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On Fri, 5 Jan 2007 15:45:02 +0000 "Ben Goodger" <goodgerster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > IPv6 is fine providing your router and ISP are not crap - I had problems > only while with AOL. > Oh well, I must have a crap router. It was only when writing to a web site that I had problems, not when browsing. > I had to add extra repositories before I could see a complete list of > > available files. > > > This is because the extra repositories contain unsupported and proprietary > software. > Yes, I have heard that. I still feel that it would be a good idea to have all repositories available right from the start or at least make it easier the add the extra ones. > I had a floppy drive in my new computer (I know, but it was there) and > > it took a while and quite a lot of help from the group to get it > > working. > > > KDE again, I suspect. > No, actually it was a known error in /etc/fstab. > Adding new files using Adept seemed fine, but I had to learn to deal > > with packages that needed me to answer some questions along the way. At > > first I thought it had died on me. > > > Synaptic will expand the terminal automatically in the event of user input > being needed by debconf. Perhaps this is a hideously obvious bug in Adept > and should be reported? > Not really a bug. Click on Show Details and you can input any answers as required. It is just knowing this. It is not obvious. > My printer was found OK, but I couldn't get any utilities to work with > > it (eg checking ink quantity) at first. Eventually I installed escputil > > and all is now well. > > > Things don't work until you install them, well observed. Or have I > misunderstood? > Possibly. There were some utils already set up in System Settings > printers > printer tools. These did not work so I searched around and> found escputil which does work for me. > There were no icons on the desktop at all. OK, some people like to work > > that way. I suggest that those new to Linux will want and expect to > > find some icons already there. I have added a few for myself (26 in > > fact). They were fairly easy to set up except for Home. I had to be > > pointed in the right place for that one. > > > Ubuntu's policy is to not clutter the desktop. Admittedly, it's rather > obvious where to look for things that would be on the desktop in Windows in > regular Ubuntu (one clicks "places"), so again this could be considered a > bug in KDE. > > I like using a terminal screen. I had to add the necessary icon in > > Konqueror so that I can call it up from any folder. And yes, I do often > > use alt-F2. > > > KDE again... dear me, it's really bad this release. > > I couldn't get any sounds at first. Luckily I knew about Kmix. I found > > that everything was switched off. Seems strange. Anyway, I got it > > sorted out but a newcomer to Linux is going to be baffled I suggest. > > > No idea about that one, but I am not sure why ALSA would be disabled by > default. > > > > As I said just some first thoughts. I have a friend who is showing some > > interest. He will need quite a lot of help and hand-holding I think. > > > > > Any comments anyone? > > > Yes: make sure he avoids KDE. > What, and use Gnome?? Never, never, never!!!! > As you said, just some thoughts. > > -- > Ben Goodger > #391382 > --------------------- > > Mi admiras religiajn; ili estas fine ebliĝinta solvi la maljunegan demandon > "kiel oni povas vivi sencerbe?". > It is well-known that I am blunt and unsophisticated. It's largely your > fault if you object to this. -- 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