-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 22 Jan 2005 17:12, dave needham wrote: > hi all,
Hi, Dave, and welcome. > hopeing some one can help me please.im a new user to linux migrating > from winxp and i will not be going back. im using the official mandrake > linux 10.0. To some extent the answer we give will depend on whether you have broadband access. If you have, you can have the latest versions of everything available from the Internet. If you haven't you are probably better off sticking with the applications as they come on your disks, and just downloading the updates for them. > i need to learn the best way to dwnload soft ware to my pc. The first thing to remember is that lots of security fixes have been made since the disks were prepared, so you must get an update source set up. If you use Mandrake Control Center > Software Management > Updates, the first time you use it, it will help you set up a source, which it will use every time after that. I'd recommend that you check there at least once a week. It will only recommend things that update the applications you have installed. > i > mean where is the easiest place on the pc to put them and i also whant to > learn how to extract them to a directory and be able to get them to work. > this should keep some one buisy to explain. Again, if you have broadband.... Go to easyurpmi.zarb.org and set up a source from each of the sections there. It will then give you a command that can be pasted in to a root console, and everything will be taken care of for you. After that, carry on as follows - If you don't have broadband, you may still wish to have a plf source as described above (they offer some applications that MandrakeSoft can't offer for legal or licensing reasons), but otherwise you will mainly stick to what's on your CDs. As for where to put them and how to get them going, use Mandrake Control Center > Software Installer > Install and it will take care of all that for you. Fairly high up on that screen, on the right-hand-side there is a radio button for Maximum Information. Select that, and you will see a lot of information about what packages do. That should be enough to get you started, but come back with any questions. Enjoy! Anne - -- Registered Linux User No.293302 (http://counter.li.org/) Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Mandrake at all levels -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFB8pIkkFAvMr/nNX8RAvRIAJ9JPPkjjf4OnqI7Ut2IUzN+RYuFsQCgilt1 CQfN9B5owxoojuBto50tAD4= =ztic -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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