Re: [Dorset] Linux Distribution of choice?

2012-04-12 Thread CPK Smithies
For me, questions of which desktop / which server system are somewhat interconnected because the familiarity of using the desktop distribution can be mighty helpful when suddenly dealing with a problem on a managed server. Regarding Ubuntu Unity, I've been keeping an open mind - and getting used t

Re: [Dorset] Go is Go

2012-04-12 Thread CPK Smithies
Thanks for putting me on to this new language. It's certainly interesting, particularly because it tries to marry the power and flexibility of some of the convenience offered by dynamic scripted languages with the efficiency of statically compiled ones. A few things have caused me to go "ouch" so

Re: [Dorset] Download problem - Please help!

2012-04-12 Thread John Carlyle-Clarke
On 12/04/12 23:20, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Thanks for your help - I am determined to get the hang of Linux and > would like to make much more use of the terminal screen too. I learnt this decades ago so not a lot of point me referring you to what I used. I've had a bit of a look and came up w

Re: [Dorset] Download problem - Please help!

2012-04-12 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Charles, > I tried Keith's method first by copy/paste; seemed to install, but I > could not find the installed file. After installing a package you don't need to go looking for its files. They will be installed in a central place and the new commands it makes available to you will be found aut