You're reading from The Ultimate Ubuntu Handbook A complete guide to Ubuntu 24.04, from installation to advanced security and development

Product type Paperback

Published in Aug 2025

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781835465202

Length 356 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Ubuntu Server

Concepts

Operating Systems System Administration

Author (1):

Ken VanDine

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Table of Contents (26) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Getting to Know Ubuntu

2. Introduction to Ubuntu FREE CHAPTER

3. What’s New in Ubuntu 24.04?

4. Security and Transparency – The Advantages of Open Source Software

5. Getting Started with Ubuntu: A User’s Guide

6. Part 2: Getting the Most Out of Your Ubuntu System

7. Using Your Ubuntu Desktop

8. Software Discovery: Finding and Installing Applications

9. Software Updates: Enhancing Security and Stability

10. Getting Help: The Ubuntu Community and Beyond

11. Ubuntu in the Enterprise and at Scale

12. Command-Line Tricks and Shortcuts: Boosting Your Efficiency

13. Part 3: Security and Privacy

14. Introduction to Network Security

15. Understanding Firewalls

16. Safeguarding Information with Data Encryption

17. Part 4: Ubuntu, the Ultimate Development Platform

18. Ubuntu for Developers

19. Leveraging Containers for Development

20. Cloud-Style VMs on Your Desktop

21. Kubernetes Development on Your Desktop

22. Building Your Data Science Toolkit

23. Embracing the Spirit of Ubuntu

24. Other Books You May Enjoy

25. Index

Multipass GUI

While the Multipass command-line interface is intuitive and powerful, there’s also a GUI that makes managing your Multipass instances a breeze.

The Multipass GUI is also quite intuitive, including a catalog of images to choose from, a view of all your instances with details, and the ability to get a console in each instance.

Multipass catalog

Launching the Multipass GUI takes you right into the catalog of VM and appliance images to select, as seen in Figure 16.1.

Figure 16.1 – Multipass catalog

Multipass instances

As shown in Figure 16.2, selecting the second button on the toolbar displays a list of available VM instances with controls to start, stop, suspend, and delete them.

Figure 16.2 – Multipass instances

Multipass shell

Selecting an instance from the instances page or the quick list in the toolbar opens a shell in the running instance. The shell provided by the Multipass GUI will look familiar and...