Problems as newbie

[Leslie Lewis]

A few more things:


> > 2.  I would like to install Lyx as my word proc but I can't figure out
> how to
> > install it after the download.


I have Lyx available for installation from Synaptic when I enable "Community
maintained Open Source software (universe)".

> 3.  One of my reasons for trying Ubuntu is that I would like to be able to
> > decode .wmv, .pph and some other Widows stuff that contacts insist on
> sending
> > me via e-mail, so far all I've been able to find out is that it's
> against linux
> > policy to supple the needed codecs. Is this fact or fiction?


You might like to investigate using Automatix, which I also have available
thru Synaptic when Universe is enabled.

> 4.  Evolution mail is too much lile Microsoft's Outlook Express for my
> likeing
> > so how do I get rid of it without disableing all of the other features,
> or is
> > there a better bunch of apps to do the job?



Evolution doesn't take much space. I think removing it is very difficult,
but just ignore it and it won't do much harm. You can reset your default
email handler to something you like better, like Thunderbird. You can also
edit the menu so it doesn't show up.

I hope this helps.
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