Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] adding the ppa updating

2010-04-08 Thread Andrew Woodhead
why not use command line, so much easier than messing with stupid slow GUIs: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:lubuntu-desktop/ppa; sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get upgrade or whatever. Simple to describe in qan email rather than click this click that type this etc On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 10:19 PM,

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] adding the ppa updating

2010-04-08 Thread Steve
On Thu, 08 Apr 2010 10:36:34 +0100, Andrew Woodhead andrew.woodhead...@googlemail.com wrote: why not use command line, so much easier than messing with stupid slow GUIs: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:lubuntu-desktop/ppa; sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get upgrade or whatever. Simple to

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] adding the ppa updating

2010-04-08 Thread Phillip Whiteside
It may look very 'pretty' on the wiki page (I am new to editing wiki pages and did not want to be over verbose and clutter it up). I currently advise people of the wiki link and also http://forum.phillw.net/viewtopic.php?f=4t=54#p73 if they want a bit more information. Either way, it is only

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] adding the ppa updating

2010-04-08 Thread Phillip Whiteside
Regarding the 3 comments, the link I provide to people actually does give a lot of information as to the 'whys and wherefores' of using the cli (And how to access it) it does actually explain what the commands are doing. Any 'how to' that needs the elevation to sudo powers regardless of CLI or

[Lubuntu-desktop] what to do

2010-04-08 Thread Phillip Whiteside
Hi, you will have seen the emails going backwards and forwards regarding keeping a Lubuntu installation up to date. There is only one word to describe the act of providing console-only help to new users who are lost in the terminal: *LAZINESS* I have tried to my very limited knowledge to help

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] what to do

2010-04-08 Thread Julien Lavergne
Le jeudi 08 avril 2010 à 22:38 +0100, Phillip Whiteside a écrit : Hi, you will have seen the emails going backwards and forwards regarding keeping a Lubuntu installation up to date. There is only one word to describe the act of providing console-only help to new users who are lost in

Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] what to do

2010-04-08 Thread Phillip Whiteside
On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 11:45 PM, Julien Lavergne gi...@ubuntu.com wrote: However, for the wiki page, I'll re-organize it a bit, adding too much information in the Install section make it less clear IMO. Thanks, I apologise for not knowing how to add a new section, as it was only to be there