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Reformulation: Where do my applications get installed to?
A: /bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin
-If you stick with a packaged distro such as RedHat, [Mandriva] or [Debian], applications will be put somewhere sensible that you never need to worry about and an appropriate menu item will get added so you can run them.
+If you stick with a packaged distro such as RedHat, [Mandriva], [Ubuntu
] or [Debian], applications will be put somewhere sensible that you never need to worry about and an appropriate menu item will get added so you can run them.
If you really must know; "which programname" will tell you where programname is getting run from, and "locate programname" will find directories, configuration files, etc. that are probably related to it.
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Reformulation: How do I setup new hardware (in particular USB)? Is it possibly to do this automatically when the device is plugged in?
A lot of supported hardware just 'appears' when you plug it in, eg cameras, scanners, cd writers. Run the appropriate application and you might find the device is already configured.
-In Ubuntu, "System > Preferences > Removeable Drives and Media" has an option to run programs automatically when various devices are connected, although this is more than most users need. Printers are configured under "System > Administration > Printing" and the correct port and printer type is usually autodetected for you. Most scanners are detected on the fly by xsane, although some types (like parallel port scanners) need a slight configuration change first.
+In [
Ubuntu]
, "System > Preferences > Removeable Drives and Media" has an option to run programs automatically when various devices are connected, although this is more than most users need. Printers are configured under "System > Administration > Printing" and the correct port and printer type is usually autodetected for you. Most scanners are detected on the fly by xsane, although some types (like parallel port scanners) need a slight configuration change first.
If you use RedHat, try running the printer config (System settings / Printing). It might be automatically detected, and a lot of printers are already supported.
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Q: Where is my print queue?
Reformulation: How do I manage printing?
-RedHat has a very windows-like print manager. So does Ubuntu. You should be able to figure it out.
+RedHat has a very windows-like print manager. So does [
Ubuntu]
. You should be able to figure it out.
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A: This depends on your distribution, for debian you usually use apt(8)
For redhat, you run 'System settings / Packages' and get a package manager remarkably like windows' add/remove programs.
-In Ubuntu there's an "Add/Remove programs" option at the bottom of the main menu.
+In [
Ubuntu]
there's an "Add/Remove programs" option at the bottom of the main menu.
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Q: I have jetstream with an internal modem, where is the PPPoA in Linux? How do I configure Linux for PPPoA?
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A: Instead of treating your hard disk is one large chunk of data, you usually segment it up into smaller sections (called [Partitions|Partition]). Usually an OperatingSystem will require at least one Partition. Linux usually uses at least one extra for swap as well. See PartitioningSuggestions.
Partitions are managed using fdisk.exe under windows, fdisk(8) or cfdisk(8) under Linux.
-You can set up Windows to use different partitions for the system and user data if you want, most experienced users do. You
can also
run Linux on a single root partition with a swapfile, the way Windows is typically set up by default.
+You can set up Windows to use different partitions for the system and user data if you want, most experienced users do. And you
can just as easily
run Linux on a single root partition with a swapfile, the way Windows is typically set up by default.
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Reformulation: How do I burn CDs?
Try k3b, xcdroast, GnomeToaster, koncd, or any of the several other GUI tools.
-In Ubuntu, insert a blank disk and it will ask if you want to write a data CD or an audio CD. It couldn't be easier!
+In [
Ubuntu]
, insert a blank disk and it will ask if you want to write a data CD or an audio CD. It couldn't be easier!
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Q: What is all the crap that scrolls as Linux is starting, is it error messages?
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Reformulation: I can't get things working, where do I go for help?
A: Hey, thats why we have the LUG right? Try reading around the wiki, we may have already answered your question somewhere here. Try emailing the wlug mailing list (wlug@list.waikato.ac.nz) asking for help, or try asking us on [IRC] irc://irc.undernet.org/%23wlug
-Most of the options are the same (IP address, DNS, gateway, and so on.) and in very similar places, particularly with Ubuntu, so often times the best option is to just not tell them you use Linux. Or if you dual-boot, copy the working settings from Windows to the corresponding places in Linux.
+Most of the options are the same (IP address, DNS, gateway, and so on.) and in very similar places, particularly with [
Ubuntu]
, so often times the best option is to just not tell them you use Linux. Or if you dual-boot, copy the working settings from Windows to the corresponding places in Linux.
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