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Old 11-06-2009, 08:26 AM   #16
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i heard that window had copied Linux in most aspex
You heard wrong.

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i tried to do anything i got absolutely no response
What, you mean even typing on the keyboard or moving the mouse gets no response?

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when i try to use exes does not run
.exe files are WINDOWS programs. They will not generally run on Linux.

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and when i download Linux programs they do the same
Downloaded from where? I would say the most important thing for a beginner coming to Linux is to understand the concepts of repositories and package managers. That is how you should get the vast majority of software you run on Linux.

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so i asked a friend and he said you have to link all the dll's though a command console, now im no genius but that sounds freaking hard
He said wrong.
 
  


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