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List of Figures

 

Chapter 1. Before you begin

Figure 1.1. The default Ubuntu 14.04 desktop. A good place to start if you haven’t tried Linux before.

Chapter 2. Getting to know Linux

Figure 2.1. The Ubuntu logo. Ubuntu is the distribution we’ll be using for this book.

Figure 2.2. Image of the Debian logo. Ubuntu is based upon Debian.

Figure 2.3. A Debian desktop.

Figure 2.4. The Fedora logo. Fedora is related to Red Hat Linux, but is a community-driven project.

Figure 2.5. The Fedora desktop, which looks a lot like the Debian one (they use the same desktop manager)

Figure 2.6. The Linux Mint logo. Linux Mint is based on Ubuntu, which is based on Debian. Many distributions are connected like this.

Figure 2.7. A Linux Mint desktop–one of its two default desktop environments

Figure 2.8. The archlinux logo. Arch always has the latest versions of software, making it sometimes challenging to manage.

Figure 2.9. Arch doesn’t have a default anything, so it can look like whatever the user wants it to.

Figure 2.10. Ubuntu’s app store looks like the one you might access on your phone.

Figure 2.11. The Linux kernel is at the heart of the operating system, coordinating how it looks, sounds, operates hardware, and communicates with other devices over a network and the internet.

Chapter 3. Installing Linux

Figure 3.1. The interface of the Universal USB installer

Figure 3.2. Universal USB Installer can download the Ubuntu image for you.