Six Clicks for Linux beginners: Ubuntu 15.04, Vivid Vervet

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  • Logging into Ubuntu 15.04

    Logging into Ubuntu 15.04

    I've used almost every desktop on the planet, but Ubuntu 15.04 with the Unity 7 interface may be the easiest. Heck if my now 82-year-old mother-in-law can be an Ubuntu user, you can be one too!

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    Caption by: Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

  • Using Ubuntu

    Using Ubuntu

    For four years now, Unity has made Ubuntu as simple as clicking on the app, and you're off and running.

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    Caption by: Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

  • Firefox on Ubuntu

    Firefox on Ubuntu

    The applications, like the default Firefox browser, spring up immediately. When you minimize them, they fold back into the Unity panel on the left.

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    Caption by: Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

  • LibreOffice on Ubuntu

    LibreOffice on Ubuntu

    At full-size, applications, like the latest LibreOffice office suite, are as easy to use on Ubuntu as they are on any operating system.

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    Caption by: Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

  • Installing apps on Ubuntu is child's play.

    Installing apps on Ubuntu is child's play.

    Want a new program? There's no need to master shell language commands or the intricacies of apt-get, you should simply browse through the Ubuntu Software Center, its app store, or search for your application by name.

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    Caption by: Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

  • Ubuntu control panel

    Ubuntu control panel

    Controlling how Ubuntu works is also mindlessly simple. All the controls you're ever likely to need are easy to get at and easy to understand.

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    Caption by: Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

  • Networking with Ubuntu

    Networking with Ubuntu

    Want to work with your network? It's no fuss or muss with Ubuntu even if your network, as mine is, is a complicated set of Linux Samba servers, Windows 2008 and 2012 servers, and Apple Time Capsules.

    If you've been frightened off of Linux because you think it's too hard, take another look. These days its easy-peasy.

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    Caption by: Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

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Using Ubuntu

For four years now, Unity has made Ubuntu as simple as clicking on the app, and you're off and running.

Caption by: Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

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