what do the words mean

[mlookn]

Hi i'm new to this site but willing to learn everything and anything.
is there a place i can go to that i can learn the meanning of the words like
repositories, backports,ect. im thinking of using ubuntu and would greatly appreciate any help you can give.

thankyou.

[DJ_Max]

All Your Base Are Belong to Us(Doc team rather)
http://help.ubuntu.com

[xequence]

Hi i'm new to this site but willing to learn everything and anything.
is there a place i can go to that i can learn the meanning of the words like
repositories, backports,ect. im thinking of using ubuntu and would greatly appreciate any help you can give.

thankyou.

Repository - A server where you download most programs from. When you do "apt-get install firefox" or example it will download firefox from the ubuntu repositories and install it automatically for you. They are all really fast (like 300KBps)

Backports - Normally any new software would go into the repository for the newest version (right now its called dapper drake). Since it is most of the time just a testing version they have people to backport programs into the current non testing version repository (currently breezy badger). Basically it keeps the repository you use up to date with new versions of software.

[rjwood]

That's how and where---right here!!!!Ask and ye shall receive....Good Luck!!:p