On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 7:06 PM, Dale Snell <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Wed, 21 Mar 2012 18:09:29 -0700
> Denis Heidtmann <[email protected]> ranted:
>
> > Wanting to make a live usb of 10.04 LTS, I went to the website (
> > http://www.ubuntu.com/download/ubuntu/download) and followed the
> > instructions.  It seemed very well laid out--step-by-step
> > instructions. Then I got to a line where it said  "2. open the dash
> > and ..."  WTF is the dash?
>
> That is the Debian version of the Bash shell, I believe.  You should
> be able to simply open a terminal (shell) window and got with whatever
> the instructions are.
>
> > The real frustration is that I could not find a reasonable place to
> > make a comment.  I guess if a comment location were easily visible
> > they would be overloaded with stupid users ranting.
>
> Try the following:
> * On the web:  <http://ubuntuforums.org/>
> * On IRC:  #ubuntu on irc.freenode.net
> * There is a local ubuntu mailing list as well, I believe.
> * And, of course, there's the PLUG mailing list.  :-)
>
> The #ubuntu channel seemed to be quite busy when I checked just now.
>
> Anyway, I hope this helps.  If not, remember, it's worth every penny
> you paid for it!  :-)
>
> --Dale
>
>
dash in this case is the Unity equivalent of System/administration, an
entry into a GUI which has Startup Disk Creator as a launch button.

-Denis
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