Seven Essential Tips For Using Ubuntu Feisty Fawn

Ed Albro writes "Matthew Newton, a columnist at PC World, has a great article up on seven things you'll want to change as soon as you start using Feisty Fawn. Some are as simple as making sure the Alt key works right, another gives you step-by-step instructions for turning on the impressive Beryl interface. 'I could spend a whole 'nother column telling you about all the great packages that are not installed by default, but for now I'll just leave you with this bonus tip: If you're running Ubuntu on a laptop and your Wi-Fi card is not detected or supported, try installing the Ndisgtk package (listed as such in Synaptic, but as 'Wireless Windows Drivers' in Add/Remove Applications). Then select the new System, Administration, Windows Wireless Drivers entry in Ubuntu's menu bar.'"

Comments

Psst! "Editors."

[Stanistani]

>Matthew Newton, a columnist at PC World, has a great up on...

A "great up?"

Sentence no word.

Automatix?

[amplusquem]

I was surprised to see that the write up recommended Automatix. I thought it was not going to be needed in Feisty, especially with the Restricted Codecs package easily available from Synaptic. I also was under the impression that Automatix often messed with Ubuntu updates, and it's better to just install via Synaptic or manually (which really isn't difficult, just copying and pasting commands into a terminal...)