This is the 9th article, the final part of the series. This ninth article gives you more documentations to help yourself in using Kubuntu 17.10. The resources are online links to certain manuals and ebooks specialized for Kubuntu basics, command lines usage, software installation instructions, how to operate LibreOffice and KDE Plasma.
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Read also first part and eighth part of this whole Kubuntu 17.10 series.
Resources in General
Ubuntu documentations:
- Official Help documentations https://help.ubuntu.com
- Official Wiki documentations https://wiki.ubuntu.com
- Simpler documentations https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CommunityHelpWiki
- Official Help http://docs.kubuntu.co.uk/1604
- More user friendly help https://userbase.kde.org/Kubuntu
- Official Ebook of Kubuntu 16.04 PDF/Ebook (source code)
- Official Ebook of Kubuntu 17.10 PDF/Ebook (source code)
- Kubuntu Resource List https://kubuntu.org/community
- Table of Equivalent Applications towards Windows and macOS https://userbase.kde.org/Table_of_equivalent_applications
Resources for KDE
Your Kubuntu 17.10 contains many KDE software such as Plasma (your desktop), Dolphin (your file manager), Kontact (your email+calendar+contact+news management), and System Settings (your control panel). KDE is the developer team, a community behind all KDE software, and Kubuntu originally stands for KDE + Ubuntu = Kubuntu.
- KDE in General https://www.kde.org/documentation
- All KDE Applications https://userbase.kde.org/Applications
- Plasma Desktop https://userbase.kde.org/Plasma
- Dolphin (file manager) Handbook
- Kontact Handbook
- KOrganizer (calendar & scheduling) Handbook
- Akregator (RSS feed reader) Handbook
- System Settings Handbook
- Kate (text editor) Handbook
- KInfoCenter (device manager) Handbook
- Ark (compress & extract tool) Handbook
- Discover (application store) Docs
Resources for Command Lines
Official documentation:
From Bash-Hackers Wiki (by community) for intermediate-expert users:
From Commandlinefu (by community) in daily life examples of commands:
Beautify your bash shell prompt with very easy to use Bashrcgenerator:
Resources for Software Installation
- Package management system: The Series, Ebook Version (start here if you are beginner)
- AppImage: Tutorial
- Flatpak: Tutorial
- Snappy: Basic Tutorial by Howtogeek
- Compile software from source code: Tutorial
- Comparison between Ubuntu's and another distros' package managers: Distrowatch Page
Resources for Upgrading
All Documentations
Basic Upgrading
Upgrading One End of Life (EOL)
Resources for LibreOffice
Official LibreOffice Books (available in ODT and PDF)
https://documentation.libreoffice.org
Writer
Web page, PDF version, ODT version
Calc
Web page, PDF version, ODT version
Impress
Web page, PDF version, ODT version
Draw
Web page, PDF version, ODT version
Base
Web page, PDF version, ODT version
Math
Web page, PDF version, ODT version
Forums
Kubuntu Official Forum
https://www.kubuntuforums.net
Ubuntu Official Forum
https://ubuntuforums.org
Development Forum
https://community.ubuntu.com
Final Words
Finally, I hope these whole nine articles truly help you in operating Kubuntu on your computer. I also hope that this series help you in operating any other Kubuntu version aside from 17.10 "Artful Aardvark", and furthermore any other KDE Plasma distro aside from Kubuntu like openSUSE and Mageia. Share this tutorial series and help your neighbors. Enjoy your Kubuntu!
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