[Cialug] Newbie Question

[Adk]

This was just posted on tuxmachines today-
http://www.howtoforge.com/the_perfect_desktop_ubuntu6.10

It gives you Edgy with the kitchen sink built in  and step by step
instructions.

Allen


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From: Central Iowa Linux Users Group <cialug at cialug.org>
To: Cialug at cialug.org <Cialug at cialug.org>
Subject: [Cialug] Newbie Question
Date: 04/03/07 01:59

> 
> Hello All
> My name is Jeff and I finally took the big step and set up myself a 
> dual-boot system with Ubuntu Linux and windows. I took the leap with 
> Ubuntu because from what I've read, it was probably the easiest distro 
> for a non-techie home user to set up. I found the install very easy and 
> took less than 30 minutes to do on my home system. My initial experience 
> has been nothing short of impressive. I've been able to figure out most 
> everything so far but have some issues I have questions on. I realize 
> I'm not in the league of power user like most of you gents (and ladies, 
> where applicable), but if you could give some knowledge and benefit from 
> your experience I would be greatly appreciated.
> I've done Google searches and have found a large amount of info to read, 
> but I have some questions that would help me get myself started since I 
> learn better by doing than reading. First, as far as I can tell, I've 
> installed Wine, but cannot find it in the applications menu and don't 
> know how to launch it. I use  a wysiwyg program that is windows based 
> and would like to try it using it within Ubuntu, but am not sure how to 
> do it. I also am looking for a program to make copies of my movie DVD's 
> but am not sure which one to use. And I want to install the Real media 
> player to view video on websites I frequent, but not sure what
&quot;package&quot; 
> I need to install a &quot;bin&quot; file.
> As i said, any help/direction would help greatly, and I would thank you 
> ahead of time.
> 
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