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On Thu, 26 Oct 2006 12:29:28 +0100 Mark Jose <kernowyon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > The (K)Ubuntu partitioning tool is not as good as the Mandriva one for ease of > use. However, it isn't too complex to use. You can select the hard drive (by > default it displays hda, so if you have 2 drives you may want to click that > to select the other drive), then the partitioning tool gives a graphical > display of the drive. From there, it is pretty much standard. > >>From the sound of it I should not have any problems then. I have just the one HD. I must just decide how much to allocate where. > If you use DHCP, I would assume it will be detected. As I use static IPs, it > never works for me on any distro - I always have to manually alter the > settings to static and enter my IPs after setup is completed. > I do use DHCP, not static settings, so again it seems that I should not have any problems with the broadband connection. > > Gnome is not included by default, although you can easily install it. For > something like Gnucash, simply selecting that from the package manager will > install both Gnucash and any dependancies it needs. > There are several ways to install programs in the Ubuntu family, but unless > you know exactly what you need, then there are two graphical managers > installed. > One is a fairly basic one - which lives on the menu called "add and remove > programs" , the other, which is much more useful and will show all the > programs available in the Ubuntu repositories you have in your apt > sources.list is found under System from the menu - that one is called Adept. > For example, I use a genealogical program called Gramps. That needs not only > Gnome libraries, but also a lot of very specific python libraries too - it is > quite demanding on its requirements. In the past, using some distros, I have > really struggled to get Gramps installed. Its list of dependancies is so long > that eventually you simply give up. Kubuntu makes it work easliy - I simply > select to install Gramps, and the Adept front end to apt simply adds all the > relevant needs. > > Mark Thanks for all that information. I too use Gramps, at the moment with Mandriva of course. I had no problems installing it and it ran straight away so I must have had all the necessary python programs etc already. Lucky me! It does sound as if installing new programs with kubuntu will be easier. Often in the past I have had dependency problems. Thanks again Neil Winchurst > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html