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Chapter 1: Getting Started with Ubuntu
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Control Panel
To check external drives such as memory card readers, external disk drives, and external CD/DVD drives, you will
want to click the Computer option under the Places menu. This allows you to see all the file storage volumes
connected to your machine, even if you are currently not connected to them by the operating system, or in other
words, they are not currently mounted, such as a drive located on the network.
Linux can read a variety of formats, including FAT, FAT32, NTFS, Minix, Ext2, Ext3, and Apple HFS. The Ubuntu
kernel has built-in support for all USB drives and for FireWire (IEEE1394) drives as well. Due to the vast array of file
systems that Linux supports, you should be able to read just about anything that registers as a drive on the
computer screen.
When you see a volume listed, you can double-click it to open the file system, causing a mount operation to occur
in the background. Once successfully mounted, the File Browser will show you the contents of the drive. You can
unmount the drive from the computer window of the File Browser by right-clicking it and selecting Unmount.
2 Click Test.
Ubuntu tests your sound events.
3 Click Test.
Ubuntu tests the sound for music and
movies.
4 Click Test.
Ubuntu tests the receiving of sound for
audio conferences.
5 Click Test.
Ubuntu tests the sending of sound for
audio conferences.
6 Click Close.
VERIFY THE SOUND HARDWARE
1 Click System ➔ Preferences ➔ Sound.
The Sound Preferences dialog box
appears.
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