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Table of Contents
About This Guide ..............................................................................................................
1. Conventions ...........................................................................................................
2. Contributing and Feedback .....................................................................................
1. Introduction ...................................................................................................................
1. About Xubuntu ......................................................................................................
2. Linux Basics ..........................................................................................................
2. Guided Tour ..................................................................................................................
1. Desktop .................................................................................................................
2. Browse the Files on your Computer ........................................................................
3. Surfing the Internet ................................................................................................
4. Writing Emails .......................................................................................................
5. Instant Messaging / Chatting ...................................................................................
6. Writing Text Documents ........................................................................................
7. Spreadsheet calculations with Gnumeric ..................................................................
8. Adding, Removing and Updating Applications .........................................................
9. Calendar ................................................................................................................
10. Play Music ...........................................................................................................
11. Watch a Movie .....................................................................................................
12. Manipulate a Picture .............................................................................................
13. Browse Pictures ....................................................................................................
14. Burn a CD ...........................................................................................................
15. The Settings Manager ...........................................................................................
16. Finding the Right Program ....................................................................................
3. Common Tasks ..............................................................................................................
1. Desktop .................................................................................................................
2. Get Multimedia support ..........................................................................................
3. Switching the keyboard layout ................................................................................
4. Printer configuration ...............................................................................................
5. Managing Users and Groups ...................................................................................
6. Networking ............................................................................................................
7. System Tasks .........................................................................................................
8. Setting up Hardware ...............................................................................................
4. Questions and Answers ..................................................................................................
5. Getting More Help .........................................................................................................
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B. GNU Free Documentation License .................................................................................
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