Changing the Appearance in Ubuntu 13.10

One of the most common thing that a user will do to their computer is to change the appearance of their desktop and layout. In almost every case this will include changing the desktop background or wallpaper and color scheme. This tutorial will show you how to change the appearance of your Ubuntu 13.10 computer.

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Getting Started with Browsing the Internet with Ubuntu 13.10

The most common task by far that the average user uses a computer for is to browse the Internet. With this being the case it would only make sense that Ubuntu 13.10 make it easy and simple to browse the Internet. Ubuntu 13.10 along with many other Linux distributions comes with Firefox as the default web browser. This tutorial will show you how to get started with browsing the Internet using Firefox in Ubuntu 13.10.

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How to Backup and Restore Ubuntu 13.10.

A few weeks ago the hard drive on my computer went bad on me. I could not even boot the computer to try to copy anything to a flash drive. The good news is none of this mattered to me. I had a complete back up of everything I needed and did not have to worry about a thing. I just simply put a new hard drive in and restored everything that I needed. I was up and going in less than 2 hours. Could you imagine how long I would have been trying to get back going if I didn’t have a good backup in place? I might have spent days working on a bad drive trying to get a few extra files off of it.

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How to Burn CDs and DVDs with Ubuntu 13.10

Whether you are trying to burn a music CD or a back up DVD Ubuntu 13.10 makes it easy to burn CDs and DVDs. By default Ubuntu 13.10 comes with a great burning tool pre installed. This burning tool is called Brasero. This tutorial will show you how to get started with burning CDs and DVDs with Brasero in Ubuntu 13.10.

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How to Connect to Wireless Networks with Ubuntu 13.10

One of the first tasks that any new user will want to do with their laptop computer is to connect to a wireless network. Ubuntu 13.10 make this a very easy thing to do by using the network manger. This tutorial will show you how to connect to a wireless network using Ubuntu 13.10.

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