Ok, so I thought that while I’m away from the Ubuntu EE computer, I’ll start on the how-to website. But I’m too busy to rework the code, so I’m going to borrow some of my old code from the internationalteachersinstitute.com website (and yes, it’s my code). I’ll rework that code into a website that reaches out to new Ubuntu users and helps them do nessesary but unfortuneate tasks like install from source or from a tarball (personally, I like terminal based installers, but that’s just me).
Here’s the layout:
Index – Introduction to Ubuntu, who this how-to is for
Installation guide
- Test your hardware with Ubuntu Hardware Tester and the Ubuntu DesktopCD
- Wubi dual boot, Ubuntu single boot, or a normal dual boot?
- The Installation process for Wubi and normal
Configuring your system
- CompizFusion effects. Setting them up and configuring them with the config manager in the repos
- Get DVD playback support, Medibuntu, and audio/video GStreamer codecs to play mp3s, avis and such
- Introduction to Firefox
- Introduction to the Ubuntu Repository System (Synaptic and Add/Remove Programs)
Customize Your Desktop
- Themes for GNOME
- Change wallpaper
- Change system sounds
Install programs
- Apt-get/repositories (sudo apt-get install x)
- Installing from Debian package
- Installing from source
- How to install… Flash (and stuff like it that uses terminal based, automated installers)
- Common problem fix: sudo apt-get install -f (broken pipe)
Other great Ubuntu resources
- Ubuntuforums
- Other sites
Hopefully this will help someone. I’m debating whether to use a free online hosting service (110MB) or go with GooglePages (which doesn’t allow me to develop my own code, IIRC)
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