http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ How-To Geek Forums Topic: Any good guides/info for an Ubuntu newbie? en Fri, 09 Jan 2009 08:35:13 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/any-good-guidesinfo-for-an-ubuntu-newbie#post-61379 Mon, 15 Dec 2008 22:02:16 +0000 lamapper 61379@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>I have found the helps and tutorials here on <a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/">this site, HowtoGeek</a> very useful. They seem to be well written, concise and to the point, at least the ones I have seen...I am fairly new to this site. </p> <p>Here are some additional sites that you might find interesting:</p> <p><a href="http://http://ubuntuforums.org/ ">Ubuntu forums</a>, give yourself an account and use it to give yourself more information.<br /> <a href="http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/index.php/">Linux Questions</a> is another good one.<br /> <a href="http://www.howtoforge.com/">How to Forge</a> and click on one of the many version of Linux listed to the left.<br /> <a href="http://eriwen.com/tools/awk-is-a-beautiful-tool/">Awk is a beautiful tool</a> to learn more about AWK.<br /> ...<br /> there are so many more. Most open source projects have a wiki page that you can search for. Wikipedia is getting better about giving Linux equivalent solutions so you can check there as well. At the bottom of a page you might find Wikis, home websites and FAQ pages related to the topic that may help you.</p> <p>Just pick a term + linux + ? and search for it with your favorite search engine and you will have plenty of options to choose from. How about Linux + tutorial. Enjoy! </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/any-good-guidesinfo-for-an-ubuntu-newbie#post-60753 Thu, 11 Dec 2008 08:15:51 +0000 fastbullet 60753@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>"Can't change the screen resolution for some reason."</p> <p>That is just your 0fficial welcome-to-Linux", but don't worry, the fun has only just begun.</p> <p>I don't suppose your video chip set could be nVidia, could it?</p> <p>Oh, and just wait for when your sound suddenly, and for no apparent reason, quits. That's when you know you are really home. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/any-good-guidesinfo-for-an-ubuntu-newbie#post-30174 Sun, 22 Jun 2008 02:41:50 +0000 CHunter 30174@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Okay,</p> <p>So I used Wubi to download and install Ubuntu.</p> <p>Two major problems that I'm having:</p> <p>Can't change the screen resolution for some reason.<br /> Can't get it to connect to my wireless internet.</p> <p>I looked through the help that comes with Ubuntu, but couldn't find the answers.</p> <p>Any ideas?</p> <p>Thanks! </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/any-good-guidesinfo-for-an-ubuntu-newbie#post-30117 Sat, 21 Jun 2008 19:17:38 +0000 CHunter 30117@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>The Geek,</p> <p>Thanks for the suggestion! Wubi seems to be doing it all for me right now.</p> <p>Can't wait to see what it's like when it's installed! </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/any-good-guidesinfo-for-an-ubuntu-newbie#post-30115 Sat, 21 Jun 2008 19:13:16 +0000 CHunter 30115@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Scott,</p> <p>I have downloaded the ISO but I haven't burned it to disk yet.</p> <p>Everyone,</p> <p>Thanks for the suggestions! Never even heard of Wubi before. Guess I need to check that out. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/any-good-guidesinfo-for-an-ubuntu-newbie#post-30087 Sat, 21 Jun 2008 18:17:17 +0000 The Geek 30087@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>You could consider starting out with Wubi, which is Ubuntu but doesn't require any partitioning to run along with Windows.</p> <p><a href='http://wubi-installer.org/'>http://wubi-installer.org/</a> </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/any-good-guidesinfo-for-an-ubuntu-newbie#post-30032 Sat, 21 Jun 2008 14:12:24 +0000 Scott 30032@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>CHunter, do you have an Ubuntu disk? </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/any-good-guidesinfo-for-an-ubuntu-newbie#post-30023 Sat, 21 Jun 2008 11:16:23 +0000 whs 30023@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>How about this one. It also has a lot of useful links. <a href='http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:Hardy#Preface'>http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:Hardy#Preface</a> </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/any-good-guidesinfo-for-an-ubuntu-newbie#post-29976 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 23:33:38 +0000 CHunter 29976@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Hey, geeks!</p> <p>I've been using XP for a ling time and recently acquired a new laptop with Vista and I'm learning the ins-and-outs of using Vista, but something that I've wanted to do for a while is learn how to use Ubuntu and see the differences that it has compared to Windows in general.</p> <p>Can you all point me to some good resources for complete noobies that would help me get up and running with Ubuntu? Is that even the Linux OS I should start out with? I'm looking for anything really: Blogs, PDFs, forums, etc., that will help me learn about it.</p> <p>Thanks for the help!</p> <p>Chris </p>