December 2025
Intermediate to advanced
704 pages
19h 14m
English
Content preview from Ubuntu Linux Bible, 11th Edition
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CHAPTER 2Creating the Perfect Linux Desktop
Using Linux as your everyday desktop system is becoming easier to do all the time. As with everything in Linux, you have choices. There are fully featured GNOME or KDE desktop environments or lightweight desktops such as LXDE or Xfce. There are even simpler stand-alone window managers.
After you have chosen a desktop, you will find that almost every major type of desktop application on a Windows or Mac system has equivalent applications in Linux. For applications that are not available in Linux, you can often run a Windows application in Linux using Windows compatibility software.
The goal of this chapter is to familiarize you with the concepts related to Linux desktop systems and to give you tips for working with a Linux desktop. In this chapter you do the following:
- Step through the desktop features and technologies that are available in Linux
- Tour the major features of the GNOME desktop environment
- Learn tips and tricks for getting the most out of your GNOME desktop experience
To use the descriptions in this chapter, I recommend that you have an Ubuntu system running in front of you. You can get Ubuntu in lots of ways, including the following:
- Running Ubuntu From a Live Medium You can download and burn an Ubuntu ...
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