This ebook is Xubuntu Documentation published in 2022, free to download and share, a complete user guide of Xubuntu GNU/Linux operating system with Xfce desktop environment for computer and laptop. It mainly introduces and explains about Xubuntu, the system, and Xfce, the graphical user interface, without limiting it to a specific OS version. Even if you don't use Xubuntu, but only use Xfce, this book is a worthy read. We encourage you to print out and share this excellent book as many as possible to people you love if you can. Lastly, we say thank you and greatest appreciation to The Xubuntu Team for publishing this book. Enjoy!

• Title: Xubuntu Documentation
  
• Description: A complete guide book of Xubuntu GNU/Linux operating system with Xfce desktop environment. This book is released on 2022 and not limited to version 22.04 LTS only. It explains basic introduction of Xubuntu and Xfce, how to use it, how to configure and customize it, what applications are available and how to install and remove and update them, how to manage, maintain and troubleshoot it up until the end. It is available in two paper size choices A4 and USLetter.
  
• Authors: The Xubuntu Team
  
• Publication date: 2022
• Pages: 123 and 130
  
• Price: Free to download
  
• License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (free to read, copy, edit, mix, share and sell)
• First chapter: Introducing about Xubuntu, the name, the philosophy, releases and version numbers, editions and what made up Xubuntu from Free/Open Source Software, GNU, Linux, Xfce, Debian and Ubuntu.
  
• Second chapter: Explaining installation of Xubuntu to computer and laptop starting from downloading the ISO, making backup, making the bootable medium, booting and the actual steps to install.
  
• Third chapter: Explaining everything about Xubuntu Desktop, the panel, the icons, the menu, the workspace and how to use them.
  
• 4th chapter: Explaining default applications like Atril, Engrampa, Thunar and LibreOffice and the others.
  
• 5th chapter: Explaining software management including how to install, remove, update individual applications as well as upgrade the system.
  
• 6th chapter: Explaining settings and customization including adjusting panel, menu, desktop, wallpaper and themes. It also includes personalization of Xubuntu to mimic user interface of Windows and MacOS.
  
• 7th - 11th chapters: Explaining settings from hardware, networking, printing and scanning, user management and hardware devices (driver and disk partitions). 
• 12th chapter: Explaining file management and filesystem of Xubuntu.
• 13th chapter: Explaining multimedia applications use for playing music, movies and reading or burning CDs/DVDs.
• 14th chapter: Explaining migration from Microsoft Windows with dictionary, WINE, and networking.
• 15th chapter: Explaining troubleshooting mainly about networking.
• 16th chapter: Explaining how to upgrade Xubuntu.
• 17th chapter: Appendix containing application table and copyright and licensing information.
  

[DOWNLOAD PDF A4 3MB]

[DOWNLOAD PDF US-Letter 3MB] 

Note: with respect to The Xubuntu Project, this book is built from source and hosted on Internet Archive by us (Ade Malsasa Akbar) because the official website currently does not have the PDF files and we have filed a bug report with ongoing discussion at Launchpad. When the official PDF files become available, we will edit this to point to it instead. 

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References 

Xubuntu Documentation List (Web)

The Official Xubuntu Documentation (Web)

Xubuntu Documentation Source Code (GitHub)

Xubuntu Documentation Package (Launchpad)

This is the official Kubuntu 20.04 GNU/Linux user manual book in two formats PDF and Ebook free to download and share. This book mainly explains about Kubuntu, for Kubuntu users, and also KDE Plasma Desktop, for everyone who want to learn about it. You can read our short book review below before downloading. We encourage you to print out and share this valuable book as many as possible to people you care about if you can. Lastly, we say thank you and greatest appreciation to The Kubuntu Team for publishing this book. Enjoy!

• Title: Kubuntu Manual Documentation 
• Description: An official user guide book of Kubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" with KDE Plasma Desktop explaining from basics of what is Kubuntu, system installation, how to use the desktop and applications, networking, desktop customizations, software package management, PPA up to how one can get involved and contribute to the project together.
• Authors: The Kubuntu Team
• Publication date: 1 February 2022
• Pages: 59
• Price: Free to download
• License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (free to read, copy, edit, mix, share and sell)
• First chapter: Explaining the Kubuntu philosophy, free software and open source, Linux kernel and KDE.
• Second chapter: Explaining step by step of Kubuntu installation to computer and laptop.
• Third chapter: Explaining basic use of Kubuntu with the KDE Plasma Desktop mainly about Launchers and networking.
• 4th chapter: Explaining customizations of Kubuntu to suite the user needs mainly about KDE Plasma Desktop stuffs like Themes, Plasmoids, Panel, Activities and briefly talking about hardware driver.
• 5th chapter: Explaining Repositories, the source where Kubuntu users take their software packages from, by talking about managing them as well as personal package archives (PPAs).
• 6th chapter: Explaining Software Management and Software Introduction, talking about how to install applications via Discover, and introducing a lot of Free/Libre Open Source Software provided by Kubuntu.
• 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th chapter: Explaining Contribution, Support, and Software Packaging guides, so Kubuntu users can proudly join and get involved in the Kubuntu development itself, and then ended with Appendix.

[ DOWNLOAD PDF 14MB ]

[ DOWNLOAD EPUB 11MB ]

*) Note: to read PDF, we recommend free/libre software Sumatra (Windows) and Okular (Kubuntu). To read EPUB, we recommend Calibre (all platforms).

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References 

Kubuntu Help and Support (the source of this ebook)

Kubuntu Manual (the actual download server) 

This tutorial will help you share your internet access on Xubuntu Xfce laptop from a cable to a wifi hotspot. A cable internet access means mainly the broadband line which usually is connected via your LAN port, otherwise a USB tethering from a phone or a mobile wifi modem (also known as MiFi). Another devices near your laptop will recognize yours as "master-hotspot" and can access the internet by connecting to it.

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Pinta is a free/libre open source photo editor similar to Paint.net developed using .Net Framework and licensed under MIT. This tutorial will help you to install Pinta on Ubuntu even though it is not available on the official repository anymore since long ago. Today Pinta is available on Ubuntu thanks to Snapcraft. Now let's do it.

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CPU-X is a free software for GNU/Linux users to display processor info, Intel or AMD, in ways similar to another program called cpu-z. It will show cpu brand logo along with other info of cpu, caches, ram, system in real time and benchmarks too. It comes as portable application so just click it will run with no installation needed. Enjoy!

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This tutorial will help you change mouse cursor size on any computer with MATE desktop environment by the example Trisquel GNU/Linux. It is useful for many cases including among them teaching purpose on online streaming or live presentation using projector device and to help older people or those with vision issues.

1. Open MATE Control Center.

2. Open Appearance under Look And Feel section. 

3. Appearance Preferences window will show. 

4. Current theme will be shown as the selected one. On Trisquel, its name is Trisquel.

5. Click Customize > Customize Theme window will show. 

6. On this window, open Pointer tab.

7. Under Pointer tab, it will show several cursor theme choices and one is selected. On Trisquel, it is MATE.

8. Adjust the size of pointer by sliding the slider button at the bottom. To right means larger, to left means smaller. 

9. Cursor size adjusted.

10. Close all preferences windows. Done. 

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This tutorial will help you update your LibreOffice to version 7.6 on your computer powered by Trisquel 11 GNU/Linux. Because in this release Trisquel follows Ubuntu 22.04, thus LO versions are the same and the latest one is also available via a backports repository. We will update it with LO packages supported officially by The Trisquel Project.

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