I think it will help you a lot to get your head around the layout of the Linux filesystem. Just take a brief skim through this
http://tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Filesystem-Hierarchy/html/
Also, it's fun to install a program called tdfsb which allows you to take a visual tour of the filesystem.
It will help you a lot in figuring out where everything is. One thing I would advise every new Linux user to do is to fire up the partition manager and set up a new partition scheme which gives you a separate root(/) and home (/home) partition. This makes things a LOT easier if you have to upgrade or reinstall. See more in this here: http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/separatehome
Another useful thing you can try is to install a different desktop environment. Just run this in the terminal:
Then log out, select a different session and choose the Openbox session. You won't see much at first, but then right-click the mouse and it should make sense. I always use an Openbox session to play video games, because the KDE desktop uses up some of my framerate and RAM.
http://tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Filesystem-Hierarchy/html/
Also, it's fun to install a program called tdfsb which allows you to take a visual tour of the filesystem.
It will help you a lot in figuring out where everything is. One thing I would advise every new Linux user to do is to fire up the partition manager and set up a new partition scheme which gives you a separate root(/) and home (/home) partition. This makes things a LOT easier if you have to upgrade or reinstall. See more in this here: http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/separatehome
Another useful thing you can try is to install a different desktop environment. Just run this in the terminal:
Code:
sudo apt-get install openbox
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