[HLUG] FW: Ubunto beginner

[Chris Howe]

Hello everyone,

 

As you may see from my e-mail I'm a bit (a lot) new to ubuntu and am a bit
stuck. Any advice would be most welcome. I'm now trying to download the
desktop version on the ubuntu (notebook version)  PC, I tried it several
times with windows but the file size is 699Mbit, the disc is 700 and windows
seems to want a few Mbit for itself...DVD didn't work either. Maybe it was
windows just not wanting to accept that I want to change a computer to
linux.

 

Regards,

 

Chris.

 

From: Julian Robbins [mailto:joolsr1 at gmail.com] 
Sent: 10 August 2010 11:01
To: Chris Howe
Subject: Re: Ubunto beginner

 

 

On 10 August 2010 10:26, Chris Howe <chrishowe14 at aol.com> wrote:

Hi Julian,

 

Firstly many thanks for including me on your mailing list, I found the Lugg
group from a Linux magazine.

Hi Chris

Thanks for your mail. I'm at work so cant spend long answering. You'd be
better off writing a mail to the mailing list as you'll get more answers,
and get to know some of us better. 

 

I am very new to linux but need to use it fairly quickly and I'm floundering
a bit.

 

I got the linux magazine as it had Ubuntu netbook with which works OK. The
problem is that when I try to install the software I want to use it keeps
wanting more software.

 

I fixed the GNU M4 and found a c/c++ compiler and have just fixed something
called glib-2.0 but it also wants atk, cairo, pango and atk now wants
something else.


You will find lots of dependencies thats part of Linux, mut usually these
are all installed by default, You dont need to normally go messing about
with individual bits as you've got. 

 

Are you all meeting at the cafe by the blind college this month and if so
when?

 

Yes, usually 4th Weds of Month.  We may change it a bit due to SFD coming up
however so watch the mailing list ..

 

It would be so useful just to have a few minutes with someone who knows what
they're doing just to show me the basics.

Certainly we'd be happy to help ;-) 

 

Do you think that the desktop version would have all these things built in
and if so where is the best place to get it? I'm thinking of wiping the disc
and starting again. As you might have guessed I'm sending this from a
different (windows) PC


Yes. 

 

 

Hope you don't mind me writing.


No, not at all. But please forward your mail to the list and I'm sure others
will also answer - plus its a good way to introduce yourself.

Regards

Julian 

 

Regards,

 

Chris.