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From: devlin
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Subject: Re: Where to start?
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Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2007 13:19:23 GMT
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Sla#s wrote:
>
> As I have an old PC (900mhz, 512mb etc) I though a good project would be to
> turn it into a media centre - so got hold of Ubuntu Media Centre and tried
> to load that ... But it didn't and as I became engulfed in heavy duty (to
> me) command line stuff I realised I better start with something easier.
>
Where did you find a copy of "Ubuntu Media Centre"? I've never come
across this edition.
> Is there a site, book, version you would care to recommend to learn the
> basics?
> (I went ordered The Official Ubuntu Book - then realised I should have asked
> here first.)
>
Great book for starting BTW. I wish I had it when I first ventured out
into the Ubuntu/Kubuntu world. It would have made life a bit easier. I
have it now due to my daughter seeing me spend hours reloading because I
made changes I couldn't figure out how to undo. Was a welcome Xmas
present indeed!
Devlin
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