[xubuntu-users] Install software

[Rob Ward]

On 11/05/16 04:56, Thomas Blasejewicz wrote:
> On 2016/05/11 0:39, Petter Adsen wrote:
>> On Tue, 10 May 2016 23:18:23 +0900
>> Thomas Blasejewicz <nyuwa at hb.tp1.jp> wrote:
>> Do I really have to do that terminal typing acrobatics for each and
>> every piece of software
>> You don't have to, but you can. It pays off to learn how to use basic
>> things like apt, and it's not complicated.
>>
>> Petter
> Thank you, but I doubt that.
> I believe I did learn a number of "terminal tricks" along the way, but 
> ...
> I have been desparately struggling for EIGHT years (on and off), 
> trying to get friendly with Linux (multiple machines, multiple flavors 
> ...)
> in order to get away from Windows, but still am not getting anywhere.
> I guess that means I am too stupid and should not be allowed anywhere 
> near a computer.
>
>
If I can do it (everything in household is now either XUbuntu 
(3machines, Intel clone+MacBookPro+WWW Server) or Android (2 phones and 
a Tablet)), you can.
I had 25 years of Win NT/XP myopia clocked up, and cleared the decks 
when I retired by going all Linux. Very invigorating.  A proper full 
featured colour printer driver (that I can use) is the only big thing 
that has eluded me over 5 years. I use a mixture of the simpler terminal 
tricks, but GUI most of the time is fine. I used cmdline in NT/XP a bit 
too, so not much different.

Don't give up, you will get there!

Rob
http://www.laketyersbeach.net.au/XP2XU.html