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| From | Henry Wilson <HGW@home.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.misc |
| Subject | Re: what the hell? |
| Date | 2015-12-26 03:55 +0000 |
| Organization | Aioe.org NNTP Server |
| Message-ID | <n5l34b$jfl$2@speranza.aioe.org> (permalink) |
| References | (5 earlier) <n5ia8l$nj9$2@dont-email.me> <n5ii5l$5s5$1@speranza.aioe.org> <n5jq4p$o75$3@dont-email.me> <n5k5qv$1r7$1@speranza.aioe.org> <n5ks7e$2op$1@dont-email.me> |
On Fri, 25 Dec 2015 21:00:41 -0500, Dan Espen wrote: > Henry Wilson <HGW@home.com> writes: >>> >>>> I finally got it up and running. >>> >>> That is good news and remember that for all the hassle this has >>> involved you have learnt a bit about installing packages and any >>> necessary dependencies, >>> so it will come in useful for the future. >> >> Not so far. >> >>> If it was all too easy, you would probably forget ;+} >> >> There is a general problem with installing packages on linux. >> After downloading with software manager some appear with an icon in the >> menu, others such as Google Earth do not. > > Contact the Google Earth developers. The GE icon appeared in the menu after I finally got it going after good advice from Miller. The problem is with Linux. It is plainly lacking some very simple, convenient and time saving features. Not every aspect of Microsoft is bad. >> For instance I am looking for a good newsreader. I downloaded TIN to >> try it. According to Software manager it IS installed....but where is >> it? I can't find it. I tried terminal with no success. Why all this >> inconsistency? Why can't Linux include the required commands in the >> downloads and save people like me a lot of time and trouble? > > It's got to be /usr/bin/tin. > More important, you should be able to open a terminal window and type: > > tin I tried that it doesn't do much. It merely told me to try more commands. > Were you expecting the process to be more complicated? I don't want TIN now. I merely wanted to have a quick look to see if it was any good. After wasting about ten hours I found it wasn't. ...but there are others packages that are just as hard to locate and open. What is the most popular news reader here? I am using Pan now and it is reasonable but not as good as Forte Agent. Pan installed and opened without any need for terminal commands. It inserted an icon in menu/ internet. What is so hard about arranging for all packages to do the same.
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Re: what the hell? Doug Laidlaw <doug@douglaidlaw.net> - 2015-12-25 04:16 +1100
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Re: what the hell? William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2015-12-24 18:23 +0000
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Re: what the hell? J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2015-12-25 02:39 +0000
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Re: what the hell? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2015-12-25 09:41 +0000
Re: what the hell? Henry Wilson <HGW@home.com> - 2015-12-25 11:18 +0000
Re: what the hell? J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2015-12-25 16:16 +0000
Re: what the hell? Henry Wilson <HGW@home.com> - 2015-12-25 19:35 +0000
Re: what the hell? Kara M'bola <maxupixu@in.val.it> - 2015-12-25 19:48 +0000
Re: what the hell? Henry Wilson <HGW@home.com> - 2015-12-25 21:02 +0000
Re: what the hell? Kara M'bola <maxupixu@in.val.it> - 2015-12-25 21:47 +0000
Re: what the hell? John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2015-12-25 15:43 -0600
Re: what the hell? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2015-12-26 10:42 +0000
Re: what the hell? J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2015-12-25 21:08 +0000
Re: what the hell? pureheart@pacbell.net - 2015-12-30 09:23 -0800
Re: what the hell? Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2015-12-25 15:22 -0600
Re: what the hell? J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2015-12-25 21:50 +0000
Re: what the hell? Chick Tower <c.tower@deadspam.com> - 2015-12-27 03:50 +0000
Re: what the hell? Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-12-25 21:00 -0500
Re: what the hell? Henry Wilson <HGW@home.com> - 2015-12-26 03:55 +0000
Re: what the hell? Keith Keller <kkeller-usenet@wombat.san-francisco.ca.us> - 2015-12-25 20:52 -0800
Re: what the hell? John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2015-12-26 10:01 -0600
Re: what the hell? Keith Keller <kkeller-usenet@wombat.san-francisco.ca.us> - 2015-12-26 11:41 -0800
Re: what the hell? Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2015-12-26 00:16 -0600
Re: what the hell? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2015-12-26 10:47 +0000
Re: what the hell? Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-12-26 13:40 -0500
Re: what the hell? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2015-12-26 19:38 +0000
Re: what the hell? Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-12-26 16:27 -0500
Re: what the hell? Kara M'bola <maxupixu@in.val.it> - 2015-12-26 11:40 +0000
Re: what the hell? Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-12-26 13:32 -0500
Re: what the hell? HGW <HG@...> - 2015-12-27 00:41 +0000
Re: what the hell? Chick Tower <c.tower@deadspam.com> - 2015-12-27 20:24 +0000
Re: what the hell? John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2015-12-27 15:36 -0600
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Re: what the hell? Chick Tower <c.tower@deadspam.com> - 2015-12-27 03:50 +0000
Re: what the hell? William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2015-12-25 10:06 +0000
Re: what the hell? Henry Wilson <HGW@home.com> - 2015-12-25 11:22 +0000
Re: what the hell? William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2015-12-25 16:03 +0000
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