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Xubuntu Documentation Xubuntu Documentation The Xubuntu documentation team. Xubuntu and Canonical are registered trademarks of Canonical Ltd. Xubuntu Documentation Copyright © 2012–2017 The Xubuntu documentation team. Xubuntu and Canonical are registered trademarks of Canonical Ltd. Credits and License This documentation is maintained by the Xubuntu documentation team and is partly adapted from the Ubuntu documentation. The contributors to this documentation are: • David Pires (slickymaster) • Elfy (elfy) • Elizabeth Krumbach (lyz) • Jack Fromm (jjfrv8) • Jay van Cooten (skippersboss) • Kev Bowring (flocculant) • Krytarik Raido (krytarik) • Pasi Lallinaho (knome) • Sean Davis (bluesabre) • Stephen Michael Kellat (skellat) • Steve Dodier-Lazaro (sidi) • Unit 193 (unit193) The contributors to this translation of the documentation are: • Alex Katz (dumplingcloud) • Alex (misterzixy) • Andi Chandler (bing) • Pasi Lallinaho (knome) • Stephan Woidowski (swoidowski) The contributors to previous versions to this documentation are: • Cody A.W. Somerville (cody-somerville) • Freddy Martinez (freddymartinez9) • Jan M. (fijam7) • Jim Campbell (jwcampbell) • Luzius Thöny (lucius-antonius) This document is made available under the Creative Commons ShareAlike 2.5 License (CC-BY-SA). You are free to modify, extend, and improve the Ubuntu documentation source code under the terms of this license. All derivative works must be released under this license. This documentation is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AS DESCRIBED IN THE DISCLAIMER. A copy of the license is available here: Creative Commons ShareAlike License. All trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of the respective owners. Welcome! This documentation provides information on some of the most common topics on using Xubuntu, including: Chapter 7, Connecting to Internet and Networks Chapter 9, Managing installed applications In addition, this documentation has three quick guides: Chapter 3, Getting to know your desktop environment Chapter 5, Quick guide to default applications Chapter 11, Keeping your computer and personal information safe The complete set of topics is listed below. If you require help with a topic or problem that is not addressed by the documentation, go to the Help & Support [http://xubuntu.org/help/] page of the Xubuntu website. There you will find links to additional help resources. If you would like to contribute to Xubuntu, including this documentation, see the Get Involved [http://xubuntu.org/ contribute/] section of the Xubuntu website. Table of Contents 1. What is Xubuntu? .................................................................................................................................. 1 A short introduction .......................................................................................................................... 1 Xubuntu is a community-developed, Ubuntu-based Linux operating system. ........................... 1 About the name ........................................................................................................................ 1 Version numbering ................................................................................................................... 1 Learn more about what makes Xubuntu .......................................................................................... 1 Free Software ............................................................................................................................ 1 Linux ......................................................................................................................................... 2 Xfce ........................................................................................................................................... 2 2. Migrating and Upgrading ..................................................................................................................... 3 Migrating from Windows .................................................................................................................. 3 A quick Windows–Xubuntu dictionary ....................................................................................... 3 Windows applications on Linux ................................................................................................. 3 Windows networking on Linux .................................................................................................. 3 Upgrading Xubuntu .......................................................................................................................... 4 Upgrading to the next available release ................................................................................... 4 Changing your upgrade path .................................................................................................... 4 Upgrading to the development version .................................................................................... 5 3. Getting to know your desktop environment ......................................................................................... 6 Desktop ............................................................................................................................................. 6 The Panel .................................................................................................................................. 6 The Desktop .............................................................................................................................. 6 Files and directories .......................................................................................................................... 6 Navigation ................................................................................................................................. 7 Creating and deleting files and folders ..................................................................................... 7 Copying ..................................................................................................................................... 8 Removable devices .................................................................................................................... 8 Customizing Thunar .................................................................................................................. 8 4. Settings and Preferences ...................................................................................................................... 9 Customizing the Menu ...................................................................................................................... 9 Customizing your personal info ........................................................................................................ 9 Customizing the appearance .......................................................................................................... 10 Changing your wallpaper ........................................................................................................ 10 Customizing your panel configuration .................................................................................... 11 Changing your desktop themes .............................................................................................. 11 Disabling and modifying the desktop effects .......................................................................... 12 5. Quick guide to default applications .................................................................................................... 13 Graphics .......................................................................................................................................... 13 Internet ........................................................................................................................................... 13 Media .............................................................................................................................................. 13 v Xubuntu Documentation Office ............................................................................................................................................... 14 System ............................................................................................................................................. 14 6. Media applications .............................................................................................................................. 15 Music ............................................................................................................................................... 15 Listening to music ................................................................................................................... 15 Portable music players ............................................................................................................ 15 Movies, DVDs and videos ................................................................................................................ 15 Playing DVDs ........................................................................................................................... 15 Playing video ........................................................................................................................... 16 Burning CDs and DVDs ..................................................................................................................
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