Ubuntu Linux
Mon, 21 November, 2005 – 12:11 am
My laptop is heavy. Exceptionally heavy. It's also worth a lot, not just in its initial cost but still, 3 years later, it is a great spec and is well basically my business. So taking it back and forth between my two homes each week is not good for either me or my laptop. I have a spare laptop that I bought a while back. The spec isn't that great, the floppy drive hasn't worked since two months old, but it'll do for 2 nights a week in Cardiff. So I've installed Ubuntu Linux on it.
I feel like a beginner again! All I need at the moment is Firefox for definite, which I have. From this I can access my email via webmail, all my client sites have an online file manager via cPanel, so I can edit pages if necessary. So I've downloaded a new version of firefox, got my theme and extensions installed, however it doesn't run via the menu, only the old version runs, therefore I have two versions installed. And I'm completely lost as to how to fix it!! A lot of the documentation loses me, especially as my mind is on other things! It's going to be a steep learning curve I think.
try the ubuntu forums for help: http://www.ubuntuforums.org. I too am a new ubuntu user and have found an immense amount of support there.
By Nanda on Mon, 21 November, 2005