NEWBIE QUESTIONS

[Lee H.]

On Wed, 11 May 2005 18:08:59 -0700, you wrote:

>Hi.  I'm a windows user so please excuse the dumb questions.
>
>How do I download a program (package) and load it?
>
>I am using Synaptic Package Manager for getting packages.
>
> What I want to know is
>if I find a program on the internet, do I have to save it to a certain
>file area to UNZIP it and run the
>Synaptic program? 
>
>Do I have to use the text commands to open it? 
>
>Are there programs I can't use with Ubuntu?
>
>Here is an example, I am a ham radio operator and there is a
>packetcluster program called CLX.
>I went to the site, downloaded it to my desktop, and there I stand.  How
>do I take that program,
>unzip it and install it?  (am I windows or WHAT!)
>
>Sorry for taking up time and space here but I really do want to learn
>and this is REALLY foriegn
>to me.
>
>Thanks
>
>Barry

Thanks so much for having the guts to get on here and ask this.  

I am in the same situation.

I downloaded Opera and I think I installed it but when I click on Opera
in the programs menu nothing happens.  I haven't the faintest idea what
to do next.

How do I download and install BOINC so I can run SETI?  How do I get it
to start and run automatically when I start the computer?

None of the How-To's I have found come close to helping.

As for installing and configuring Email, news, and Networking with my
Windows machines, Ubuntu rocks.  I have managed to get farther with this
than with any other distro that I have tried.

Thank You Ubuntu team!


Lee H. in beautiful Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada!

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