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Any good guides/info for an Ubuntu newbie?

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  • Started 3 months ago by CHunter
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CHunter
Posts: 13

Hey, geeks!

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.

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.

Thanks for the help!

Chris

Posted 3 months ago #
 
whs
whs
Posts: 5797

How about this one. It also has a lot of useful links. http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:Hardy#Preface

Posted 3 months ago #
 
Scott
Scott
Posts: 1906

CHunter, do you have an Ubuntu disk?

Posted 3 months ago #
 
thegeek
The Geek
Posts: 1480

You could consider starting out with Wubi, which is Ubuntu but doesn't require any partitioning to run along with Windows.

http://wubi-installer.org/

Posted 3 months ago #
 
CHunter
Posts: 13

Scott,

I have downloaded the ISO but I haven't burned it to disk yet.

Everyone,

Thanks for the suggestions! Never even heard of Wubi before. Guess I need to check that out.

Posted 3 months ago #
 
CHunter
Posts: 13

The Geek,

Thanks for the suggestion! Wubi seems to be doing it all for me right now.

Can't wait to see what it's like when it's installed!

Posted 3 months ago #
 
CHunter
Posts: 13

Okay,

So I used Wubi to download and install Ubuntu.

Two major problems that I'm having:

Can't change the screen resolution for some reason.
Can't get it to connect to my wireless internet.

I looked through the help that comes with Ubuntu, but couldn't find the answers.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

Posted 3 months ago #
 

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