evad
21 December 2015 15:53
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I think these should be made Sticky at the top of the General discussion so they are the first thing a newbie will see. I found them quite by accident. They are essential to noobs like me. Wish I had read them first I could have avoided some issues.
Complete Ubuntu beginners guide, how to install and run first update
WARNING 1:
BACKUP ALL YOUR DATA BEFORE YOU START TO INSTALL IN CASE THINGS GO WRONG!. SAVE ALL YOUR IMPORTANT FILES AND FOLDERS TO EITHER AN EXTERNAL USB DRIVE AND/OR TO A 2ND HARD DRIVE ON YOUR PC. DO NOT SAVE ANYTHING ON THE SAME DRIVE YOU INTEND TO USE FOR LINUX UNLESS YOU UNDERSTAND/KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING!. ONCE YOU START PARTITIONING AND YOU COMMIT TO FORMATTING YOUR PARTITIONS, THERE IS NO GOING BACK!.
WARNING 2:
IF YOU HAVE A RECOVERY PARTITION AND HAVE NOT CREATED ANY RECOVERY DISKS FO…
Ubuntu Mate Update Guide
These are my own setting preferences, use at your own risk!.
AN IMPORTANT NOTE FOR LINUX BEGINNERS. WHEN YOU ARE IN RECOVERY MODE, THE KEYBOARD DEFAULTS TO US ENGLISH, IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER LANGUAGE KEYBOARD OTHER THAN US ENGLISH, WHEN YOU TYPE "Y" (FOR "YES"), IT MIGHT SHOW UP AS A DIFFERENT LETTER, ON MY KEYBOARD I MUST PRESS THE "Z" KEY WHICH EQUATES TO "Y" AS I HAVE A GERMAN KEYBOARD, JUST PRESS "BACKSPACE" AND HIT A DIFFERENT KEY UNTIL YOU SEE THE "Y" SHOW UP!.
Gparted partition guide for Linux and Windows users
PLEASE NOTE: THIS GUIDE DOES NOT DEPICT THE INSTALLATION (CREATION) OF A UEFI PARTITION. IF YOU HAVE A COMPUTER WITH UEFI/BIOS, MAKE SURE YOU ALSO CREATE A UEFI/BIOS PARTITION AS WELL. SEE FURTHER REMARKS ABOUT UEFI PARTITIONS IN THE GUIDE!.
Linux beginners should also look here:
You can only partition on an unmounted drive using an installation disk of your Linux flavour with a partitioning tool included, use the Gparted tool in live mode, or you can download a copy of Gparted from the link…
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Yes,
and there are a couple of moderators working on these things :).
Thanks @v3xx , but I haven’t been promoted yet
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wizd3m
21 December 2015 20:20
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I’ve made them sticky in the Tips, Tricks and Tutorials topic. I believe it is the best place for them.
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lah7
21 December 2015 21:03
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Maybe we could further improve their coverage by re-organising the order too? Tips & Tricks is a lot popular then Media Coverage for 3rd position, for example.
evad
21 December 2015 21:13
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Yes that does make better sense.