Ubuntu Wiki

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This page is the master index for documentation on the Ubuntu wiki. To find documentation, look at the Table of Contents below and go to the relevant part of the page. Alternatively:

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• This wiki uses Categories which can be attached to pages. To see a list of all the pages in the category "Documentation", see this page: CategoryDocumentation.

Contents of this page

TableOfContents

New Ubuntu Users - Start Here!

If you are new to Ubuntu or Linux in general, in this category you'll find basic information and things that make your linux journey easier and more fun.

Ubuntu, getting and installing it

• [http://www.ubuntulinux.org/ubuntu/ About Ubuntu]

• GettingUbuntu - How to acquire Ubuntu

• Installing on [:InstallationHowToI386:i386"] (most computers), [:InstallationHowToAMD64:amd64] and [:InstallationHowToPowerPC:PowerPC] (Apple machines)

After Installation

• AddingRepositoriesHowto - enabling more software for your computer, in the "universe" and "multiverse" repositories

• RestrictedFormats - adding support for MP3, DVD and other multimedia formats

• HowToGetHelp - this page lists all the various resources available to you, to find help with your Ubuntu system!

• NewUbuntuUsers - answers to common questions for new users

• [http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/glossary Glossary] - learn the meaning of some words related to computers, linux, and Ubuntu.

• FrequentlyAskedQuestions - Answers for questions not yet in the [http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/faq/ FAQ database]

• [:Repositories: Repositories] - What are repositories?

• RootSudo - Ubuntu uses sudo and has no root account like other linux distributions. This page explains why.

• ["Kubuntu"] - Here you can find all documentation concerning Kubuntu, Ubuntu with the KDE desktop! Also see [http://kubuntu.org/ the website].

• UbuntuCommunityPhilosophy - Ubuntu Philosophy

• StartingTheJourney - A conceptual, terminology discussing guide, not practical by any sense

• BasicCommands - Basic Shell/command line/console commands for Newbies

Installating Ubuntu

Basic Installation

• HardwareSupport and SupportedArchitectures - Check if your hardware works with Ubuntu

• GettingUbuntu - How to obtain the Install CD

• BurningIsoHowto - Once you've obtained the CD image, burn it to CD with this guide

• ["InstallationHowToI386"] - Guide to the install process on Intel based computers

• ["InstallationHowToAMD64"] - Guide to the install process on AMD 64-bit computers
• ["InstallationHowToPowerPC"] - Guide to the install process of Power-PC (MAC) computers

Advanced Installation Methods

• BootFromFirewireHardDisk - How to boot linux from a firewire hard disk.

• InstallFromKnoppixHowto - If the Ubuntu installer lets you down

• InstallUbuntuOnLowMemorySystems - Install Ubuntu on older computers with low memory

• InstallUbuntuWithoutRemoveableMedia - Installing Ubuntu from Windows without using floppies, a CD, or any other removeable media.

• NetbootInstallHowto - Installing over the net, e.g. with no CDROM or non-bootable SCSI CDROM

• NetbootInstallLowMemHowto - Installing over the net to a system with no floppy, cdrom, and low memory

• SmartBootManagerHowto - Installing from PC which will not boot from CD

• VirtualMachines - Using Ubuntu with VMware and XEN

• WartyUpgradeNotes - upgrading from pre-Release or Debian Woody to Warty Warthog

Software - Installing and Running Software

Here you'll find documentation about how to install software.

Multimedia & Graphics

• RestrictedFormats - Ubuntu does not come with support for mp3/dvd/flash/java. This page tells you how to install it

• MplayerInstallHowto - Install the popular and powerful media player

• ["AudioCDCreation"] - How to create audio cds on Ubuntu

• AcrobatHowTo - Install Adobe Acrobat

• TheGimpHowto - Resources to help learn The Gimp, graphics program

• ["GJay"] - Playlist generator which chooses appropriate songs to follow the previous one

• ["BMPInvalidUTF8"] - Fix the error "Invalid UTF-8" in Beep-Media-Player

• ["BMPWMA"] - How to get WMA support in Beep Media Player

Networking & Internet

• ["XChatHowto"] - How to use Xchat to connect to the Ubuntu chatroom!

• GaimHowto - guide to Gaim, multi-protocol internet chat program

• SkypeHowto - guide to Skype, internet telephony software

• WiFiHowto - set up wireless internet

• ["SSHHowto"] - How to use SSH to log into other machines
• ["ApachePHPMySQL"] - How to install Apache web server with PHP and MySQL

• ["HulaHowTo"] - How to install Hula, the mail and calendar server

• UbotuFactoids - How to use ubotu and common factoids

Games

• EnemyTerritory - How to install Enemy Territory

• AmericasArmy - How to install Americas Army

• VegaStrike - How to install Vega Strike

Office

• ["KOffice"] - Information about KOffice, the office package for the KDE desktop

Mobile devices

Programming

• NanoHowto - guide to the simple text editor

• DeveloperResources - This section gives you all information on building packages and other material for developers.

• ["InstallingCompilers"] - How to get started for programming in C, C++, and Fortran

• ["MATLAB"] - How to install and troubleshoot MATLAB

• ZopeOnUbuntu - Install Zope

Miscellaneous

• ["Accessibility"] - docs related to accessibility

• WallpaperTray - GNOME Applet for random wallpaper

• GnomeLaunchBox - Eyecandy GNOME Application Launcher

• ["Unp"] - Extract any and multiple archive files

Maintain and Administer your System

• AddUsersHowto - add users to your system

• LowEndSystemSupport - Making the desktop interface snappier on machines without much memory

• AddingRepositoriesHowto - Increase the number of packages available to install on your system

• SynapticHowto - How to use the Synaptic package manager (graphical tool for apt-get)

• AptGetHowTo - How to use apt-get package management system

• GnomeMenuEditingHowTo - various ways to add items to your Gnome menu

• GrubHowto - learn about the grub boot manager

• BackupYourSystem - this page describes how to backup your system

• KernelHowto - make a custom kernel for your system

• ChangeTimezoneHowto - change your timezone

• NautilusScriptsHowto - enhance nautilus by adding scripts

• CronHowto - guide to cron, to schedule commands

Hardware & Drivers - Setting up and Configuring Hardware

Here you'll find documentation about how to setup different hardware and drivers.

• BinaryDriverHowto - install support for your new ATI or NVIDIA graphics card

• HowToSetUpNdiswrapper - install and setup ndiswrapper to make difficult wifi cards work

• MacOnLinuxHowto - install Mac-On-Linux

• OptimizingNvidia - How to tweak your Nvidia Drivers

Other Resources

• [http://www.ubuntuguide.org/ Unofficial Ubuntu guide]

• UsefulDocumentation - Useful documentation not specific to Ubuntu from External sites

• [http://www.debian.org/doc/ Debian documentation index]

• [http://www.debian.org/doc/user-manuals Debian Documentation Project Users' Manuals]

• [http://www.togaware.com/linux/survivor/ GNU/Linux Desktop Survival Guide]

• [http://www.gnome.org/learn/ Learn to use Gnome]

• [http://docs.kde.org/ KDE Documentation]

HINT: Many of the below applications come with extensive Help Sections-check these first!!!

• [http://support.openoffice.org/index.html OpenOffice Suite]

• [http://www.mozilla.org/support/ Mozilla Firefox]

• [http://www.gimp.org/docs/ The GIMP]

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