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On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 11:52:30 +0100 Neil Williams <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Hello Neil, > Brad Rogers <brad@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > .deb packages are just tar/gzip archives, so you'll have all the > > relevant tools available to rip out the .conf file. > True, but it isn't intuitive and you have to unpack the tar.gz AND Hey, I never said it was easy. :-) When it comes to this sort of thing, I tend to give someone enough information so they can get started. There's still a bit of figuring out to do, obviously. I suppose you could say I'm a "teach someone to fish" man, rather than a "give him a fish" type; If you give someone a fish, you've given them a meal. If you teach them to fish, they can feed themselves for the rest of their lives. Not a perfect analogy, but you get the idea, I'm sure. Also, as a comparative newbie to Linux (less than four years), I'm still learning a lot of things, myself. -- Regards _ / ) "The blindingly obvious is / _)rad never immediately apparent" I'd hate to look into those eyes and see an ounce of pain Sweet Child O'Mine - Guns 'N' Roses
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