Re: [ubuntu-uk] Good general book on Ubuntu/Linux?
On Wed, 03 Oct 2012 15:21:44 +0100, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: I'm a reasonable user of Ubuntu - both on my netbook and dual-booting with Windows 7 on my main laptop. I'm looking for a book on either Ubuntu or Linux in general in the Windows inside out type of format, i.e. from simple through to fairly technical, suitable for a general user - me! I'm slightly concerned about forking out £34 for the current Ubuntu 12.04 bible published by Sams as the interface could possibly change again in 14.04! Can anyone suggest a good general book, or should I buy a general Linux book and if so what would be the recommendations for that, or should I just look for on-line information, and if so where's the best place to look for the most topics in one place? (I do like big books!) Cheers Gordon IMHO all Linux prints are useless at the best. They are always out of date before they hit shelves. The best source is google. All info needed for anyone willing to learn Linux is freely available on Internet. And there is plenty of it. Do not waste your hard earned money on any Linux books, especially books for any particular distro. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Webcam with built-in mic to work on Ubuntu?
On Fri, 07 Jan 2011 15:06:10 +, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: Sorry if this is common knowledge - I'm after recommendations for a webcam with built-in mic to work on Ubuntu 10.04 installed on a Toshiba Satellite using an Intel 82801H audio device. Thanks! Logitech C200 works very well with Skype and Cheese out of the box in: Ubuntu 10.04, 10.10, Fedora 13,14; OpenSUSE 11.3; LMDE; Sabayon (assume etc. :-) ). -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] How does standard Ubuntu install compare to this?
On Sat, 19 Jun 2010 05:21:09 +0100, mac wrote: Juan R. de Silva wrote: snip I'm always bothered with the articles of the kind. Their are of no interest to an expert and at the same time do not provide any help to a novice... I know from my own past experience that such articles are in fact quite discouraging for newbies. Juan You're comments are very perceptive. The only really useful article would be a step-by-step 'How to' for novices that helped them set up basic security, and gave some URLs to good introductory information. By definition, novices don't know what they don't know, don't know how to fix it, and don't know how to find out. Hope someone from SafeOnLine reads your post! :-) They do not read. They are busy with writing. :-) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] How does standard Ubuntu install compare to this?
On Fri, 18 Jun 2010 12:00:32 +0100, John Stevenson wrote: On 18 June 2010 10:56, ByteSoup bytes...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, I found this on the get safe online site, about Linux users. How does the standard Ubuntu install compare to this? http://www.getsafeonline.org/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=1166 -Mark For a desktop machine that uses the default install, I would not have thought there is a lot extra to do except update packages that have secuirity patches (which may be the default, cant remember just now). If there is, then I would be very interested to know about it. Assuming you have a good router that connects you to the internet you should be fairly well protected. Browsing would be the biggest risk and you can use guest browsing with firefox. You can also switch to the guest account (without login out of your normal account) so that when you are online the browser has limited access to your data. No system connected to the internet is 100% safe but I beleive Ubuntu has very sensible defaults, however you can always do more, especially if you start running servers on the Internet. I agree with most of you've said. What's to the article itself... Read the very beginning of it:It assumes that anyone who sets up a Linux system is technologically sophisticated and doesn’t need a lot of hand-holding. This said, the article is pretty useless. A technologically sophisticated user is aware of any of given advises without reading the article. A novice from another hand would not understand a bit of what was said. I'm always bothered with the articles of the kind. Their are of no interest to an expert and at the same time do not provide any help to a novice. Looks like the only purpose of the author to show up how brave he is. I know from my own past experience that such articles are in fact quite discouraging for newbies. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
