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So I finally put Ubuntu 9.1 onto a separate partition of my HD and i freaking love it. but I was wondering if anyone had some recommendations for some quality reading on how Linux works? I mean ill shell the money for a book but Im sure there's plenty of good info on the web. also can i transfer files from my Vista partition over to my Ubuntu partition?

Nausicaa

I'm glad you are having such a good time with linux. Learn how to use the repositories, maybe get Wine for your windows programs. It should have NTSF reading by default. Have you tried the Ubuntu forums? They have everything there.

Flatliner

Your best chance is learning by doing. Try out a few things, things you would normally do under windows.

Install your programs, messengers, music program, temperature monitoring programs, etc. That alone will give you some insight as to how the OS works. The more you use console, the easier it gets.


Suggested reading...hmmm...Could try lurking the ubuntu forums, many tips n tricks can be found over there. Any questions can really be asked here on OCN, we have a fairly decent linux community hidden here.

If you can't find any specific reading, then once again its the learn by doing method. Go grab another distribution, something a little harder to use than Ubuntu and learn through it.


Cheers,

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blade19

tfm

but no, seriously - google "ubuntu community documentation" and go nuts. some decent stuff there concerning anything will otherwise google for and find at the same address anyway (just after a bit of searching).

also if you're less than brushed up on your standard set of Unix commands, that would be a good thing to review too. google U to the rescue :]

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shughard

I recommend the ubuntu forums:

http://ubuntuforums.org/

Also this:

http://www.linux-tutorial.info/

To transfer files from windows to linux in ubuntu do this:

Open the main menu
Go to places
You should see an icon for your windows partition. Click on it to mount it. Ubuntu will ask you for your admin password. Now you can browse your windows partition and drag and drop to your hearts content.

I hope you enjoy your linux experience. One of the best things about linux is that it lets you do what ever you want. No one tells you how your desktop should look or what programs you should run.

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cinajohn

This is a great place to start:
http://linuxcommand.org/learning_the_shell.php

One of the main reason I would recommend that is that it can help understand that linux is command line based. Does this mean that you need leet cli skills to get anything done? no it does not at all, (especially with a modern distro like Ubuntu) it just means that most program's graphical front ends are guis built on top of a cli program. There are exceptions to this, like OpenOffice for example.

As for accessing your windows partion shughard is right. Ubuntu can read/write to ntfs(not the other way around, mind you), you just need to mount the ntfs partition/drive. This can be done a number of ways but shughard detailed the easiest. If you have problems with that post back and I'm sure we can figure out a way to get it mounted.

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sc30317

definitely read ubuntuforums.org religiously.

Also, make sure you install from the terminal -> gives you everything you could possibly need!

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shughard

This is a definite must have. One of the first things I do on any install. It gives you all the goodies (like java, flash, media codecs, etc etc) that ubuntu does not include automatically because they have restricted code. These packages are still free and legal to use but not open source. You will use them on a constant basis and will definitely want them.

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thiussat

The main thing to learn is about the repositories and how software is installed. It doesn't work like Windows, where you randomly download things and double click them. Everything is put in a central repository supervised by Ubuntu devs and packagers and downloaded by the user from there.

Then you will need to learn about Linux permissions. This will save you headaches when you try to move a file from a user directory to a root directory.

Then learn about the basic terminal commands like cp, mv, cd, ls, netstat, top, apt-get, etc.

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esocid

Do everything from the console and do a search whenever you can't figure out what to do. That is the best way to learn your way around. Next would be building programs from source code. Suggestion of where to start, cdemu, for mounting .bin/.cue files, without converting them to .iso first. That kept me busy for a week resolving all my dependencies . If you aren't a sadist, just avoid that and find something else to build.

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