Re: Just Installed Debian Linux

On 11/11/11 14:00, Chris Jeffries wrote:

Can anyone point me to a decent set of notes showing how I can do easily
in Unity all the things I could easily do in Gnome 2. Thanks.


This depends on what things you did easily in GNOME 2.

However how about:-

http://castrojo.tumblr.com/post/4795149014/the-power-users-guide-to-unity

Which contains _loads_ of links to guides and how-to's about unity.

Cheers,
Al.
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