GUI apt-get

[Robert N. Eaton]

Bryan,

I have Linspire 5.0 on my box at present. I opted for CNR (Click 'N' 
Run) for $49.95 which makes it dead easy to get those kinds of programs. 
If you're talking "fair dinkum" (genuine) Debian, I have no knowledge. 
Linspire was designed for the "masses"  who have little interest in 
tweaking their computer. CNR works very well most of the time, but the 
exceptions can be really frustrating.

I sent off for Ubuntu to give that a try.

Bob Eaton

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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