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**Joeb454** · June 30th, 2008

No not at all, you don't need to be able to program to use Linux

The terminal can be found at Applications → Accessories → Terminal

A user on the forums called Mazza558 wrote a pretty good beginners guide to the terminal

**garyd001** · June 30th, 2008

Originally Posted by Joeb454

No not at all, you don't need to be able to program to use Linux

The terminal can be found at Applications → Accessories → Terminal

A user on the forums called Mazza558 wrote a pretty good beginners guide to the terminal

Again, thanks.
I'll certainly check the guide out.

Cheers, mate.

**Joeb454** · July 3rd, 2008

Sorry I took so long to reply (can't always get online currently). And it's no problem, I already knew the basics, but it was still a good read

**Chillihead** · July 3rd, 2008

I've toyed with the idea of switching to Linux from Windows for some time and finally got around to trying it a couple of weeks ago with a live CD of Puppy Linux 4, which is great - small and fast. And also with wireless encryption issues. So that path lead me to trying Ubuntu - 8.04 at first on my latpop, which wouldn't boot once installed so I tried 7.10 which was fine. Once satisfied I could do all the things I needed to do I rebuilt my laptop with 7.10 and have subsequently upgraded it to 8.04. I have two desktop PCs in my house also, one of which (my kids) is now running Edubuntu 8.04 and they love the educational software. On my main PC I started with Ubuntu 8.04, then whacked on the Edubuntu upgrade, and am currently trialling the KDE desktop, so this poor machine doesn't know if it is K/ED/Ubuntu!

I am loving Ubuntu so far and have been able to find apps for most of what I want to. The only thing I haven't been able to get working is my TV card, but I soon remembered that it was a bitch of a thing to get working in Windows anyway and that was why I stopped using it...