Linux Essentials Chapter 4: Using Common Linux Programs

Chapter 4 Outline Using a Linux desktop environment Working with productivity software Using server programs Managing programming languages

Using a Linux Desktop Environment Choosing a Desktop Environment KDE GNOME LXDE Unity Xfce Roll-your-own

Selecting a Desktop Environment at Login Time

Using a Linux Desktop Environment Choosing a Desktop Environment Launching Programs Desktop menus Desktop icons Panels Context menus Searching for programs Terminals

Launching a Program in GNOME

Launching a Program in KDE

Using a Linux Desktop Environment Choosing a Desktop Environment Launching Programs Using a File Manager

Using a File Manager (continued)

Working with Productivity Software Finding the Right Tool for the Job Using desktop menus Using search features Using tables of equivalents Using others’ expertise

Working with Productivity Software (continued) Finding the Right Tool for the Job Using a Web Browser Chrome Firefox Galeon Konqueror Lynx Opera

Working with Productivity Software (continued) Finding the Right Tool for the Job Using a Web Browser Using Clients Evolution KMail mutt Thunderbird

Working with Productivity Software (continued) Finding the Right Tool for the Job Using a Web Browser Using Clients Using Office Tools GNOME Office KOffice LibreOffice OpenOffice.org

Working with Productivity Software (continued) Finding the Right Tool for the Job Using a Web Browser Using Clients Using Multimedia Applications Audacity Blender The GIMP ImageMagick HandBrake MythTV

Working with Productivity Software (continued) Finding the Right Tool for the Job Using a Web Browser Using Clients Using Multimedia Applications Using Linux for Cloud Computing Dropbox Google Apps Microsoft Office Web Apps Web-based

Working with Productivity Software (continued) Finding the Right Tool for the Job Using a Web Browser Using Clients Using Multimedia Applications Using Linux for Cloud Computing Using Mobile Applications

Using Server Programs Identifying Common Server Protocols and Programs Protocols Ports /etc/services

Common Network Ports

Common Network Ports (continued)

Using Server Programs (continued) Identifying Common Server Protocols and Programs Installing and Launching Servers Daemons Super Servers

Using Server Programs (continued) Identifying Common Server Protocols and Programs Installing and Launching Servers Securing Servers

Managing Programming Languages Choosing a Compiled vs. an Interpreted Language Compiled languages Interpreted languages Assembly language

Managing Programming Languages (continued) Choosing a Compiled vs. an Interpreted Language Identifying Common Programming Languages Assembly C C++ Java Perl PHP Python Shell Scripting