[Wolves] Linux woes

Matthew Revell wolves at mailman.lug.org.uk
Tue May 6 10:50:01 2003


Hello everyone,

Okay, I went to visit my sister at the weekend and stupidly left my
laptop up there. She lives in Hull, so I won't be getting my laptop back
for a while.

This has forced me to use my RH9 only machine. I'm a Linux fan
(obviously) so this isn't a bad thing, just a scarey thing. Y'see, since
I swapped CP/M and my Amiga for DOS, then Windows, I've not had to learn
a new system. I've played around with Linux but now I have no choice but
to get really stuck in.

So, can anyone tell me where the hell things install to? I downloaded
the Opera 7.10 RPMs this morning and installed them. Am I stupid to
expect Opera to now appear in the KDE menu? Okay, I need to read a
"Linux for not quite stupid people but, hey, okay, you're stupid" book
but should I fire up BASH and hunt through all the directories 'til I
find Opera?

Do things installed with apt-get under Debian end up in the menus or do
you always have to do it manually?

Cheers,

Matthew.