Life is short....learn Python!!

Let me guess why you are here?
You are a programmer and want to learn the python programming language.
You are a student who has python as one of his/her subjects.
You are a language hobbyist like me! ;)
...if you are looking for python(a species of snakes) this is not the place for you!! :) 

Installing softwares in Ubuntu....exploring Ubuntu Universe!!

Ubuntu has almost everything that you need in your everyday work.But it may happen that you need some extra softwares or codecs for your movies or songs.Ubuntu takes care of that too.
Everything in ubuntu is installed as packages....you can think of those packages as exe in 
Windows for the time being(actually only the .deb format sofwares are like the exe in Windows)
You can also uninstall these packages too...just like you remove the softwares in windows.

Ubuntu Linux commands....that you can't live without!!

Linux terminal is one of the very good command line interfaces out there.
Knowing linux commands  may help you better understand your system and increase your efficiency.Linux commands are a nice addition to the GUI of 
ubuntu desktop but these commands are absolutely essential for ubuntu 
servers as they install without the GUI.

Opening your terminal in Ubuntu is very easy. Just go to..