GUI apt-get

[Bryan.ONeal at asu.edu]

Odly enough he does a great deal of stuff with his computer, but he hates the
instability of windows.  Though I will have to VMWare it as he uses AutoCAD
and a number of calc addon's.

On Thu, 25 Aug 2005, Joseph Sinclair wrote:

> If you know someone looking for a really simple system to just do email, internet, chat, and some word processing, then take a hard look at Puppy Linux.
> I've been really impressed at how much they've fit on a small CD, and how efficient and fast it is.
> Plus, it's one of a very few Live-CD distros where you can actually save your work (it creates an in-file filesystem on any convenient harddrive, USB disk, or even a floppy, everything in one file, which makes backups a breeze too) and treat it pretty much like a normal install.
> You can even install it on a USB keychain drive for a one-step portable environment.
> 
> ==Joseph++
> 
> Bryan.ONeal at asu.edu wrote:
> > Thanks, good advice on the Debian / Ubuntu
> > I think he will like Ubuntu better, but as long as he has a few office apps, a
> > web browser, and VM Ware to run his AutoCAD in, I think he will be fine.  He is
> > just sick of word, or ie, or (of all things) solitare, crashing his entier
> > system and wiping out his cad work.
> > 
> > For that mater I have super intendent at work who I am convincing to go lin for
> > similer reasons...  He get boged down with viruses and all he wants to do is
> > surf, chat, and read email.. but windows seems wofully inadequate for this as it
> > keeps crashing :)
> > 
> > Quoting Joseph Sinclair <plug-discuss at stcaz.net>:
> > 
> > 
> >>Linspire is not quite compatible with Debian, you have to use their
> >>repositories, and that means you have to use their GUI tool (they call
> >>it "CNR technology", and it should be on the desktop).
> >>If you want more freedom (or just don't want to pay their annual support
> >>fee), you should do what Hans does, just install Debian (unless you're
> >>running an Athlon64, in that case try Ubuntu).
> >>
> >>OpenOffice.org 1.1 is the only thing widely supported in repositories,
> >>for the betas, you'll need to go to the OpenOffice.org site, download
> >>their source, and load it manually.  Alternatively, is an unofficial
> >>.deb build at
> >>
> > 
> > (ftp://ftp.linux.cz/pub/localization/OpenOffice.org/devel/680/SRC680_m125/Build-1/OOo_SRC680_m125_en-US_native_LinuxIntel_install_deb.tar.gz).
> > 
> >>Again, if you're running an Athlon64, don't use these, they're highly
> >>likely to crash your system if you have a 64-bit version of Linux
> >>loaded.
> >>
> >>Firefox extensions are installed through Firefox.  Any other method is
> >>highly discouraged, since it'll be broken as soon as Firefox 1.5 comes
> >>out in a few months.
> >>
> >>You seem to have the right idea for the long-distance setup with VMWare.
> >> Just make sure to set up SSH to protect the VMWare session.
> >>You should also be sure to lock down the firewall to only allow SSH
> >>connections from a limited set of IP addresses (basically, your IP
> >>addresses), since SSH daemons are a popular target lately.
> >>
> >>
> >>Bryan.ONeal at asu.edu wrote:
> >>
> >>>Ok, I purchased a cheep desktop for my dad, and it comes with
> >>
> >>LindSiper pre
> >>
> >>>installed.  I need to get some stuff on thier, like OpenOffice.or 2.0
> >>
> >>(Ok 1.9+
> >>
> >>>Beta), the latest firefox with a bunch of plugins, VMWare, etc.  
> >>>
> >>>What I need is 
> >>>1) how do I set the apt-get repositories in LindSpire
> >>>2) where can I get a GUI front end?
> >>>3) any sugestions on configuring a machine for a first time linux user
> >>
> >>who lives
> >>
> >>>1000 miles away?
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