Ubuntu 20.04 Essentials

Ubuntu 20.04 Essentials is designed to provide detailed information on the installation, use and administration of the Ubuntu 20.04 distribution. For beginners, the book covers topics such as operating system installation, the basics of the GNOME desktop environment, configuring email and web servers and installing packages and system updates.

Table of Contents

• Introduction – Ubuntu 20.04 Essentials
• The History of Linux and Ubuntu
• Installing Ubuntu 20.04 on a Clean Disk Drive
• Installing Ubuntu 20.04 with the Network Installer
• Dual Booting Ubuntu 20.04 with Windows
• Allocating Windows Disk Partitions to Ubuntu 20.04
• A Guided Tour of the Ubuntu 20.04 GNOME 3 Desktop
• An Overview of the Ubuntu 20.04 Cockpit Web Interface
• Using the Bash Shell on Ubuntu 20.04
• Managing Ubuntu 20.04 Users and Groups
• Managing Ubuntu 20.04 systemd Units
• Ubuntu 20.04 Software Package Management and Updates
• Ubuntu 20.04 Snap Package Management
• Ubuntu 20.04 Network Management
• Ubuntu 20.04 Firewall Basics
• Using gufw and ufw to Configure an Ubuntu 20.04 Firewall
• Basic Ubuntu 20.04 Firewall Configuration with firewalld
• Configuring SSH Key-based Authentication on Ubuntu 20.04
• Ubuntu 20.04 Remote Desktop Access with Vino
• Ubuntu 20.04 Remote Desktop Access with VNC
• Displaying Ubuntu 20.04 Applications Remotely (X11 Forwarding)
• Using NFS to Share Ubuntu 20.04 Files with Remote Systems
• Sharing Files between Ubuntu 20.04 and Windows Systems with Samba
• An Overview of Ubuntu 20.04 Virtualization Techniques
• Installing KVM Virtualization on Ubuntu 20.04
• Creating Ubuntu 20.04 KVM Virtual Machines using Cockpit and virt-manager
• Creating Ubuntu 20.04 KVM Virtual Machines with virt-install and virsh
• Creating an Ubuntu 20.04 KVM Networked Bridge Interface
• Managing KVM on Ubuntu 20.04 using the virsh Command-Line Tool
• An Introduction to Ubuntu 20.04 Containers
• Working with Containers on Ubuntu 20.04
• Setting Up an Ubuntu 20.04 Web Server
• Configuring an Ubuntu 20.04 Postfix Email Server
• Adding a New Disk Drive to an Ubuntu 20.04 System
• Adding a New Disk to an Ubuntu 20.04 Volume Group and Logical Volume
• Adding and Managing Ubuntu 20.04 Swap Space
• Ubuntu 20.04 System and Process Monitoring

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