where to install 3rd party software

Hi all, This is a basic question but I've been wondering for quite a while, so I'll just fire it away in this list. When I install third party software, say the apache server or jdk etc..., where should I install them? Some book say, if I remember correctly, all system-wide programs should be

Slrn Unreadable

Hi, My ISP has no more news-group service. I therefore tried slrn with the -h flag. It opens fine except I cant't read much since the display is blue on black, not very smart. I changed then the color settings both in /usr/lib/slrn/slrn.rc and ~/.slrn.rc to black on white, I then open slrn with

Au secours, je suis dans la M..... (was Superblock adresses ?)

I'm in deep S. I have been working on the computer of Her Who Must Be Obeyed, and when re-booting, had a problem: No system; had a closer look, I had mixed up the primary and secondary IDE cables. I unmixed them, rebooted, and now the partition with her home dir wont mount, she's loosing

Re: Can Mozilla and Netscape co-exist ?

Philips wrote: > > Sanchet Surendra Dighe wrote: > > > > Can those two browsers co-exist ? I already have Netscape and > > plan to install Mozilla. One will be for internet browsing(will > > have the proxy settings) and other one will be used for surfing > > the intranet(w/o proxy). This will avo

Re: [BOOT] Lilo and Nt4 2nd try

[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: > > On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, Oliver Ob wrote: > > > Hi folks, > > > > I finally did what we announced last week: I copied my NT4 onto my > > Linux harddrive > > win98 is hda1 > > linux is hda2 > > swap is hda3 > > ext is hda4 > > nt4 is hda5 > > > > now, i can boot wi

Re: Can Mozilla and Netscape co-exist ?

Sanchet Surendra Dighe wrote: > > Can those two browsers co-exist ? I already have Netscape and > plan to install Mozilla. One will be for internet browsing(will > have the proxy settings) and other one will be used for surfing > the intranet(w/o proxy). This will avoid me each time enabling/ > d

Re: How to tar and gzip a directory?

Hi Kervin, The comparison is really exhaustive. It's a good link you have sent. Thanks.. -Sanchet- -- Q: What does FAQ stand for? A: We are Frequently Asked this Question, and we have no idea. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message t