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There are so many programs in the repositories though I don't see how
I can
know if what I want is there?...
Most packages have pretty good descriptions attached to them, so I find if I
don't know the name of a package I'm looking for, I can just use synaptic
to search for task related key-words (such as 'bittorrent' or 'music player'
or some such thing). This will usually give me a pretty good list of options
to pick from.
OK, I think I'm seeing the diferances to Windows. You can see how the
bad
behaviour and habbits that I have developed from using Windows are affecting
my ability to use Linux though. What about software that isn't in the
Linux
repositories that I cannot do with out ?....
I think you'll be surprised how rarely this actually happens, especially on debian
based distros (like Ubuntu). In the rare circumstance where there's something
you really need and it's not available via apt-get, then downloading the
source and doing a "configure;make;make install" is really the only option
you have left. This is something you should always avoid though, because
this program now exists outside of your packaging system. This means you
won't receive automatic security updates and bug fixes which could leave
your system vulnerable.
Just out of curiosity, is there a particular package that you do need that
isn't in the repository, or are you just speculating?
THere are lots of packages that I expext aren't in the repositories but
only because I am interested in making music. An FTP client as long as it
transfers the files doesn't matter which ones it is but with music programs
sometimes one paticular function can really diferintiate it from another.
Although saying this I must admit that I havn't fully cheked out the Linux
music programs that people have pointed me towards here I as alternatives.
My suspision,baised on other software that I have used; IE to Firefox; cute
FTP to GFTP; Outlook to Evolution, is that they will be maybe slightly different
but in no way inferior. THere is one program, Ableton Live that I have paticular
interest in and the OS alternaitve Adour prehaps won't be as easy for me
to pick up but will no doubt have similar if not better capabilities. I
am in the process of installing it and learning it now.......
Cheers, Jon.
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