Translations by Dr Gregory House

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Ubuntu's core applications are all free and open source. We want you to use free and open source software, improve it, and pass it on.

Many people have contributed their time to this project. If you notice any errors or think we have left something out, feel free to contact us. We do everything we can to make sure that this manual is up to date, informative, and professional. Our contact details are as follows:

Workspaces

Appearance

Getting online

Switch to the \button{\acronym{IP}v4 Settings} tab.

If your computer is equipped with a wireless (Wi-Fi) card and you have a wireless network nearby, you should be able to set up a wireless connection in Ubuntu.

Connecting to a saved wireless network

To edit a saved wireless network connection:

Searching

Selecting search engines

If you do not want to use Google as your search engine in the Search Bar, you can change the search engine that Firefox uses.

Searching the web for words selected in a web page

Once some text has been matched on the web page, you can:

Select the \checkbox{Match case} option to limit the search to text that has the same capitalization as your search words.

With Firefox, you can copy part of a page so that you can paste it elsewhere, or save the page or part of a page as a file on your computer.

Saving all or part of a page

To save an entire page in Firefox:

Choose a location for the saved page.

To save an image from a page:

Position the mouse pointer over the image.

Choose a location for the saved image.

Using a different web browser

Reading and composing email

Communicating with contacts

Sending and receiving files

Editing an account

Removing a contact

Watching videos and movies

Playing videos from file

Listening to audio and music

Connect digital audio players

Listen to shared music

Manage podcasts

Rhythmbox support

Rhythmbox is used by many users throughout the world. There are a variety of support resources available in many languages.

You can enable the \checkbox{Fast blank} option if you would like to shorten the amount of time to perform the blanking process. However, selecting this option will not fully remove the files; if you have any sensitive data on your disc, it would be best not to enable the \checkbox{Fast blank} option.

Working with documents, spreadsheets, and presentations

Getting more help

Hardware

Using your devices

Ubuntu supports a wide range of hardware, and support for new hardware improves with every release.

Hardware identification

Displays

In the left hand pane of the \window{New Printer} window any printers that you can install will be listed. Select the printer that you would like to install and click \button{Forward}.

If your printer is found automatically it will appear under \emph{Network Printer}. Click the printer name and then click \button{Forward}. In the text fields you can now specify the printer name, description and location. Each of these should remind you of that particular printer so that you can choose the right one to use when printing. Finally click \button{Apply}.

Changing printer options

You can now specify settings by changing the drop-down entries. Some of the options that you might see are explained.

Depending on the printer you can change between: