Re: Just got linux on my laptop
Not really. There's enough similarities between the 2 systems that the crossover's pretty painless. The biggest hurdle I found was the Adept system...on Windows, I installed programs (usually) by going to websites, downloading, and installing them. On Kubuntu, you open Adept Manager or some command-line equivalent like aptitude or apt-get, and it downloads and installs the program for you. (There are other ways, of course, but that one's the easiest and most common.)
I hear lots of people hate or fear command lines, too. However,
1) Most things you can do with a command line, you can do with a GUI instead,
and
2) When you HAVE to use a command line (because that's the only solution to your problem you can find), you can often just copy/paste the code from a website using Shift-Insert in Konsole.
(Caveat: Don't run anything as root unless you trust the website!)
Originally posted by adileader
I hear lots of people hate or fear command lines, too. However,
1) Most things you can do with a command line, you can do with a GUI instead,
and
2) When you HAVE to use a command line (because that's the only solution to your problem you can find), you can often just copy/paste the code from a website using Shift-Insert in Konsole.
(Caveat: Don't run anything as root unless you trust the website!)
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