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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''REMEMBER''' to change the '''<tt>precise</tt>''' in the given addresses to whatever your distribution is. You are now set to install applications with the <tt>apt-get install</tt> command, quickly, free and without using up all your internet credits.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''REMEMBER''' to change the '''<tt>precise</tt>''' in the given addresses to whatever your distribution is. You are now set to install applications with the <tt>apt-get install</tt> command, quickly, free and without using up all your internet credits.</div></td></tr>
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<p>Local archive mirrors</p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After you've installed Ubuntu you'll want to install some of the multitude of packages and add-ons that's available. This can be done freely (yes again, free) from the campus ftp repositories. All you need to do is edit your '''<tt>/etc/apt/sources.list</tt>''' file<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. The [http</del>://<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">www</del>.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">tlug</del>.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">org</del>.za/ <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">TLUG] (Tuks Linux Users Group) shows how this is done on [http</del>://<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">www</del>.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">tlug</del>.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">org</del>.za/<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">wiki</del>/<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">index</del>.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">php</del>/<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Ubuntu this page]. </del>'''REMEMBER''' to change the '''<tt><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">intrepid</del></tt>''' in the given addresses to <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">either '''<tt>hardy</tt>''' (if you install Ubuntu 8.04) or '''<tt>jaunty</tt>''' (if you install Ubuntu 9.04)</del>. You are now set to install applications with the <tt>apt-get install</tt> command, quickly, free and without using up all your internet credits.  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After you've installed Ubuntu you'll want to install some of the multitude of packages and add-ons that's available. This can be done freely (yes again, free) from the campus ftp repositories. All you need to do is edit your '''<tt>/etc/apt/sources.list</tt>''' file <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">as follows:</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''REMEMBER''' to change the '''<tt><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">precise</ins></tt>''' in the given addresses to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">whatever your distribution is</ins>. You are now set to install applications with the <tt>apt-get install</tt> command, quickly, free and without using up all your internet credits.</div></td></tr>
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AndreC at 12:04, 5 August 2009
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">|}</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'''Ubuntu''' ({{pron-en|uːˈbuːntuː}}) is a computer operating system based on Debian GNU/Linux. It is distributed as [[free software]]. Ubuntu provides an up-to-date, stable operating system for the average user, with a strong focus on usability and ease-of-installation. Ubuntu has been selected by readers of desktoplinux.com as the most popular [[Linux]] distribution for the desktop,  claiming approximately 30% of Linux desktop installations in both 2006 and 2007.<sup>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_(operating_system)]</sup></ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'''</del>Ubuntu<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''' ({{pron-en|uːˈbuːntuː}}) </del>is <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">a computer operating system based on Debian GNU/Linux. It is distributed as [[free software]]. Ubuntu provides an up-</del>to<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">-date, stable operating system for the average user, with a strong focus on usability and ease-of-installation. Ubuntu has been selected by readers of desktoplinux.com as the most popular </del>[[Linux]] <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">distribution for the desktop,  claiming approximately 30% of Linux desktop installations in both 2006 and 2007.</del>[http://<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">en</del>.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">wikipedia</del>.org/wiki/<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Ubuntu_</del>(<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">operating_system</del>)<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">==Ubuntu in general==</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Ubuntu is freely (yes, free) available on the UP ftp [ftp://ftp.up.ac.za/mirrors/ubuntu/ubuntu-cdimage/releases/ here]. You can choose to download either the 32bit or the 64bit version. Burn the image (.ISO) to a dvd and install. Easy as that. If you are not ready to take the plunge into an operating system of less hangups and problems, then you testdrive Ubuntu directly off the dvd that you wrote.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">After you've installed Ubuntu you'll want to install some of the multitude of packages and add-ons that's available. This can be done freely (yes again, free) from the campus ftp repositories. All you need to do is edit your '''<tt>/etc/apt/sources.list</tt>''' file. The [http://www.tlug.org.za/ TLUG] (Tuks Linux Users Group) shows how this is done on [http://www.tlug.org.za/wiki/index.php/Ubuntu this page]. '''REMEMBER''' to change the '''<tt>intrepid</tt>''' in the given addresses to either '''<tt>hardy</tt>''' (if you install Ubuntu 8.04) or '''<tt>jaunty</tt>''' (if you install Ubuntu 9.04). You are now set to install applications with the <tt>apt-get install</tt> command, quickly, free and without using up all your internet credits. </ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[PMC Lab Computers#Ragnarok|Ragnarok]] (our server hosting this wiki) uses Ubuntu 8.10 as its OS. A nice little reference for Ubuntu users is the [http://ragnarok.up.ac.za/documents/linux/ubuntupocketguide-v1-1.pdf Ubuntu Pocket Guide] (available on Ragnarok). Also have a look at the [[open source]] page - all the alternatives given there are supported (and usually pre-installed) by Ubuntu.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Ragnarok's [[Linux apps|useful Linux applications]] page will contain a dynamically growing list of both general purpose and scientifically oriented applications which no Ubuntu should be without.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<p>Ubuntu page</p>
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'''Ubuntu''' ({{pron-en|uːˈbuːntuː}}) is a computer operating system based on Debian GNU/Linux. It is distributed as [[free software]]. Ubuntu provides an up-to-date, stable operating system for the average user, with a strong focus on usability and ease-of-installation. Ubuntu has been selected by readers of desktoplinux.com as the most popular [[Linux]] distribution for the desktop, claiming approximately 30% of Linux desktop installations in both 2006 and 2007.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_(operating_system)]<br />
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