Just installed Ubuntu

[erty176]

Hello everyone!

 

I just got done installing Ubuntu on one of my old test computers(just have it laying around and figured I put it to good experimental use). Although, I don't have a wifi card in it yet, so there is that. I've never used Linux before and seeing as how it may be awhile before I have wifi on the computer, any suggestions as to things I can do in Ubuntu?

[techguru]

learn how to use it first

youtube is your friend for this..and lots of reading

[tyrz_939]

Start learning to use apt-get and try some packages out. I think the first thing I did when getting Ubuntu was customize the hell out of Gnome 2 (in 2009). I don't know how much you can do to unity though. Good starting places for learning would be learning some basic usage of nano/vi then try either setting up something like samba from scratch.

[Guest]

If the standard Ubuntu installation still comes with Unity, get rid of that crap. It's not a great desktop environment in general and it comes pre-bundled with amazon search results and whatnot, which kinda misses the point of Linux if you ask me. That's actually a great opportunity to try out a few DEs and window managers, you'll be surprised by the amount of choices that you have on Linux. Of course get used to the terminal as well and learn the most important basic commands, and maybe try automating a few things with simple bash scripts (like getting rid of mouse acceleration or doing certain things on startup).

Those are some fairly easy and beginners friendly things that you can do, they should also give you a good idea what you can do on Linux and what you'll have to expect. Besides that, you can do all sorts of things, just use it like you'd use any windows machine. A properly set up and customized linux installation is usually more user friendly and less of a hassle as your daily driver anyway, just try using it "normally" for a few days.

[lx_srs]

Hello everyone!

 

I just got done installing Ubuntu on one of my old test computers(just have it laying around and figured I put it to good experimental use). Although, I don't have a wifi card in it yet, so there is that. I've never used Linux before and seeing as how it may be awhile before I have wifi on the computer, any suggestions as to things I can do in Ubuntu?

Learn how to use the terminal.  The terminal is your best friend.

[Opcode]

The terminal is a big player when it comes to Linux. You will manage the entire machine from that little command prompt window so it's good to familiarize yourself with it.

 

If the standard Ubuntu installation still comes with Unity, get rid of that crap. It's not a great desktop environment in general and it comes pre-bundled with amazon search results and whatnot, which kinda misses the point of Linux if you ask me. That's actually a great opportunity to try out a few DEs and window managers, you'll be surprised by the amount of choices that you have on Linux. Of course get used to the terminal as well and learn the most important basic commands, and maybe try automating a few things with simple bash scripts (like getting rid of mouse acceleration or doing certain things on startup).

Those are some fairly easy and beginners friendly things that you can do, they should also give you a good idea what you can do on Linux and what you'll have to expect. Besides that, you can do all sorts of things, just use it like you'd use any windows machine. A properly set up and customized linux installation is usually more user friendly and less of a hassle as your daily driver anyway, just try using it "normally" for a few days.

Unity is a excellent desktop environment I actually prefer it over all of the others while being a power user. Although I won't detest trying out other desktop environments.

[Guest]

The terminal is a big player when it comes to Linux. You will manage the entire machine from that little command prompt window so it's good to familiarize yourself with it.

 

Unity is a excellent desktop environment I actually prefer it over all of the others while being a power user. Although I won't detest trying out other desktop environments.

 

To each their own, I never liked it but I honestly haven't tried it in several years. The key really is trying out all kinds of stuff to find out what flows best with you as a person.