Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Desktop: Applications and Administration - Softcover

Petersen, Richard L

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1936280817 ISBN 13: 9781936280810

Publisher: Surfing Turtle Press, 2016

Synopsis

The "Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Desktop: Applications and Administration" covers the Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) release, focusing on applications and administrative tools. The emphasis here is on what users will face when using Ubuntu, covering topics like installation, applications, software management, desktops, shell commands, network connections, and system administration tasks. The Ubuntu Desktop (Unity), Kubuntu, Ubuntu Mate, and Ubuntu GNOME desktops are examined in detail. 16.04 introduces several new features, as well as numerous smaller modifications. It is a long-term support release. The Ubuntu desktop with the Unity interface is examined in detail. Unity uses a launcher and a dash to manage access to applications and devices.

About this title

About the Author

Richard Petersen (Alameda, CA) has an MLIS in library and information studies and teaches UNIX and C/C++ courses at the University of California at Berkeley. He is the author of Linux: The Complete Reference (all four previous editions), Linux Programming: A Beginner s Guide, and many other titles. Ibrahim Haddad (Quebec, Canada) is a researcher at the Ericsson Corporate Unit of Research (Open Systems Lab) in Montreal, Canada, where he is involved with the system architecture of third generation wireless IP networks. He has presented several talks and tutorials at local universities, user groups, and conferences such as Ottawa Linux Symposium 2002. Ibrahim represents Ericsson on the Open Source Development Lab Carrier-Grade Linux Technical Board and sub-groups. He is also a Contributing Editor for the Linux Journal.

Edition details

• Publisher: Surfing Turtle Press
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1936280817
• ISBN 13: 9781936280810
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 642