Chapter 4. Gaining Greater Proficiency

Adding and Removing Programs and Packages Keeping Your Computer Updated Adding Additional Users Using and Abusing Devices and Media Configuring a Printer in Ubuntu How Linux Stores and Organizes Files The Terminal Backup Strategies Working with Windows Programs Summary

As you’ve seen so far, Ubuntu is relatively straightforward to set up and use for the common day-to-day tasks. With time, though, most users want to change their software, add and experiment with other software options available in Ubuntu, install and use hardware devices like printers, access remote files, use the famous (and sometimes feared) terminal, and maybe even run some Windows programs. Ubuntu provides many ways to do each of these things. While they are a little more complex than the material covered in previous chapters, the Ubuntu community has worked hard to make them as easy as possible, and this chapter gets you started with each of them and more.