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The Plan of This Book

Every chapter of the book, part by part. The book keeps growing with amadeOS: new chapters appear here and in the navigation.

Part I: Why amadeOS

  1. Digital Sovereignty Starts on Your Desktop
  2. Why Another Linux Distribution?
  3. A Java-Centred Desktop
  4. Free, Open and European
  5. A Desktop That Stays
  6. Status and Limits

Part II: Getting amadeOS

  1. What You Need
  2. Getting the Image
  3. Writing a USB Stick
  4. Starting the Live System
  5. Installing amadeOS
  6. Next to Windows
  7. The First Start

Part III: Using the Desktop

  1. Logging In
  2. A Tour of the Desktop
  3. The Front Panel
  4. Working with Windows
  5. Workspaces and the Workspace Menu
  6. Your Language
  7. Locking, Logging Out, Shutting Down
  8. Network, Sound and Printing

Part IV: Settings

  1. Settings
  2. Color
  3. Backdrop
  4. Keyboard, Mouse and Beep
  5. Screen
  6. Font, Window and Startup
  7. Clipboard

Part V: The Applications

  1. Applications at a Glance
  2. File Manager
  3. Text Editor
  4. WritePad
  5. Mailer
  6. Calendar and Contacts
  7. Audio Station and Video Player
  8. Image Viewer, Image Scan and Fractals
  9. Calculator, PDF Viewer, Books, Web Browser and Handbooks
  10. Games

Part VI: Administering amadeOS

  1. Administrator Basics
  2. Installing and Removing Software
  3. Keeping amadeOS Up to Date
  4. Users and Groups
  5. Network and Printers in Depth
  6. The Session
  7. Settings and Files Reference
  8. Troubleshooting
  9. Security and Privacy

Part VII: Under the Hood

  1. How amadeOS Is Built
  2. The Desktop and X11
  3. Building amadeOS Yourself
  4. Writing an Application for amadeOS

Appendices