Ubuntu 12.04 Desktop Administration

Course Details

Ubuntu 12.04 Introduction
– Ubuntu 12.04
– Ubuntu 12.04 New Features
– Desktop
– Unity Features
– System Tools
– Applications
– Kubuntu 12.04
– Ubuntu Editions
– Ubuntu Live CD/DVD/USB
– Ubuntu Desktop Live CD
– Ubuntu Live USB drive
– Ubuntu Software
– Open source software

 Installing Ubuntu

– Install CD and DVDs
– Installation choices
– Installing Multiple-Boot Systems
– Hardware Requirements
– Installation Overview
– Installation with the Ubuntu Desktop CD
– Upgrade over network from Ubuntu 11.10
– Upgrade using a CD
– Upgrading to new release with apt-get
– Recovery, Rescue, and Boot loader re-install

Usage Basics: Login, Desktop,Network, and Help

– Accessing Ubuntu System
– GRUB Boot Loader
– The Light Display Manager
– The Session menu and user Switcher
– Guest Login
– Lock Screen
– Shutdown and Logging Out
– accessing Linux From the Command line.
– Appearance (Backgrounds,Themes, and Launcher auto hide)
– Details: system info, and default application and media
– Clock: time and Date Indicator
– Searching files
– Help resources:- Ubuntu Desktop Guide, Context-sensitive Help

Installing and Updating Software

– Installing Software Packages
– Ubuntu Packages Management Software
– Ubuntu Software Repositories
– Repositories Components
– Repositories
– Updating Ubuntu with update Manager
– Synaptic Package Manager
– Installing Packages
– Removing Packages
– Ubuntu Software Center for Separate DEB packages
– Source Code file
– Software Packages Type
– DEB software Packages
– Using Packages with other software Formats

Office Applications and Editors

– LibreOffice
– Calliga
– GNOME Office Applications
– Running Microsoft Office on Linux wine and Crossover
– Document Viewer
– FBreader
– Calibre
– Adobe Digital Editions
– Kindle
– PDA access
– GNOME Text Editor

Graphics and Multimedia

– Photo Management:Shot wall,F-Spot,and cheese
– GNOME Graphics and Applications
– KDE Graphics Applications
– X window System Graphic Programs
– Gstreamer
– Music applications
– Ubuntu One Music Store and Online Media
– CD/DVD Burners
– Video Applications

Mail and News

– Mail Clients
– Thunder bird
– Evolution
– The KDE mail Client
– Squirrel Mail
– mutt
– Mail
– Usenet News
– Newsreaders
– binary Newsreaders and Grabbers
– slrm
– News Transport Agents

Internet Application

– URL address
– Web browsers
– FireFox, KDE Rekonq, Epiphany, Chromium
– Lynx and Elinks
– FileZilla, gFTP, wget, curl, ftp, lftp

Social Networking

– the messaging menu
– Broadcast Services
– Instant Messenger:Empathy, Kopete, and Pidgin
– VOIP Applications
– Ekiga, Skype
– KDE social Desktop
– Ubuntu ONE

Ubuntu Desktop

– Ubuntu Unity
– Unity 2D
– Keyboard and Mouse Shortcuts
– Unity Launcher
– Opening a launcher item
– open application and launcher items
– windows
– windows Slides
– minimizing, maximizing, and closing windows
– workspace
– Desktop menus and applications menu
– Dash
– dash search bar, dash lenses, Dash Home,
– Nautilus File Manager
– KDE
– Shells

System Tools

– GNOME system Monitor
– Managing Process
– System Testing
– Scheduling Tasks
– Log file Viewer
– disk usages Analyzer
– plymouth

System Administration

– Ubuntu Administration Tools
– Controlled Administrative Access
– Policy kit
– sudo and gksu
– sudo command
– sudo configuration
– sudo command
– GRUB 2
– DKMS
– Backup Management: Ubuntu One, rsync,Backup PC,and amanda

Network Connections

– Network Connections: Dynamic and Static
– Network Manager
– Network Manager menu
– Wired Network
– Wireless network
– DSL Configuration
– Mobile Broadband
– PPP Configuration
– VPN
– Firewalls

Printing

– Automatic Printer Detections
– System-config-printer
– Editing Printer Configuration
– Default system wide Personal Printers
– Printers Class
– Remote Printers