Ubuntu Guide ………

So this is it .. . . My guide for ubuntu beginners .It contains some of the tips and tricks to efficiently use ubuntu .

Few things i worked hard to find ,but turn out to be really simple . Listing them

CHANGE THE ICON SIZE
Gnome comes with default big icons . Can be frustating . To change the icon size just do the following :-
open nautilus(just open any folder ,or type nautilus at terminal).
Goto :- Edit>prefereces . in the first tab in icon view default select icon zoom level (75%) or so.
see its quit easy.

One interseting thing :-
If u want to change the size of individual icon just right click on any icon ,select stretch and just stretch it too the size u want ……………..its so simple.Does XP have dese functions!!!!!!!! (naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa)

To install a new theme
download any .tar.bz file . Goto system>preferences>themes .
click install new theme
point it too the .tar.bz file u r done with.
For some it might be funny ,but it took me long to figure it out . i used to extract the .tar.bz fil in beginning so getting screwed up .

Downloader for linux
Well this is the part linux lovers wont like to discuss . Linux dont have good downloaders as windows have till date(sorry if i hurt the feelings of any die hard linux fan) . But that doesnot mean linux doesnot have any .
For any newbie its a bit tricky . U have to understand its working. Wget is the best utility to download files(In linux).But its a console app. i.e. u have to write command in terminal to use it.i m not goin to discuss its command line funtion. Now der r many frontend(or download managers) using wget as its backend . Downloader for x is the best i have found . But it does not integrates itself with firefox . u have to manually enter the link . To integrate it with firefox we use flashgot. its a firefox extension. get it here :- http://flashgot.net/
restart firefox. goto tools>flashgot and explore the options.
Select ur downlaoder . Ur downloader for x will work gr8 now (if not better than windows counterpart)
well dere is an interesting link u must read :-
http://gwutama.de/2007/04/06/integrating-wget-with-firefox-and-using-it-to-download-files-from-rapidshare.html

Video Driver
This is an important thing.Many hardware manufacturers dont care to make driver for linux,but to our rescue Ubuntu comes with driver for most of the hardware, but sometimes it does not by default select the appropriate driver for itself.i faced this thing with my display driver(which is intel 8245 integrated chipset) . Ubuntu is know to have problem with intel integrated chipset(it selects vesa as driver instead of i810) .

do
sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
it will ask u many questions . ans dem correctly
den the main question of driver will come select i810(or intel if its der)
it would be better if u do lspci before to know ur config.

Getting (Correct) help
if new to ubuntu just download ubuntu guide from https://help.ubuntu.com/pdf/ubuntu/C/desktopguide.pdf without a second thought . Read it thoroughly ,experiment a bit .U r now ready with enough armour to work on ubuntu efficiently.

Now the second level of help :- ubuntuguide.org

If u go through documentation link of ubuntu u will find a plethora of help.go through them . If u find any thing intersting and useful enough bookmark it. There are also links  to ubuntu wiki , and launchpad .Do research on them to know better.

The third level of help and the most important:-Ubuntu Forums
Well in my point of view the strongest point on which ubuntu scores over its competetors are its forums which r the most active i have found (Really i mean it,just try posting something)
goto http://ubuntuforums.org/
register ur self
(just see the number of posts,and members)
U will find all ur doubts cleared there.

6)LINKS :-Now i m going to give some external links and of ubuntu forum threads which r a worth reading:-

>>>Terminal For Beginners
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=73885

>>>Tweaking and Speeding ubuntu
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=89491
and
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=140920

>>>How To :Compiz Fusion
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=481314

>>>All About Conky(A must for any linux user)
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=205865&highlight=conky
and
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=281865

>>>For ur Video Probs
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=129379&postcount=21

>>>Guide to tweak up desktop look
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=490398&highlight=vista+icons

If u wanna see the screenshot of my desktop then visit :-
http://profile.imageshack.us/user/romihim/

>>>Link to The Linux Documentation Project main page where these guides and many others are located:
http://www.tldp.org/

THE MOST IMPORTANT WORD TO LEARN LIUX :- MAKE GOOGLE YOUR BEST FRIEND

With This much now u have quite a lot of knowledge about ubuntu so i will suggest some of my fav programs ,give them a try . us will surely love them:-

1) PCmanfm-File manager ,alternate to nautilus
well i love this file manager over nautilus ,because of many reasons most imp being:-
-Very light Weight(smaller and better than even thunar)
-Fastest(visit its site for more details)
-Tab feature
install it by
sudo apt-get install pcmanfm
2)Mplayer
3)Conky
4)XMMS
5)Grid Wars(Game really addictive,search it urself)