On Fri, 2002-11-08 at 03:17, Gary Armstrong wrote: > Couple of questions from a true newbie: > > 1) How do you figure out the names of applications available to solve a > particular need? > If you KNOW your need, you can check through heaps of different linux archives... http://sourceforge.net http://freshmeat.net http://www.icewalk.com http://www.linuxapps.com ...for a start... > 2) In particular, I'm looking for the best FREE case tool. I'm trying to > demo argo(is there a better one?). The home page didn't appear to have > an rpm. How do I know if there is one out there in the ether? It also > requires jre which doesn't seem to be installed on my mdk9.0 machine. > Tried urpmi java and it doesn't appear to be on the CDs either, but not > knowing what it's called, this could all be a newbie problem. > Do you really need the RPM's or maybe you should get the source and compile them yourself? It's almost easier to set your system up to do the proper compiling and to do exactly that - you have more control over where programs are placed (you can create sub-dirs just for your test programs - like /usr/testing or whathaveyou) - the java stuff you should be able to download and install without a hitch as well.
> 3) I've been using the Mozilla browser. Its download manager doesn't > appear capable of restarting. That has already been painful. Can I get > it to use a different download manager and what would that be? Is there > some better way? > There are several download managers for Gnome and KDE - you can check at http://apps.kde.com http://www.gnome.org > 4) I've the seen the command to find rpms on the net go by several > times, didn't think I'd need it soon. Sorry for the assumption, but > what's the command to find rpms on the net? > Open up a terminal window and type rpmfind - or better yet, man rpmfind - that will give you all the instructions necessary...!! > 5) How much difference is there between linux distributions? As in, does > the doc for one release apply to all? Is there some kind of enormous > organized FAQ out there? Differences between distros are like differences between coffees at a coffee shop...in distros, the basic file structures are the same, but each distro places things in different places...for instance...in RedHat, my DEFAULT Enlightenment dirs were /usr/share/enlightenment and that was it. In Mandrake v9, they are /usr/share/enlightenment, /usr/X11R6/share/enlightenment and /etc/X11/enlightenment - each distro puts things where the logical mind behind the distro deems it necessary...mind you - you can change that as well...each distro has different routines for installation, hardware detection, default setups, application, game, multimedia and utility setups...the list goes on...overall, though, you can change them to suit YOUR needs in the end. > > TIA > Gary -- Fri Nov 8 09:40:00 EST 2002 -------------------------------- | __ __ | | / \ /| |'-. | | .\__/ || | | | | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | | | / \__.`=._) (_ |kuhn media australia | |/ ._/ |"""""""""| |http://kma.0catch.com | |'. `\ | | |stephen kuhn | ;"""/ / | | |email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | smk ) /_/| |.-------.| |mobile: 0410-728-389 | ' `-`' " " | -------------------------------- I'm sick of being trodden on! The Elder Gods say they can make me a man! All it costs is my soul! I'll do it, cuz NOW I'M MAD!!! - Necronomicomics #1, Jack Herman & Jeff Dee
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