Freespre used to be great but I think it is dead now. It used to have an web site(FreeSpire.org) but it is dead now. When I ran Linspire, Freespire's paid dist., they had an downloader call CRM. He may want to try Linux XP, only it's a Fedora-based distro. david --- On Sun, 12/26/10, Scott <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Scott <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Emachines D 3315 full with Freespire Linx Xp To: [email protected] Date: Sunday, December 26, 2010, 7:24 AM On Sun, Dec 26, 2010 at 12:38:22AM -0000, wally wrote: > Now that I have it on my computer how do I put my favoriets programs on it? > As a newbie to linux is there any other things I should know? Like what kind > of anti virus or fire wall? > Thanks, I am sure I'll be back with more Questions. > Wally > I'm not familiar with Freespire. If it's Linux, you won't need an antivirus. The vast majority of malware is written for Windows. As for adding programs, hopefully, someone familar with Freespire can help. I would guess that it has a software manager somewhere in its menus that will allow you to search for available packages. Ah, a quick look at Distrowatch indicates that it's Ubuntu/Debian based. So, to search for software, use aptitude search <program_you_want> and when you find the name do aptitude install <program_name> If you get, after typing aptitude something like command not found, then just do apt-get install aptitude As you've said you're completely new to it, I should probably mention that you should do this by opening a terminal. Also, if it's Ubuntu based, the user you created should have sudo privilege. The commands I gave (for installing, such as aptitude install will need to be done with sudo, e.g., sudo aptitude install <program_name>). -- Scott Robbins PGP keyID EB3467D6 ( 1B48 077D 66F6 9DB0 FDC2 A409 FA54 EB34 67D6 ) gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys EB3467D6 Anya: What a day. Gimme a beer. Bartender: (deadpan) ID. (Anya glares at him.) Bartender: (deadpan) ID. Anya: I'm eleven hundred and twenty years old! Just gimme a frickin' beer! Bartender: (deadpan) ID. Anya: (sigh) Gimme a Coke. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
