Ready to commit Ubuntu Kerry

[Brian McKee]

On Sat, 2009-04-25 at 23:46 -0600, Peter Thrun wrote:
> Need some help. Want to convince the world, at least mine that Ubuntu
> is a better option. But, I cannot for the life of me run anything I
> download. Windows, double click, and boom, program installed.
> 
> At present, tuxsaver-1.0-lmdk.i586.rpm, what can't I open or run
> it???? Or why can't I just double click and run?
> 

Because you aren't downloading the right things.  Would a program
designed for Vista run under Win95?

Do yourself a favour. Stop downloading software.  Instead, use either
Add/Remove programs or Synaptic - both already installed on your system.
That way you will always get the right stuff for the machine you are
using.  If by chance you hit something that isn't there, when you
download make sure you get something for your version of Ubuntu.

Do it once or twice and you'll realize it's actually easier.

See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InstallingSoftware for everything
you need to know.
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