Just using the demo or live mode - any Linux distro (Debian, Ubuntu, Mint etc) is severely limited in working features. During a first install as any system, including Windows, there are Updates that have to be applied. There are User Preferences among settings to set as you like it.
With the new Linux you would install you would have to run the Update manager (same as Windows Updates) generally to be able to even start installing and using softwares. So in other words, the Demo live version as a CD/DVD or USB Drive plugged in is generally ONLY going to allow browsing online and not really much more. It is just a look see and that is about it. The idea is if you like what you see, you install it, run and apply Updates and have the fun and/or productivity you wanted. The demo live distro is NOT a fully working model. This has been my experience over a couple years now with a handful of distros. As I remember you can not even install ANY software until Linux is installed on the computer - either only system or as a dual boot etc. Maybe that helps and I suspect from the thread here you may have been trying to do things on the demo version and not knowing you can not and were looking for how to do things and nothing you tried worked. true? gerald philly pa usa Intermediate Linux User HOME: http://linuxducks.webs.com/ PSSS... as a Windows user for years, I found with Linux it is as simple as if you know how to use a computer, like email and browsing the web and adjusting settings etc - then you already know how to use any operating system out here! Easy as pie. Really. ------------------------------------ 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/
