to install gcc etc do<br><span style="font-style: italic;">sudo apt-get install </span><font size="-1"><span style="font-style: italic;">build-essential</span><br><br>That should get you up and going if you need to compile any thing
<br><br>For codes dvd playback MS Fonts etc <br>I'd try one of the third party projects for ease of use and speed if nothing else<br><br><a href="http://easyubuntu.freecontrib.org/">http://easyubuntu.freecontrib.org/</a> and
<br><a href="http://www.getautomatix.com/">http://www.getautomatix.com/</a><br><br>Openoffice, gimp etc come installed <br><br>To get NZ dictionarys installed see <br><a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LocalCustomisation/NewZealand">
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LocalCustomisation/NewZealand</a><br><br><br>ds<b><br></b></font><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 9/27/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Johann Schoonees</b> <<a href="mailto:j.schoonees@irl.cri.nz">
j.schoonees@irl.cri.nz</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Hi Ubuntu NZ<br><br>Does anyone have experience switching from Fedora to [k]ubuntu?
<br><br>I've been using Fedora at work (Core 2/KDE) and at home (Core 3/GNOME)<br>for a few years. I know just enough to get by but if anything<br>off-centre happens I have to run for help.<br><br>My FC3 at home needs upgrading mostly because getting multimedia stuff
<br>to work for the family has been a bit of a mess.<br><br>I tried an Ubunti liveCD and was initially put off because it did not<br>have gcc on it! I don't quite remember but it might not have had some<br>pretty standard tools like emacs or wget either. I am used to having
<br>development tools around for my little programming projects.<br><br>I am also aware that Ubuntu differs from Fedora in its packaging<br>parentage: Debian vs. Red Hat, apt vs. yum, etc. It looks as if I<br>might have to install quite a bit on top of the standard distro. We
<br>do have broadband.<br><br>Am I looking at a long learning curve? Dad is not going to be popular<br>at home if tux racer is out of commission for more than a day. Mum<br>uses it seriously for architectural consulting work - OpenOffice, the
<br>Gimp, etc.<br><br>I would want some control over putting /home and /usr/local (anything<br>else?) on a separate partition to make future upgrades easier.<br><br>War stories, tips, gotchas appreciated!<br><br>Thanks,<br>
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