probs after installing ubuntu or any linux

[gycapri]

recently i've installed ubuntu ,im a newbie in linux ,can any1 tell which s/w i install like in windows media player,winamp,modifying look bcoz its too bad luking, generally used s/w.

can i install adobe's and macromedia products directly on linux as wat i did on windows???

can anybody tell how to set up internet connection on linux ,major problem is this !!!!

[mehulved]

I guess XMMS will be already installed, you can change its skins to give it a look you'd like. XMMS is good for playing songs. For videos you can get MPlayer, it too has pretty skins.
Google for XMMS skins and MPlayer skins
To install software, you can do it in many ways. You can't install exe files on linux . To do that you'd need wine but still those products would be better left to windows. You can install them if they have a linux version like acrobat reader has. Or you can use alternative softwares like NVu instead of Drreamweaver, GIMP instead of Photoshop, etc.
What type of connection do you have? For BSNL connections you can look at the sticky by desertwind.

And lastly do have a look at Ubuntu Guide, if you already haven't done so

[naveenchandran]

For the Internet Connection which ISP is yours?
Are you using Broadband or dialup?


On Ubuntu you have Synaptic Package Manger Installed by default...

System->Administration->Synaptic Package Manager

and on Synaptic Package Manger
Settings-> Repositories Enable universe and multiverse...
and update...
Now select and install the packages you want to....

[gycapri]

currently i have dataone broadband . so how do i connect to internet on linux.

[mehulved]

Go to the Configuring DataOne Broadband on GNU/Linux sticky by desertwind.

[praka123]

In debian and ubuntu rp-pppoe is configured diffrntly.first make sure you have set ur ipaddress,subnet mask etc during install.

root@dapper:~# ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
          inet addr:192.168.1.2  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::211:11ff:fe66:b65e/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:4042 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:3848 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:3361198 (3.2 MiB)  TX bytes:664082 (648.5 KiB)

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:52 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:52 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:3848 (3.7 KiB)  TX bytes:3848 (3.7 KiB)

if u dont wanna try setting up static ip or dynamic one using ifconfig command,try network-admin gui selecting ur ethernet card properties:

root@dapper:~# network-admin

i entered my static ip as:
192.168.1.2
subnet mask:
255.255.255.0
then make sure u have installed pppoe and pppoeconf installed.if yes run:

root@dapper:~# pppoeconf

before this i will suggest u install a package called xdialog..

root@dapper:~# apt-get install xdialog

then run pppoeconf and answer the questions to have ur dataone configured.
now after u configured.u can switch on dataone as:

root@dapper:~# pon dsl-provider

and switch off as

root@dapper:~# poff

hope this helps and believes u already configured apt and /etc/apt/sources.list
here is my ubuntu breezy /etc/apt/sources.list:

#Security Updates
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-security main restricted

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-security universe multiverse

#Breezy updates
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-updates main restricted universe multiverse
#Backports
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-backports main restricted universe multiverse

#Main Repos
deb ftp://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ breezy main restricted universe multiverse
#deb-src ftp://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ breezy main restricted

below is a good resource for networking in debian=ubuntu
http://qref.sourceforge.net/Debian/r...ateway.en.html