Learning Ubuntu

[Tommy Bird]

I have installed the Ubuntu disk on my aging Compaq desk top.It was 
supposed to be dual operating systems and instead I goofed and ended up 
with straight Ubuntu and have no idea of what I am doing.

Is there an on line operating manual I can download to guide me in even 
the simplest of tasks? For instance, how do I install programs and 
hardware, a modem and a word processor? I have begun to write in my old 
age and depend on my computers for almost everything. I am anxious to 
master the Ubuntu system at least well enough to use it for writing and 
email. I am sick of Microsoft and its eternal ongoing rip offs. right 
now I use Firefox and Thunderbird for my browser and email. I have fewer 
problems with them.

Any help you can give me will be gratefully appreciated.

Tom Bird
tcallen at sisna.com