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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 01/24/2018 04:03 PM, James L.
Parmenter wrote:<br>
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<div>Hi All;<br>
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I'm 68 yr old white male who's been using Windows
since Windows for Work Groups 3.1.1 I just installed Kubuntu
16.04.3 on my Laptop. I've done in the terminal Konsole, sudo
apt-get update and sudo apt-get upgrade, Discover has updated
259 updates automatically. I've re-booted twice since my
install. I've searched the Internet for things (guides) to do
after fresh install, but not sure about some of the advice..?
I've read some e-books about "how to's" yet not much info on
setting up the system for an everyday PC usage... I read an
article about KDE 5.8.8 and some backports..? being available
from the PPA..? Haven't installed it yet, PPA's leave me a bit
weary. I've tried Synaptic Package Manager but removed it cuz
I don't know what to look for..? No problems w/install, so
this is NOT Tech Support... just asking for advice for a "good
System"..! Thanks in advance,<br>
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James...<br>
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Well, James, I think you have made a BIG mistake. Synaptic is a real
useful app. It allows you to find and install a whole galaxy of
programs (apps) that you will find useful while you explore and use<br>
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your Linux system. And KDE 5.x is quite similar to Windows in the
way it works. If you like to put icons on screen to help you jump
right into an application, you can do that, or if you don't, you can
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use the Application Menu in the lower left corner of the screen,
where Windows has the Start icon. (FYI: Linux users like to call
the screen the "desktop"--maybe that's a Microsoft word, I don't
know.<br>
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The "tray" or "systray" (which is usually along the bottom edge of
the screen in KDE) is usually called the "panel" in Linux.<br>
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What to do after a fresh install, you seem to have done: you got all
the updates. After that, what you do is find programs that let you
do whatever you used to do with Windows. There are certainly<br>
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Linux routines that copy the same kind of routines that you used in
Windows--sometimes better! You'll find almost all of them in your
Synaptic, once you have reinstalled it! (Since you no longer have
it, <br>
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try <font color="#3333ff">sudo apt-get install synaptic</font>--I
hope that works.)<br>
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--doug<br>
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