[06:58] <reallyrose> Hi there
[06:58] <benonsoftware> Hiya reallyrose
[06:59] <reallyrose> I've just fired up my virtual ubuntu box. I'm looking at some documentation now to try and work out what, in fact, is going on. Is there anything  highly recommended for newbies to do?
[07:01] <benonsoftware> reallyrose: http://help.ubuntu.com/community is a good place to read
[07:01] <reallyrose> I'm there, on the 'switching from windows' bit.
[07:21] <reallyrose> Oki, from the link above, I typed 'lspci | grep Network' and nothing was returned. I assume this is because I am using a virtual box? Am I right?
[07:27] <geirha> try lspci | grep -i ethernet
[07:32] <reallyrose> That worked, geirha, thanks!
[07:33] <reallyrose> Could you explain that command please? I get the lspci | grep bit and I know what ethernet means. What does -i do?
[07:40] <geirha> well, run just   lspci
[07:41] <geirha> It prints many lines. Now say you're only interested in the ones containing the word Ethernet, then grep is the tool to use. lspci | grep Ethernet
[07:42] <geirha> the -i I used earlier means case-insensitive search, so that grep will ethernet and ETHERNET and EtherNet as valid matches
[07:43] <geirha> *grep will treat
[07:43] <reallyrose> ah, case-insensitive. :) Thanks! I'll add it to my list of things I'm learning!
[07:44] <reallyrose> Thank you for that!
[07:45] <geirha> when you see something like that, e.g. something | grep -i blah   and wonder what -i does for grep, run   man grep
[07:56] <reallyrose> Cool
[08:10] <reallyrose> Woo, I made a directory. This is fun!
[08:11] <philipballew> ubuntu working for you reallyrose ?
[08:16] <reallyrose> For all of my 30 minutes experience, yes.
[08:16] <reallyrose> I'm just going to spend today working through what I would normally do in windows, see how much I can do in linux
[09:20] <reallyrose> The 'find [keyword]' command. Does it search within the directory you are in or does it search the entire disc?
[09:22] <geirha> if you don't specify a path, it will start at . and work its way down from there
[09:23] <reallyrose> Thanks!
[09:23] <geirha> all directories have two special directories . and ..   . is the directory itself, and .. is the parent directory
[09:24] <geirha> reallyrose: http://mywiki.wooledge.org/UsingFind
[09:24] <geirha> That's a really good intro to using find, though unfortunately wooledge.org is slow at times
[09:24] <reallyrose> That's ok, I have time.
[09:25] <reallyrose> I installed something and it wouldn't open. So I figured I would see if it was actually present. But I couldn't find it.
[09:25] <reallyrose> Judging from that page, I was just using the command wrong.
[09:26] <geirha> you installed a package?
[09:26] <geirha> if so, you can run   dpkg -L packagename    to get a list of all files that package installed
[09:27] <geirha> should be faster than find
[09:27] <geirha> Here's a mirror of the link I showed earlier. Seems wooledge.org is down. http://bash.cumulonim.biz/UsingFind.html
[09:29] <reallyrose> I think I shall like this linux thing. :)
[09:31] <geirha> Also see the BashGuide at the same site. It's really the only good guide for learning bash
[09:32] <geirha> It doesn't teach you Ubuntu-specific stuff though, just stuff that will work on unix and unix-like systems in general.
[15:17] <yeehi> Can somebody help me configure a wireless connection please?
[15:20] <holstein> yeehi: i would plug in wired, and get firmware if needed.. otherwise, let us know the hardware you have
[15:21] <yeehi> plug in wired? I am not on a wired connection, I am on mobile broadband at the moment, and want to connect to a wireless connection - i am on a laptop
[15:21] <Alan__> when installing ubuntu alongside windows a line appears dividing the available disk space. I can adjust the space but it isn't clear what space  I am allocating - the left or right of the line
[15:21] <yeehi> what do i type in terminal to bring up my hardware?
[15:22] <Unit193> lspci -v if it's builtin.
[15:23] <yeehi> Lots of stuff to copy / paste - how do i do that?
[15:24] <Unit193> Well, you can check the one that says network, or pastebin.com
[15:26] <yeehi> http://pastebin.com/cgCx6qjC
[15:33] <Unit193> At line 184 you have your current network interface, but the wireless one isn't on there.  Is it a PCMCIA or USB card then?
[19:35] <yeehi> What should you do when gnash does not render a flash web page properly? It doesn't fully load and display the flash
[19:36] <Unit193> Best thing I could do is either recommend adobe-flashplugin, or just say !gnash as I don't use that. :/
[19:39] <yeehi> OK, thank you Unit193 - i don't want to use adobe-flashplugin as it is not free software
[19:39] <Unit193> I figured you had a reason.
[19:39] <Unit193> Gnash is still beta, and I'm sure you already know their site http://www.gnu.org/software/gnash/
[19:40] <Unit193> #gnash may be of more help than I would be.
[19:41] <yeehi> I didn't know it was still in beta
[19:41] <yeehi> I think they have been working on it for a long time
[19:41] <yeehi> I wonder what will happen when Google takes over flash
[19:41] <yeehi> Adobe are giving it up to google
[19:42] <yeehi> oh, that is a good idea, Unit193!
[19:42] <yeehi> I will try #gnash!
[19:43] <Unit193> Some have high hopes in HTML5.
[19:46] <mysteriousdarren> do you?
[19:47] <yeehi> I don't know about html5