About minihowto.org for linux. (I am using ubuntu 7.10 and KDE)  :-)                                            Back to Main Page

This is a very short version, and if you want to know more, go to the Internet etc.

This howto is without any guarantee, and you may use it on your own responsibility only.

There may be errors, but I do not want to use too much time to  write this minihowto.

To check specific words or items you may try to Search in:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page/    or    http://www.google.com/




This is a website with a collection of very short mini howtos, mostly for ubuntu linux, but can be used for most other linux distributions as well.

It is intended to be used by people, who are new to linux, and want to get started using the most elementary programs.

These minihowtos are attempted to be written in a way, so you do not need to read a huge amount of documentation.

I have tried to extract the most essentials, so you do not need to spend a long time before you can begin to install and use linux.

In order to avoid too many starter problems, I suggest you to use computer hardware, which are not too hot brand new, but probably at least one year old.

At the same time, I suggest you to use the newest versions of ubuntu - at december 2007 Ubuntu 7.10 "Gutsy Gibbon" (then most bugs are removed).

I am using ubuntu, as it to me seems to be one of the linux distributions, with the most extensive up to date documentation, mailling lists, user groups etc.

As a starter, I suggest you to subscribe to the ubuntu-users mailing list.

If you want linux to be installed together with windows, I suggest you to use windows xp, and not vista.

Linux needs at least 10 gb of harddisk space, and windows xp will need aprox the same space, total of 20 gb.


I have collected some important links for you to study:

http://www.ubuntu.com/

https://lists.ubuntu.com/

https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users

http://www.nabble.com/ubuntu-users-f12761.html

http://packages.ubuntu.com/gutsy/allpackages

http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:Gutsy

http://www.thecodingstudio.com/opensource/linux/screenshots/index.php

http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download

http://www.johnbradbury.com/ubuntu-video-first-impressions/

http://www.johnbradbury.com/ubuntu-video-office-functionality/

http://www.johnbradbury.com/ubuntu-video-multimedia-support/


12/2007