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shymanta
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Ubuntu Linux
#8002466 - 02/09/08 08:57 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Has anyone tried this operating system? I got so sick of Windows I had to drop it and install a Linux OS.
I like it a lot. The only problem I've found is that I can't install programs. I've downloaded a couple, all Linux versions, like Mozilla Thunderbird and there's no setup file.
I'm new to the penguin. Dose anyone know how to go about installing programs on Ubuntu Linux?
Thanks
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jpizzle
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Re: Ubuntu Linux [Re: shymanta]
#8002609 - 02/09/08 09:31 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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apt-get... google it. do some searching for the synaptic package manager (this is the one you will be interested in). It's a program with a big database of programs that you can install and it makes it very easy. Look for a beginners guide to ubuntu. Linux is getting easier by the day but it still has some hurdles to overcome. (wifi support can be a pain)
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Boom
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Re: Ubuntu Linux [Re: shymanta]
#8003079 - 02/09/08 11:06 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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thunderbird should be on a new ubuntu install already, I think..
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wilshire
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Re: Ubuntu Linux [Re: shymanta]
#8003810 - 02/10/08 07:45 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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you'll use apt:
sudo apt-get install package_name
you can also use the graphical frontend to apt, synaptic. it's under administration under system in the menu.
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wilshire
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Re: Ubuntu Linux [Re: Boom]
#8003813 - 02/10/08 07:46 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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ubuntu comes with evolution as the default mail client.
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Boom
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Re: Ubuntu Linux [Re: wilshire]
#8003887 - 02/10/08 08:45 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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do you really use a dvorak keyboard?
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wilshire
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Re: Ubuntu Linux [Re: Boom]
#8004005 - 02/10/08 09:40 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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yep. much more comfortable.
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entiformatie
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Re: Ubuntu Linux [Re: wilshire]
#8010575 - 02/11/08 07:59 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Using Ubuntu, you have a few ways to install applications. One involves using synaptic. Do a google search and find out how to enable the repositories. When this is done, Synaptic and Apt-get will have access to many more applications. To use synaptic, open up terminal, enter sudo synaptic, enter your password, and synaptic will open up an intuitive GUI display.
Synaptic and apt-get will both compile the application for you. But for some applications, you will need to download what is called a tarball, and compile it yourself. These end in .tar or .tar.bz or some similar extension. When you've downloaded the tarball to a specific director, point a terminal (try using synaptic to download yakuake, which is a quake/drop-down style terminal that you access using f12) to that directory, and there is a set of commands you will run. Google instructions or look at the application website for help with compiling from source.
I highly recommend Ubuntu Hacks from O'Reilly. That's the book I used to familiarize myself with Ubuntu, and found it to be a great starting point. It gives you all the information you need on installing/compiling from source, modifying, and personalizing Ubuntu.
Don't be afraid to do some experimenting (but back up your data!). Look around, check out the Ubuntu forums, and google is soon going to become your favorite tool when you need some information.
Good luck
-------------------- /opinion .sean
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