Hi,

no I didn't update the repo (how do I do that?) but I switched to a different 
location which I assume did the same thing. It looks different since this 
morning...

Thanks for your help, I continue to browse how to set up a different shell. 
Apparently it doesn't make any difference which one uses.

Jurgen

On Jun 4, 2010, at 10:19 AM, Ricardo G. Herdt [via Puredyne] wrote:

> The default terminal I think is rxvt. You can change it's settings 
> editing the file .Xdefaults (there are many examples on the internet). 
> Or install an easier to use terminal, like xfce4-terminal. Also, 
> regarding the 'cannot be installed' error, did you update the 
> repositories before trying to install any apps? 
> 
> 2010/6/3, terrabite <[hidden email]>:
> 
> > 
> > I think the 2 posts illustrate my confusion :-) Indeed the command is sudo 
> > su, but it took me a while to find out. The command I used so far (su -) 
> > renders an authentication error. 
> > The puredyne book is quite empty - I mean, the intriguing subject line 
> > "installing a full puredyne system onto hard disk" exists but there is no 
> > article. When I installed AV Linux first the entire idea of adding a grub 
> > and taking the risk to perhaps lose my partition with windoze frightened me 
> > considerably. So the empty article here wasn't so helpful :-) 
> > 
> > I found by now that the shell that comes with puredyne is a different 
> > flavor 
> > than I know, it is zsh. I think that's why things are a bit different. I 
> > think I can change that, I will find out later. 
> > 
> > Also, I find the terminal's gray characters hard to read. I haven't found a 
> > way yet to change the color scheme. Also the prompt surprised me, I thought 
> > it is $ for user - here it is % with a preceding string that I looks like 
> > (˜) but I'm neither sure nor do I understand the meaning. 
> > 
> > I will take some time out and find answers :-) Question marks that persist 
> > after 2 weeks will come up here. 
> > Hey, bluetooth is working, so is wireless networking, my audio hardware 
> > (RME) with Jack works flawlessly, I'm quite a lucky boy. 
> > 
> > Cheers and thanks for your help' 
> > Jurgen 
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