Thank in advance.

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Or use one of the nightlybuilds for latest codeblocks...

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dudey calls...

"Never try to sneak up on someone who knows Martial Arts, is a Jedi, a Narnian Knight, and is standing in front of a mirror. Especially the last part." -Mene Mene

Installed my first distro in 2000 - only use windows when I have to now.

Love compiz - yeah it's mostly eye candy but beats Mac and Vista on that.

I can run the netbeans IDE on linux and not hit my swap file (1/2 gig or ram) but when I boot in XP - running netbeans hits the paging file (same thing) to the tune ot 371 Meg. And the hard drive usage drops doing that is murder on the battery.

Mike

Tallbill was correct that Debian GNU/Linux variants (like Ubuntu) do not have native support for RPM's, but you can use RPM's in Debian variants by using a package called Alien. Here's a link: http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ch-compat.en.html#s-otherpackages

Also, if there are any Windows programs that you haven't found a replacement for yet, you can probably still run them in Wine (a Windows compatibility layering program for Linux). I run my favorite HTML editor, CD-ripper, and photo viewer/editor through Wine, and they all work very well (except for a few minor display annoyances).

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dudey calls...

"Never try to sneak up on someone who knows Martial Arts, is a Jedi, a Narnian Knight, and is standing in front of a mirror. Especially the last part." -Mene Mene

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dudey calls...

"Never try to sneak up on someone who knows Martial Arts, is a Jedi, a Narnian Knight, and is standing in front of a mirror. Especially the last part." -Mene Mene

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Originally posted by evdude:
I got alien working, but when ever it runs it says it needs to 'Run as root to convert to .deb format(or as fakeroot)'. does this mean I have to log in as the root user? if so, how do I?

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EDIT: Never mind, it worked.

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dudey calls...

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[This message has been edited by evdude (edited November 25, 2007).]

and in some programs you have to compile/make and install the program from the source code yourself and i don't want to do that i want to download install and use the program just like i do in windows.

i think the idea behind linux is nice but developers are not trying hard enough in satisfying the regular developer/user as their target audience.

not just that in professional enviroment i don't think many people use linux it's most likely either windows or mac.

and i rather run a program made for the system rather than use an emulator too but it's all my opinion.

i guess linux got too boring too fast for me, i have lots of distros on cd's right now and i don't know what to do with them?? i am a windows user now.

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John 14:6

Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

I use Linux Mint (a Debian/Ubuntu variant) with the Gnome Desktop Environment, and there are two very simple methods for installing software that will always work. First, all Ubuntu systems come with a program called "Synaptic Package Manager" (or simply "Synaptic" or "Package Manager", sudo synaptic from the terminal). You can find almost all programs you are looking for there. When you select a program you wish to install, it will alert you of all required dependencies and add them to the installation list. For example, you simply select "monodevelop" from the package list (yeah... I checked, and it's there, new to Ubuntu 7.10) and it checks your system against the dependencies list and marks everything you don't have for installation. When you click "Apply," all of the packages you need are downloaded from the repositories and installed to your system. Linux Mint also has a new feature called "Mint Install" which boasts one-click installation of many popular programs (the list is rapidly growing).

Of course, all the downloading seems like a bother for those who don't have an internet connection, since you might not download everything you need when you do have access to the web. It turns out that this is also very easy to work around. If you go somewhere where there is an internet connection and search the repositories at http://packages.debian.org or http://packages.ubuntu.com (search your distribution first before checking other repositories to avoid potential conflicts) you can get a full list of dependencies to download so that you will not go home without all the necessary files. Since you mentioned monodevelop, here's the repository listing for that.

I'm not really trying to convert you. If you're settled on Windows, that's fine by me. I just want you to realize that your problems didn't have so much to do with Linux as they had to do with your lack of experience with Linux and your attempts to use it like a free version of Windows. Recent studies have suggested that people who have never used either operating system have an easier time with Ubuntu Linux than they do with Microsoft Windows Vista. If you ever feel like giving Linux another try, I personally recommend that you read the article "Linux != Windows" first. Also, give Linux Mint a try. It is a distribution whose main focus is making Linux practical and usable for the office and home desktop environment.

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[This message has been edited by blendenzo (edited November 25, 2007).]

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I'm not really trying to convert you. If you're settled on Windows, that's fine by me. I just want you to realize that your problems didn't have so much to do with Linux as they had to do with your lack of experience with Linux and your attempts to use it like a free version of Windows. Recent studies have suggested that people who have never used either operating system have an easier time with Ubuntu Linux than they do with Microsoft Windows Vista. If you ever feel like giving Linux another try, I personally recommend that you read the article "Linux != Windows" first. Also, give Linux Mint a try. It is a distribution whose main focus is making Linux practical and usable for the office and home desktop environment.

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i have more experience than you think and as i said i looked two weeks trying to get mono/monodevelop to run so that i could get started on this c# project on sourceforge but the thing is even after i downloaded lots of rpms,and stuff and installed them there was still problems with versions and i am mentioning this as an example.

i don't want to be obssesed with linux i just want to use my pc the easy way.

linux is really boring(to me now), the amount of software available for linux is not too bad considering it's open source but there are not enough varities to choose from not only that some softwares are made for windows only or for mac(look at photoshop) and the alternatives are not that good(gimp)i am sure if i gave it enought time and got obssesed with linux i can get used to the linux software but i'd rather use windows.

and to add on that i can't play dvd's on linux without violating the law, i can't play mp3's without using illegal software(lame i think).

and i rather not use wine to run my windows apps(for various reasons) stuff made for windows looks good on windows.

i don't think there is a lot that linux can do that windows can't(except stuff like the desktop fancy gui,etc..) and my hardware can't handle too much graphics and my processor is under 500mhz.

and not to mention the disclaimers i saw so far on linux distros is as-is software but it might not be that way with windows.

and in the case of windows you paid your money for it so you have the right to demand quaity service and quality software .in other words you get what you pay for. in linux you get what you get.

if linux works for you then good for you for me i would rather use windows since it is found on most computers and it is the most popular.

my experience with linux makes me think the phrase "you get what you pay for" might be more true than i thought.

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John 14:6

Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

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Originally posted by spade89:
you made a wrong assumption about me i know a lot about linux i have experience installing and using many distros(fedora,mandriva,ubuntu,kubuntu,edubuntu,open suse,puppy linux) and i do have experience installing/configuring/compiling/ programs in linux.

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anyways welcome to ccn i hope you will like it (specially if you are into gamews which i am not).

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John 14:6

Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Yeah, I'm into games. That's what brought me here... I've made a couple of games so far, but only one of them is up on my site, and it's from my pre-Linux days, so there's only a Windows version. It's technically cross-platform since I developed it with Blender, but the sound won't work on Linux or Mac (depends on PySonic and fmod).

Other than that, I'm big into web design. Don't judge me off my current site, though. It's a hobby site as of now, and its a hack together of the last two years of learning. My newer work (professional) is all valid XHTML 1.0 Strict, and I don't use tables for layout purposes anymore.

Anyway, enough off-topic... I forgot to mention that my kids like Linux better than Windows. After all, Windows doesn't have Tux

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