Getting to know Ubuntu

[Jordan Meeter]

Hey all,

I was wondering if anyone had any helpful links they could give me. Basically, I want to reaaallly get to know Ubuntu, and understand it like I understand Windows. I want to get familiar with the file system and know the infrastructure. I just want to do everything I can to become familiar and comfortable with Ubuntu. Soon I will be deleting Windows and using Ubuntu 100% of the time, and I want to be prepared.

Muchas gracias.

[aysiu]

http://ubuntu.xgn.com.br/ubuntu_user_guide_05.12.pdf
http://www.ubuntuguide.org/
http://wiki.ubuntu.com/
http://users.bigpond.net.au/hermanzone/

[Jordan Meeter]

http://ubuntuguide.org/ is for 5.04, correct? Would the questions on that website still be relevant to 5.10?

Also, would reading the following book be of any use? http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0764576445/qid=1134342395/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/002-0756930-0269611?n=507846&s=books&v=glance

[aysiu]

http://ubuntuguide.org/ is for 5.04, correct? Would the questions on that website still be relevant to 5.10? Most of it is still relevant. The stuff about what extra repositories to add is not. Also a couple of the multimedia codecs are no longer available through the repositories.



Also, would reading the following book be of any use? http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0764576445/qid=1134342395/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/002-0756930-0269611?n=507846&s=books&v=glance Reading it? The Bible is probably more of a reference.

[Jordan Meeter]

Well if you go to http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0764576445/ref=sib_rdr_zmin/002-0756930-0269611?p=S00U&j=1#reader-page it looks like something you could read, rather than just use as a reference.

[aysiu]

Well if you go to http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0764576445/ref=sib_rdr_zmin/002-0756930-0269611?p=S00U&j=1#reader-page it looks like something you could read, rather than just use as a reference. Go for it. I've found just about anything helpful--trial and error, reading books, reading webpages, searching forums, posting questions...