Good noobie programs to help me...

titanium_geek · 06-30-2005, 06:33 PM

Knoppix rocks. it has a nice selection of programs to help you see where to go...

titanium_geek

Linux_n00b_57 · 06-30-2005, 07:25 PM

Ok...I just burned a CD with some stuff(pictures, music, files, wine) and it says its not in the right format(or so says GNOME), but the error is the same....what the hell is going on? my other CD with Wine and something else...and its fine except wine doesn't work...

Matir · 06-30-2005, 07:25 PM

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Originally posted by fisheromen1031
Sometimes the man pages really are not enough. But another good thing to try is the info command. Sometimes the info pages have alot more info than the man pages. For instance, I'm trying to figure out how to extact files from a .tar at the moment. I tried what seemed correct from the man page.
$ tar -x Archive.tar .
but that did nothing. Now i'm looking through the info pages to find more detailed info of the use of the tar command.

While it is a tad off the original subject, just thought I would post this:

Code:

       -f, --file [HOSTNAME:]F
              use archive file or device F (default "-", meaning stdin/stdout)

So tar -xf Archive.tar

titanium_geek · 06-30-2005, 07:52 PM

how are you burning the CD? You need to burn programs as tar.gz (or however you got them originally)

titanium_geek

lowpingnoob · 06-30-2005, 08:03 PM

There is a turn-based strategy game, The Battle of Wesnoth, and it is a lot of fun. It has a high degree of high polish. It came with Suse 9.3, but it might be online somewhere for download. There are a few campaigns (more online), but there is also an online mode for multiplayer, and there are official server games, and you can play IP games and email games (I'm pretty sure).

Also, if you have UT2K4, or any of the other linux compatible commercial games, try www.moddb.com . Some of the mods on the website (and there are a lot) have linux versions.

Bluenoser · 06-30-2005, 11:08 PM

Not sure what distro you're using now, but you were using Slackware, so I'll give you a few tips.
Read, read, and read some more

1. When you installed Slackware, you installed a ton of reading material. Check out /usr/doc/
2. The Revised Slackware Book Project I read the pdf version, all 284 pages. It really helps
3. Google will quickly answer many questions

Vgui · 07-01-2005, 01:25 AM

Haha "if you want a fun game, try installing some code from source and tracking down dependencies manually." that's such a great quote, because it is so true.

Anyways, besides freshmeat and sourceforge, check out http://www.happypenguin.org/ for a nice daily listing of new Linux games. Also, if you have a strong Windows background this might help to get you equivalents: http://linuxshop.ru/linuxbegin/win-l...en/table.shtml