Ubuntu 18.04 Essentials: Learn to install, administer and use Ubuntu 18.04 systems

Book Description

Ubuntu is arguably one of the most highly regarded and widely used Linux distributions available today. Praised both for its ease of use and reliability, Ubuntu also has a loyal following of Linux users and an active community of developers.

Ubuntu 18.04 Essentials is designed to provide detailed information on the installation, use and administration of the Ubuntu 18.04 distribution. For beginners, the book covers topics such as operating system installation, the basics of the GNOME desktop environment, configuring email and web servers and installing packages and system updates. Additional installation topics such as dual booting with Microsoft Windows are also covered, together with all important security topics such as configuring a firewall and user and group administration.

For the experienced user, topics such as remote desktop access, the Cockpit web interface, logical volume management (LVM), disk partitioning, swap management, KVM virtualization, Secure Shell (SSH), Linux Containers and file sharing using both Samba and NFS are covered in detail to provide a thorough overview of this enterprise class operating system.

中文：

书名：Ubuntu 18.04要点：学习安装、管理和使用Ubuntu 18.04系统

Ubuntu可以说是当今最受推崇和最广泛使用的Linux发行版之一。Ubuntu因其易用性和可靠性而备受赞誉，它还拥有一批忠实的Linux用户和活跃的开发人员社区。

Ubuntu 18.04 Essentials旨在提供有关Ubuntu 18.04发行版的安装、使用和管理的详细信息。对于初学者，这本书涵盖了操作系统安装、GNOME桌面环境的基础知识、配置电子邮件和Web服务器以及安装软件包和系统更新等主题。此外，还介绍了其他安装主题，如Microsoft Windows的双重启动，以及所有重要的安全主题，如配置防火墙以及用户和组管理。

对于经验丰富的用户，本课程详细介绍了远程桌面访问、驾驶舱Web界面、逻辑卷管理(LVM)、磁盘分区、交换管理、KVM虚拟化、安全外壳(SSH)、Linux容器和使用Samba和NFS的文件共享等主题，以提供对该企业级操作系统的全面概述。