Just installed Ubuntu, what now ?

[Derek Broughton]

Boyan R. wrote:

> I've installed Ubuntu 5.10 today, without any problems.
> Since I'm not familiar with Linux, only thing I managed
> to do until now is to change wallpaper.
> 
> First of all, my sweex ISDN modem (Winbound w6692 chipset) doesn't work,
> and I'm affraid I can't do anything about that,

There may be.  I think ndiswrapper might work.

> so I'll just skip to 
> the simplest problems first, so here is first set of my questions:
> 
> - I downloaded Konqueror - file:   krusader_1.70.0-0breezy0_i386.deb
>   How do I install it ? Archive manager can't unpack this file.

sudo dpkg -i krusader*

would do it, but (a) krusader isn't konqueror and (b) normally, when you
finish installing Ubuntu it should already be set up with the
appropriate /etc/apt/sources.list to be able to install packages via
Synaptic or aptitude.  If you actually installed Ubuntu, not Kubuntu, then
the above dpkg command is not going to be successful, because there'll be a
huge number of required dependencies which you don't yet have.

sudo aptitude install krusader

would do the job, and get any necessary dependencies.

> - Where should I install it ? Is /home/konqueror/  ok ?

You won't be given a choice.  It will be installed where it belongs :-)

>   I assume "home" dir is something like "program files" in windows

No, "home" is much more like "My documents".  It's where _user_ files go.

> - Is there anything like Console (like Windows DOS console) ?

Every window manager will set up some "xterm" variant, which functions like
the Windows DOS console (except better :-) ), but you can also use
Ctrl-Alt-F1 (or -F2 through -F6) to get to a true console.

>   I saw at my friends PC (SUSE linux) that he uses some sort of console.
> 
> - How do I start Midnight commander ?

Never used it, but since you're trying to install krusader why would you
want to?
 
> - If I can't, or it's too complicated, how do I install Gnome commander ?
>   I downloaded file:  gnome-commander-1.1.7.tar.bz2

Probably something more like "sudo aptitude install gnome-commander".  You
can find the available packages either through Synaptic or browsing at
http://packages.ubuntu.com/

> Also, can you tell me generally, what can I do with this linux
> (without internet) ? Can I listen mp3 music and watch divx movies

Yes.

> and what programmes should I get for that ?

Let us know whether you're using ubuntu or kubuntu, first.

> What else can I do (simple stuff ofc) ?

Anything you can do with Windows, and then some.
-- 
derek