Translations by Dmitry Belonogov

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The Ubuntu Manual Team

Prologue

Welcome

Welcome to \emph{Getting Started with Ubuntu}, an introductory guide written to help new users get started with Ubuntu.

Ubuntu will always be free of charge, along with its regular enterprise releases and security updates.

Ubuntu comes with full commercial support from \gls{Canonical} and hundreds of companies from across the world.

Ubuntu provides the best translations and accessibility features that the free software community has to offer.

A brief history of Ubuntu

What is Linux?

Is Ubuntu right for you?

Contact details

Website: \url{http://www.ubuntu-manual.org/}

\acronym{IRC}: \#ubuntu-manual on \url{irc.freenode.net}

Conventions used in this book

The following typographic conventions are used in this book:

\texttt{Monospaced type} is used for text that you type into the computer, text that the computer outputs (as in a terminal), and keyboard shortcuts.

Installation

Getting Ubuntu

Minimum system requirements

Downloading Ubuntu

Downloading Ubuntu as a torrent

On this screen you will need to tell Ubuntu:

Log in automatically

Require my password to login

Wait while your computer restarts, and you will then see the login window (unless you selected automatic login).

Workspaces

Managing windows

Closing, maximizing, restoring, and minimizing windows

Moving and resizing windows

Switching between open windows

Browsing files on your computer

Opening files

Creating new folders

Copying and moving files and folders

Using multiple tabs and multiple Nautilus windows