Re: Making Linux Easy for Newbies

kurt wrote:

Regardless of what the other posters have said, software OTHER than
what's included in a distrubution is USUALLY more difficult to install.
As a recent convert, I still have some difficulty getting programs to
work. And then there's the dependencies to deal with.

Either you can't (or won't) /read/ /the/ /instructions/ for the package
manager for your distro. Modern methods like /synaptic,/ /apt,/ or /rpm/
handle dependencies automatically for you. There are invariably programs
packaged for /your/ distro available on the 'net - just find the right
repositories.

If there's some obscure program that isn't packaged suitably for your
distro, email the software developer and request an appropriate .deb or
a .rpm - if the original developer doesn't do it, he'll pass you along to
someone who can. However, it's rare to find something /so/ obscure that
it's unavailable for your distro.

C.
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