I have installed a copy of Ubuntu onto a new computer and took the plunge to remove the windows system that the computer came with already installed. I like the interface. It is clean and clear. Now, though, I have to learn how to get around the system.
I am reading the Quickstart Guide which seems to be relating a lot of access routes to files and applications to an earlier version. So I am finding this another hurdle to overcome. The basics are similar to windows. I have a feeling that the main difference will be in having to write commands in the Konsole or terminal to get anything to happen. Reminiscences of DOS!
Unfortunaltely it is many years since I had a rudimentary knowledge of DOS commands so this will be a whole new learning experience and probably take quite a while to get comfortable with. I am keen to learn it though as I feel we should all get away from the closed, monopolistic software companies that are putting more and more restrictions on what we can do for ourselves.
The Free Software Foundation was set up to encourage the development of open source software that has as few links as possible with proprietary software. There seem to be so many versions of linux, all called by different names, that it is hard to choose which one to start with. I ended up with Kubuntu more by chance than through any analysis of what is available.
Oh well, back to the screen and I will try to find a way to copy files from a flash drive to the hard drive. I am hoping it doesn't take me all evening!
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