On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 08:01:25PM -0700, Art H wrote: } Hi all. Just so you know, I'm a newbie, I downloaded,burned and booted } up with Knoppix 4.0 with no problems and have been using Linux for a } few days now. I've tried searching for my question but can't find a } definite answer yet, which is, since I'm running Knoppix from my DVD } Rom, and don't write anything to my HD, how do I update a program, or } add a program, I've read alot about apt-get but can't find out how to } or where to put this or a tutorial on how to use this update feature.
You can expect to be told, repeatedly, that Knoppix is not Debian. You are especially especially likely be told this if you should try to get help on the #Debian IRC channel on FreeNode. That said... A CD or DVD is not a writeable medium (rewriteable notwithstanding). You can't update anything on it. You need Linux installed on a read/write medium (i.e. your HD) before you can make any such changes. If you will be installing on your HD, Knoppix is probably the wrong choice; it's a well-designed live CD/DVD but it has a lot of quirks when installed on-disk, to the point that most of the Debian folks who are happy to help with issues with Debian won't touch a newbie's Knoppix install with a ten-foot pole. I recommend installing Debian, or possibly Ubuntu (a Debian derivative). If you are willing to shell out some money, Xandros (another Debian derivative, very polished) is excellent. Of course, there are new Knoppix DVDs coming out fairly regularly. Updating simply by using a new DVD is trivial, but has nothing to do with apt-get. Unless you have a Debian-based distribution (or Fedora, but we won't go there) installed on your HD, apt-get is irrelevant. } I'm going to get a USB flash drive in order to be able to save my } settings after I shut my computer off. Also what program can I use to } read newsgroups? I'm using Google Groups at the moment. Thanks. Thunderbird (from the Mozilla project) is a pretty reasonable graphical newsreader. There is also knode, which is part of KDE. If you prefer something text-based (as I do), rather than graphical, the top contenders are slrn and tin. Of course, I prefer trn4 myself, and very soon either mutt will have NNTP support rolled in or mutt-ng (which does) will be packaged. --Greg -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
