Let your mother use Ubuntu

This is another story about a person switching to Ubuntu. Only thing is, that this time he helped his mother make the transition. It's always nice to read how much easier life has become to people who've "crossed over" to Ubuntu.

Ubuntu easy application install

This is a nice write-up from the people at HowTo Forge about installing popular software in your Ubuntu Desktop using the Automatix2.

turn Ubuntu into OSX

A very detailed guide that helps you config the Ubuntu desktop to look less Ubuntu, and more OSX like.

Very good, simple and detailed instructions help the novice Ubuntu user to make these transitions.

In fact, this tutorial has been around at least since Ubuntu 6.06 came out, which is when I first found it online.

More tips for new Ubuntu users

One of the fun things regarding Ubuntu is that lately more and more people are discovering it. With more and more new people who migrate from the old WIN OS mode of thought into the Linux-Ubuntu way of computing, it is ever more urgent to discover new "greeting tools", like this new tips list.

ubuntu theme for FireFox

Two great things combined, a new theme for FireFox takes form in the default colors of ubuntu. Change the way FireFox looks to blend in with the whole ubuntu atmosphere.

Free "Powered by Ubuntu" Sticker

One of the nice things to find lately is the rise of Ubuntu. An example of it is the sticker hand-out via snail-mail. All you have to do, as it says on this link, is to send them a self-stamped envalop and they will mail you back 4 free sticker. Now that's what I call cool.

ubuntu - a Linux base operating system

One of the things I've begun looking into is Linux. As a non-Linux native, I've always wondered about it. Many times I'd hear people whispering of its superior power over the Windows platform,
and yet so few of my closest friends have actually made the move.

One thing I've always hold to when going through a major software or hardware change is to have some other close friend who's already been there and could help answering my tech questions. Up until now, the closest my friends got to the Linux platform is to use it at work or at university. Non of them really installed or set it up, or even used it on a daily basis that will make them able to answer my tech quarries. Therefore, if I wanted to get to know Linux I would have to figure it out on my own.

About several months ago I first heard the phrase ubuntu. I had heard before of several other Linux versions, like Red Had, Mandriva and SUSE. This one, however, caught my attention.



The thing that always drove me away from installing a different OS to the ones I know was the complexity, or rather the lack of guiding tech friends to help guide me through the installation. I wasn't even thinking yet about getting help moving about with the new OS, just installing it.

One of the nice things I've found was that more and more info about ubuntu was coming in through various channels. I saw many ubuntu related posts at digg, which has proved to be a valuable source of tech-info. These posts directed me to several interesting articles about ubuntu, and I'd like to point to my favorite.

Since I was interested in learning to install a desktop, but also a server I found at the HowtoForge a great link to explain with pictures how the process is done. Guiding through the different screenshots of everything, I found it very useful and very interesting.

Another link I'm fond of is at the Free Software Magazine, an article which describes how to change the way the OS looks and feels. It is, of course, very useful and very important, since non of my friends could really help me with it. On top of that, I think that customizing you OS to your feel, your vibe, is the best thing to do when you install an OS. And it's also a lot more fun.

I am always on the lookout for more links of ubuntu and Linux related stuff. Though I have fiddled around with the ubuntu LiveCD, I have not yet installed it.