Best Ubuntu Tutorials by Christer Edwards
I just found a very nicely packed with useful information site for Ubuntu called Ubuntu Tutorials, created by Christer Edwards.
Among the top Ubuntu tutorials he posted include:*
- News
- Off Topic : Go See Michael Moore’s “SiCKO” (31 Comments)
- How To Configure Wireless on a MacBook Using Ndiswrapper (24 Comments)
- How to install & play World of Warcraft : Ubuntu (5.10 / 6.06.1 / 6.10) (20 Comments)
- A DNR for Linspire’s CNR (20 Comments)
- Steps to Upgrading Ubuntu To The Next Release : Ubuntu (6.06.1 / 6.10) (20 Comments)
- What YOU Can Do In 2007 For Open Source (20 Comments)
- Command-Line Multitasking with Screen (17 Comments)
- Lack of posts & the culprit – Dvorak! (17 Comments)
- Ubuntu on a Macbook (17 Comments)
- The Switch To KDE : Day 6 (17 Comments)
- WordPress
- Development
- SwapBoost v0.1alpha – early testers wanted (33 Comments)
- Squashing A Few Myths About Mono Development (16 Comments)
- Request For The MOTU – AllTray (10 Comments)
- The Move To Gutsy : Day 1 (6 Comments)
- Setting up QEMU / KQEMU on Ubuntu 7.04 “Feisty” (6 Comments)
- Ubuntu 7.10 “Gutsy” Tribe 3 Released (4 Comments)
- Folding @ Home : Deployment Script Updated v0.2 (4 Comments)
- Seveas Ubuntu Packages: Ubuntu (5.10 / 6.06 / 6.10) (4 Comments)
- The Move To Gutsy : Day 2 (3 Comments)
- Folding @ Home Automated Installer : Release v0.3 (3 Comments)
- Linux
- SSH Saves The Day.. 1400 Miles Away! Enable Automagic Login (36 Comments)
- Antivirus on Ubuntu with Avast! : Ubuntu (6.06.1 / 6.10) (14 Comments)
- Flock on Ubuntu (14 Comments)
- Let Sudo Insult You When You Screw Up (12 Comments)
- Backing Up Media To Multiple DVDs : Ubuntu (10 Comments)
- forget top, check out htop (10 Comments)
- Mount Remote Directories Securely with SSH : Ubuntu (6.06.1 / 6.10) (10 Comments)
- Turning Off The System (hardware) Beep : Linux Tutorial (9 Comments)
- Make Sure Your Machine Is On The Correct Time With ntpdate (9 Comments)
- Tweaking grub settings : Ubuntu (5.10 / 6.06.1 / 6.10) (9 Comments)
- Web Development
- Flock on Ubuntu (14 Comments)
- Installing Opera on Ubuntu (12 Comments)
- Firefox extension bounty details revealed (7 Comments)
- How to install Tor & Privoxy : (K)Ubuntu (6.06 / 6.10) (5 Comments)
- Manually Install Latest Firefox Releases : Ubuntu (6.06.1 / 6.10) (4 Comments)
- Google Toolbar FIX for Firefox 2 : Ubuntu (6.10) (4 Comments)
- How to install Iceweasel : Ubuntu (6.06.1 / 6.10) (4 Comments)
- Adding Google Search Function To Deskbar Applet : Ubuntu (6.10) (4 Comments)
- Firefox Extension Bounty : $50 (3 Comments)
- javascript to the rescue? (3 Comments)
- Internet
- Flock on Ubuntu (14 Comments)
- Mount Remote Directories Securely with SSH : Ubuntu (6.06.1 / 6.10) (10 Comments)
- How To Setup OpenDNS On Ubuntu (8 Comments)
- Using Firestarter : Ubuntu (6.10) (7 Comments)
- How To openID Enable Your Blog (4 Comments)
- Manually Install Latest Firefox Releases : Ubuntu (6.06.1 / 6.10) (4 Comments)
- Setup a Desktop Firewall with Firestarter : Ubuntu (5.10 / 6.06.1 / 6.10) (4 Comments)
- Google Toolbar FIX for Firefox 2 : Ubuntu (6.10) (4 Comments)
- Hacked again… (4 Comments)
- OpenVPN vs VPN Router (4 Comments)
- Randomness
- Instant Messenger
- My New IRC Client – Irssi : Ubuntu (6.06 / 6.10) (8 Comments)
- How to install Tor & Privoxy : (K)Ubuntu (6.06 / 6.10) (5 Comments)
- How to use gaim for gmail chat (5 Comments)
- Installing and using Bitlbee – IRC gateway : Ubuntu (6.10) (4 Comments)
- How to Auto-Join IRC channels via Gaim : Gaim 1.5 – 2.0 (4 Comments)
- Gaim 2.0 beta3.1 & Off-The-Record 3.0.0 : Ubuntu 6.06.1 (Dapper Drake) (3 Comments)
- The OSS Advocates & Proprietary IM (3 Comments)
- any tips for libnotify trouble? (2 Comments)
- Gaim encryption (1 Comment)
- GNOME
- One Week With KDE : My Challenge (34 Comments)
- Shortcut Keys You Might Not Know About (26 Comments)
- The Switch To KDE : Day 4 (25 Comments)
- Ubuntu Themes For Firefox (17 Comments)
- The Switch To KDE : Day 6 (17 Comments)
- Searching your world with Beagle : Ubuntu (6.10) (16 Comments)
- Tweaking your Synaptics Touchpad (laptops) : Ubuntu (6.06.1 / 6.10) (14 Comments)
- Media Players for gnome : Ubuntu (6.06.1 / 6.10) (14 Comments)
- Removing KDE icons in gnome / remove gnome icons in KDE (13 Comments)
- Consolidate your gnome menus with gnome-main-menu : Ubuntu (6.10) (13 Comments)
- Ubuntu
- Is there any valid reason to use Automatix? (30 Comments)
- How to enable DVD playback : Ubuntu (5.10 / 6.06.1 / 6.10) (26 Comments)
- Ubuntu Themes For Firefox (17 Comments)
- Searching your world with Beagle : Ubuntu (6.10) (16 Comments)
- How to clone an installation : Ubuntu (5.10 / 6.06.1 / 6.10) (15 Comments)
- Antivirus on Ubuntu with Avast! : Ubuntu (6.06.1 / 6.10) (14 Comments)
- Flock on Ubuntu (14 Comments)
- Network File System (NFS) : Ubuntu (6.06 / 6.10) (10 Comments)
- Mount Remote Directories Securely with SSH : Ubuntu (6.06.1 / 6.10) (10 Comments)
- Save Bandwidth With Multiple Machines with Apt-Cacher : Ubuntu (6.10) (10 Comments)
- FOSS
- A Commentary on Communicating our Ideals – “Freedom Software” (8 Comments)
- Alternatives to Skype beginning Jan 1, 2007 : Ubuntu (6.10) (7 Comments)
- Install Mozilla Sunbird 0.3 on Ubuntu (6.06 / 6.10) (6 Comments)
- How to install Iceweasel : Ubuntu (6.06.1 / 6.10) (4 Comments)
- Software For Starving Students 2007.1 Released (XP / OSX) (4 Comments)
- Open Discussion Day : May 19th (3 Comments)
- Gaim 2.0 beta3.1 & Off-The-Record 3.0.0 : Ubuntu 6.06.1 (Dapper Drake) (3 Comments)
- The OSS Advocates & Proprietary IM (3 Comments)
- YaST: You absolutely Sucky Thing (2 Comments)
- Explorer Destroyer (2 Comments)
- Hardware
- How To Configure Wireless on a MacBook Using Ndiswrapper (24 Comments)
- Network File System (NFS) : Ubuntu (6.06 / 6.10) (10 Comments)
- Temporarily Disable Touchpad While Typing (8 Comments)
- Support for 5-button mouse in Firefox : Ubuntu (6.06.1 / 6.10) (8 Comments)
- IMWheel (5 button mouse within Nautilus) : Ubuntu (6.10) (5 Comments)
- update-pciids – download new version of the PCI ID list (5 Comments)
- Sound Problem Fix for Edgy (5 Comments)
- Enable Basic Keyboard Lighting On a MacBook (3 Comments)
- DD-WRT (3 Comments)
- Remapping the Function Key Behavior on MacBook / MacBook Pro (2 Comments)
- Big Brother
- How to install Tor & Privoxy : (K)Ubuntu (6.06 / 6.10) (5 Comments)
- Explorer Destroyer (2 Comments)
- How to install Microsoft Core Fonts : Ubuntu (5.10 / 6.06.1 / 6.10) (1 Comment)
- From the offices of Orrin G Hatch (1 Comment)
- Verizon treads into the realm of The Prince (1 Comment)
- A load of C.R.A.P. (1 Comment)
- Vista : Top 5! (1 Comment)
- Dapper/nVidia
- KDE
- One Week With KDE : My Challenge (34 Comments)
- The Switch To KDE : Day 4 (25 Comments)
- The Switch To KDE : Day 5 (25 Comments)
- The Switch to KDE : Day 3 (24 Comments)
- The Switch To KDE : Day 2 (22 Comments)
- The Switch To KDE : Day 6 (17 Comments)
- Removing KDE icons in gnome / remove gnome icons in KDE (13 Comments)
- The Switch To KDE : Day 1 (11 Comments)
- KDE apps : Not *quite* as customizable as I thought (9 Comments)
- KDE vs gnome questionairre (7 Comments)
- Compiz/Beryl
- nVidia
- Games
- Media
- Installation
- How To Choose The Right Ubuntu CD (12 Comments)
- Live CD vs Alternate Installer (12 Comments)
- Folding @ Home : Installation – Configuration – Automation : Ubuntu / Debian | RHEL / FC (11 Comments)
- 5 Steps To A New Ubuntu Installation (9 Comments)
- How To Use Jigdo For Incremental CD Updates (Daily Builds) (2 Comments)
- Testing
- Security
- What You Ought To Know About Securing SSH (14 Comments)
- Automatically Unlocking the Default Gnome-Keyring : PAM Keyring (11 Comments)
- VNC over SSH : securing the remote desktop (9 Comments)
- A Discussion on Grub Security (5 Comments)
- Global Network Proxy (SOCKS) over SSH : Ubuntu 7.04 (4 Comments)
- Update: Securing Synergy Over The Wire (4 Comments)
- Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.5 : Security Update (3 Comments)
- Allowing Limited Sudo Access With Visudo (1 Comment)
- Community
- Goodbye Mutt / The Importance Of Community (14 Comments)
- A Thought About Blogs (11 Comments)
- A Little Help From The Readers… (9 Comments)
- Thoughts on the Ubuntu Live Conference… (9 Comments)
- Monthly Donatation To Free Software Projects (8 Comments)
- Matt Zimmerman Keynote : “This project is about people” (7 Comments)
- Ubuntu Live 2007 : Tutorials (7 Comments)
- Dell Is Listening – Help Make A Change (4 Comments)
- Ubuntu Tutorials : App of the Week (4 Comments)
- The Power of One : Reaching Out (4 Comments)
- EMail
- Manually Install Thunderbird 2 : Ubuntu 7.04 (16 Comments)
- Goodbye Mutt / The Importance Of Community (14 Comments)
- Thunder(bird) and Lightning! : Read and Write access to Google Calendar (12 Comments)
- Learning the Mutt Mail Client (9 Comments)
- Configuring Mutt To Use An Alternate MTA : ESMTP (4 Comments)
- Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.5 : Security Update (3 Comments)
- How To Set Evolution E-Mail To NON-HTML (3 Comments)
- How To Set Mozilla Thunderbird to NON-HTML (2 Comments)
- Mastering Mutt : A Few Basic Commands (2 Comments)
- macbook
- customized macbook xorg.conf – including double-tap, right-click, scrolling, etc. (7 Comments)
- Make Ubuntu The Default Boot on a MacBook (rEFIt) Dual-Boot System (7 Comments)
- Enable Basic Keyboard Lighting On a MacBook (3 Comments)
- Remapping the Function Key Behavior on MacBook / MacBook Pro (2 Comments)
- virtualization
I found his site while searching for a way to install Thunderbird 2.0.0.5. And hey, he also have tried Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbons (pre-release).
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