AT&T UNIX booting up.
The main thing about using Linux is getting it installed is one thing; but getting various hardware working and configured is another.
Nvidia drivers are one major stumbling block for willing Ubuntu users.
Here is a nice tutorial that explains how to install Nvidia drivers in Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal: http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/ubuntu-quetzal-nvidia.html.
To install updates after the initial installation of the Ubuntu distribution; type these commands.
ubuntu@ubuntu ~$ sudo apt-get update
ubuntu@ubuntu ~$ sudo apt-get upgrade
This will update the repositories information and then download and install any pending updates for the Ubuntu Linux distribution. You may also combine these commands into one string like this.
ubuntu@ubuntu ~$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
This will perform both tasks in one command.
To install a nice Winamp styled music player; type sudo apt-get install audacious. This music player is a very stable and useful music playing application that supports many music formats.
There are some examples here of command-line tricks for the BASH shell that allow you to return only certain files in a folder full of thousands: http://www.securitronlinux.com/bejiitaswrath/some-more-excellent-bash-shell-tricks-for-ubuntu-and-linux-mint/.
A list of resources that you can use to learn the Linux shell and programming.
Computers are very frustrating sometimes.
How to setup Ubuntu 12.10 in Virtualbox with the guest additions.
There is a remix of Ubuntu 12.10 that includes the Linux Mint MATE desktop. You can download this here: http://www.securitronlinux.com/bejiitaswrath/ubuntu-mate-remix-does-exist-after-all-this-is-a-good-rival-to-the-linux-mint-14-distribution/.
My old Ubuntu 9.10 tips page may be found here; this page has a few Linux tips on it for that old distribution that are still very useful today.
I am a computer enthusiast that has always been interested in maintaining and upgrading computer hardware. I was born on a farm and lived there for 13 years before moving into town. I was always interested in technology and my father always gave me good encouragement for developing my knowledge and interest in tinkering with computers. He was using a computer on the farm but that was in the very late 80`s and late 90`s. Seeing what a computer could do always fascinated me and then I knew that is what I wanted to do. The first time I used Linux was Red Hat 6.2 installed off a single CDROM and I was amazed that you did not need to install any more drivers on my old Intel Celeron machine to be able to enjoy a nice 24BPP desktop and use the GIMP to edit photos and enjoy playing the old Linux games like Xbill. Then a while later I tried Mandrake Linux 9.2 and I was hooked. It came with so much software and was very easy to use as well. Then Mandrake Linux 10 and on through FreeBSD, Debian 3.0, Debian 3.1 Suse Linux 9.2, Suse 10 and onto the Ubuntu distributions although I am using Fedora Core 15 and the Gnome 3 desktop at the moment.