Evolution includes a powerful contact manager component that can catalog information about individuals. At its most basic, the contact manager stores e-mail addresses for use within the e-mail component of Evolution, but you can enter significant additional data about each individual, including addresses, phone numbers, fax numbers, and even a photograph for easy identification. This … Read more
Evolution offers several features that can help you to organize your e-mail. You can create new folders, as well as filter, sort, and search through your messages. Creating New Folders If you want to better organize your e-mail, you can create your own folders, which will then appear in the list on the left side … Read more
Evolution’s e-mail functionality is arguably the heart of the program. Although it offers many features, it is quite simple to use. If you’ve ever used any other mainstream e-mail client, such as Microsoft Outlook, you have a head start. Configuring E-Mail Access Before starting, you’ll need to find out the addresses of the mail servers … Read more
Many additional applications might prove useful on a day-to-day basis. Here we review some of the more common ones. Calculator The GNOME Calculator (also known as Gcalctool) can be found on the Applications menu. In its default mode, it shouldn’t present any challenges to anyone who has ever used a real-life calculator. Figure. GNOME Calculator … Read more
Keep in mind that Ubuntu doesn’t aim to be an exact clone of other operating systems. Some of the programs will work in a similar way to what you’re used to, but that’s not true of all of them. Because of this, it’s easy to get frustrated early on when programs don’t seem to work … Read more
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Nobody knows the true number of viruses affecting Linux, but it is probably less than 1,000, and that’s the total since Linux was created back in the early 1990s! At the time of this writing, there are relatively few Linux viruses in the wild, which is to say, actively infecting computers. However, there can be … Read more
The Ubuntu notification area (the equivalent of the Windows system tray) at the top right of the screen contains a program that automatically monitors the package repositories and tells you when updates are available. This is the Update Manager. If you haven’t yet updated your system, this icon will have probably turned into a white … Read more
As you start to understand how Ubuntu works, you’ll become more and more aware of commonsense methods that will protect your system. However, we’ll outline a few of these now to get you started: •Entering your password: Be very wary if you’re asked to enter your password (outside of initial login, of course). You’ll be … Read more
Although users are the subject of another chapter, allow us to introduce the distinction between the root user account and ordinary users, because this distinction is the foundation on which much of the security model is based. For a more in-depth discussion on the matter. Linux makes use of something called the root user account. … Read more