I got stuck quite quickly. What happens when debian doesn't have the software you want

and the command line won't accept driver you've found for the device you're trying to use

Probably a fantastic new thing to learn, but I got stuck and wasted a lot of hours getting no where

Posted By: pants on May 24th 2011 at 14:10:11

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FAO: WOTB No1 Tipster 04 (General Chat) - Johnny Comecardiff, May 24, 13:57:58
- could he do a try out of Knoppix first to see if he likes Linux? (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, May 24, 14:04:40
  - I got stuck quite quickly. What happens when debian doesn't have the software you want (General Chat) - pants, May 24, 14:10:11
    - Ah...... (General Chat) - Johnny Comecardiff, May 24, 14:12:11
      - All this was happening on ubuntu meerkat (General Chat) - pants, May 24, 14:16:25
        
        There are some really simple Kubuntu / Xubuntu distributions out there (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, May 24, 14:25:08
        
        What were you trying to do? (n/m) (General Chat) - Johnny Comecardiff, May 24, 14:18:03
        
        install a wireless dongle (General Chat) - pants, May 24, 14:46:45
  - Could run it as a live cd but sounds like Windows won't boot (n/m) (General Chat) - Johnny Comecardiff, May 24, 14:06:42

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