whoa! Linux rocks!

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation
If you need help with anything man, drop me a PM, no questions are stupid questions, although that isn't the attitude you'll find very often since most linux users seem to think they are the only ones in the world who use it..

is right! All these people thinking they deserve easy answers! WTF?! Especially when their posts are smaller than "Linux is broke, fix it!"

Anyhow, check the FAQ thread, its full of answers to some of the more common (hence frequently asked 😉) questions.

 

[ndee]

Originally posted by: OmegaNauce
After what i heard about mandrake, I decided to try it out...i love it already. So as of now, I too am a linux user. Any suggestions for a newbie?

To all KDE 3 users, I can only suggest the liquid theme and the crystal icons, they simply rock. http://www.kde-look.org

 

[fluxquantum]

are you using mandrake version 9?

 

[mcveigh]

Originally posted by: silverpig

Originally posted by: notfred

Anything I should know?

./configure
make
make install

also

your.program.ix86.rpm is installed by:
rpm -Uvh your.program.ix86.rpm

and

your.program.src.rpm is best installed by:
rpm --rebuild your.program.src.rpm

then cd to /usr/share/RPM/RPMS/i686/ (I think that's it anyways)
to find:
your.program.i686.rpm
and install by:
rpm -Uvh your.program.i686.rpm

acutally that command is to upgrade existing programs.

rpm -ivh *program name* installs new ones.