OT: Linux Question

[blake at clockworm.com (Blake)]

If you are a 'linux n00b' then start with Ubuntu linux.
http://www.ubuntulinux.org

Ubuntu is Debian-based so you have the ability to open the Application
manage and just check a box next to the app you want (check from
THOUSANDS of available free apps in the Ubuntu universe) and hit
'Apply' - you'll be asked for your admin name/password and a few
moments later you are done.  (If you have broadband).

I work with lots of n00b end users every day an all the ones who are
mac-phobic I tell to run Ubuntu.  It's really nice and well-supported
in ubuntulinux.org forums and FAQ sections.

blake/

On 11/22/06, Chris Bennett <scirocco16vr32@gmail.com> wrote:
> You mean like the new version of IE that has tabbed browsers like
> firefox and most of the linux browsers I have seen...
>
>
>
> On 11/22/06, Jean-Claude D?sinor <desinor@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> >  Glad you asked!
> >  There is a Bittorrent client for Linux. You can get it at, where else,
> > Bittorrent.com
> >  They have a choice of various Linux flavours, various Mac flavours,
> > and, since some people have no other choice, Windows.
> > <http://www.bittorrent.com/download.html>
> >  No need to compile anything. Programs are distributed in "packages". I
> > believe Knoppix uses either .deb or .rpm packages, which make it easy to
> > install software.
> >  Linux has nothing to envy from Windows, the only problem with Linux is
> > the FUD being spread by MS, like Ballmer's statement last week that
> > Linux is infringing on MS intellectual property. But rather than
> > scattering, the Penguins are asking him to show what is infringing or to
> > shutup.
> >  Let me know how it works for you with Bittorrent!
> >
> >    Jean-Claude
> >    Living in an MS Free home.
> >    (and still listening and watching wmv, rm, flash, editing my .nef
> > raw files, printing them to a Canon printer, burning CDs and DVDs, have
> > not tried editing movies but the software is there.)
> >
> > Chris Bennett wrote:
> > > All,
> > >    I have loaded knoppix on the HD of one of my older machines as it
> > > is basically linux for dummies, and yea when it comes to linux I am a
> > > big dummy.
> > >
> > > So I am trying to make sure I can do all the things I used to do in
> > > the realm  of UBEE (Uncle Bill's Evil Empire)... One of which is
> > > bittorrents.  You know for all those MP3's I legally bought... um
> > > yea...  For when I have to get my Crack fix... AKA Counterstrike I
> > > have to go back to Windows... but for the majority I am looking at
> > > linux.
> > >
> > >
> > > So can anyone recommend a linux based bit torrent client and tell me
> > > how to install it?
> > >
> > > I really am clueless.  I fell for: go to the console and type
> > > "shutdown -h now"
> > >
> > > thanks
> > > Chris
> >
> >
>
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