Ubuntu Unleashed 2017 Edition [Matthew Helmke, Andrew Hudson, Paul Hudson]

2104 Pages·2016·33.95 MB·English

by  Matthew Helmke

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Ubuntu Unleashed 2017 Edition
Matthew Helmke with Andrew Hudson and Paul Hudson
800 East 96th Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46240 USA
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Ubuntu Unleashed 2017 Edition
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ISBN-13: 978-0-13-451118-4
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Contents at a Glance
Introduction
Part I Getting Started
1 Installing Ubuntu and Post-Installation Configuration
2 Background Information and Resources
Part II Desktop Ubuntu
3 Working with Unity
4 On the Internet
5 Productivity Applications
6 Multimedia Applications
7 Other Ubuntu Interfaces
8 Games
Part III System Administration
9 Managing Software
10 Command-Line Beginner’s Class
11 Command-Line Master Class Part 1
12 Command-Line Master Class Part 2
13 Managing Users
14 Automating Tasks and Shell Scripting
15 The Boot Process
16 System-Monitoring Tools
17 Backing Up
18 Networking
19 Remote Access with SSH, Telnet, and VNC
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20 Securing Your Machines
21 Performance Tuning
22 Kernel and Module Management
Part IV Ubuntu as a Server
23 Sharing Files and Printers
24 Apache Web Server Management
25 Nginx Web Server Management
26 Other HTTP Servers
27 Remote File Serving with FTP
28 Handling Email
29 Proxying, Reverse Proxying, and Virtual Private Networks (VPN)
30 Administering Relational Database Services
31 NoSQL Databases
32 Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
33 Linux Terminal Server Project (LTSP)
34 Virtualization on Ubuntu
35 Ubuntu in the Cloud
36 Managing Sets of Servers
37 Name Serving with the Domain Name System (DNS)
Part V Programming Linux
38 Using Programming Tools for Ubuntu
39 Opportunistic Development
40 Helping with Ubuntu Development
41 Helping with Ubuntu Testing and QA
42 Using Popular Programming Languages
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43 Beginning Mobile Development for Android
44 Developing for Ubuntu Mobile/Touch
Index
Note
Chapters 45–47 can be accessed online at
informit.com/title/9780134268118.
Part VI Bonus Chapters
45 Using Perl
46 Using Python
47 Using PHP
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Licensing
Who This Book Is For
Those Wanting to Become Intermediate or Advanced Users
Sysadmins, Programmers, and DevOps
What This Book Contains
Conventions Used in This Book
Part I Getting Started
1 Installing Ubuntu and Post-Installation Configuration
Before You Begin the Installation
Researching Your Hardware Specifications
Installation Options
32-Bit vs 64-Bit Ubuntu
Planning Partition Strategies
The Boot Loader
Installing from DVD or USB Drive
Step-by-Step Installation
Installing
First Update
Shutting Down
Finding Programs and Files
Software Updater
The sudo Command
Configuring Software Repositories
System Settings
Detecting and Configuring a Printer
Configuring Power Management in Ubuntu
Setting the Time and Date
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