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From: jellybean stonerfish on 11 Jun 2010 08:35 On Thu, 10 Jun 2010 19:40:19 -0700, RayLopez99 wrote: > > And thanks for your meager help. I'll find something else to ask about > later, assuming, as is always likely with hobbyware, I cannot figure out > how to install something. Already I'm unclear about what a 'repository' > of installations is, but I surmise it must be recommended software that > fits with the D.S.L. system requirements or some such. Proving that you > cannot, like in Windows, install any third-party software in your Linux > system. It has to be from an "approved" list. But I'll cross that > bridge when I complain about it. > > RL You can install whatever you like. If you want to install a package that was compiled by your distro, us your distro's version from your distro's package manager. If you want to install a different version, or something that isn't in your distro's repository, then you need to get the package from someplace else. Perhaps you would get it from the author of the software. For example; http://www.gimp.org/downloads for gimp, http://www.xaraxtreme.org/download.html for xaralx, or http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/ for the flash plugin. Some authors do not distribute compiled versions of their software. In these cases you get the source code and compile it, following it's instructions. You can even execute (make run, not make dead) some of your windows programs on your dsl system, with the 'wine' package.
From: RayLopez99 on 11 Jun 2010 17:03 On Jun 11, 3:35 pm, jellybean stonerfish <stonerf...(a)geocities.com> wrote: > You can even execute (make run, not make dead) some of your windows > programs on your dsl system, with the 'wine' package. Uh, Jellyfish thanks for the tips, but do you realize I'm running D.S.L. on a Pentium I with very little RAM? Doubt I can use "wine" for emulation of any sort. RL
From: J G Miller on 11 Jun 2010 18:09 On Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:08:52 -0700, RayLopez99 wrote: > Can't stand it when Linux is shown to be second rate, can you > (im)Poster? So why are you installing what you consider to be a second rate system?
From: RayLopez99 on 12 Jun 2010 04:18 On Jun 12, 1:09 am, J G Miller <mil...(a)yoyo.ORG> wrote: > On Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:08:52 -0700, RayLopez99 wrote: > > Can't stand it when Linux is shown to be second rate, can you > > (im)Poster? > > So why are you installing what you consider to be a second rate system? It's for somebody else that's a cheapskate (doesn't upgrade, throw away anything, and doesn't want to pay for a year subscription to an antivirus program like all competent Windows users use). RL
From: atec7 7 ""atec77" on 12 Jun 2010 04:36
RayLopez99 wrote: > On Jun 12, 1:09 am, J G Miller <mil...(a)yoyo.ORG> wrote: >> On Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:08:52 -0700, RayLopez99 wrote: >>> Can't stand it when Linux is shown to be second rate, can you >>> (im)Poster? >> So why are you installing what you consider to be a second rate system? > > It's for somebody else that's a cheapskate (doesn't upgrade, throw > away anything, and doesn't want to pay for a year subscription to an > antivirus program like all competent Windows users use). > > RL No one with a clue buys anything to do with winblows easy to run without rego and the best anti viri programs are free anyway Personally I run virtual machines on my old xeon multi with good performance |