On Friday 26 March 2004 8:08 pm, William Hatfield pondered and enlightened us with: > Cool, thanks Mark. > > I have downloaded this software, the one for Linux with Java. > > http://www.childhooddiseases.org/dOL/download_instructions.html > > I try to install it and I get a Java error. I am running 9.2 on a dual boot > system. What's the error? Are you installing the bin from a root console or a user console?
> I haven't quite got the hang of how to install things on Mandrake. I > downloaded the Starter Guide, but it is still like greek to me. There is not one way to install things on Linux, there are about 42 or so. :-) Several books that I have used include: LINUX: THE COMPLETE REFERENCE, 5/E THE LINUX COOKBOOK LINUX ETUDES RUNNING LINUX One of the problems with Linux books is there current-ness. Many books offered are way out of date. Mandrake is very similar to Red Hat, so a current Red Hat book could be a good buy. But don't leave us, as there is alot of useful stuff that is not documented in books, that only we Mandrake folks know about. I have been running Linux for about 4 years, and finally basic running is pretty easy for me. confusion is normal in the beginning, And I am not an IT professional, even normal folks can run linux, you just have to stick with it. And the pundits that talk about how linux is not ready for the desktop have no idea what they are talking about. Linux has been ready for this desktop for the last 4 years. I run a 100% MS free PC. My processor has never seen MS code. Rob -- Linux: For the people, by the people. Linux Counter #183693 http://counter.li.org/
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