Learning Ubuntu

[Ryan]

Tom,
First and foremost, I would recommend ubuntuguide.org to you, which is
full of step-by-step instructions on installing common applications
and setting up hardware. The full address (if you're using Edgy Eft)
is http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu_Edgy.

If you don't find what you need there, poke around help.ubuntu.com.
The current desktop guide can be found at
https://help.ubuntu.com/6.10/ubuntu/desktopguide/C/index.html

For writing: OpenOffice is a great all-around solution, and there is
an application called Scribus, which is suited for professional,
desktop publishing.

Ryan


On 1/29/07, Tommy Bird <tcallen at sisna.com> wrote:
> 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
>
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