File Installation

[Duncan Lithgow]

On Thu, 2006-03-16 at 22:25 +0000, Michael Clayton wrote:
> The Items that i have tried to install came in a sequence.
> 
> first i wanted to install a windows program and since Ubuntu looked so much 
> like windows i thought it might be willing to install. thus i tried and it 
> did not want to install because it was not Linux compatible.
I agree with Sven, look at what Ubuntu can do for you, since you're new
to ubuntu and linux/gnu I suggest you avoid the command line. It can
kill your system if you type something wrong, and it is not needed very
often.

First go into (and I assume you have installed breezy) Application > Add
applications and start learning how that works by installing a few
things. Learn from there how repositories can be added.

Once you got the idea of that programme go into System > Administration
> Synaptic package manager and you'll see that it can do even more.

If you've done all that and still can't find a programme to do whatever
that windows software was for, then ask this list for suggested
software, if that still doesn't give you what you need _then_ you start
thinking about using wine and downloading packages manually.

Have fun, Duncan 
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