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As you become comfortable with Ubuntu, some tricks and tips will help you take full advantage of your computer's capabilities. Manage running applications, Work with disks and thumb drives. Run applications with mulitple workspaces. Install and use different desktop environments. Install and manage software using the command line. Have Ubuntu manage thirdparty software. Creating launchers for programs. Work with virtual machines.

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Haines, N. (2017). Power User Tools. In: Beginning Ubuntu for Windows and Mac Users . Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3000-8_6

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