Muon and Kubuntu Package Management

Bret Busby bret.busby at gmail.com
Thu Oct 31 20:09:14 UTC 2019


On 31/10/2019, Tommy Trussell <tommy.trussell at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 6:41 PM M.R.P. zensky via ubuntu-users <
> ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello I am somewhat new to linux Kubuntu. I am wanting access to FSF GNU
>> software can anyone give me suggestions for how to access this software.
>> Is
>> the trisquel repo best for this?. Also their is a graphical package
>> called
>> Muon on kubuntu.It slows me to add repositories but says to enter the
>> complete APT line on the repo that you want to add. What does this mean?
>> Do
>> I just type apt etc.etc. or sudo apt? Can anyone tell me what the best
>> repos are for linux? Or the best software cd rooms?
>>         also in ubuntu in the graphical interface I select discover and
>> then at the bottom of the screen I can select sources. When I do this at
>> the top of the screen it says snap than bellow that UBUNTU Default below
>> that their are a number of check boxes but half are not checked. What is
>> this?
>>
>
> Just to be clear, at some point in your message you switched from writing
> "Kubuntu" to "Ubuntu." Of course "under the hood" there are lots of
> similarities, but a lot about the way you interact with the different
> "flavors" of Ubuntu differ depending on which one(s) you're using. This is
> the ubuntu-users email list so most of the discussion here will assume
> "regular" Ubuntu (whatever that is -- you often have to specify even
> still).
>
> You might also want to join the kubuntu-users email list to be around
> discussions focused more specifically on Kubuntu.
>
> You also mentioned the trisquel repository -- If you are using Trisquel
> then you're starting from yet ANOTHER different place, so you might want to
> figure out where their folks hang out and be ready to ask questions there.

https://listas.trisquel.info/mailman/listinfo/

Users -
https://listas.trisquel.info/mailman/listinfo/trisquel-users

-- 
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
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