Hi Every body I downloaded ubunto I just wanted to start writing python scripts on it but I don't no how I was just wondering if any of you guys or girls can help me , I know how to open the python shell in the terminal by just typing python but I want to write much larger scripts, can anybody point me in the right direction?

Hi!

Try to write your scripts in *.py files and exec it with "python script.py".
Or try to add "#!/usr/bin/python" at the beginning of your *.py file, make this file executable (by "chmod +x script.py") and run it as usual binary.

Good luck!

P.S. Mark Shuttleworth means ubuntu :)

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Sorry my terrible english...

For Ubuntu I would recommend downloading the Eric Python IDE from the applications/add remove programs. There you can also add Idle