You want to install software using Ubuntu? This will drive you crazy

Synaptic is a graphical front-end to apt, the package management system in
Ubuntu. It combines the point-and-click simplicity of the graphical user
interface with the power of the apt-get command line tool.

[url]https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SynapticHowto#What[/url] is Synaptic


With windows, insert the CD or DVD and it autostarts. If not, you can click
SETUP on the media. then click next and it installs. No command lines.

No wonder why 99.999999% of the users reject Ubuntu as garbage. It is
garbage.

Bye bye Ubuntu

Microsoft to the rescue.

"Kevin SmallBone" <ksb@kshort.org> wrote in
news:hbuv25$cu3$1@news.eternal-september.org:
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> You want to install software using Ubuntu? This will drive you crazy
>
> Synaptic is a graphical front-end to apt, the package management
> system in Ubuntu. It combines the point-and-click simplicity of the
> graphical user interface with the power of the apt-get command line
> tool.
>
> [url]https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SynapticHowto#What[/url] is Synaptic[/color]

That's *ONE* way to install s/w.

You can also d/l a .deb or .rpm package and double-click it.

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> With windows, insert the CD or DVD and it autostarts. If not, you can
> click SETUP on the media. then click next and it installs. No
> command lines.[/color]

Which differs from above how ?

Kevin SmallBone wrote:[color=blue]
> You want to install software using Ubuntu? This will drive you crazy
>
> Synaptic is a graphical front-end to apt, the package management system
> in Ubuntu. It combines the point-and-click simplicity of the graphical
> user interface with the power of the apt-get command line tool.
>
> [url]https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SynapticHowto#What[/url] is Synaptic
>
> With windows, insert the CD or DVD and it autostarts. If not, you can
> click SETUP on the media. then click next and it installs. No command
> lines.[/color]

Is there another page that tells you what each of those available
programs are before you install them? I haven't yet found one that
lists the actual programs available and what they do. I prefer to know
that before I choose what to install.

Next, I'd like to know the step-by-step to update, upgrade, etc.,
compared to Windows, please.

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DanS <t.h.i.s.n.t.h.a.t@r.o.a.d.r.u.n.n.e.r.c.o.m> wrote in
news:Xns9CAE620DB2483thisnthatroadrunnern@216.196.97.131:
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> "Kevin SmallBone" <ksb@kshort.org> wrote in
> news:hbuv25$cu3$1@news.eternal-september.org:
>[color=green]
>> You want to install software using Ubuntu? This will drive you crazy
>>
>> Synaptic is a graphical front-end to apt, the package management
>> system in Ubuntu. It combines the point-and-click simplicity of the
>> graphical user interface with the power of the apt-get command line
>> tool.
>>
>> [url]https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SynapticHowto#What[/url] is Synaptic[/color]
>
> That's *ONE* way to install s/w.
>
> You can also d/l a .deb or .rpm package and double-click it.[/color]

Well....not an .rpm for Ubuntu, but other Linux distros use the rpm format.

"KristleBawl" <KristleBawl@some.email> wrote in message
news:edsIc$KVKHA.3720@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> Kevin SmallBone wrote:[color=green]
>> You want to install software using Ubuntu? This will drive you crazy
>>
>> Synaptic is a graphical front-end to apt, the package management system
>> in Ubuntu. It combines the point-and-click simplicity of the graphical
>> user interface with the power of the apt-get command line tool.
>>
>> [url]https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SynapticHowto#What[/url] is Synaptic
>>
>> With windows, insert the CD or DVD and it autostarts. If not, you can
>> click SETUP on the media. then click next and it installs. No command
>> lines.[/color]
>
> Is there another page that tells you what each of those available programs
> are before you install them? I haven't yet found one that lists the
> actual programs available and what they do. I prefer to know that before
> I choose what to install.
>
> Next, I'd like to know the step-by-step to update, upgrade, etc., compared
> to Windows, please.
>[/color]
Do I look like the Shell Answer Man?

Have you heard of GOOGLE? Try it.

Kevin SmallBone wrote:[color=blue]
> You want to install software using Ubuntu? This will drive you crazy
>
> Synaptic is a graphical front-end to apt, the package management system
> in Ubuntu. It combines the point-and-click simplicity of the graphical
> user interface with the power of the apt-get command line tool.
>
> [url]https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SynapticHowto#What[/url] is Synaptic
>
>
> With windows, insert the CD or DVD and it autostarts. If not, you can
> click SETUP on the media. then click next and it installs. No command
> lines.
>
> No wonder why 99.999999% of the users reject Ubuntu as garbage. It is
> garbage.
>
> Bye bye Ubuntu
>
> Microsoft to the rescue.
>
>
>[/color]

Sorry, moron, but that's not true. I watch DVDs all the time and no need
for a line command to do it. Nice try but no cigar.

Alias

"Alias" <iamaliasTAK3THIS@OUTgmail.com> wrote in message
news:hbv1cj$q2l$9@news.eternal-september.org...[color=blue]
> Kevin SmallBone wrote:[color=green]
>> You want to install software using Ubuntu? This will drive you crazy
>>
>> Synaptic is a graphical front-end to apt, the package management system
>> in Ubuntu. It combines the point-and-click simplicity of the graphical
>> user interface with the power of the apt-get command line tool.
>>
>> [url]https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SynapticHowto#What[/url] is Synaptic
>>
>>
>> With windows, insert the CD or DVD and it autostarts. If not, you can
>> click SETUP on the media. then click next and it installs. No command
>> lines.
>>
>> No wonder why 99.999999% of the users reject Ubuntu as garbage. It is
>> garbage.
>>
>> Bye bye Ubuntu
>>
>> Microsoft to the rescue.
>>
>>
>>[/color]
>
> Sorry, moron, but that's not true. I watch DVDs all the time and no need
> for a line command to do it. Nice try but no cigar.
>
> Alias[/color]

Just because you say so doesn't mean it's true. Nice try.

Kevin SmallBone wrote:[color=blue]
> "KristleBawl" wrote in message...[color=green]
>> Kevin SmallBone wrote:[color=darkred]
>>> You want to install software using Ubuntu? This will drive you crazy
>>>
>>> Synaptic is a graphical front-end to apt, the package management
>>> system in Ubuntu. It combines the point-and-click simplicity of the
>>> graphical user interface with the power of the apt-get command line
>>> tool.
>>>
>>> [url]https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SynapticHowto#What[/url] is Synaptic
>>>
>>> With windows, insert the CD or DVD and it autostarts. If not, you
>>> can click SETUP on the media. then click next and it installs. No
>>> command lines.[/color]
>>
>> Is there another page that tells you what each of those available
>> programs are before you install them? I haven't yet found one that
>> lists the actual programs available and what they do. I prefer to
>> know that before I choose what to install.
>>
>> Next, I'd like to know the step-by-step to update, upgrade, etc.,
>> compared to Windows, please.
>>[/color]
> Do I look like the Shell Answer Man?
>
> Have you heard of GOOGLE? Try it.[/color]

Gee, I was replying to the thread, not you, Mr. Grumpy. :-D

You started an interesting discussion, and I'd like to know more!

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[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
>>>
>>> Is there another page that tells you what each of those available
>>> programs are before you install them? I haven't yet found one that
>>> lists the actual programs available and what they do. I prefer to
>>> know that before I choose what to install.
>>>
>>> Next, I'd like to know the step-by-step to update, upgrade, etc.,
>>> compared to Windows, please.
>>>[/color]
>> Do I look like the Shell Answer Man?
>>
>> Have you heard of GOOGLE? Try it.[/color]
>
> Gee, I was replying to the thread, not you, Mr. Grumpy. :-D
>
> You started an interesting discussion, and I'd like to know more![/color]

It's too late, he blew his intelligence wad with what was already posted.

Kevin SmallBone wrote:[color=blue]
>
>
> "Alias" <iamaliasTAK3THIS@OUTgmail.com> wrote in message
> news:hbv1cj$q2l$9@news.eternal-september.org...[color=green]
>> Kevin SmallBone wrote:[color=darkred]
>>> You want to install software using Ubuntu? This will drive you crazy
>>>
>>> Synaptic is a graphical front-end to apt, the package management
>>> system in Ubuntu. It combines the point-and-click simplicity of the
>>> graphical user interface with the power of the apt-get command line
>>> tool.
>>>
>>> [url]https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SynapticHowto#What[/url] is Synaptic
>>>
>>>
>>> With windows, insert the CD or DVD and it autostarts. If not, you
>>> can click SETUP on the media. then click next and it installs. No
>>> command lines.
>>>
>>> No wonder why 99.999999% of the users reject Ubuntu as garbage. It
>>> is garbage.
>>>
>>> Bye bye Ubuntu
>>>
>>> Microsoft to the rescue.
>>>
>>>
>>>[/color]
>>
>> Sorry, moron, but that's not true. I watch DVDs all the time and no
>> need for a line command to do it. Nice try but no cigar.
>>
>> Alias[/color]
>
> Just because you say so doesn't mean it's true. Nice try.
>
>
>[/color]
You don't need to take my word for it. Just install Ubuntu and find out
for yourself.

Alias

"Kevin SmallBone" <ksb@kshort.org> wrote in message
news:hbuv25$cu3$1@news.eternal-september.org...[color=blue]
> You want to install software using Ubuntu? This will drive you crazy
>
> Synaptic is a graphical front-end to apt, the package management system in
> Ubuntu. It combines the point-and-click simplicity of the graphical user
> interface with the power of the apt-get command line tool.
>
> [url]https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SynapticHowto#What[/url] is Synaptic
>[/color]

In Ubuntu click on Add/Remove Software. Choose your application from
THOUSANDS, click "Install".
It's as easy as that

MORON.

"Gordon" <gordonbparker******.com> wrote in message
news:uOvAfZMVKHA.3720@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
>
> "Kevin SmallBone" <ksb@kshort.org> wrote in message
> news:hbuv25$cu3$1@news.eternal-september.org...[color=green]
>> You want to install software using Ubuntu? This will drive you crazy
>>
>> Synaptic is a graphical front-end to apt, the package management system
>> in Ubuntu. It combines the point-and-click simplicity of the graphical
>> user interface with the power of the apt-get command line tool.
>>
>> [url]https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SynapticHowto#What[/url] is Synaptic
>>[/color]
>
> In Ubuntu click on Add/Remove Software. Choose your application from
> THOUSANDS, click "Install".
> It's as easy as that
>
> MORON.[/color]

Err - It's not as easy as that. Err <sigh> Err.