• Who This eBook Is For  
• The Birth of Linux and the GNU Project  
• The Rise of Linux Distributions  
• Why Ubuntu Became the User-Friendly Choice  
• Understanding Ubuntu’s Release Cycle (LTS vs Rolling)  
• Ubuntu’s Global Community and Support Network  
• Exploring Ubuntu Desktop Environments and Flavors  

• Choosing the Right Ubuntu Version for Your Needs  
• Downloading Ubuntu and Its Flavors  
• Step-by-Step Installation of Ubuntu and Variants  
• Adding and Switching Between Desktop Environments 

• Configuring Hostname, Date/Time, and NTP  
• Managing Users and Permissions  
• Customizing the User Shell Environment - Bash and Zsh (themes, plugins, e.t.c)
• Keeping Your System Updated and Secure  
• Essential Office Suites setup (WPS Office, FreeOffice, OpenOffice, OnlyOffice, LibreOffice & Alternatives)  
• Collaboration Tools for Remote Teams setup (Microsoft Teams, Slack, Zoom, Mattermost, Telegram Desktop, Jitsi Meet, Rocket.Chat)

• Using APT (Advanced Package Tool) - Usage with examples
• Using DPKG (Debian Package Manager) tool - Usage with examples
• Working with Snap Packages  
• Flatpak: Universal Package Management  usage with examples
• Running Portable Apps with AppImage  

• Managing Networks via GUI Tools ( Wired & Wireless connections)
• Using Netplan for Network Configuration  
• Using NetworkManager (NMCLI) Commands to control host networking  
• Ifconfig and IP Command in Practice  
• VPN connections setup with examples:  L2TP/IPsec, PPP, WireGuard
• Pritunl, OpenVPN clients

• Web browsers intro
• Popular Web Browsers install, configurations, extensions and themes management
• We cover these browsers: (Firefox, Brave, Google Chrome, Vivaldi, Opera, Microsoft Edge, Midori, Falkon)
• Tor browser install and usage
• Reliable Email Clients setup:  (Mozilla Thunderbird, Mailspring)
  

• Introduction to Media Players
• Install and configure of popular media players:
• MPV, VLC, SMPlayer, GNOME Videos, Haruna, QMPlay2, Kaffeine, Audicious, Amarok, Banshee, Nuclear, 

• Introduction to File Management in Ubuntu
• GUI vs. Terminal File Managers
• Popular GUI File Managers - install and configs: (kodExplorer, xplorer, thunar, spacedrive, nemo, pcmanfm, konqueror, krusader, cloudreve)  
  
• Terminal-Based File Managers - install and configure: (yazi, ranger, nnn, lf, superfile, xplr, walk, joshuto)

• Alacritty  
• Tabby  
• Hyper  
• WezTerm  
• Termius  
• Tilix
• Kitty  
• Rio  
• Electerm 

• Working with download managers and torrent clients
• Installations, configurations, and usage - (WebTorrent Desktop, Tribler, Motrix , rTorrent , qBittorrent , Gopeed , BiglyBT , Aria2 , TransGUI)

• Setting Up a Complete Development Environment  
• Popular Programming Languages and Toolchains  
• Essential Utilities for Developers  

• Popular Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) installations, configs and usage:
• Visual Studio Code (VS Code) ,IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm Community Edition, Eclipse, NetBeans  
• Lightweight Code and Text Editors: (Sublime Text,  Zed Editor, 

• Setting Up SSH for Secure Access  
• File Transfers with SFTP and Samba  
• Using VNC and RDP for Remote Desktop Sessions (NoMachine, RealVNC, TigerVNC, XRDP
• Installing & Configure Remote Access Client Tools (TeamViewer, Anydesk, Remmina, Chrome Remote Desktop)

Database Management Systems:

• PostgreSQL
• MariaDBMySQL
• MongoDB
• SQLite   
• Microsoft SQL Server  
• CockroachDB  
• Redis

Database Management Tools:

• Beekeeper-studio
• Dbeaver
• HeidiSQL
• Redash
• phpMyAdmin
• mycli
• DbGate
• pgAdmin 4

• What Is Containerization and Why Use It?  
• Getting Started with Docker  
• Installing Docker on Ubuntu  
• Docker Sub-Commands usage with examples
• Docker Compose usage with examples

• Using LXC/LXD for Lightweight Virtualization  
• Using Multipass to run Ubuntu VMs  
• Gnome Boxes usage with examples
• Installing and using VirtualBox  
• VMware Workstation install and usage
• Using KVM on Ubuntu  

• Apache HTTP Server  
• Nginx Web Server  
• LiteSpeed Web Server  
• Caddy  
• Lighttpd