Linux mint essentials : a practical guide to Linux Mint for the novice to the professional / Jay LaCroix ; cover image by Ravaji Babu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

LaCroix, Jay, author.

Contributor:

Babu, Ravaji, cover designer.

Series:

Community experience distilled

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Linux.

Operating systems (Computers)--Computer-assisted instruction.

Operating systems (Computers).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (324 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Birmingham, England : Packt Publishing, 2014.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Biography/History:

LaCroix Jay: Jeremy "Jay" LaCroix is a technologist and open-source enthusiast, specializing in Linux. He has a net field experience of 20 years across different firms as a Solutions Architect and holds a master's degree in Information Systems Technology Management from Capella University. In addition, Jay also has an active Linux-focused YouTube channel with over 250K followers and over 20M views, available at LearnLinuxTV, where he posts instructional tutorial videos and other Linux-related content. He has also written Linux Mint Essentials and Mastering Linux Network Administration, published by Packt Publishing.

Summary:

A task-oriented look at Linux Mint, using actual real-world examples to stimulate learning. Each topic is presented in an easy-to-follow order, with hands-on activities to reinforce the content.If you are starting out with Linux from a different platform, this book is for you. No previous Linux experience is required, though an understanding of basic computer usage (for example, using a mouse) is expected.

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Meet Linux Mint; Why choose Linux?; What is a distribution?; Is Linux hard to learn?; What Mint does differently; Releases and support; Mint-specific tools; Interacting with the Linux Mint community; Activity - creating community and forum accounts; Meet the community; Summary; Chapter 2: Creating Boot Media and Installing Linux Mint; Which version to download; The Linux Mint KDE edition; The Linux Mint Xfce edition; The Linux Mint MATE edition

The Linux Mint Cinnamon edition The different methods of installing Linux Mint; Activity - creating a bootable DVD; Activity - creating a bootable USB flash drive; Testing your live media; Planning your partitioning scheme; The installation process; To encrypt or not to encrypt; Summary; Chapter 3: Getting Acquainted with Cinnamon; Getting familiar with Cinnamon; Logging in to Cinnamon; Launching programs; Monitoring tasks; Utilizing workspaces; Notifications; Creating launchers; Bundled applications; File management with Nemo; Configuring the settings of Cinnamon

Activity - changing the default search engine in Firefox Activity - changing themes; Summary; Chapter 4: Introduction to the Terminal; Why should we use the terminal?; Accessing the shell; Activity - executing commands; Navigating the file system; Managing files; Activity - the nano text editor; Reading manual pages with the man command; Searching for files; Using the watch command; Activity - introduction to scripting; Summary; Chapter 5: Utilizing Storage and Media; Accessing removable media; Activity - formatting flash drives; Mounting and unmounting volumes

Automatically mounting volumes at boot timeActivity - analyzing disk usage; Understanding gibibytes versus gigabytes, and mebibytes versus megabytes; Burning CDs and DVDs; Using the USB Image Writer; Understanding how Universally Unique Identifiers work; Summary; Chapter 6: Installing and Removing Software; Managing packages in Linux Mint; Using the Mint Software Manager; Activity - installing new applications; Frozen Bubble; FileZilla; Minitube; Steam launcher; Removing applications; Using the Synaptic Package Manager; Configuring software sources; Advanced package management

Keeping your system up to date Summary; Chapter 7: Enjoying Multimedia on Mint; Understanding issues concerning codecs; Playing music files; Activity - ripping an audio CD; Editing MP3 tags; Playing video files; Playing a DVD; Viewing photos; Editing photos with GIMP; Accessing your webcam; Recording your desktop; Summary; Chapter 8: Managing Users and Permissions; Creating new users; Changing passwords; Revoking access temporarily; Removing user accounts; Running commands or programs as other users; Administrative access via sudo and visudo; Understanding file and directory permissions

Modifying file and directory permissions

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 12, 2014).

ISBN:

9781782168164

1782168168

OCLC:

880825295