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1 The Ultimate Guide to Linux for every day Ultimate LinuxNewbie GuideThe official eBook from the with(C) Copyright 2001-2016 Alistair Ross(c) CopyLeft, CreativeCommons Attribution License on some items where 2001, The Ultimate Linux Newbie Guide has been helping individuals switchto the Linux Operating System. This Guide can help both beginners and seasonedcomputer users alike learn all the important parts of choosing, using and installingLinux, a great free operating system for your computer and help you removedependency on non-free, closed source software that is commonplace in MicrosoftWindows or Mac the main chapter by chapter Guide , you'll find out why Linuxoffers a real alternative to other operating systems, how youcan install Linux on to your computer for free, and how to getto grips with using Linux on a daily basis without any technojargon!

2 To get started, just click on one of the chapters in the aboveChapter Guide menu to begin. The Ultimate Linux Newbie Guide also strives tostay current with the latest in Linux news which is relevant to a Linux , you'll also find some handy Quick Tips as well as more AdvancedTutorialsI hope that the Ultimate Linux Newbie Guide helps you into a new world offreedom when using your computer and hopefully makes you smile along the way!Alistair Ross-Author, The Ultimate Linux Newbie GuidePrefaceThe Ultimate Linux Newbie Guide . Ebook Edition, July GuideChapter 1: Whatis 2: WhyLinux - What's theBenefits? 3:Choosing a 4:Preparing to 5:Installing Linux (Ubuntu) 6: Howdo I get software forLinux?

3 7: Howdo I install software? 8: UsingLinux Every LINK:How to installsoftware in LinuxTable of is X, X11,XFree, XOrg or XWindows? , Directoriesand the Linux don't know users LinuxMonitoring Tools performancewith 'Top' bandwidth,CPU and Tip:convert images atthe command linewith to tar(compress) files up,excluding certainfiles or to read andwrite to WindowsNTFS drives as toautomatically makeyour Windows drivesbecome available toLinux on to MountWindows or SambaShares to mount aUSB stick as a non-root user with your logfiles in colour and inan easy to atthe command linewith to setup aKVM server the to installLinux on aMacintosh to use aMac to create aLinux Live USB Stickand Boot GoogleDrive from the LinuxCommand Support,Training andConsulting Services1.

4 What is LinuxIf you are completely new to Linux , or any Operating system for that fact, thischapter covers all of the main primer aspects including:What an Operating system isWhat Unix is all aboutHow Linux differs from Unix2. Why Linux - What are the benefits?Chapter two answers the burning question that you really need to know beforegoing out and just installing a new operating system: Why? ..So what does Linux actually offer me then?3. Choosing a distributionIf you have not yet Installed Linux on your computer, you might want to have alook at this chapter for information on choosing a distribution (a flavour of Linux )that suits you. There are literally hundreds, if not thousands of different flavoursout there, however a few stand out from the crowd.

5 This chapter discusses thosedistributions and gives you a few handy links to places where you can find outinformation about other Preparing to install chapter deals with ascertaining what you need to do to prepare for installationof Linux , including ensuring all your hardware will work with is also information about how different versions of Linux work with regardsto software/package Installing Linux (Ubuntu).This chapter gives a full step-by-step Guide to installing a popular LinuxULNG Guide Chapter shows full details and of each stage and gives full details of all the choices alongthe way, including information about partitioning your hard disk drive. There is alsoa video of an Ubuntu installation which you can watch as you go along!

6 6. How do I get software for Linux ?Okay, you've installed Linux , you've chosen you're GUI, and you've picked up afew basic commands. You're probably feasting for some software now. Linux hasan abundance of software out there, mainly available over the net, mainly for azero fee. This chapter covers how and where to get How do I install software?You've downloaded the software that you want, and you discovered that you don'tknow how to install it. This chapter covers installing .RPM, .DEB packages Using Linux every day for work and playLinux offers so many different uses, and finding out how to do it all can be adifficult task. This chapter makes it easy to find out how to do all the things youwant to do with your computer in one easy page.

7 From listening to music,watching TV, using office software and even playing games, this chapter covers allthe standard desktop uses of a home or small office Content & Tutorials:Managing files and directoriesEver wondered what the /etc /home /usr /bin /dev /proc /mnt /tmp /var and /bootdirectories in your root directory ( / ) are actually for, and what goes where? Thischapter covers chapter also covers how to keep your files in good order, moving files,copying files, renaming files and very importantly, the security part of files (orpermissions). It is important that you don't give permission for everyone to run,read or execute on certain files, be they private to you, or files that are sensitive tothe security of the system.

8 This chapter covers the usage of the chmod, chgrp andchown utilities to manipulate permission of don't know any commandsThis chapter covers the one thing newbies love to hate: Linux ( bash shell)commands. Commands are not a necessary skill for all users, but many otherLinux people use them because of their versatility, so by the time you finish thischapter, hopefully you won't mind doing basic commands as much.>> Check out our tutorials list for more helpful guides to get the most out of Linux !>> Check out our Quick Tips section for a bunch of quick tips to get you straight tothe info you need!Topics covered in this What's An Operating system? What is UNIX (and a little bit of history) How does Linux differ from UNIX?

9 Linux , By Definition: Linux is an open source UNIX-like operating system which is popularfor it's robustness and above definition is probably not going to help you much if you don't know whatan Operating system is, and what this UNIX thing is, so let's start at the first majorpoint: What is an Operating system? I promise I won't make it boring! What's An Operating System?Imagine you have a brand new computer. Imagine that nobody had put a disk ofany kind into it, ever. That would mean that there was no software installed on thesystem. If you switched the computer on; It would beep a few times and then tellChapter 1: What is Linuxyou that it couldn't start an operating system. The most important software to acomputer is one thing: -- the Operating an Operating system, you couldn't surf the web, you couldn't play music,you couldn't write letters.

10 You can't do of you will have heard of famous operating systems already but may notfully appreciate it. For example, Microsoft make a well known operating systemcalled Windows, Apple make two that you may know: MAC OS X (on mostMacintosh computers) and iOS (on iPhones and iPads). An operating system isthe software that sits between you, the user, and the hardware inside thecomputer. If you click the mouse on an icon on your screen, the operating systeminterprets that you want to load the program that you are clicking on. For all of thisto happen, The Operating system (some times referred to as the OS or O/S) mustknow how to use a screen (to show you what's going on), to use a mouse (so youcan move it around and click with it), to use your hard disk drive (to load up thedata from it).