Re: [newbie] how to get apps on KDE desktop

1999-04-21 Thread sphilp
On Wed, Apr 21, 1999 at 09:09:46AM -0700, Linda & Mike wrote: > Steve, > > I appreciate your wanting to help. I feel at this time very frustrated > with Linux. I have Mandrake 5.3 installed and (hoping) that everything > installed is as it should be. > Anyway, I have a program called ProSplit

Re: [newbie] how to get apps on KDE desktop

1999-04-21 Thread sphilp
On Wed, Apr 21, 1999 at 09:11:39AM -0700, Linda & Mike wrote: > Steve, > > I also downloaded the 5.0 version of StarOffice and would very much like to > install it also. > > If it would help, my user is: /home/ladylake There are installation instruction websites available that will walk you th

Re: [newbie] how to get apps on KDE desktop

1999-04-21 Thread Linda & Mike
Steve, I also downloaded the 5.0 version of StarOffice and would very much like to install it also. If it would help, my user is: /home/ladylake Linda Hatch At 12:04 AM 4/21/99 -0400, you wrote: >On Mon, Apr 19, 1999 at 03:28:53PM -0700, Linda & Mike wrote: >> I wish that I was even as profic

Re: [newbie] how to get apps on KDE desktop

1999-04-21 Thread Linda & Mike
Steve, I appreciate your wanting to help. I feel at this time very frustrated with Linux. I have Mandrake 5.3 installed and (hoping) that everything installed is as it should be. Anyway, I have a program called ProSplitter and the file name is: splitv20x_tar.gz. It is currently on a floppy

Re: [newbie] how to get apps on KDE desktop

1999-04-20 Thread sphilp
On Mon, Apr 19, 1999 at 03:28:53PM -0700, Linda & Mike wrote: > I wish that I was even as proficient as you to be able to install a > program. I still can't figure out how to install a program and so it makes > me not want to even use the OS. Linda What programs are you trying to install? Ar

Re: [newbie] how to get apps on KDE desktop

1999-04-20 Thread Matt Stegman
The desktop icons are just files in ~/Desktop (where ~ stands for a user's home directory, usually /home/username). To create new ones, you can right-click anywhere on the desktop, and on the menu that pops up, go to the "New" submenu, and choose what object you'd like to create (applicat

Re: [newbie] how to get apps on KDE desktop

1999-04-20 Thread Linda & Mike
I wish that I was even as proficient as you to be able to install a program. I still can't figure out how to install a program and so it makes me not want to even use the OS. Linda At 09:09 AM 4/19/99 -1000, you wrote: >Hi there, >here is a very simple question from a very new user. I just i

[newbie] how to get apps on KDE desktop

1999-04-19 Thread Laurence P Adair
Hi there, here is a very simple question from a very new user. I just installed Mandrake 5.3 on my machine and I can't figure out how to associate applications as icons on the desktop or as items in that "K" menu (I can't remember what it's called). I think I have the Package Manager figured out