[linux-help] Re: help installing programs

["Dale W Hodge" <dwh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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> From: linux-help-bounce@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:linux-help-bounce@xxxxxxxxx]On
> Behalf Of Dustin Decker

> Feel free to give me a call if you would like someone to provide you a
> better explaination of what linux is... in short, it's just a gun.  The
> problem is you need to learn more than just how to pull the trigger -
> you need to understand how to smelt your own bullets, combine the
> requisite amounts of charcoal, saltpeter and such to make gunpower, how
> to make brass cartridges, load them, test fire, and THEN go hunting.

Are you trying to scare this poor fellow off? ;-) Linux can have a steep
learning curve for those who didn't grow up before MSWindows, but anyone
familiar with DOS can usually grasp the concepts quickly enough.  While it
certainly helps to understand the all the underlying steps, it's not a
requirement.

That said, it still takes reading up on the commands that one may wish to use.
In this particular case, the RPM's that are to be installed are from an outside
source.  It's hard to be sure that they will actually install without problems,
reguardless of how familiar one is with the package management system.

--dwh

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Dale W Hodge - dwh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Vice Chairman & Secretary - info@xxxxxxxxx
Air Capital Linux User's Group  (ACLUG)
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