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I currently use Ubuntu 8.10.
If you are in the Devon and Cornwall then the Devon and Cornwall GNU / Linux User group May be for you
If you are in another UK region then check the UK LUG site to find your local Linux user group
Young people 11 - 19 may prefer DFEY - Please see sidebar link
UBUNTU RELATED
Ubuntu Linux is one of the more popular distributions out there, built on debian and backed by Canonical It is available as an iso download or from Shipit.ubuntu.com
- Full Circle Magazine Ubuntu Magazine
- Download a brochure and other advocacy materials
- You can read some thoughts on 9.10 at theopensourcerer.com
- There is a Ubuntu vs Windows 7 guardian article here.
DISTRIBUTIONS
If you need help to decide which distribution may be best for you, check out Linux Distribution Chooser
UBUNTU DOWNLOAD SCRIPT
#download ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx wget -c http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/lucid-desktop-i386.iso #download md5sum wget -c http://releases.ubuntu.com/releases/10.04/MD5SUMS #check iso for integrity, as in compare the checksum from the iso from the one in the MD5SUMS file md5sum -c MD5SUMS
Check sums (ymmv) go with what the script gives you. 3e0f72becd63cad79bf784ac2b34b448 *lucid-desktop-amd64.iso d044a2a0c8103fc3e5b7e18b0f7de1c8 *lucid-desktop-i386.isoonce saved as something like download.sh you need to set permissions chmod 755 download.sh note: re-running the script will redownload the iso as karmic-desktop-i386.iso.1 or simiar also it won't re download the MD5SUMS file (for the integrity check) so remove it first rm MD5SUMS files will download to current directory, so i would put this in it's own folder / directory
Resources : You can download a free pdf pocket guide to ubuntu here. This guide covers 8.04 and above, check back in case a new one comes out that covers 10.04.
