I'd really like to get to know Ubuntu but when I look for help, I get what looks like gibberish. If it isn't high tech minutia about the latest tweaks, it's stuff like:
alt= go to the first console. Why do I need to know there is more than one console?
bash= the name of a shell process. Why do I need to change the shell process?
PS1 = prompt string (needs flags) What do you even use that for?
I need other information like, how do I make a .txt file? Why doesn't Ubuntu know how to do a drag&drop? Where are the, "programs" like Games or notepad? Why can't it burn a DVD when it says it's going to do that? How do I tell it to burn at half the maximum speed when it doesn't offer a choice? Why do I have to start the computer twice to get the mouse pointer to move? Really basic stuff that Windows does flawlessly seems beyond either me or Ubuntu, and I don't know which is the right answer!
ps, I see you told me how to get a text editor in post #58. Thanks.
alt= go to the first console. Why do I need to know there is more than one console?
bash= the name of a shell process. Why do I need to change the shell process?
PS1 = prompt string (needs flags) What do you even use that for?
I need other information like, how do I make a .txt file? Why doesn't Ubuntu know how to do a drag&drop? Where are the, "programs" like Games or notepad? Why can't it burn a DVD when it says it's going to do that? How do I tell it to burn at half the maximum speed when it doesn't offer a choice? Why do I have to start the computer twice to get the mouse pointer to move? Really basic stuff that Windows does flawlessly seems beyond either me or Ubuntu, and I don't know which is the right answer!
ps, I see you told me how to get a text editor in post #58. Thanks.
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