Chapter 4. Becoming an Ubuntu Power User
• Administering System and User Settings
• Understanding How Linux Stores and Organizes Files
• Learning Unity Keyboard Shortcuts
• Working with Windows Programs
• Installing Software from PPAs
• Compiling Software from Source
• Summary
Ubuntu is relatively straightforward to set up and use for the common day-to-day tasks. With time, though, most users want to learn how to be more efficient performing their tasks on that computer. It is this efficiency, this elegance in the way tasks are performed, that forms the basis of the separation between beginners and power users. Those who are content to learn just enough to get a task done need not read this chapter. Those who want to perform ...
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