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On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:24:02 +0000 Grant Sewell <dcglug@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I do agree, to some extend, with your sentiments regarding VirtualBox. > Unfortunately I believe one of the first hurdles is to try and get people > to accept that Linux is not Windows and activities/habits brought across > from Windows may not work under Linux. You heard about "VirtualBox" and > your first inclination was to look for it on the Internet and download what > was presented to you - a reasonable thing to do - Innotek's own .deb file. > Were you not inclined to find out whether VirtualBox was already in > Kubuntu's repository? > > Grant. > Actually I did have a look in my files list first and didn't find it. When I quickly found a deb file for my distro on the web site I went with it. If I hadn't found that file so easily I might well have started looking more into the repositories. By the way, I used VB just as an example where I was able to sort out problems easily whereas a newbie might have been lost. Neil Winchurst -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html