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How To

Listen to advice and accept discipline; then you, too, will become wise.

Proverbs 19:20 (ERV)
How-To

ADMINISTRATE
Users, User Accounts, Usernames, Home, Root, SuperUserDO (sudo)
+ Add User

Manage Users & Groups graphically by installing and using GNOME System Tools
+ Backup

Removable Media, Smartphones, Saving, Settings and Backup Applications
+ Delete Files

Command-Line, GUI, Trash (or Wastebasket) and Secure Deletion
+ Packages

APT, Deb, dpkg, Flatpak, GNOME Software, Snap and Synaptic
+ Password

Password vs Passphrase, Changing Passwords, and Resetting Passwords
+ Update

Update Settings, Software & Updates, Command-Line, Synaptic, SWORD Project modules

DISPLAY
Arrange Display(s) / Screen(s), Primary, Profiles, Resolution, Refresh rate, Rotation, Reflection
+ Backdrops

Desktop Backgrounds / Wallpaper, Aspect Ratios, Resolution, Dimentions, Color, Style, Changes
+ Locking

Screen Locking / Blanking, Keyboard Shortcut, Screensavers, Power Manager

FONT
Size, Style, Family, Format, Font Manager, Font Viewer, Legalities
+ Fonts Folders

Command Line, GUI, Local Fonts, System-Wide Fonts, Google font(s), Examples
+ Other Fonts

Available Fonts through Synaptic Package Manager, APT, and Microsoft

LAUNCHERS
Also known as shortcuts, Launcher Anatomy, Examples, Editing
+ Create

Launch from Desktop, Launcher from Menu, Examples
+ More

Folders, Java Apps, Shell Scripts, Webpages, Streaming, Symbolic Links, Hard Links
+ Menus

MenuLibre Menu Editor, Examples

PRINT
Printers, Properties, PDFs
+ Share

Linux (or Unix, or Mac OS X) and Windows (Samba)
+ Network

Using CUPS to Install Maintain and Administrate Printers

VIDEO
Ubuntu Restricted Extras, Movies on DVD, DRM-protected HTML5
+ Flash

ActionScript, Animation, Vector Graphics, Ruffle
+ Subscriptions

Streaming Video Services from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States

One-Way