wired), can’t connect, 211–212Language

changing, 104specifying, 38–39, 48, 59, 375translating, 104

LaunchpadAnswers, 28, 351applications, writing and tracking, 28archive management, 347Blueprint, 28, 350bug tracking, 28components, 28definition, 27description, 27–29, 346–347distribution management, 28, 347encryption, 351feature tracking, 350Malone, 28, 349–350reporting bugs, 240–242Rosetta, 28, 347–348Soyuz, 28, 347specification tracking, 350support tracking, 28technical support tracking, 351translation software, 28translation system, 347–348

LCoC (Leadership Code of Conduct), 21–22less command, 408/lib folder, 109Licensing

Creative Commons Attribution, 425–433default installation, 423–424documentation, 423drivers, 423firmware, 423main components, 421–423restricted components, 422–423ShareAlike 3.0

collective work, 426Creative Commons compatible license, 426derivative work, 426disclaimer, 431fair dealing rights, 427

license elements, 426license grant, 427licensor, 426limitation on liability, 431mechanical rights, 428original author, 427representations, 431restrictions, 428–431royalties, 428termination, 431–432warranties, 431Webcasting rights, 428work, definition, 427

software categories, 421Licensor, 426Limitation on liability, 431Linspire, 344–345Linux

history of Ubuntu, 5Spanish version, 343

The Linux Documentation Project, 411Linux Terminal Server Project (LTSP). See LTSP (Linux

Terminal Server Project).Linux User Groups (LUGs). See LoCos (local

community teams).LinuxCommand.org, 411LIRC (Linux Infrared Control), 210–211, 226–227lirc package, 210–211, 226–227Live bookmarks, 71Lockdown editor, 396Locking

Kubuntu configuration, 300screens, 68, 396

LoCos (local community teams), 328–329Log files

security issues, 179–180tools for, 180Ubuntu Server, 155, 179–180

Logging inautomatic, 198–199, 304restarting, 68

Logging outEdubuntu, 394–395ending current session, 68hibernating, 68Kubuntu, 258locking the screen, 68shutting down, 68suspending power, 68, 258switching users, 68Ubuntu, 68

Logical volumes (LVs), 162

Index 451


Logo program, 367Look & Feel section, 275–276ls command, 405lsb_release command, 406lshal command, 407lshw command, 407lspci command, 407lsusb command, 407LTS (Long Term Support), 132LTSP (Linux Terminal Server Project). See also

Edubuntu.availability, 361–362benefits of, 360–361client setup, 378–379definition, 358description, 358–359dual booting, 381–383Edubuntu, with existing DHCP server, 380–381installing, 379–380Intel Boot Agents will not boot, 399IP address not received, 397–398local devices, 387–388NFS server not responding, 398printing, 389–390server setup, 377–378sound, 388–389troubleshooting, 397–399USB storage devices, 387–388VMWare client crashes during boot, 398–399

LUGs (Linux User Groups). See LoCos (localcommunity teams).

LVM (Logical Volume Manager)array management, 164description, 160–161fault tolerance, 164LVs (logical volumes), 162PVs (physical volumes), 161–162redundancy, 164setting up, 162–164VGs (volume groups), 161–162

LVs (logical volumes), 162

Macromedia Flash is missing, 203Mahjongg, 96Mailing lists

Code of Conduct, 416Edubuntu related, 401sounder, 313–314Ubuntu community, 312–314Ubuntu related, 312–314ubuntu-announce, 313

ubuntu-devel, 313ubuntu-devel-announce, 313ubuntu-devel-discuss, 313ubuntu-users, 313

Main componentsdescription, 418–419licensing, 421–423

Main repository, 165Malone, 24–25, 28, 349–350man command, 409–410Man pages. See also Help.

for commands, 236finding, 409–410Terminal, 147

Mascot of KDE, 249Masters of the Universe (MOTUs), 329Math

expression builder, 289, 370fractions, 363–364functions, graphing, 365geometrical construction, 364–365percentages, 365

Math program, 289–290, 370Mauelshagen, Heinz, 161Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing, Ubuntu equivalent,

438Maya, Ubuntu equivalent, 438MBR (master boot record), 232–234. See also Boot

sector.Mechanical rights, 428/media folder, 109Media players, Ubuntu equivalent to Windows, 436Meetings, 296. See also Calendars.Memory problems, 188, 222Memory usage, displaying, 406Menu layout, customizing, 61–62Microphone doesn’t work, 207–208Migrating from previous version, 45–46, 131–132Migration assistant, 45–46Mini-pager, 261mkdir command, 405/mnt folder, 109Mobile phone, copying photos from, 222Modeling, Ubuntu equivalent to Windows, 438Money, Ubuntu equivalent, 437MOTUs (Masters of the Universe), 329Mounting/unmounting drives, 133Mouse

Kubuntu, 276troubleshooting, 226

Movie Player, 97

452 Index


Moving files and folders, 111, 285–286MP3 format, 117msttcorefonts package, 190Multimedia. See also Audio; Music; Video.

codecs, installing, 113–114compression, 113–114troubleshooting. See Troubleshooting, multimedia.

Multiverse components, 420Multiverse repository, 165Music. See also Audio; Multimedia.

Amarok music manager, 288–289Internet radio, 289libraries, 289managing, 288–289playlists, 289podcasts, 289

mv command, 405My Computer, Ubuntu equivalent, 62MythTV, installing, 210–211

nano text editor, 408Nautilus, 107–111, 201–202Network & Connectivity section, 279–282Networking tools, 344Networks

configuration, Kubuntu, 279–282file transfer with SSH (Secure Shell), 213interface report, 406remote graphical applications, 214route defaults, 280–282security, 181servers, 63troubleshooting. See Troubleshooting,

networking.Web site not loading, 213wired LAN can’t connect, 211–212wireless, passwords, 215wireless card not working, 214–215wireless information, displaying, 406WPA support, 216WPA-PSK support, 216Zeroconf service, 279–282

NFS root, updating, 391–392NFS server not responding, 398Nibbles, 96noatime option, 178nodev option, 177–178noexec option, 178nosuid option, 178Notification area, 64–65Notification of updates, 271–274

nUbuntu, 344Numlock activation, 304

Office suite. See OpenOffice.org.Ogg format, 117Online resources. See also Help.

announcements, 313Answers, 351Bazaar, 352Blueprint, 350build status, 347bulletin boards, 315–318desktop themes, 209development discussions, 313documentation wikis, 319Edubuntu, 342, 399–401feature tracking, 350Freespire, 345The Fridge, 321–322general chat, 313gNewSense, 344grep tutorials, 407Guadalinex, 343ImpiLinux, 345IRC (Internet Relay Chat), 314–315, 401Kubuntu, 341Kubuntu forums, 306Kubuntu image files, 251Kubuntu wiki, 306Launchpad, 347Linspire, 345The Linux Documentation Project, 411LinuxCommand.org, 411LVM array management, 164mailing lists, 312–314, 401Malone, 350networking tools, 344nUbuntu, 344Open CD, 345Planet Ubuntu, 71Planet Ubuntu blogs, 325–326RAID array management, 164revision control system, 352Rosetta, 348security tools, 344Soyuz, 347specification tracking, 350support wikis, 319support-oriented mailing lists, 313system usage statistics, 268–269technical support tracking, 351

Index 453


Online resources, continuedUbuntu developer blogs, 71Ubuntu forums, 186Web forums, 315–318wikis, 318–320, 399–400Xubuntu, 342

Open CD, 345Open source, 5–7, 417–418Open Source Initiative, 6OpenOffice.org

creating documents, 72–74drawing. See Draw.Edubuntu, 369–371Kubuntu, 289–290mathematical expression builder. See Math.presentations. See Impress.spreadsheets. See Calc.word processing. See Writer.

/opt folder, 109Orbiter, Ubuntu equivalent, 438Original author, legal definition, 427Outlook, Ubuntu equivalent, 436Outlook Express, Ubuntu equivalent, 436

Package managementSee SynapticSee Ubuntu archiveSee Ubuntu Server, package management

Packagesdefinition, 125finding, 127–128information, displaying, 269–270installing

with Add/Remove Applications, 122–124manually, 168–169standard process, 170with Synaptic, 125–127

Kubuntu updates, 263–266, 269–271removing, 127user community maintainers, 329, 332

Packaging, user contributions, 337Panel, 59Parity drives, RAID, 158Partitioning disks

alternate install CDadding a partition, 52–53manually, 52methods for, 51–52root partition, placing, 53settings, 54

desktop CDadding a partition, 45definition, 41–42

for dual boot, 42, 43manually, 43methods for, 42sharing with Windows, 45for Ubuntu only, 42, 43

Edubuntu, 376Ubuntu Server, 155–156for Windows, 148–149, 287–288

Partner projects, 340–342passwd command, 408Passwords

changing, 408guidelines, 47keyring, 143recovering, 237setting up, 47storing, 142–143wireless networks, 215

Pasting files, 285–286PCI buses, listing, 407PDF files

creating with OpenOffice.org, 74viewing, 303

Pen disks. See USB storage devices, keyring devices.Percentage exercises, 365Perens, Bruce, 6Performance

analyzing, 235–236desktop, improving, 231–232File Manager running slow, 194Kubuntu, 302monitoring, 97Ubuntu, 235–236

Periodic table exploration, 362–363Permissions, 177–178, 405Personal accounting, Ubuntu equivalent to Windows,

437Personal information, Kubuntu, 275Personal section, 275Philosophical goals of Ubuntu, 18–20, 416Photo editors, Ubuntu equivalent to Windows, 436Photographs

copying from mobile phone, 222editing. See Image editing.managing, 100–101

Photoshop, Ubuntu equivalent, 436Physical volumes (PVs), 161–162Pictures. See Drawing; Image editing; Photographs.Pidgin. See Gaim.PIM (personal information manager), 257, 294–297Pipelines, 143, 145, 411Places menu, 62–63Planet Ubuntu, 71, 325–326

454 Index


Planetarium, Ubuntu equivalent to Windows, 438Playlists, 289Plotting, 365Plug-ins, Edubuntu, 397Podcasts, 289Power, electrical

failure, recovering from, 234–235suspending, 68, 258

PowerPoint, Ubuntu equivalent, 435Presentations, 289–290, 369, 435Printers

Add a Printer Wizard, 137–139adding, Kubuntu, 278configuring, 135–139connection type, determining, 141description, specifying, 138–139drivers, selecting, 138–139, 141GNOME CUPS Manager, 136Kubuntu, 276–279local, 137–138location, specifying, 138–139network, 137–138paper size and source, selecting, 141remote printing, 140resolution, selecting, 141status, displaying, 140–142

Printers window, 140–142Printing

LTSP, 389–390system information, 406version information, 406working directory, 403–404

Problems. See Troubleshooting.Processes

information, displaying, 406management, 394viewing, 407

/proc/sys folder, 109Production studio, 98–99Programming, user contributions, 337Project, Ubuntu equivalent, 438Project management, Ubuntu equivalent to Windows,

438ps command, 407Publisher, Ubuntu equivalent, 437PVs (physical volumes), 161–162pwd command, 403–404Python programming language, 23–24

QEMU project, 239–240QPL (Q Public License), 249QT toolkit, 249Quality assurance and bugs, user contributions, 336–337

Question mark (?), wildcard character, 410Quick Launcher, 261–262Quickbooks, Ubuntu equivalent, 437Quicken, Ubuntu equivalent, 437

RAID (redundant array of inexpensive disks)array failure, 160array management, 164backing up data, 159choosing, 158description, 156–157levels, 156–157modes, 158parity drives, 158setting up, 158–160spare devices, 160

Raymond, Eric S., 6Recording sound, 97Redundancy, 164Redundant array of inexpensive disks (RAID). See RAID

(redundant array of inexpensive disks).Releases. See also specific releases.

schedule of, 22–23support limitations, 23

Religious schisms, 6–7Reminders, 296. See also Calendars.Remote control

doesn’t work, 226–227installing, 210

Remote desktop connection, 303Remote terminal server, connecting to, 96Rendering, 98–99Repetitive strain injury (RSI), 244–245Repositories. See also Ubuntu archive.

authentication, 267Backports, 165commercial, 343definition, 125Kubuntu

authentication, 267contents, 248managing, 266–269multiverse, 266restricted software, 266third party, adding, 267universe, 266usage statistics, 268–269

local copy of, 193Main, 165main components, 418–419managing, 266–269Multiverse, 165multiverse components, 266, 343, 420

Index 455


Repositories, continuedRestricted, 165restricted components, 266, 419Universe, 165universe components, 266, 419–420

Rescue mode, 187Resolution

printer, 141screen, 198, 377

Resource information, displaying, 406Restricted components

description, 419licensing, 422–423

Restricted repository, 165Revision control system, 352Rhythmbox, 114–116Riddell, Jonathan, 248, 249–252Ripping CDs, 97, 116–117, 286–287rm command, 405Root account

Kubuntu, 258restoring, 236–237Ubuntu Server, enabling, 164–165

/root folder, 109Rosetta, 28, 347–348Royalties, 428RSI (repetitive strain injury), 244–245RSS feeds, tracking, 291, 297

SABDFL (self-appointed benevolent dictator for life),333

/sbin folder, 109Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), 99Schedules, 296. See also Calendars.Scheduling events, 228–230Schools, Ubuntu for. See Edubuntu.Screen capture program, 303Screen resolution, 198, 377Screensavers, 106, 260–261Scribus, 370Search tools. See also Finding.

Adept, 265Beagle, 99–100, 203–204desktop search, 203–204Firefox, 70–71Google searches, 70–71

Secure Shell (SSH), 213–214Security

access permissions, 177–178, 405Firefox plug-ins, 72related updates, 128third-party packages, 168

tools, 344Ubuntu Server

access permissions, 177–178device file creation, disabling, 178file access record, disabling, 178file execution, disabling, 178file systems, 177–178networking, 181noatime option, 178nodev option, 177–178noexec option, 178nosuid option, 178overview, 175–176system log files, 179–180system resource limits, 178–179user account administration, 176–177

Ubuntu Server partitions, 156sed text editor, 407Selecting files and folders, 111Self-appointed benevolent dictator for life (SABDFL),

333Sending messages, 395Serpentine, 134Server management, Edubuntu

applications, installing and removing, 384–386IP address, changing, 386–387local devices over LTSP, 387–388printing over LTSP, 389–390sound over LTSP, 388–389updating, 383–384USB sticks under LTSP, 387–388window manager alternatives, 390

Servers vs. desktops, 23. See also Ubuntu Server.ShareAlike 3.0. See also Licensing.

collective work, 426Creative Commons compatible license, 426derivative work, 426disclaimer, 431fair dealing rights, 427license elements, 426license grant, 427licensor, 426limitation on liability, 431mechanical rights, 428original author, 427representations, 431restrictions, 428–431royalties, 428termination, 431–432warranties, 431Webcasting rights, 428work, definition, 427

456 Index


Shortcut icons, 64Shortcuts, Kubuntu, 286Show Desktop icon, 257Shutting down, 68, 258Shuttleworth, Mark. See also History of Ubuntu.

Canonical Ltd.Bazaar tool, 27formation of, 11–12Launchpad, 27–29service and support, 25–27

HBD (Here Be Dragons), 8profile, 7–8space travel, 8Thawte, 8TSF (The Shuttleworth Foundation), 8Ubuntu Foundation, 29Verisign, 8the Warthogs, 2–3, 9–10

The Shuttleworth Foundation (TSF), 8Slackware, 14SLS (Softlanding Linux System), 14Software stores. See Repositories.Software upgrade

checking for, 200failure, 199

Sound. See Audio; Music.Sound cards, 216–218Sound Juicer, 116–117Sound Recorder, 97Sound server conflict, 207Sounder mailing list, 313–314South African distribution, 345Soyuz, 28, 347Space exploration, 366–367Space simulator, Ubuntu equivalent to Windows, 438Space travel, 8Spanish distribution, 343Spanish Linux, 343Spanish verbs, 367Specification tracking, 350Speedcrunch, 302Splash screen, Kubuntu, 276Spreadsheets, 289–290, 369, 435Sprints, 322–324SSH (Secure Shell), 213–214ssh client, 155Stallman, Richard M., 3–5, 344Starry Night, Ubuntu equivalent to Windows, 438Stars database, 366–367Stick disks. See USB storage devices, keyring devices.Storing and organizing files, 107–110sudo, command shortcut, 236–237

Sudoku, 97Superuser, running commands as, 146Support. See Technical support.Support-oriented mailing lists, 313Suspending power, 68, 258SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics), 99Switching

applications, 66consoles, 155users, 68, 258

Synapticcan’t find an application, 231checking for updates, 130–131installing applications, 125–128

System administrationKubuntu. See Kubuntu, system administration.troubleshooting. See Troubleshooting, system

administration.System information, displaying, 302System logs viewer, 302System menu, 63–64, 257System Monitor, 97System resource limits, 178–179System settings

Kubuntudate and time, 276disk drives, 282–283file sharing, 279–282graphical display configuration, 278–279keyboard behavior, 276look and feel, 275–276mouse behavior, 276network configuration, 279–282personal information, 275printers, 276–279splash screen, 276Windows applications, 283–285Wine, 283–285X Window configuration, 278–279

System Settings windowAdvanced tab, 282–285Computer Administration section, 276–280Disk & Filesystems section, 282–283General Tab, 274–282Look & Feel section, 275–276Network & Connectivity section, 279–282Personal section, 275Windows Applications section, 283–285

System tray, Ubuntu equivalent, 64–65

Tabbed Web browsing, 290–291Tagging files and folders, 112

Index 457


tail utility, 180Taskbar, 60, 66Teams, 327–329Technical Board, 331–332Technical goals of Ubuntu, 22–24Technical support. See also Bugs, tracking; Help; Online

resources.Answers, 28Canonical Ltd., 25–27limitations, 23, 132LTS (Long Term Support), 132official support, definition, 165tracking, 28, 351user contributions, 335

Templatesgraphic, 80–81Kubuntu, 260–261

Terminaldescription, 143–147help, 147man pages, 147opening a command-line interface, 95,

143–144starting, 403

Terminal, commands* (asterisk), wildcard character, 410- (hyphen), dash in commands, 145? (question mark), wildcard character, 410| (vertical bar), pipe symbol, 411[ ] (brackets), wildcard characters, 410documentation, 411files and folders

addgroup, 408adduser, 408cat, 408cd, 404changing directory, 404chmod, 405chown, 406copying files, 405cp, 405creating directories, 405deleting files, 405delgroup, 408deluser, 408grep, 407less, 408listing files, 405ls, 405mkdir, 405moving files, 405mv, 405

nano, 408ownership, changing, 406permissions, changing, 405printing working directory, 403–404pwd, 403–404rm, 405sed, 407text files, searching and editing, 407–408

filesystem navigation, 403–404help, 409–410man, 409–410passing output. See Pipelines.passwd, 408passwords, changing, 408pipelines, 143, 145, 411running as superuser, 146running sequentially, 410–411stringing together. See Pipelines.system information

df, 406disk space usage, displaying, 406free, 406HAL devices, listing, 407hardware, listing, 407ifconfig, 406iwconfig, 406lsb_release, 406lshal, 407lshw, 407lspci, 407lsusb, 407memory usage, displaying, 406network interface report, 406PCI buses, listing, 407printing, 406process information, displaying, 406processes, viewing, 407ps, 407resource information, displaying, 406top, 406uname, 406USB buses, listing, 407version information, printing, 406wireless network information, displaying,

406for users and groups, 408who, 408wildcards, 410

Terminal Server Client, 96Test creation and administration, 364Text, graphics, 82Text chat, 94

458 Index


Text editorsKate, 302nano, 408sed (Stream EDitor), 407Text Editor, 95

Thawte, 8Themes, 105–106Thin Client Manager, 393–3973D modeling, 98–99, 438Tilde (~), home directory indicator, 169Time and date, 276. See also Clock.top command, 406Torvalds, Linus, 5Totem, 118–119Touch typing tutor, 367Translation and localization, 336Translation software, 28Translation system, 347–348Troubleshooting

BIOS configuration problems, 38DVD encryption, 119e-mail, 204–205e-mail server, unable to connect to, 78finger pain, 244–245installation CD fails to boot, 38Intel Boot Agents will not boot, 399IP address not received, 397–398LTSP (Linux Terminal Server Project), 397–399NFS server not responding, 398problem reporting, 63RAID array failure, 160RSI (repetitive strain injury), 244–245VMWare client crashes during boot, 398–399

Troubleshooting, applicationscompiling, 197–198desktop search, installing, 203–204e-mail doesn’t work, 204–205File Manager, scripting, 201–202Macromedia Flash is missing, 203upgrade notification, disabling, 201window won’t close, 201

Troubleshooting, hardwareBluetooth support, 222cardbus adapter not recognized, 218–219CD/ROM not working, 221CD/ROM won’t eject, 221copying photos from mobile phone, 222device doesn’t work, 221device file system, determining, 223–224disk storage. See also USB storage devices.

fixing, 234–235formatting, 224–225

reads but won’t write, 222–223, 223–226recovering from power failure, 234–235

DVD not working, 221DVD won’t eject, 221keyboard types garbage, 225mouse, 226out of memory, 222remote control, 210, 226–227sound card not detected, 216–218sound cards, list of, 217–218Ubuntu compatibility, determining, 227USB storage device. See also Disk storage.

files copied from disappear, 220–221not recognized, 219–220reads but won’t write, 222–223, 223–226

Troubleshooting, multimediadesktop themes, 208–210/dev/dsp not available, 207DVD playback is jittery, 206–207DVD won’t play, 206media file won’t play, 206microphone doesn’t work, 207–208MythTV, installing, 210–211remote control, 210, 226–227sound is distorted, 208sound server conflict, 207visual themes, 208–210

Troubleshooting, networkingfile transfer with SSH (Secure Shell), 213SSH (Secure Shell), 213–214Web site not loading, 213wired LAN can’t connect, 211–212wireless card not working, 214–215WPA support, 216WPA-PSK support, 216

Troubleshooting, system administrationbug reports, filing, 240–242copying files between computers, 230desktop performance enhancement, 231–232disk space, reducing, 235disk storage, recovering from power failure,

234–235fixing hard disks, 234–235fsck message, 234–235help for commands, 236man pages for commands, 236password recovery, 237performance, 231–232, 235–236root account, restoring, 236–237scheduling events, 228–230sudo, command shortcut, 236–237Synaptic can’t find an application, 231

Index 459


Troubleshooting, system administration, continuedUbuntu on older computer, 231–232Ubuntu won’t start after Windows reinstall,

232–234users, adding, 239Windows partition access, 237–239

Troubleshooting, system problemsautomatic login, 198–199Autopackages, running, 196–197boot failure, 187–188boot logo appears corrupted, 188–189compiling applications, 197–198desktop environment, installing, 192desktop hung, 198disk space, freeing up, 199–200dual boot environment, 239–240File Manager

displaying hidden files and folders, 194freeing disk space, 200restoring deleted items, 194–195running slow, 194

fonts, 190–192.iso files, testing, 195–196memory problems, 188non-Synaptic application, installing, 193repositories, local copy of, 193rescue mode, 187restricted drivers, 190screen resolution is wrong, 198software upgrade

checking for, 200failure, 199

Ubuntu boots into a text interface, 189–190Ubuntu keeps restarting, 188wrong kernel, 188

TrueType fonts, installing, 191–192TSF (The Shuttleworth Foundation), 8Tux Paint, 368Typing tutor, 367, 438

Ubiquity installer program, 252–255Ubucons, 324–325Ubunteros, 333–334Ubuntites. See Ubunteros.Ubuntu

bread, baking, 243–244characteristics of, 9–10CoC (Code of Conduct), 20–22commercial distributions, 343–345compatibility, determining, 227derivatives, 30–31history of. See History of Ubuntu.

KDE desktop environment. See Kubuntu.LCoC (Leadership Code of Conduct), 21–22on older, less powerful computers, 231–232. See

also Xubuntu.servers vs. desktops, 23spin-offs, 30–31subprojects, 30–31technical goals, 22–24for use in schools. See Edubuntu.word origin, 10–11

Ubuntu archiveAPT (Advanced Package Tool), 166–167definition, 152–153downloading packages, 169–172dpkg utility, 167installing packages, 168–169, 170listing packages, 167package information, displaying, 169–170removing packages, 171searching the package cache, 169–170selecting packages, 166–167structure of, 165–166system updates, 171third-party packages, security issues, 168

Ubuntu communityactivists. See Ubunteros.CoC (Code of Conduct), 20–22communication venues

announcements, 313bulletin boards, 315–318conferences, 322–325developer summits, 322–324development discussions, 313The Fridge, 321–322general chat, 313IRC (Internet Relay Chat), 314–315mailing lists, 312–314Planet Ubuntu blogs, 325–326sprints, 322–324support-oriented, 313Ubucons, 324–325user conferences, 324–325Web forums, 315–318wikis, 318–320

description, 310–311dispute resolution, 330governance goals, 327governance structures

Community Council, 330–331SABDFL (self-appointed benevolent dictator

for life), 333Technical Board, 331–332

460 Index


history of, 310–311history of Ubuntu, 17–18involvement levels

advocacy, 334artwork, 336documentation, 336ideas and feedback, 335packaging, 337programming, 337quality assurance and bugs, 336–337support, 335translation and localization, 336

LCoC (Leadership Code of Conduct), 21–22LoCos (local community teams), 328–329membership levels, 333–334MOTUs (Masters of the Universe), 329package maintainers, 329, 332teams, 327–329Ubunteros, 333–334

Ubuntu FoundationCode of Conduct, 413–414description, 29dispute arbitration, 414free software, definition, 417ground rules, 414–416licensing

default installation, 423–424documentation, 423drivers, 423firmware, 423main components, 421–423restricted components, 422–423software categories, 421

open source, definition, 417–418philosophical goals, 18–20, 416repository components

main, 418–419multiverse, 420restricted, 419universe, 419–420

Ubuntu Help Center, 63Ubuntu Libre, 344Ubuntu Packaging Guide, 305–306Ubuntu Server

Big Iron Kernel, 153–154description, 152–154installing. See Installing Ubuntu Server.package management

aptitude utility, 174Backports repository, 165building packages from source, 172–174distribution upgrade, 172–174

file owner, finding, 175file provider, finding, 175listing owned files, 174–175Main repository, 165Multiverse repository, 165removing orphan packages, 174Restricted repository, 165Universe repository, 165

securityaccess permissions, 177–178, 405device file creation, disabling, 178file access record, disabling, 178file execution, disabling, 178file systems, 177–178networking, 181noatime option, 178nodev option, 177–178noexec option, 178nosuid option, 178overview, 175–176system log files, 179–180system resource limits, 178–179user account administration, 176–177

Ubuntu Server Guide, 305–306ubuntu-announce mailing list, 313ubuntu-devel mailing list, 313ubuntu-devel-announce mailing list, 313ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list, 313ubuntu-users mailing list, 313uname command, 406Universe components, 419–420Universe repository, 165Unmounting drives, 133Updater, 271–274Updater-Notifier, 271–274Updating your computer. See Installing updates.Upgrade notification, disabling, 201Usability, desktop, 67Usage statistics, Kubuntu, 268–269USB storage devices. See also Disk storage.

buses, listing, 407drive access, 288files copied from disappear, 220–221keyring devices, 133–134LTSP (Linux Terminal Server Project), 387–388not recognized, 219–220reads but won’t write, 222–223, 223–226

USB1 vs. USB2, 134User accounts

adding users, 239administration, 176–177commands for, 408

Index 461


User accounts, continuedconfiguring, 45–48, 54creating, 408deleting, 408groups

creating, 396, 408deleting, 408description, 396–397

User community. See Ubuntu community.User conferences, 324–325/usr folder, 109

/var folder, 109Vector drawing, Ubuntu equivalent to Windows, 438Vendor lockup, 74Verisign, 8Version control, 27Version information, printing, 406Vertical bar (|), pipe symbol, 411VGs (volume groups), 161–162Video

DVD encryption, 119Movie Player, 97Totem, 118–119watching, 97, 117–119

Video editor, 371Visual themes

changing, 208–209finding, 209–210installing, 209–210

VMWare client crashes during boot, 398–399Vocabulary training, 367–368VOIP (Voice Over IP), Ubuntu equivalent, 437Volkerding, Patrick, 14Voyager III, Ubuntu equivalent, 438

Wallpaper, Kubuntu desktop, 259, 260–263, 300Warranties, 431The Warthogs, 2–3, 9–10Warty Warthog, 152Wastebasket, 67, 194–195Weather, monitoring, 242–243Web browsers, 290–292, 436. See also Firefox; Konqueror.Web editor, 100–101Web forums

Code of Conduct, 416Edubuntu, 401Kubuntu, 306Ubuntu, 315–318

Web pagesbookmarking, 71browsing. See Firefox; Konqueror.

failure to load, 213previewing pages, 71tabbed browsing, 70–71

Webcam, 92, 94Webcasting rights, 428who command, 408Wikis

documentation, 319Edubuntu, 399–400Kubuntu, 306support, 319Ubuntu community, 318–320

Wildcards, 410Winamp, Ubuntu equivalent, 436Window manager alternatives, 390Windows

applications, Kubuntu, 283–285emulation, Kubuntu, 283–285. See also Wine.partition access, 237–239partition access, Kubuntu, 287–288running Ubuntu programs on, 345Ubuntu compatibility

accessing Windows files, 148–149running applications, 148Wine project, 147

Windows Applications section, 283–285Windows Media Player, Ubuntu equivalent, 436Windows programs, Ubuntu equivalents

3D modeling, 438Access, 436accounting, 437AIM, 437databases, 436desktop publishing, 437drawing, 438education, 438e-mail, 436entertainment, 438Excel, 435Flight Simulation, 438flight simulator, 438games, 438ICQ, 437Illustrator, 438instant messaging, 437Internet Explorer, 436iTunes, 436Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing, 438Maya, 438media players, 436modeling, 438Money, 437

462 Index


Orbiter, 438Outlook, 436Outlook Express, 436personal accounting, 437photo editors, 436Photoshop, 436planetarium, 438PowerPoint, 435presentations, 435Project, 438project management, 438Publisher, 437Quickbooks, 437Quicken, 437space simulator, 438spreadsheets, 435Starry Night, 438typing tutor, 438vector drawing, 438VOIP (Voice Over IP), 437Voyager III, 438Web browsers, 436Winamp, 436Windows Media Player, 436Word, 435

word processing, 435Yahoo instant messaging, 437

Windows won’t close, 201Wine, 147, 283–285Wireless card not working, 214–215Wireless network information, displaying, 406Word, Ubuntu equivalent, 435Word processing. See also Desktop publishing.

Ubuntu equivalent to Windows, 435Writer, 289–290, 369

Work, legal definition, 427Workspaces, 66WPA support, 216WPA-PSK support, 216Writer, 289–290, 369, 370

X Windowconfiguration, 278–279history of Ubuntu, 5

xmltv package, 210–211Xubuntu, 30–31, 35

Yahoo instant messaging, Ubuntu equivalent, 437

Zimmerman, Matt, 357

Index 463
