1. Linux Essentials Chapter 4: Using Common Linux Programs

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

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

4. Selecting a Desktop Environment at Login Time

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

6. Launching a Program in GNOME

7. Launching a Program in KDE

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

10. Using a File Manager (continued)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

20. Common Network Ports

21. Common Network Ports (continued)

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

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

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

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