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Getting Started on Ubuntu

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February 29, 2012
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Getting Started on Ubuntu

Installing Ubuntu (11.10) and using it as your desktop OS.

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Transcript

  1. Getting Started Using Ubuntu as a Desktop OS Part one:

    Installing Ubuntu on your box, and things to do after that. Part Two: A damn small intro. on Default and alternatives to popular software Part Three: News for nerds, stuff that matters.®

  2. Installing Ubuntu

  3. “Startup Disk” “Live CD”

  4. “Startup Disk Creator” (usb-creator-gtk) or “Universal USB Installer”

  5. None
  6. None

  7. Booting from USB/CD

  8. None
  9. None
  10. None
  11. None
  12. None

  13. “Partition” “File System”

  14. “EXT3/4”

  15. None

  16. “Keyboard Layout”

  17. None
  18. None
  19. None

  20. “Device Driver”

  21. Bye bye dial-up modem/USB modems Hello Ethernet/WiFi

  22. “Additional Drivers” (jockey-gtk)

  23. None

  24. “Proprietary Codecs And Formats” Enters “Gstreamer” and “unrar”

  25. sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

  26. Obtaining Software

  27. Enters “Repository” sudo apt-get install PACKAGE

  28. “Personal Package Archives” (PPAs) sudo apt-add-repository lp:XYZ/XYZ

  29. Alternatives

  30. Office Suit There is a bunch of 'em in the

    repos

  31. 2D CAD http://www.3ds.com/products/draftsight

  32. SPSS is natively available for linux.

  33. What's New?

  34. Jam is upon us!

  35. Intel Joins The Document Foundation

  36. http://linux.ustoqus.com/