# linix help **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [January 10, 2007, 5:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linix-help/22885 "2007-01-10T17:28:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Skurge](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/skurge/32/7285_2.png) [@Skurge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Skurge)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2007, 5:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linix-help/22885/1 "2007-01-10T17:28:36Z")
ok installed ubuntu, cause gay windows wont run stable on my 3rd computer for some reason anyway, install went fine, wireless installed great, everything runs 100% only shitty thing is i cant save things to anywhere other than my desktop, tried going in to root and file system and adjusting the properties, says i’m not the owner of these files blah blah , cant enable write and such what to do? i’m not a noob at this, but its been about 6 years since i’ve really touched this OS ---
**Author:** ![ryanmcell](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ryanmcell/32/7510_2.png) [@ryanmcell](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ryanmcell)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2007, 5:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linix-help/22885/2 "2007-01-10T17:38:46Z")
Ubunto gnome? Press alt + f2 and type gksudo nautilus I think in gnome thats the command so that you can just drag and drop, but don’t quote me cuz its been awhile since I’ve touched that version. Also are you logged in as root?(su) Or i think in ubuntu its called sudo. ---
**Author:** ![Skurge](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/skurge/32/7285_2.png) [@Skurge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Skurge)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2007, 5:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linix-help/22885/3 "2007-01-10T17:41:35Z")
not sure what i’m logged in as, when it boots, just comes to a type username in and then PW could i just type in root and log in that way? maybe thats my problem heh will try those commands as soon as my memory test is done 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2007, 6:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linix-help/22885/4 "2007-01-10T18:32:44Z")
the problem is that u must be root(administrator) to write files to the root of ur drive the answer in the end is that u just cant AND dont want to save files there. just save the files in ur home folder, theres really no reason not to if for some administration purposes u need to save a file to the filesystem u should do it through ur unix shell ---
**Author:** ![Skurge](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/skurge/32/7285_2.png) [@Skurge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Skurge)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2007, 7:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linix-help/22885/5 "2007-01-10T19:19:37Z")
> [@boardjnky4](#): > > the problem is that u must be root(administrator) to write files to the root of ur drive > > the answer in the end is that u just cant AND dont want to save files there. > > just save the files in ur home folder, theres really no reason not to > > if for some administration purposes u need to save a file to the filesystem u should do it through ur unix shell ahh i see now, so just make folders under my username in “home” and thats where i should throw all my stuff? didn’t see that before or didn’t realize I was able to write to it I think this comp is overkill for ubuntu, 1.6P4 1gb ram and a 128mb radeon 9700 pro lol ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2007, 8:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linix-help/22885/6 "2007-01-10T20:02:12Z")
You got probblems cause its linux not linix ---
**Author:** ![Skurge](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/skurge/32/7285_2.png) [@Skurge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Skurge)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2007, 8:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linix-help/22885/7 "2007-01-10T20:03:57Z")
yea i realized I typo’d that after i made the thread rofl ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2007, 8:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linix-help/22885/8 "2007-01-10T20:14:04Z")
> [@Skurge](#): > > ahh i see now, so just make folders under my username in “home” and thats where i should throw all my stuff? > > didn’t see that before or didn’t realize I was able to write to it > > I think this comp is overkill for ubuntu, 1.6P4 1gb ram and a 128mb radeon 9700 pro lol yep, create folders inside ur home folder and u will have full permissions oh and search google for automatix 2.0 get it and use it to install programs, its got a lot of useful shit oh and, i think that setup is nice for an ubuntu machine