Q. I installed an old copy of ubuntu linux 6 and I am fairly new to it. I would like to know where to find programs for ubuntu, how to install them, how to troubleshoot some minor problems (such as getting the Internet to work) etc. Is there a good website for this sort of stuff?
A. Ubuntu 6.10 is no longer supported. You can get it up and running with a little extra work but why make it hard for yourself.
Take a look at Linux Mint 5 (Main Edition) its easy to install easy to use and has much of the software you are likely to need preinstalled.
Linux Mint 5 Release notes
http://www.linuxmint.com/rel_elyssa.php
Linux Mint 5 Download
http://www.linuxmint.com/edition.php?id=25
Linux Mint 5 installation tutorial
http://www.howtoforge.com/the-perfect-desktop-linux-mint-5-elyssa-r1
You download the ISO. image of Linux Mint 5 then you need to create a Bootable CD from the ISO. This can easily be done using Nero Burning ROM or similar software. Linux Mint 5 can also be run straight from the LiveCD you have created without touching your Hard Drive.
An alternative release of Ubuntu worth looking at is 8.04.2 http://releases.ubuntu.com/8.04/ The installation tutorial I have supplied above also applies to Ubuntu 8.04.2
There is a wealth of help and documentation from the Ubuntu Community and much of it applies to Linux Mint as well https://help.ubuntu.com/community
Coming soon is the AWESOME Ubuntu 9.04 which I am currently testing.
NOTE : Avoid Ubuntu 8.10 as it is utterly dreadful and this will be made abundantly clear upon the release of Ubuntu 9.04
LUg.
Take a look at Linux Mint 5 (Main Edition) its easy to install easy to use and has much of the software you are likely to need preinstalled.
Linux Mint 5 Release notes
http://www.linuxmint.com/rel_elyssa.php
Linux Mint 5 Download
http://www.linuxmint.com/edition.php?id=25
Linux Mint 5 installation tutorial
http://www.howtoforge.com/the-perfect-desktop-linux-mint-5-elyssa-r1
You download the ISO. image of Linux Mint 5 then you need to create a Bootable CD from the ISO. This can easily be done using Nero Burning ROM or similar software. Linux Mint 5 can also be run straight from the LiveCD you have created without touching your Hard Drive.
An alternative release of Ubuntu worth looking at is 8.04.2 http://releases.ubuntu.com/8.04/ The installation tutorial I have supplied above also applies to Ubuntu 8.04.2
There is a wealth of help and documentation from the Ubuntu Community and much of it applies to Linux Mint as well https://help.ubuntu.com/community
Coming soon is the AWESOME Ubuntu 9.04 which I am currently testing.
NOTE : Avoid Ubuntu 8.10 as it is utterly dreadful and this will be made abundantly clear upon the release of Ubuntu 9.04
LUg.
How do I get Ubuntu Linux to detect a windstream modem?
Q. I am hooking up my brothers new computer which has Ubuntu Linux and I need to know how to get it to detect his windstream modem.
A. I suspect that your modem doesn't have any driver for linux. THe Windstream website apparently only has windows drivers, and a search on the linux compatibility list turns up nothing. See the links below.
How do you make a computer running Ubuntu Linux show up on a network of Widows computers?
Q. I set up an old laptop with Ubuntu Linux with the intention of making it a print server. I hooked up a printer to it, and set it to share all printers, yet when I go onto my Windows computers, neither it, nor the printer attached to it, show up. What should I do to make it successfully work as a print server?
A. You need to install Samba server and client. This is the Windows network messaging protocol.
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