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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN"
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"http://docbook.org/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd">
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<chapter>
 
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<chapter id="lesson6">
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  <title>Customising the Desktop and Applications</title>
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  <formalpara>
 
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<formalpara>
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    <title>Objectives</title>
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    <para>In this lesson, you will learn how to:</para>
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  </formalpara>
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    <para>In this lesson, you will learn how to:</para></formalpara>
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  <itemizedlist>
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    <listitem>
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      <para>Customise the look and feel of the Ubuntu desktop</para>
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    <para>The graphical tools to customize the desktop are available as menu
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    options in the <emphasis role="strong">System</emphasis> menu. Point to
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    <emphasis role="strong">Preference s</emphasis> on the <emphasis
 
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    <emphasis role="strong">Preferences</emphasis> on the <emphasis
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    role="strong">System menu</emphasis> to view the tools.</para>
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    <note>
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            <mediaobject>
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              <imageobject>
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                <imagedata fileref="images/Lesson07_images_013.png"
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                           format="PNG" width="5cm" />
 
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                           format="PNG" width="8cm" />
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              </imageobject>
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          </figure>
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                <imagedata fileref="images/Lesson07_images_027.png"
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                           format="PNG" width="11cm" />
 
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                           format="PNG" width="7cm" />
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              </imageobject>
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            </mediaobject>
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          </figure>
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                         width="11cm" />
 
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            </imageobject>
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        </figure>
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      <para>Many packages are not available in default Ubuntu repositories.
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      These packages can either be installed from other Ubuntu repositories or
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      from third-party software. To use the packages present in third-party
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      software, you need to add the software.</para>
 
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      software, you need to add the software and the repositories.</para>
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      <procedure>
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        <title>Perform the following steps to add the third-party
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        software:</title>
 
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        software and repositories:</title>
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        <step performance="required">
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          <para>On the <emphasis role="strong">System</emphasis> menu, point
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          <para>Type the APT line for the repository you want to add as a
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          source. To access the Debian main repositories, type <emphasis
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          role="strong">deb <ulink
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          url="http://ftp.debian.orgs">http://ftp.debian.orgs</ulink> sarge
 
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          url="http://ftp.debian.org">http://ftp.debian.org</ulink> sarge
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          main</emphasis> in the <emphasis role="strong">APT line</emphasis>
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          box. Click <emphasis role="strong">Add Source</emphasis>.</para>
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              <imageobject>
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                           format="PNG" width="7cm" />
 
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              </imageobject>
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          </figure>
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        </step>
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      </procedure>
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      <para>On the <emphasis role="strong">System</emphasis> menu, point to
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      <emphasis role="strong">Administration</emphasis> and then click
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      <emphasis role="strong">Software Sources</emphasis>.</para>
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      <para>The <emphasis role="strong">Software Sources</emphasis> dialogue
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      box opens. The software sources for Ubuntu are selected by
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      default.</para>
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      <para>You can also open the <emphasis role="strong">Software
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      Sources</emphasis> dialogue box by using the Add/Remove applications or
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      Synaptic Package Manager to enable the repositories under the <emphasis
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      role="strong">Ubuntu Software</emphasis> tab.</para>
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      <para>To add a repository from the third party, click the <emphasis role="strong">Third-Party Software</emphasis> tab and then click
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      <emphasis role="strong">Add</emphasis>.</para>
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      <para>Type the APT line for the repository you want to add as a source.
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      <ulink url="http://ftp.debian.orgs">http://ftp.debian.orgs</ulink> sarge
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      main</emphasis> in the <emphasis role="strong">APT line</emphasis> box.
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      Click <emphasis role="strong">Add Source</emphasis>.</para>
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      <title>Adding Repositories</title>
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      <para>Many packages are not available in default Ubuntu repositories.
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      These packages can either be installed from other Ubuntu repositories or
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      software, you need to add the software.</para>
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      <procedure>
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        <title>Perform the following steps to add the third-party
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        software:</title>
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        <step performance="required">
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          <para>On the <emphasis role="strong">System</emphasis> menu, point
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          to <emphasis role="strong">Administration</emphasis> and then click
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          <emphasis role="strong">Software Sources</emphasis>.</para>
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          <figure float="0">
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            <title>Launching Software Sources Dialogue Box</title>
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                           format="PNG" width="11cm" />
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          <para>The <emphasis role="strong">Software Sources</emphasis>
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          dialogue box opens. The software sources for Ubuntu are selected by
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            <title>Selecting the Required Sources</title>
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                           format="PNG" width="7cm" />
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            <para>You can also open the <emphasis role="strong">Software
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            Sources</emphasis> dialogue box by using the Add/Remove
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            applications or Synaptic Package Manager to enable the
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            repositories under the <emphasis role="strong">Ubuntu
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            Software</emphasis> tab.</para>
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        <step performance="required">
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            <title>Adding a Third Party Software Source</title>
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          main</emphasis> in the <emphasis role="strong">APT line</emphasis>
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          box. Click <emphasis role="strong">Add Source</emphasis>.</para>
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          changes. The repository specified in the APT line is added to the
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          third-party software box.</para>
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      <title>Exercise 1</title>
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      to view your pdf files, use a spreadsheet application for creating your
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      daily tasks and archive your files. Install the following
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