Using Pidgin Internet Messenger

Pidgin is one of the Internet messenger application that was installed by default in ubuntu. Pidgin can be used for different protocols. At this time we will using pidgin as Yahoo Messenger application that runs on Windows.

step 1. Pidgin open by choosing Application-> Internet-> pidgin internet messenger

Create Ubuntu Usb Thumb Installer

With Ubuntu 8.10 now more easy to create usb thumb installer. If you can't use CD/DVD media to install new Ubuntu Operating system on your computer, usb installer is very usefull. You can install and share your ubuntu, and you can fill other data on usb thumb, or if you don't want it you can erase all data and installer and your usb thumb can used to other need.

With this few steps, lets begin to create it:

step 1. Go to System -> Administration -> Create a USB startup disk

Using Ubuntu Terminal For Newbies

Ubuntu has been providing very good GUI interface to manage applications and system, such as installation, uninstall the programs, networking, etc. However, as other linux users, we can not be much use in the command line like DOS in Microsoft Windows, to help manage system.
For a newbie in linux, ubuntu specifically, we should at least understand a few basic commands that are often used to perform system administration. In Ubuntu, if we want to manage system in terminal, always use 'sudo' command. Sudo is Super User Do, where the user hwo have sudo privilleges can manage the system without login as root user. For example :

$ sudo

Installing Multimedia Codec

For all computer users, multimedia is an obligation that must exist. Listen to music, play CD / DVD audio, watch movies, etc. is a solitary joy in using the computer not only as a working tool.
By default, ubuntu has multimedia support, but for the lincensed format like .mp3, .wav, .flv, etc.that we have to add the codec can recognize and run multimedia files. Next, this is a few steps to install the various multimedia codecs in Ubuntu 8.10 :

Step 1. First is, click on Applications -> Add/Remove..