The "Ubuntu 11.04 Desktop: Applications and Administration" covers
the Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) release, focusing on applications
and administrative tools. The emphasis here is on what users will
face when using Ubuntu, covering topics like installation,
applications, software management, the Ubuntu desktops (Unity,
GNOME, and KDE), shell commands, network connections, and system
administration tasks. Ubuntu 11.04 introduces several new features,
as well as numerous smaller modifications. It is a short-term
support release. The Ubuntu desktop with the new Unity interface is
examined in detail, along with the Ubuntu Classic desktop, which
uses GNOME 2.3. Unity uses a Launcher and a Dash (dashboard) to
manage access to applications and devices. The Kubuntu desktop,
which uses KDE, provides a very different interface using plasma
containers to support the panel, menu, desktop, configuration
tools, and plasmoid applets. Changes include and the new Unity
interface with launcher and dash, refinements to the Ubuntu
Software Center, Ubuntu One setup and configuration, the Banshee
music and media player, LibreOffice (replacement for OpenOffice),
Firefox 4 with syncing, and the new time and date application.
Ubuntu 11.04 provides improvements to the Software Center, Ubuntu
One setup and configuration, and the installation procedure.
Banshee is the new default music player. Advanced components are
also examined such as the GRUB 2 boot loader, Computer Janitor for
removing unused software, PulseAudio sound configuration, and Disk
Utility (Udisks) for storage device configuration and information
(SMART).
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