tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7751938.post-1132409480806977162005-11-19T13:25:00.000Z2005-11-19T14:12:26.730ZI'm happy to announce the Ultimate Linux Newbie Guide is up and running. It's a site for complete Linux (or even Computer) novices. The reader will enjoy a no-nonsense guide to Choosing, Using and Installing Linux onto a computer system.<br /><br />Amonst it's highlights, the site features an installation guide, loaded with images of a<br /><a href="http://www.linuxnewbieguide.org/chap5.php">Linux Installation (Ubuntu 5.10)</a> as well as an introduction to the Linux desktop, for both <a href="http://www.linuxnewbieguide.org/chap7.php">KDE</a> and <a href="http://www.linuxnewbieguide.org/chap8.php">GNOME</a>. Importantly (because it keeps coming up on newbie forums), there is a chapter devoted to <a href="http://www.linuxnewbieguide.org/chap10.php">obtaining software</a>, as well as one devoted to <a href="http://www.linuxnewbieguide.org/chap11.php">installing it</a>.<span class="" style="display: block;" id="formatbar_CreateLink" title="Link" onmouseover="ButtonHoverOn(this);" onmouseout="ButtonHoverOff(this);" onmouseup="" onmousedown="CheckFormatting(event);FormatbarButton('richeditorframe', this, 8);ButtonMouseDown(this);"></span><br />I actually ran this site years ago (2000-2003), but the site was lost when my ISP at the time had a few bothers. I didn't have an up to date backup, so the project got shelved. I always felt sad about that decision, so around six months ago I made enquiries into seeing if I could get the site from some old archive somewhere.<br /><br />Luckily, the good people at the <a href="http://www.archive.org/">Web Archive (also known as the Wayback Machine)</a> could help me out. Within a few months I got the old content back, almost unscathed, from 2003. Since then I've been retyping large sections of it to bring it up to date and it is mostly finished now. There is still a lot to do on the Desktop side of things but it's looking pretty good now, and there are loads of visitors daily.<br /><br />I hope that it's a valuable contribution to those who are thinking about crossing over to Linux, but just need that 'sit-down and talk it over' approach to getting it all 'upstairs' before going ahead with it.<br /><br />If you like the site, please link to it on your own blog or site, so that other Linux newbies can benefit from it.<br /><br />Cheers!<br /><br />Al.<br /><span class="down" style="display: block;" id="formatbar_CreateLink" title="Link" onmouseover="ButtonHoverOn(this);" onmouseout="ButtonHoverOff(this);" onmouseup="" onmousedown="CheckFormatting(event);FormatbarButton('richeditorframe', this, 8);ButtonMouseDown(this);"></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7751938-113240948080697716?l=aliross.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ali Rosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14107961900002669262noreply@blogger.com3