Ubuntu Made Easy

Sorry Guys.

2010-10-15T22:44:00.000-07:00

I Prolly wont be posting much on this blog for a while. I'm so caught up in the band stuff.
My Bands Blog is here.
http://thelastofthefallen.blogspot.com/
Check It Out, and Follow it. I will be updating mostly there.

Thank you to all my followers.

So I haven't Posted in a few Days.

2010-10-11T21:39:00.000-07:00

Sorry I haven't posted in a few days guys. School has really been on my case. On the up side. I passed all of my classes. Thats a pretty good deal.
Also. I learned "Waking the Demon" all the way through. Including the solo. Even though its a easy ass solo. Im a beginner, so don't judge.

XChat on Ubnutu

2010-10-02T22:56:00.000-07:00

This tutorial is on installing Xchat on Ubuntu.
What is XChat you might be wondering. if your new. Is an IRC chat medium for Linux, Mac, and Windows.

Key Term

IRC: Internet Relay Chat. is a form of real-time Internet text messaging (chat) or synchronous conferencing.

Open up Bash (Terminal)
type in (sudo apt-get install xchat) it should look like this "david@david-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install xchat"
The terminal will then search the repository's for xchat. It will ask you if you want to confirm the changes.
Once is is done installing. Press "Applications" Then goto the internet tab, and find XChat on the list.
Once it pops up there will be 2 windows. Onw with a bunch of text boxes such as "nick name," "server name" etc. etc
Press Connect. Then in the other window. In the text box at the buttom type in "/server irc.wyldryde.org" A window will pop up, asking you to join a channel. click ok.

Breaking down Step 6. so you can understand it.

/server: tells the client, what server you want to join
irc.wyldryde.org: the name of the server that you want to connect to.

7. Then type in "/join #blogger 12345"

Breaking down step 7. so you can understand it.

/join: tells the server you want to join a server
#blogger: the hash is to tell the /join command that this is the channel you want to join. #blogger is my private channel. Come join it any time. #ubuntu is a different channel. Not mine. (Unfortunately)
12345: What ever you type after the channel. The command will read it as the channel password.

Once you have joined the server you will be labeled as "Unidentified9237492" or some random number.

to change your name type in "/nick whatever" this will change your name to what ever you set it as.

To the right of the XChat window you will see a list of users.

Those are who else is in the room.

I hope this has helped you basics know how to reach me at anytime.

Comment and let me know what to teach on the next post.

Donations

2010-10-02T14:11:00.000-07:00

I am accepting donations of any kind.
I will Publish the name and a message of who ever donates, on my page.

This Epic little Guy.

2010-09-29T22:02:00.000-07:00

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2010-09-29T14:18:00.000-07:00

The next step in Bash

2010-09-29T01:40:00.000-07:00

Ok, It is most important to know how and when to upgrade your software
First open up Bash (Terminal)
and type in "sudo apt-get upgrade"
This tells your computer to search for upgrades for the software that is currently installed.
However if you are running Ubuntu Linux or most other flavors of linux. The update manager will run every now and then. (as in interrupted my typing.)
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The next think Im going to talk about it WINE.
WINE is a windows emlator for linux
to get wine, open up bash, and type.
"sudo apt-get install wine"
it should look like this "david@david-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install wine"
After it installs, it will add extensions to the menu bar.

To Install .exe file.
1.Right click on the file. click property's, click the Permissions tab, and check the Run as application box.
2. Right click and click run with WINE windows executable file.
3. Go through the install steps.
Once finished, there should be an icon on your desktop that looks like a piece of parchment with code on it. If so, repeat the step 1 on that icon.
The parchment should turn into what ever icon the application has.
Congratz you now have windows programs on Linux,

Ahh, The life of a Bachelor is sweet.

2010-09-28T22:06:00.000-07:00

Livin off Cheeto's, Ramen, 75 cent freezer pizzas, and Mtn Dew.
Who else agrees???

A couple more funny Pictures. Enjoy

2010-09-27T14:21:00.000-07:00

Its gonna be a late night.

2010-09-27T01:26:00.000-07:00

Trying to finish 2 essays for school. Bummer.
Listening to BFMV. Awesomeness!!!!
Comment your fav band.

Funny Pictures (Or I think they are atleast)

2010-09-27T00:41:00.000-07:00

Getting the Basics down.

2010-09-26T23:40:00.000-07:00

OK, First of all. Ubuntu, or linux in general is not for people without a large amount of computer training.
Or atleast the will to learn. I myself have 5 combined years of computer classes.
And over 12 years of personal computer experience. I am relativley new to linux.
But I have learned over the years, that the best way to learn something is to teach it.

Right off the bat. Ill get you acquainted with Linux. Once booted up, and on the desktop.
Depending on what flavor of linux you are running. you will either see the toolbar on the top or the bottom of the screen.

Those of you that are new to the whole experience, should probably play around and find where every thing is at on the toolbar.
I am running Ubuntu 10.04 when this is being published.
The more experienced users will know that the important stuff is listed under "system."

Ok we will start off with the Terminal. Also known as "Bash" in some instances.
Goto your applications, then to the accessories slide. Click on terminal. and it should pop up saying.
(Name of user)@(Name of Computer):~$

A few bullet points.

sudo: this means you are telling your computer to do something, also refereed to as root.
gksu: this will open up a window to run programs. an easier shortcut is "ALT+F2"
cd: this mean you want to change the directory.(I.E There is a file in your documents. you cant simply type the name of the file and expect the computer to know where that exact file is.)

So you type "cd ~/Documents/" This will redirect the terminal to your Documents folder. the Tilda "~" is the abbreviation for /home/users/yourusernamehere/

apt-get "This one is more for Ubuntu Users" This tells your computer that you want to get a file from one of the Ubuntu repository's. (Always remember to use "sudo")
So in my case it would display as "david@davids-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get <name of application>" replace the "<name of application> with the application. (Without the greater than less than signs)
This will download then specified application. However if you want to install the application, you would need to insert the install tag. Which would read something like this.
"david@davids-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install <name of application>"
The terminal will then ask you for the keyring. Which is what ever the administrator's password is.
Then it will ask you to confirm the installation, Upgrade, or Replacement with a Y or N.
Generally you will put Y for yes.

I want to wrap this little intro up for now. I will always make these tutorials. But it does me good to know that I have actual people reading these. Email me here. Set the subject as Ubuntu made Easy, and let me know what you want me to cover in my next post.

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