Project Ubuntu: Report #3 - A Star Is Born

Here's the latest report from Max, which shows a common pattern in the experiences of Ubuntu users.

For people who aren't afraid of a command-line interface -- where you actually type in a command that, in the usual graphic interface, would be a point-and-click of some kind -- Ubuntu is a dream.

Here' is Max's report:

This past week has been full of linux learning. In an effort to download tersus I learned that
.deb files are the default file that linux uses for efficient installation. furthermore I learned how to use the terminal, I used the terminal to update gimp the linux photoshop equivalent, I typed sudo get update, then used the command prompt for the password then added the gimp update that would allow me to save pictures in the "png" format. I have been thinking about installing another browser in case mozilla ever disfunctions, so I will be researching which other internet browsers work best on linux/ubuntu.

For clarity, here's is what Wikipedia has to say about "sudo" ...

The sudo (super user do, officially pronounced /ˈsuːduː/,^[2] though /ˈsuːdoʊ/ is also common) command is a program for Unix-like computer operating systems that allows users to run programs with the security privileges of another user (normally the superuser, aka. root). It is much like the "Administrator" status on Windows systems. By default, sudo will prompt for a user password but it may be configured to require the root password or no password at all.^[3] sudo is able to log each command run and in some cases has completely supplanted the superuser login for administrative tasks, most notably in Ubuntu Linux and Apple's Mac OS X

I'm not sure what Max's experiences so far tell us about how well the strictly point-and-click crowd would take to an Ubuntu-centered world. More to follow!