Get Going With Ubuntu

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After a night and half day configurating Ubuntu, now I got this little bit knowledge on Ubuntu. The good thing about this OS are:

1, Very intenal secure (Not sure about internet stuff :?)
2, More stable (It don’t turn blue screen/restart when an application is crashed)
3, Install ANYTHING (From Microsoft application to Mac application but need some support application though)

So everytime I wanted to edit any root file, I need to login through terminal (Which is Command for Windows). On the way getting use on this style, cause I barely use Command when I’m with Windows. Just installed all Windows fonts, hehe… I like Windows fonts a lot, Arial, Verdana, Impact, Century Gothic blah blah blah…

Looks nice eh? Installing these fonts is easy…

First off, you need to go to Terminal, like I mention, almost everything you’ll need to go to Terminal in order to proccess even installing an application. And type in:

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

Where “sudo” is login as the root user of your machine, and there will need password of course. Then it will prompt out the “sources.list” file like *.txt file on Windows, add in:

deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper universe multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper universe multiverse
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security universe multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security universe multiverse

Save the sources.list and go back to Terminal type in:

sudo apt-get update

Yeap, you need to login AGAIN… Sercure bah, but sometimes annoying too This update might need some times, like 5-10 minutes for my machine. After this, type in:

sudo apt-get install msttcorefonts

This will take more time than the previous update. After this install, download this file here, either on the desktop or on the Archive Manager (This one is recommended). And go to Terminal again…

sudo tar -xvjpf nicefonts.tbz /etc/fonts/

This is for if you download the file on Archive Manager

cd ~/Desktop
sudo tar -xvjpf nicefonts.tbz -C /etc/fonts/

This is for if you download the file on desktop…

That’s all, all you need to do after the install of this last step, restart your computer and voila! Got this steps from Ubuntu Community Forum, but there isn’t that complete though, so Google it out if you’re following the forum’s steps. Damn, this look a tough way to install, but the only way. Forgot to take some screenshot sorry

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