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I have recently started with Fedora3 and am amazed to have succesfully installed my 3rd Linux distro, after Mandrake10, Xandros2 after only a few weeks. I can still boot up to XP via the Grub bootmanager which can be brought up using any key while booting which is another bonus cause I am way too unexperienced to be able to hack it in the Linux neighbourhood 100% of the time.
I am enjoying this distro the most and the GUI is better then what I have seen sofar. There is only 1 major problem that throws me off and that is not being able to install 3rd party software.
I can open tar files now and have installed a linux version of stuffit to the /home/pierre dir, its in a folder called "arkA7ST1a.611linux-i386". I have also downloaded some software which is a file (to thesame dir) named "LimeWireLinux.bin". I cant for the life of me however open the darned .bin file.
Its enough to drive one bonkers to consider that something so elemental or basic as installing a program is something I can't even come close to performing at this point in Linux.
It must be something I missed but could someone please give me a clue? besides going to the bookstore and get me a beginners guide to Linux which I'm aware I'm in dire need of, Although I'll gladly take recommendations as to what literature is advisable for a Linux newbie like myself.
Hi LinuxGeekery, got no error on the first command, but then downhill from there.. This is what it comes up with, permission denied .. I have seen on other distro's an admin terminal, this one seems a regular one..
Originally posted by pierre24 Hi LinuxGeekery, got no error on the first command, but then downhill from there.. This is what it comes up with, permission denied .. I have seen on other distro's an admin terminal, this one seems a regular one..
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