Thank you vaia. The thing that i love the most about linux is the 'linux community'. It is so easy to get help and support.
Thank you very much again. Hafiz Imtiaz 0306005 EEE,BUET Phone:- 01915698207 On Sun, 2008-05-11 at 19:42 +0600, Tarin Mahmood wrote: > Hi there! Welcome to Linux :) > > I'll try to help you as much I can, > > Q1. > There can be 3 solutions > sol 1: > Alt+F2 to bring up the run dialog box. then use your command without > the '&' > so what is this '&' do? > it runs an application in background. > > sol 2: > Create a shortcut, > Right click on the desktop and select "Create Launcher" > Give a name for the launcher and past/write the command in the > 'Command' text box. optionally you can set an icon for the launcher. > Click OK and your Launcher will be available in the desktop. You can > connect by double clicking it > > sol 3: > If you want to connect automatically upon login then use the solution, > System>Preference>Session > Click Add, 'Add Startup Program' Dialog box shown, now I hope you'll > understand what to do there :) > > > > Q2: > Believe me You'll be in lot better shape, if you just install it from > Synaptic, Don't worry about Line drop, Electricity as Package manager > is very very reliable with downloads. you can stop and resume anytime. > Just go with it. If there is any problems (ie. Electricity) then just > select the package again and start, it will resume from the last > position, > > If you want to compile and build you'll have to fight with dependency > problems which surely is not very please thing to do, and at the end > probably you'll have to download more then 65MB to compile it. > > > > Q3: > Well I have not worked with it, but searching gave me texmaker , looks > good to me. available in synaptic ;) > > > Q4: > Sorry no helps available :( > > > > On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 1:54 AM, Hafiz Imtiaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > Hello everybody, > > I am a new linux user. I have recently switched to Ubuntu 8.04 > from > Windows XP. I am facing some problems. Here they are: > > 1. I connect to the internet via SonyEricsson k550i using > "wvdial". > Every time i have to open the terminal and write "wvdial > gpinternet&" to > get connected to the internet and have to keep terminal open. > Is there > any way to connect to the internet bypassing terminal. Or, how > can i > keep my net connection intact after closing the terminal? > > 2. I have downloaded glest_3.1.2.tar.gz from > www.sourceforge.net, but i > cannot install it on my PC. I have seen "glest" available > through > Synaptic. But for that i have to download ~65MB [given the > electricity > condition and speed of internet in Bangladesh]. Could you > please tell me > the procedure of compiling/installing "glest" ? > > 3. I used MikTeX and WinEdt in Windows XP for preparing my > reports,etc. > I have found MikTeX for linux in Sourceforge but could not > find anything > replacing WinEdt. I have heard about "Kile" but i really don't > know how > to integrate it with MikTeX to compile TeX files and > make/convert those > to PDF. I also have a TexLive2007 CD. But still the problem is > integrating it with a LaTeX IDE like WinEdt. Please help. > > 4. I have installed MATLAB R2007a UNIX on my Ubuntu 8.04. But > i could > not find Image Acquisition Toolbox. I have done a "Full > Install" so i > think the toolbox was not in the DVD image. Can i have it > installed > manually now? > > Please do not get bothered by my long mail. I am a novice > linux user > with a lot of questions in my mind about doing all the things > i need to > do in linux just like in windows. > > Thanks in advance > > Hafiz Imtiaz > 0306005 > EEE,BUET > Phone:- 01915698207 > > > -- > ubuntu-bd mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bd > -- ubuntu-bd mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bd
