What do you do when you need to return things to the original settings. Thats when you need to have your various passwords, dial-up numbers, mail server addresses, email addresses, hardware specifications, serial number, and other information handy. But what if you've either forgotten or misplaced this information.

If you forget it, don't sweat it—pull out your Ubuntu Canada System Recovery Tool instead.

To make your Ubuntu Experience a little easier, we created this little form for you (or your Ubuntu/Linux Mentor) to enter all that easy-to-forget information once, and then stow it safely away should you ever need it. Just print document located at System Recovery Tool fill out the fields with your information, and store it in a safe and secure place.

Everyone has to start somewhere. I started with a friend sliding a copy of Ubuntu across the table to me at a restaurant. It's not that easy for everyone to get a copy of Ubuntu. New computers with Ubuntu pre-installed are not very comon, and it is almost impossible to purchase a box set of Ubuntu in a store. After some thought ,talk with friends and using the IRC channel, I came up with some simple low cost or free ways to get Ubuntu.
How do you get a copy of Ubuntu?
1.There are no licensing problems, so no criminal justice agencies will knock on your door and accuse you of piracy if you ask a friend to loan you their copy. That is assuming you have a friend who uses Ubuntu.

An introduction to the learning tools available to the Ubuntu newbie

If you are new to Ubuntu, welcome to the warm fuzzy blanket of freely available knowledge. If you are still a Windows refugee who is trying to persuade yourself that it is time to step out of the cold, welcome also. I was one of you.

Since that auspicious day in 1974 when I ran my first computer card program, I have used about a dozen different operating systems and owned 10 computers . Almost all of my computer experience was tied to Windows.

Last summer after a disasterous virus infection, I installed Dapper Drake 6.06 on a dual boot. Two weeks later did a clean install of Ubuntu 6.06 over the entire hard drive, wiping out the virus infected Windows 2000 Pro. This brings me to the reason for writing this article.