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Desktop Linux
a non-BS introduction
Stuff we'll cover
Terms
Choices
Installation
Basic customizations
What
it's a kernel
What again?
GNU/Linux?
Desktop Environments?
Distributions a.k.a. flavors
Whole GNU/Linux bundled with necessary software
Most designed to work out of the box
Big boys:
Ubuntu
Fedora
openSUSE
Arch
How
to choose your flavor
Rule of thumb
Ubuntu. Ubuntu everywhere.
GNOME + Unity
= Default Ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/
Pretty
Sluggish on weak machines
Backed by Canonical
Phone, tablet, convergence and crap
GNOME + GNOME Shell
~ Ubuntu GNOME
http://ubuntugnome.org/
Still pretty
A bit more responsive than Unity
KDE
~ Kubuntu
http://www.kubuntu.org/
Heavily customizable
Some say complex-looking
XFCE
~ Xubuntu
http://xubuntu.org/
Lightweight
Traditional desktop metaphors
(a bit like XP)
Cinnamon
= Linux Mint
http://www.linuxmint.com/
Inspired by traditional GNOME 2
Using modern GNOME 3
May be sluggish on slow PCs
Installing programs
Ubuntu Software Centre
Synaptic
apt
PPAs
Tweaks
unity-tweak-tool
Ubuntu Tweak
Notable tools
gedit
sublime text
filezilla
ssh (duh!)
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Desktop Linux a non-BS introduction
Desktop Linux
By Bùi Thành Nhân
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Desktop Linux
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