Comments on: Unpacking Ubuntu, or grandmom’s guide to Linux take two

By: David Legg

David Legg — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 08:07:12 +0000

Your ‘talking files’ will all have something in their file names in common, so you should simply be able to move them manually, i.e. using the dreaded command line. So if, for example, they are called things like medical_lecture_001.mp3, you should be able to move them to a different folder by typing: mv *lecture*.mp3 my_newly_created_folder

Yuck, I hate the word ‘folder’. Directory is the proper name. The problem is that Microshaft constantly take good things and then ruin them, for example, the Internet.

By: marvin

marvin — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 14:53:35 +0000

Hey, I’m also from the Philippines and I use Ubuntu Feisty Fawn. I started using it after I saw a Beryl video using the stumbleupon extension in Firefox and never looked back. The coolest eye candy you will ever see. Regarding your issues on the music player and bittorrent, install amarok and ktorrent. To do it just go to system -> administration ->synaptic package manager. After typing in your password, type the name in the search box (e.g. amarok), then press enter. In the results which appear, look for the program (in this case amarok) then click on the square and choose “mark for installation”, then press apply. And there you have it. For ktorrent, do the same. You will find amarok in the applications - sounds menu and ktorrent in the applications - internet menu. Enjoy your Linux experience.

For Beryl, watch this - http://youtube.com/watch?v=kSlYyLZyZlw
You might get some more ideas from here - http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php/id;1140961447;fp;2;fpid;37

By: brownknighta

brownknighta — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 03:51:15 +0000

I still remember when I started to learn windows - it took some time to learn ctrl+c means copy and other ways to get around the computer.

It also took some time for me to learn the basic terminal commands on ubuntu but after I got the hang of it, I prefer that than clicking and clicking. Much faster and straight forward. To install just type sudo apt-get install .

Good luck on your adventure.

By: Vincent

Vincent — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 17:49:51 +0000

That’s what I dislike about most tutorials - they let you copy and paste commands into the terminal for things you can do graphically as well. When I write a tutorial, I make sure I include lots of screenshots and do everything graphical when possible.

For example, when you want to install something with the “Add/Remove…” program, you just click on the little square in front of a program’s name (a checkbox) and then click “Apply”, on which it will install your program. Easy.

By the way, I suppose you clicked it away when you opened your browser, but the default homepage also links to the Ubuntu Desktop Guide, a manual which is a very good place to start getting to know Ubuntu. It’s also available online here: https://help.ubuntu.com/7.04/

Hope that helped.