HANDBOOK ON UBUNTU-LINUX (As Customized by Hon'ble e-Committee, Supreme Court of India) FOR JUDICIARY PREPARED BY HIGH COURT OF AP 2 Contributors to this document: 1. Sri. B V L N Chakravarthi 2. Sri. M Suneel Kumar 3. Smt. D Varoodhini 4. Sri. M Radha Krishna Chahavan 5. Sri. T Venu Gopal Rao 6. Sri. B Rajasekhar 7. Sri. D Yedukondalu 8. Sri. S Nageswara Rao 9. Sri. C N Murthy 10. Sri. R Raghunatha Reddy 11. Sri. P Govardhan 12. Sri. Ch Jithendhar All the above are Judicial Officers of Andhra Pradesh Judiciary. Compiled and Edited by Mr. BVLN Chakravarthy and Mr. M.Radha Krishna Chahavan under the guidance of High Court of AP, Hyderabad. High Court of AP 3 Table of Contents BASIC OPERATING SYSTEM CONCEPTS.................................................................7 What is a Computer ?.......................................................................................7 What makes a Computer System ?...................................................................7 What is Software ?............................................................................................7 Why Linux ?......................................................................................................9 UNDERSTANDING THE UBUNTU MENU DESIGN...................................................10 Applications & Places Menu Design................................................................10 DESKTOP................................................................................................................11 UNITY DESKTOP ....................................................................................................12 APPLICATION MENU...............................................................................................13 LAUNCHER.............................................................................................................13 DASH .....................................................................................................................14 Lenses at the bottom in the Dash (Filters) :..................................................14 Shortcuts of Dash :.........................................................................................14 Work Spaces :.................................................................................................15 Switching between work spaces :..........................................................................15 Managing Windows :.......................................................................................15 Moving and resizing Windows :......................................................................15 BROWSING FILES..................................................................................................16 THE UNITY DESKTOP .............................................................................................18 Launcher ........................................................................................................19 Understanding Dash ......................................................................................20 Ubuntu Unity Desktop Environment Tips...............................................................22 Applications of Ubuntu...........................................................................................25 Clip Board Manager ..................................................................................25 The Stardict talking dictionary ......................................................................25 To use Text to Speech (TTS) feature...............................................................26 Recording voice using Sound Recorder..........................................................27 To take a Screen Shot.....................................................................................27 To Force Quit (force kill) an errant/misbehaving application...........................28 Ubuntu-Linux video tutorials and user guide material....................................29 Recoll Desktop Search ..............................................................................30 Clipboard Manager ...................................................................................30 StarDict Scan .................................................................................................30 IPMessenger (IPTUX).......................................................................................31 Pdf Chain .......................................................................................................31 Pdf to text generation.....................................................................................32 Photo Management using F-Spot / Shotwell ..................................................32 Multimedia applications..................................................................................33 Gedit text editor ............................................................................................33 Using right click – open with:..........................................................................33 Startup Applications:......................................................................................34 Ubuntu Software Centre:................................................................................34 High Court of AP 4 Synaptic Package Manager and its features:..................................................35 Disk Usage Analyzer ......................................................................................36 How to Find:...........................................................................................................36 GNOME-CLASSIC:...................................................................................................36 Files & Folders Permissions.............................................................................36 How to Find:....................................................................................................37 MD5 Sum Hash value.....................................................................................38 DATA RECOVERY TOOLS..................................................................................39 PhotoRec.................................................................................................39 CD/DVD BURNING(Writing).............................................................................46 TO CREATE A CD OR DVD........................................................................46 Erasing the data from a disk:..................................................................47 Disc copy:................................................................................................47 Image file:...............................................................................................48 Burn image:............................................................................................48 Basic tips to use a Libre Office efficiently:.............................................................49 Use of Space bar vs. Tab.................................................................................49 Paragraph Spacing..........................................................................................49 Page Breaks ...................................................................................................49 Left/Right/Center Justify..................................................................................50 Insert & Overwrite Mode ................................................................................52 Page Settings in the Document and the Printer .............................................52 Paragraph Numbering (Simple and Outline(Sub level)) .................................53 Using Right Click Options...............................................................................54 Saving a Document: Save (Ctrl S), Save As, Saving with Password, File Type........55 Password protection......................................................................................55 Changing the password for a document.........................................................56 Undo & Redo: Undo (Ctrl + Z), Redo(Ctrl + Y).......................................................56 Finding & Replacing Text: Edit → Find (Ctrl + F)....................................................57 Character Formatting: Format → Character ..........................................................57 Paragraph Formatting: ..........................................................................................58 Export as PDF: .......................................................................................................58 Using Bullets and Numbering for Paragraphs: Symbols and Graphics as Bullets, Simple Numbering and Outline Numbering...........................................................58 Page Numbering: ..................................................................................................58 Backup and Auto Saving........................................................................................59 Automatic Saving Methods:............................................................................59 Creating Backup Copy of File: ........................................................................59 Miscellaneous:........................................................................................................60 Viewing/Checking Non printing Characters button from the tool bar.............60 Zooming through Ctrl + Scroll button............................................................60