Ubuntu Goals

Create Graphics with the GIMP

The GNU Image Manipulation Package, affectionately known as the GIMP to its friends, is a powerful graphics package. The GIMP provides a comprehensive range of functionality for creating different types of graphics. It includes tools for selections, drawing, creating paths, masks, filters, effects, and more. It also includes a range of templates for different types of media such as Web banners, different paper sizes, video frames, CD covers, floppy disk labels, and even toilet paper. Yes,...

Mailing Lists

The single most important venue for communication in Ubuntu is the Ubuntu mailing lists. These lists provide the space where all important announcements are made and where more development discussions take place. There are, at the time of this writing, 75 public e-mail lists, although this number is constantly growing. A full list of mailing lists (excluding Local Community teams) is included below. An up-to-date, full page of mailing lists for Ubuntu can be found at http lists.ubuntu.com where...

Aptget and aptcache

Now let's jump higher up in the stack. Whereas dpkg deals mostly with package files, apt-get knows how to download packages from the Ubuntu archive or fetch them from your Ubuntu CD. It provides a convenient, succinct interface, so it's no surprise it's the tool that most system administrators use for their package management on Ubuntu servers. While apt-get deals with high-level package operations, it won't tell you which packages are actually in the archive and available for installation. It...