Bean's right though. It can be slow at first, but once you get used to it, you'll wonder why people ever invented the mouse.
It just works. Lies. All lies.
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Posted 14 March 2013 - 06:15 PM
Or, to put it more politely, "Neener neener."
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Posted 14 March 2013 - 06:22 PM
Seriously. I strongly suggest you become familiar with installing software through terminal. It is incredibly fast and much more convenient than looking for installers as you would in Windows. It will also automatically install the necessary dependencies.
or if you're unsure of the name of package you're looking for:
If you ever have permissions trouble and don't have the inclination to learn about the chmod & chown commands just remember to "sudo" before the command you wish to issue.
Since learning terminal commands I feel a step closer to being in Star Trek and having a computer I talked to rather than being chained to clumsy visual metaphors.
As a side note, when I first started using computers (around 1991) I mostly just used DOS so terminal never really intimidated me. I would have figured your experience was similar, VP.
sudo apt-get install <name of application>
or if you're unsure of the name of package you're looking for:
sudo apt-cache search <partial name of the application>
If you ever have permissions trouble and don't have the inclination to learn about the chmod & chown commands just remember to "sudo" before the command you wish to issue.
Since learning terminal commands I feel a step closer to being in Star Trek and having a computer I talked to rather than being chained to clumsy visual metaphors.
As a side note, when I first started using computers (around 1991) I mostly just used DOS so terminal never really intimidated me. I would have figured your experience was similar, VP.
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Posted 15 March 2013 - 03:46 PM
Yeah, sudo apt-get is fast and easy, but I still don't use the terminal for most things.
My complaint wasn't specifically about the terminal, it was more about linux making it unnecessarily difficult for me to edit a read-only file. I did eventually get it to open with gedit just fine, only to discover that all of the tutorials i had found were just out of date enough to be useless. Sigh.
My complaint wasn't specifically about the terminal, it was more about linux making it unnecessarily difficult for me to edit a read-only file. I did eventually get it to open with gedit just fine, only to discover that all of the tutorials i had found were just out of date enough to be useless. Sigh.
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Posted 16 March 2013 - 08:49 AM
What distro are you using?
Did you get your folder shared happily?
Did you get your folder shared happily?
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Posted 16 March 2013 - 10:42 AM
Linux mint with xfce, and no, not yet. haven't tried for a few days, though. I should get on that.
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Posted 16 March 2013 - 11:57 AM
I remember having weird file sharing problems with Linux Mint. Wish I could remember how I resolved them in the end. I assume you've installed samba? In my experience Ubuntu is much better equipped to file share across platforms than Linux Mint, though I don't know why that is./>Linux mint with xfce, and no, not yet. haven't tried for a few days, though. I should get on that.
Let me know if you need any help.
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