Re: Listing Partitions?


Rick Moen wrote:
> John-Paul Stewart <jpstewart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Nope. Knoppix and Kubuntu are both Debian derivatives and want .deb
> > packages. RPM files are for Red Hat and derivatives (including Mandriva
> > and SuSE). You'll want to use "kdesu", which is part of the base KDE
> > packages, so it must already be installed. 'kdesu kate /etc/fstab'
> > should do what you want. (If I've been following the thread correctly!)
>
> Thanks, John-Paul. "kdesu" is clearly what I was trying to remember
> when I said "ksudo". In any event (see other post), we've now found the
> Kubuntu FAQ for Pete, which should help him significantly.
>
> Pete, a few words about why foreign packages are deprecated: Packages
> assembled for some other distribution often significantly depart from
> the design and configuration of your own distribution: They may put
> files in the wrong place, the contents may not work properly, and you
> may in some cases even damage your own installation.
>
> Joey Hess's "alien" utility is capable of installing packages from one
> distribution onto another with a different native package format -- and
> in rare cases, you have little option but to do that. However, you
> should do it only as a last resort.

is this of any use to this discussion?;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apt-rpm

and this specifically for pete - for perhaps a little understanding of
Packaging differences between the diff distros;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apt-get

Pete;
assuming you are using KDE as your desktop (or have i lost track in
this thread) - it's very easy to open a 'konsole', adjust the
parameters (themes/fonts) to your liking and run 'su' or 'sudo'
commands. Hover your mouse over the Desktop icon area that's 'very
similar' to a winblows QuickLaunch area - see the small black box -
that's the konsole.

.

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