New guy

[J Bickhard]

I actually don't use Jaunty, I just remembered that I use 8.10. I have
an upgrade coming in the mail any day now.

On 5/19/09, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> On 05/19/2009 07:21 PM, J Bickhard wrote:
>> what good does synaptic do me when i have no internet on that machine?
>>
>> On 5/19/09, Brian McKee <brian.mckee at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Tue, 2009-05-19 at 20:31 -0500, J Bickhard wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 5/19/09, Brian McKee <brian.mckee at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> > On Tue, 2009-05-19 at 17:28 -0500, J Bickhard wrote:
>>>> >> Hello! I'm the new guy. I just installed Jackalope on my Pentium III
>>>> >> 800Mhz computer, and it works great. However, I was wondering if
>>>> >> someone could explain to a Linux/Unix/Ubuntu n00b how to enable the
>>>> >> 3d
>>>> >> cube and Compiz?
>>>> > If your video card is of the same vintage as the rest of your
>>>> > computer,
>>>> > it's quite possible you won't be able to do it with that hardware.
>>>> No idea, but I think it is opengl-compatible, I can enable the
>>>> advanced stuffs, but can't get to the menu with the 3d cube, how do i
>>>> get to the 3d cube?
>>> OK, you've got a shot then.
>>> You need to install  compiz-fusion-plugins-extra.
>>> Search for compiz in Synaptic.
>>>
>>> Brian
>>>
>>
>>
>
> You have internet access now. Go to:
> http://packages.ubuntu.com/jaunty/simple-ccsm
> Click on 'all' underneath 'Download simple-ccsm', and download the .deb
> file from one of the mirrors. The file will be:
> simple-ccsm_0.8.2-0ubuntu1_all.deb
> From Nautilus (Places|Home) navigate to where you downloaded the .deb
> file and double-click it & follow the prompts to install. When finished,
> you will find the program in System|Preferences|CompizConfig Settings
> Mangager (google it). From there you will find the settings for cube,
> rotate etc. I also recommend that you google/yahoo/whatever on:
>
> <http://www.google.com/search?complete=0&hl=en&q=packages.ubuntu&btnG=Search>
> <http://www.google.com/search?complete=0&hl=en&q=ubuntu+%2Bcompiz&btnG=Search>
>
> And spend some time reviewing:
> https://help.ubuntu.com/
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community
> The search boxes use Google search, so the format is the same - meaning
> you can search with quotes etc. Example: "compiz manager" or compiz
> +manager.
>
>
>
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