Dell ubuntu User Manual
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Contents
Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Getting Started With Your Dell Desktop . . .5
Getting Started With Your
Classic Desktop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Starting an Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Customizing Your Desktop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Personalizing the panel................8
Adding and Removing an Application
Icon on Your Desktop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Getting Started with Ubuntu®. . . . . . . . . . . .9
Quickly Viewing a Window Full Screen. . . . .9
System Preferences and Administration. . . 10
Setting Screensaver Preferences ......10
Browsing Files and Folders Using
Nautilus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Using Bookmarks....................12
To add a bookmark ..................12
Creating a New Folder ...............12
Using the Firefox Web Browser . . . . . . . . . .14
Using Tabbed Browsing ..............14
Using Bookmarks....................14
Adding Bookmarks to the Launcher.....14
Instant Messaging with Pidgin. . . . . . . . . . . 16
Importing Digital Photographs . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Applications in Ubuntu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Adding and Removing Applications .....17
Adding a Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Connecting to the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Restoring Your Ubuntu System. . . . . . . . . .19
Ubuntu Reinstallation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Starting System Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
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Overview
Overview
Your Dell computer is preconfigured with Ubuntu if you opted for it during purchase.
This document describes how to perform basic functions with your computer running Ubuntu
operating system and also includes reinstallation steps for Ubuntu operating system.
You have two modes of operating your computer running Ubuntu.
Dell customized mode with a Launcher•
Classic Ubuntu mode•
The two modes have been described in the following chapters.
To learn more about Ubuntu operating system, see Help and Support (Click → System→ Help
and Support).
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Getting Started With Your Dell Desktop
Getting Started With Your Dell Desktop
The Dell Desktop launches when you turn on your computer with Ubuntu® operating system.
To turn off the Dell Desktop Launcher, click the and select Switch Desktop Mode→ Classic
Desktop. See “Getting Started with Your Classic Desktop” on page 8 for instructions about getting
started with Classic Desktop.
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Getting Started With Your Dell Desktop
1 Launcher
The Launcher organizes applications and
website bookmarks into categories. To
access an application using the Launcher,
click on a Category, and then click on the
application, or click on a bookmark to
view the website in a new tab. You can
customize the Launcher to contain the
applications and website bookmarks you
use most frequently by using the Plus
Icons.
2 Desktop
Right-click on the background for a
menu that will allow you to change the
background image.
3 Categories
Click on a category to view a list of
applications and bookmarks.
4 Home Icon
Click on this icon to minimize all windows
and to display the Launcher.
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5 Ubuntu Icon
Click on this icon menu to access
Preferences, Places (useful file locations),
and Help and Support.
6 Running Tasks
Click the required tab to view the
associated window.
7 Panel
The panel provides quick access to open
running tasks on desktop, or to frequentlyused programs, files, or utilities on your
computer.
8 Search Icon
Click on this icon to search for files and
folders.
9 Battery/Charging Status Indicator
Click on this icon to know the status of the
battery.
10 Network Status Indicator
Click on this icon to know the network
signal strength.
11 Volume Control Icon
Click on this icon to adjust the volume of
the computer.
12 Notification area
Includes a clock and icons associated
with programs.
13 Plus Icons
Click the upper Plus Icon to add or remove
a category from the Launcher. Click the
lower Plus Icon to add applications or
website bookmarks.
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