> From: "Sunil Dhaka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Installing Star Office and other related Newbies Probs not answered in FAQs > Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 20:36:26 +0530 > > Hi there, > I am new to Linux <cliche> :-) So there's me yelping 4 a lotsa helping > !!!! > 1. I have installed Linux RH 6.1 from the wonderful PCQ (I wonder what we > would do without them) > with Gnome. Then I installed SO. I couldn't figure out how to run SO. Any > suggestions? > > 2. Neways, I reinstalled Linux RH 6.1 with KDE this time. Everything was > kewl. Banged in SO, lo and behold, the menus in KDE had SO icons. Click SO > came on. I prefer Gnome ... so how do I get the SO icons in Gnome?? > > 3. Further, I want to upgrade SO 5 to SO 5.1 So do I just do and rpm on that > or do I first uninstall 5? > One thing for sure I know : SO 5 and SO 5.1 get installed in diff > directories !!! :-) > > 4. I installed MySQL too. Gosh!! Please will someone who wears the Guru > mantle guide me to have a database application to run on X. > > 5. Feb PCQ illustrated how to read Win directories thru Linux. I did wot I > was told to the letter. All I landed up > was with a new directory /mnt/dosc ( All empty) [ 0_0 ] BTW, I have a > triple OS machine running 95(FAT 32), NT 4 WorkStation (NTFS) and Linux RH > 6.1 Can I read / write FAT 32 / NTFS from Linux and how? > > 6. I installed LICQ and also the QT. All things bright and beautiful but > alas ... how do I run LICQ ???? > > 7. Last but not the least how do I run an installed application that has no > start icon or any other gui link ?? > (p.s. I did not use the word "shortcut" ---- c I already love linux !!! > > Thats all 4 now folks..... tho don't worry... I'll post some more of these > practical problems after these present ones get > answered by those Jedis / Yodas who live in the world of LINUX [ A thousand > salaams 2 them ] > > Regards and thx in advance > > Dax > > btw : Can we have the next Linux-Delhi meet somewhere in a more central > location rather than Okhla?? -------------------------------------------------------------------------- LI is all for free speech, but this list was created for a purpose -- to help popularise Linux in India. If your messages are counterproductive to that purpose, your privileges to submit messages can and will be revoked.
