Ubuntu Pocket Guide and Reference is a compact yet comprehensive guide for everyday Ubuntu use, written by the award-winning and best-selling Ubuntu author Keir Thomas. First, you'll learn about installation--getting Ubuntu onto your computer--after which you'll learn how to configure your computer's hardware. Following this, you'll be introduced to the Ubuntu desktop, and the tricks and techniques of efficient day-to-day usage. The book then describes the highways of the Ubuntu filesystem, and gives a full run-down of the Ubuntu file manager. Next, the command-line is tackled in-depth, after which software management is explained. Finally, system security is described. Appendixes provide a glossary, and a guide to technical documentation. Written for anybody switching to Ubuntu, particularly Windows users, Ubuntu Pocket Guide and Reference assumes zero Linux knowledge and conveys expert knowledge.