On Mon, 21 May 2007 09:36:39 +0200 "Raffaele Morelli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 2007/5/21, S C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > For months now I have been trying to make Debian behave like a real OS. > > However, I still cannot print, format/initialize a new cd or use one to back > > up files, get the sound working, watch a movie or read images from my > > digital camera. With Windows all this was simple. I downloaded the > > relevant program, set it up and it worked. Windows is supposed to be > > devilspawn and doomed, and maybe it is. It does, however, have one saving > > grace; it works. It works without expecting me to become a systems > > engineer. > > > > When I go to someplace like freenode/#debian I am ignored. Maybe I should > > say to Hell with Linux and sell my story to Microsoft. Obviously I don't > > really want to, but how much longer should I put up with a partial OS? I > > don't mind telling you I'm damned sick of it. > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Hi, > > what do you wanna do? > printing -->> from a superuser shell, apt-get install cupsys. Then you are > ready to print, just configure those necessary thing. > R/RW cd -->> still as a SU, apt-get install k3b. Then just launch it and > reply to answers > movies -->> apt-get install xine and then configure > .... and so on. > Or mplayer, plays all those movies out of the box that windows makes you chase codecs for days to get partially working > You can't expect debian behaves like windows, it's clearly another flavour > so you must read some documentation (apt-get install debian-reference) and > man pages. No systems engineer is needed to be a debian user but not being > lazy is useful (needed) instead ;) > > raffaele -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]