On Fri, 2005-09-23 at 09:19 -0500, Albert wrote: > Antony Gelberg wrote: > > Joseph Haig wrote: > > > >>--- Albert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>I am a new user of Debian. My first task after system install is > >>>to install Firefox and Tbird, preferably the latest 1.0.6 or > >>>1.0.7. It's a piece of cake to download and install these from > >>>the mozilla site, but I have no idea how I might then wrap them > >>>with an icon and to get them to show in the menus. Do debian > >>>users not do this sort of thing? If so, could someone point me > >>>to the appropriate documentation? > >> > >> > >>Firefox and Thunderbird are already in the Debian distribution. Try: > >> > >>$ apt-get install mozilla-firefox mozilla-thunderbird > >> > >>... or install them via aptitude. Hope this helps. > > > > > > It does, I'm sure, but I think we should teach new users how to fish > > more, rather than breastfeed them. No offence intended. > > > Oh, my. I've encountered the newbie police. I find it extremely > humorous that someone on Debian, which hides the complexities of Linux,
maybe I missed it, but I've not heard that claim before > struts around mocking newcomers to Debian as if they were newcomers to > Linux. For the record, bonehead, and insults don't generally inspire people to respond in a helpful manner, but then you prob knew that already ;) > I am probably here just long enough to > install a 2.6.x kernel so that I might use this dist as host for > building an LFS 6.1 system. My current LFS system is only 5.0. > > -- Michael Bane Atmospheric Physics Group University of Manchester -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
