How This Book Is Organized

Ubuntu Linux Bible is organized into four parts.

Part I: Getting Started with Ubuntu Linux

The first part of this book provides background information about Ubuntu Linux, including instructions on installing it on your machine or simply taking it for a test drive from a Live CD. Chapter 1 introduces Ubuntu, the Ubuntu philosophy, and explores the Ubuntu community and the various Web sites where you can get information and assistance in using and configuring Ubuntu (if you need help NOW, rather than simply reading this book). Chapter 1 also discusses some of the main reasons why Ubuntu is the right Linux distribution to use, and compares its capabilities against several other popular Linux distributions.

Chapter 2 explains how to install Ubuntu as your only operating system or as an alternate operating system on an existing computer system if you can’t live without whatever you’re already using. Chapter 3 explains how to experiment with Ubuntu even if you don’t have a computer system or disk space to spare, thanks to the freely downloadable Ubuntu Live distribution, which boots on any modern PC but doesn’t require any changes to that system.

Part II: Ubuntu for Desktop Users

Part II explores the rich set of applications that are available for Ubuntu and explains how to use them to accomplish the kinds of things that people use modern personal computers for—reading and sending e-mail; surfing the Web; creating documents and spreadsheets; playing games; and playing and managing audio CDs, online music files, and DVD movies. Chapters 4, 5, and 6 provide a basic discussion of Linux and Unix fundamentals if you are curious about using a command line, give you an overview of the graphical user interface provided by Ubuntu, and generally explain how things are organized on your Ubuntu system.

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