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[Tom <question77437@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Question #77437 on nautilus in ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+question/77437

    Status: Open => Answered

Tom proposed the following answer:
That command "sudo fdisk -l" might reveal differences in the way you've
partitioned it this time.  Linux partition editors can create many
different types of partitions but Windows ones are limited to Windows
styles.

I think it's better to just use Ubuntu and gradually find out what's different rather than studying theory and then trying to apply it - but there's a lot of options.  A quick guide for dipping into 
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SwitchingToUbuntu/FromWindows

For something a bit more serious there are many magazines, books in bookstores, courses online and stuff like this
http://www.ubuntu.com/training/certificationcourses
http://educhoices.org/articles/Useful_Tutorials_on_Linux_and_UNIX_for_Beginners_and_Experts_Alike.html
and probably hunting around Free Software Foundation might find something
http://www.fsf.org/
but i really think it's probably a lot better to try to just use it and find your way around problems.  

It's amazing how quickly you learn just by watching a few movies and playing some games, let alone what happens when you start using the Office packages in Ubuntu.  Err, i guess this guide could be helpful for sorting out almost all your multimedia since you've just completed a fresh install :)
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu

I've found that helping out in the Answers forum has taught me a lot,
although i also learned quite a bit from when i tried to help out in
bug-squad and translations (look up at the header along the top of this
thread and click on a few things there ;) ).  More of us volunteering
help to people having troubles with familiar things, such as installing
or helping people by using documentation to look stuff up and provide
relevant links for people have found ourselves learning to become more
familiar with linux as a whole.

One advantage in linux is that whichever distro (such as Ubuntu,
Mandriva, RedHat) you learn you'll find that a lot of that knowledge
works in all (or most of) the other distros too.  Between Win98 and
Vista there were huge differences but linux distros have a lot more in
common with each other than that once you scratch the surface.

Good luck and regards from
Tom :)

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