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The term ``Ubuntu'' is a traditional African concept that originated from the Bantu languages of southern Africa. It can be described as a way of connecting with others\dash living in a global community where your actions affect all of humanity. Ubuntu is more than just an operating system: it is a community of people that come together voluntarily to collaborate on an international software project that aims to deliver the best possible user experience.

On the \textbf{\acronym{IP}v4 Settings} tab, you may need to change the \textfield{Method} field from ``Automatic (\acronym{DHCP})'' to ``Manual,'' or one of the other methods. For setting up manual settings (also known as static addresses), please see the section above on manual set up for wired network connections.

When you finish making changes to the connection, click \button{Apply} to save your changes and close the window. You can click \button{Cancel} to close the window without making changes.

Other connection methods

There are other ways to get connected with Ubuntu.

Ubuntu can also connect using mobile broadband, \acronym{VPN}s, or \acronym{DSL}s, however, these methods are beyond the scope of this guide.

\marginnote{A \acronym{VPN} is a ``Virtual Private Network,'' and is sometimes used to help secure connections. \acronym{DSL}s are ``Digital Subscriber Lines,'' a type of a broadband connection.}

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Browsing the web

Once you have connected to the Internet, you should be able to browse the web with Ubuntu. \application{Mozilla Firefox} is the default application for browsing the web in Ubuntu.

\marginnote{To set other keyboard shortcuts or to change the shortcut for launching Firefox, go to \menu{System \then Preferences \then Keyboard Shortcuts}.}

To start Firefox, open the \menu{Applications} menu, then choose \menu{Internet}, and choose \menu{Firefox Web Browser}. If your keyboard has a ``\acronym{WWW}'' button, you can also press that button to start Firefox.

To display more web content on the screen, you can use \emph{Full Screen mode}. Full Screen mode condenses the Firefox's toolbars into one small toolbar. To enable Full Screen mode, simply choose \menu{View \then Full Screen} or press \keystroke{F11}.

Navigating to another page

\marginnote{\acronym{URL} stands for uniform resource locator and \acronym{WWW} stands for world wide web.}

To navigate to a new web page, you need to type its Internet address (also known as a \acronym{URL}) into the Location Bar. \acronym{URL}s normally begin with ``http://'' followed by one or more names that identify the address. One example is ``\url{http://www.ubuntu.com/.}''

To navigate:

Click on the Location Bar to select the \acronym{URL} that is already there.

Type the \acronym{URL} of the page you want to visit. The \acronym{URL} you type replaces any text already in the Location Bar.

\marginnote{You can also press \keystroke{F6} on your keyboard to highlight the location bar in Firefox.}

To quickly select the \acronym{URL} of the Location Bar, press \keystroke{Ctrl+L}.

Clicking a link

Most web pages contain links you can click to move to other pages.

Click on the link once. While Firefox locates the link's page, status messages will appear at the bottom of the window.

To see a list of any \acronym{URL}s you've typed into the Location Bar, click on the down arrow at the right end of the Location Bar. To view a page, select it from the list.

To choose from pages you've visited during the current session, open the \menu{History} menu and choose from the list in the bottom section of the menu.

To choose from pages you've visited during the past several sessions, open the \menu{History} menu and choose \menu{Show All History}. Firefox should open a \window{Library} window, which shows a list of folders. Click on the folders to displays sub-folders, or titles of web pages you've visited in the past. Click on a page's title to view that page.

Stopping and reloading

If a page is loading too slowly or you no longer wish to view a page, click on the \button{Stop} button.

To reload the current page or to get the most up-to-date version, click on the \button{Reload} button or press \keystroke{Ctrl+R}.

Opening new windows

On the menubar, open the \menu{File} menu, then choose \menu{New Window}.

Once a new window has opened, you can use it just like the first window \dash including navigation and opening tabs.

There are two ways to open a link in its own window:

Right-click on a link to open its popup menu. Choose the \menu{Open Link in New Window} option. A new window will open, containing the web page for the link you clicked.

Press-and-hold the \keystroke{Shift} key while clicking a link. This will also open the web page in a new window.

Tabbed browsing

\marginnote{You can alternate quickly between different tabs by using the keyboard shortcut \keystroke{Ctrl+Tab}.}

If you would like to visit more than one web page at a time, you can use \emph{Tabbed Browsing} to navigate the web.

Tabbed browsing lets you open several web pages within a single Firefox window, each displaying in its own tab. This frees up space on your desktop since you don't have to have a window open for every web page you're currently visiting. You can open, close, and reload web pages in one place without having to switch to another window.

Click on the \button{New Tab} button on the right side of the last tab.

On the menubar, open the \menu{File} menu, and then choose \menu{New Tab}.