[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > 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??
>
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Q2 & Q7 : Go to Panel>Add New Launcher. Specify the path of the application. You can
change the Icon too. Drag the icon to the desktop if you like.
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