How To Use Ubuntu For Your Internet Business

Getting Started Using Ubuntu For Your Internet Business

I’m using Ubuntu for my internet business. Ubuntu is a free complete Linux operating system that I’m hoping will take over the market for home PC users as well as those who have an internet business.

I provide a lot of free resources on this blog and since this is one of the major free resources I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to share this with you.

Hey, why pay for an operating sytem when you can get it for free. Ubuntu also includes lots of Open source software such as Open Office, Firefox and much more. In addition to offering lots of help and support, Ubuntu is also available in many languages.

This is my second article on Ubuntu. I first installed it when Version 9.04 was released. (There’s a cool link to a Ubuntu cartoon here)

The instructions given in this post are the results of “learning as you go” and will work for any person who wants to use Ubuntu as an alternative to other operating system such as Windows or Mac. (It’s a lot better to learn from someone who’s already did the legwork than to try and pave the road all over again).

Take a Tour of Ubuntu Desktop

Here’s what I did to get started using Ubuntu:

I went to my local computer parts store and picked out my hardrive, drivers, monitor, mouse, keyboard, etc. and had them put together the exact components that I wanted. I don’t like the bundled computers that you buy in most retail stores because the extra software installed is unnecessary and tends to slow down productivity while doing business on line.

Once you get your hardware in order the following steps will make it easy for you to get started using Ubuntu for work and play…

Please note that this article is meant to be a reference guide. I’m giving links to different sources but am not giving complete instructions as that would make a for a very long blog post.

How to download Ubuntu

Ubuntu 9:10 is just about to be released. To download Ubuntu go here.

How To install, Update and Configure Additional Software on Ubuntu

Ubuntu’s provides easy to follow instructions on Downloading and installing Ubuntu (You’ll need a blank CD).

In addtion to Ubuntu’s instructions, I found a very informative article called the The Perfect Desktop. It’s complete with lots of images and goes through the following steps providing detailed instructions:

How To Install Ubuntu

How To Update the Ubuntu System and Configure the Additional Respositories

How To Install Additional Software in Ubuntu including the flash player, true type fonts and the inventory.

How To Install Opera and Google Picasa on Ubuntu

How To use Windows Applications with Ubuntu:

A company called Codeweavers makes it possible for you to run windows apps on your Linux (or Mac) Operating systems. They offer a free website with no support at Winhq.org (http://www.winehq.org/download/deb)

Complete instructions for downloading and using Winehq for windows applications on Ubuntu can be found here:

Download Wine for Ubuntu and Ubuntu derivatives

If you feel like you need more help you may choose their paid version for Linux Ubuntu at Codeweavers.com

They offer support forums, and extended options to make it easy for you to use windows applications on Ubuntu. You can even access games using this software.

Find Out More about Codeweavers.com

How To Install Microsoft Word and Microsoft Office in Ubuntu:

Codeweavers will give you help on installing Microsoft products on Ubuntu or you can simply go to this page for more help.

Microsoft_Office – Community Ubuntu Documentation

More Help when Using Ubuntu

Just a little bit more help.…

WINE allows Windows-only applications such as Microsoft Office to be run on the Intel/x86 versions of Ubuntu. This confused me a little. I didn’t know what platform I was using…. so I did a search.

Do I have the intel x86 platform?

Wikipedia provided me with a quick answer at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86 which is that most versions of Ubuntu are Intel/x86 versions.

How To Stop the Network Manager Applet from asking you for your keyring password

Here’s one more little problem that I had using Ubuntu and I thought I’d add it to this list.

Do you get this Message? Unlock Key- Enter Password for Default Keyring To Unlock- Network Manager Applet (/user/bin/nm-applet) wants access to the default Keyring, but it is locked

If you’re a wireless user and you’re tired of having to enter your password into the network manager every time you log in Here’s how to stop that annoying message from in the Ubuntu forums The method requires the libpam-keyring package but you wont have to enter your keyring over and over again using these instructions.

Ubuntu Pocket Guide

Hopefully the information provided in this article will help you. There is also a free Ubuntu Pocket Guide here.

More Info and Resources

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