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
  • A Thought About Blogs (11 Comments)
  • WordPress Spam Filtering (10 Comments)
  • …and the winner is (1 Comment)
  • WordPress plugin: Sociable (1 Comment)
• 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
  • Digging People Out of Holes via the Command Line (7 Comments)
  • Window resizing and the web (4 Comments)
  • New Car Buying: Volkswagen Jetta (3 Comments)
  • IE: A whole new internet (3 Comments)
  • Dapper Woes (2 Comments)
  • Two more test subjects (2 Comments)
  • Let’s have some suggestions (1 Comment)
• 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
  • Kernel Update Affects Some nVidia Users – Fix Included (4 Comments)
  • XGL Compiz & nVidia : Ubuntu 6.06.1 (Dapper Drake) (1 Comment)
  • Ubuntu Dapper Drake nVidia Compiz XGL (1 Comment)
• 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
  • Enabling The Cube In Feisty’s “Desktop Effects” (7 Comments)
  • Beryl with latest nVidia drivers & AIGLX (no XGL) : Ubuntu (6.10) (7 Comments)
• nVidia
  • Beryl with latest nVidia drivers & AIGLX (no XGL) : Ubuntu (6.10) (7 Comments)
• Games
  • How to install & play World of Warcraft : Ubuntu (5.10 / 6.06.1 / 6.10) (20 Comments)
  • DOS Emulation with DOSBox – Get your old-school game on! (11 Comments)
• Media
  • Media Players for gnome : Ubuntu (6.06.1 / 6.10) (14 Comments)
  • Backing Up Media To Multiple DVDs : Ubuntu (10 Comments)
  • VLC – the cross-platform media player and streaming server (9 Comments)
  • How to setup gnump3d for a streaming media server : Ubuntu (5.10 / 6.06.1 / 6.10) (8 Comments)
• 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
  • Ubuntu 7.04 “Feisty” Herd 5 Available For Testing (6 Comments)
  • A Few Odd Questions (6 Comments)
  • Ubuntu 7.04 “Feisty” Herd 3 Released (3 Comments)
• 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
  • Setting up QEMU / KQEMU on Ubuntu 7.04 “Feisty” (6 Comments)

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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