[TAG] (forw) RE: (no subject)

[Rick Moen]

Forwarding back.

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Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:04:34 -0500
From: "Hunt, Melissa" <mhunt at Dewberry.com>
To: TAG <tag at lists.linuxgazette.net>
To: Rick Moen <rick at linuxmafia.com>
Subject: RE: [TAG] (no subject)

Thank you very much I appreciate the help without the "tone"....

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From: Rick Moen [mailto:rick at linuxmafia.com] 
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Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 4:01 PM
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Quoting Hunt, Melissa (mhunt at Dewberry.com):

> Im new to xandros linux...never used any linux operating system
> before...
> 
> How do I run/install downloaded programs using linux?

I appreciate Thomas's effort to help, but would like to suggest a
different approach.  Thomas essentially aided you in going directly to
Adobe's download site and getting a non-packaged (tar.gz compressed
file) generic set of files to provide Adobe Flash.  That set of files
isn't tailored for Xandros.  In general, you're almost always best
advised to stick with software tailored for your particular Linux
distribution.  For simplicity's sake, I'll skip the long list of
reasons.  <grin>

Here is a brief article called "Eee PC Tips:  A crash course in Linux",
which includes tips on installing software that is packaged _for_
Xandros but not included _in_ Xandros:
http://www.downloadsquad.com/2007/11/06/eee-pc-tips-a-crash-course-in-li
nux/

The article links to a separate page
(http://wiki.eeeuser.com/addingxandrosrepos), about how to enable
Xandros's package-management system's access to non-Xandros "package
repositories" on the Internet -- such as the one specified in this line
that the page wants you to append to system file /etc/apt/sources.list:

   deb http://www.geekconnection.org/ xandros4 main

Following those instructions will permit you to fetch package
"adobe-flash-player", which is a Xandros-ised package providing the
Adobe Flash player and plug-in.

Here is the Web forum post where I first saw mention of that:
http://forums.xandros.com/viewtopic.php?t=33668&highlight=flash

I hope the above tips are useful to you.  It looks as if some or all of
the sites mentioned are good places for Xandros-related help, generally.

-- 
Cheers,                "I'm sorry Dan, what's right isn't always
popular, 
Rick Moen              and what's popular isn't always right."
rick at linuxmafia.com                     -- George R. Moscone, Nov. 27,
1978

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