Just installed Ubuntu, what now ?

[Bry]

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> Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 11:23:49 -0500
> From: Kevin Cole <kjcole at ubuntu.com>
> Subject: Re: Just installed Ubuntu, what now ?
> To: boyanpn at yahoo.com,	Ubuntu Help and User Discussions
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> 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.
>>     
>
> Welcome.  That's a start. ;-)
>
>   
>> First of all, my sweex ISDN modem (Winbound w6692 chipset) doesn't work,
>> and I'm affraid I can't do anything about that, 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.
>>     
I'd hold off on Konqueror just yet AND from installing individual *.deb 
files. You MIGHT want to install Kubuntu desktop instead.

First you should update your machine and use Synaptic , Update Manager 
and"Add Programs" from your default install menus. The default install 
should have put docs in "help: (lifepreserver). To get software to 
download you'll need internet access WITH the ubuntu computer.

As your modem doesn't work I would think the best thing to do FIRST 
would be to install internet connection sharing in your windows 
computer, add network cards if needed, buy a crossover cable or a 
switch/hub.
Set up your win computer as a gateway to use Ubuntu with accesss to the 
net.

In networking on the ubuntu you would then list the windows ip address 
as the gateway, and access the internet through that computer WITH the 
ubuntu computer. This will let you use the "normal" means of updating 
the computer. To share files you will need SAMBA, but the computer 
should serve as a gateway fine without it.
If you use fixed IP address you'lll need a few things added. If Possible 
have the win computer work as a DNS server with it's address fixed, 
depending on your windows version I believe it picks either 192.168.0.1 
or 192.168.0.10 as a (gateway) address with internet connections 
sharing..(.it's been a long time since I used windows). .
If no DNS
give both computers an ip address in the private range like: 192.169.0.1 
and 192.168.0.2

then add both computers to each others' hosts file.

Put the two dns servers the win computer gets from the ISP in the 
networking  gui on UBUNTU

This allsounds harder than it is. If you have network cards in both 
computers it won't be expensive. Depending on what firewall is in the 
windows computer tweaking/replacing that may be the most difficult part. 
Some windows firewalls don't support internet connection sharing.

hope this helps out. I'm SURE I've left at least one thing out ;-)

A goodly portion of the people here have done these things so remember 
the only dumb question is the one not asked!

Have fun.

Bryann