It may look very 'pretty' on the wiki page (I am new to editing wiki pages and did not want to be over verbose and clutter it up).
I currently advise people of the wiki link and also http://forum.phillw.net/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=54#p73 if they want a bit more information. Either way, it is only until Lubuntu gets an update system by default. Regards, Phill. On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 12:01 PM, Andrew Woodhead < [email protected]> wrote: > Because email is text based so text based help is a logical step. Most of > the official documentation also includes text based help which is usually > quicker than a user trying to find what is being described and possibly > clicking the wrong thing and possibly screwing their system. A command from > a knowledgeable user will simply do the job and can be copy and pasted to > the terminal to precisely achieve the goal. > > > > > On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 11:48 AM, Steve <[email protected]>wrote: > >> On Thu, 08 Apr 2010 10:36:34 +0100, Andrew Woodhead < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> why not use command line, so much easier than messing with stupid slow >>> GUIs: >>> >>> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:lubuntu-desktop/ppa; sudo apt-get update; >>> sudo >>> apt-get upgrade >>> >>> or whatever. Simple to describe in an email rather than "click this click >>> that type this" etc >>> >>> >>> >>> Because some people are terrified of the command line. Apart from >> which, why offer only one solution when others are available >> >> >> -- >> Steve (Yorvyk) >> http://www.lubuntu.net >> > >
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