[proposal] Newbie-FAQ or Everything You Always Wanted To AskAbout Ubuntu But Were Afraid To Ask

[Buffalo Soldier]

Sorry for the late update. Did I miss anything? I guess the rest of the
world has moved on. But if I'm not too late, I've updated the content
list according to the feedback. Hope I didn't miss anyone's feedback.

    
-  Getting a Ubuntu CD
  	          
  -  Downloading & Burning (and something like "What is an ISO image
    file?")
    	
  -  Ordering from Canonical
    	    
-  Pre-installation Preparations - Things You Can Do / Read About
  While Waiting for Download to Finish
  	          
  -  Things that you should note down. (taking notes on type of
    mouse, monitor resolution, IP address and etc)
    	
  -  Why doesn't my computer boot from the CD? (Short introduction to
    BIOS & how to change boot order)
    	    
-  Installing Ubuntu
  	          
  -  Can I run Ubuntu & WinXP on the same machine?
    		                
    -  Backing-up Data
      		
    -  Defragmenting
      		
    -  Resizing Partition
      		        
    	
  -  What is a partition (a bit more in-depth compared than the
    previous FAQ on partition)
    	
  -  Do I install GRUB in the MBR?
    	
  -  Entering your IP address, gateway, domain name server.
    	
  -  Setting up user & password
    	
  -  Updating from the internet
    	    
-  First time booting into Ubuntu
  	          
  -  Where's my "C:/Program Files?" / Intro to Linux filesystem
    	
  -  Who is "sudo"?
    	
  -  Loging out / shutting down
    	
  -  Familiarising with GNOME
    		                
    -  Where is my Control Panel, My Computer and etc?
      		
    -  Controlling Menus and "Taskbar"
      		
    -  Theme
      		        
    	
  -  Software Installation
    		                
    -  Apt-get & Synaptic
      		
    -  How do I unzip files? (.bin or .gz files)
      		        
    	
  -  How do I...
    		                
    -  Send/receive email?
      		
    -  Open/create a text/spreadsheet/presentation document?
      		
    -  Chat with my friends?
      		
    -  Listen to music/watch movies?
      		
    -  Use P2P filesharing?
      		        
    	    
-  For those newbies who wants to learn more
  	          
  -  Where do I look for documentation?
    	
  -  Mounting
    		                
    -  What is mounting?
      		
    -  How to mount NTFS drive, cd-drive, floppy?
      		        
    	
  -  Permission
    		                
    -  What is permission?
      		
    -  How to change permission?
      		
    -  A brief introduction to the octal-system/umasks and more of
      that stuff
      		        
    	
  -  Safe Computing
    		                
    -  What approriate permission to give
      		
    -  Danger of doing things in Root
      		
    -  Why Ubuntu doesn't come standard with a personal-firewall and
      howto get one if you want one.
      		        
    	
  -  Intro to Command Line Interface
    		                
    -  For those who are familliar with DOS Prompt (Linux equivalent
      for DIR, copy, delete and etc)
      		
    -  The joy of tab-completion or How I Stopped Making All Those
      Typos
      		
    -  Basic commands for the newbies
      		
    -  Bring back the memories / How to use bash history?
      		        
    	    
-  Looking for help
  	          
  -  List of Website, Forums, IRC channels, local Ubuntu Linux User
    Group
    	
  -  Forum & Chatting ethics
    	
  -  How to take Screenshot
    	
  -  List of Frequently use Terms & Phrases (Daemon, Module, Config
    File, Eth0, Runlevel
    	    
-  Hardware / Driver
  	          
  -  Links to Hardware Compatibility List website
    	
  -  Why I should avoid WinModems?


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Buffalo Soldier