Probably stupid question, but

[chris]

On 28/08/13 07:05, Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Tuesday 27 August 2013 14:53:42 Ric Moore did opine:
>
>> On 08/27/2013 01:18 PM, Gene Heskett wrote:
>>> On Tuesday 27 August 2013 12:31:56 Liam Proven did opine:
>>>> On 25 August 2013 18:51, Gene Heskett <gheskett at wdtv.com> wrote:
>>>>> So how does one go about coaxing adobe to disgorge the correct .bin
>>>>> containing the .deb?
>>>> You don't.
>>> And then you have the nerve to upbraid me for building from a tarball
>>> or installing the vendors .bin?
>> Gene, Liam gave you good advice, ~within the Ubuntu sphere of things~.
>> Of course, olde time Red Hat users expect to install exotic apps
>> straight from the vendor. But, not all distros keep lib locations and
>> versions the same. I'm running 13.04 and the nVidia driver, straight
>> from nVidia, for the first time ever just refused to work. The same
>> could easily happen with adobe. So, since Ubuntu is FAR more liberal
>> that Red Hat, you can easily install flash and nVidia drivers straight
>> from the repos, ~IF you enable them~, as was first pointed out. I used
>> the package manager to install my nVidia driver and nary a burp in the
>> barrel. I even have a repo that I use strictly for Java, which updates
>> itself routinely. I can't ask for better.
>>
>> The only time I would go outside the sphere of Ubuntu packages is if the
>> package clearly fails, or cannot be obtained any other way. Which is
>> rarely.
> Your IF is a very big hurdle for the newbie to jump.  IMO there should be a
> way to enable that link long enough to see what it has to offer, without
> the newbie having to jump through flaming hoops to just look at it.  Only
> if there is something there that he needs, should he/she have to sudo to
> install it.
>
> This girl of about 55 is intelligent but computer illiterate, and I am
> trying to put enough stuff on it that she can actually DO something once
> she gets whatever level of networking running that is available at her
> place 10 miles up Loveberry Road, which is several miles west of I-79 up
> Copely Road.  I suspect not much speed is available out there on that much
> copper but we'll see.  I may be spinning my wheels, but if I was afraid of
> that, I shouldn't have offered to look at her machine in the first place.
> ;)
>
> Cheers, Gene
On a similar theme I had the experience last night of having an 85 year 
old lasscomplaining bitterly about win 8.  (so whats new).  I mentioned 
Ubuntu to her, and shehas decided to get in touch with the users group 
in her area to see about installing it on her laptop.
Brave lady
da kiwi