I am a fairly new user to Linux, and I am currently running Mandrake 9.2

I have had a few problems so far:

I cannot install anything. I have only been able to install one program and that is Mozilla Firefox. Everything else that I try to install says the same thing "no cc something-a-rather".

I did a search about the probs I've been having and it's something to do with KDE. I tried to install gnome from the RPM manager but even after I install it I cant get to it.

If anyone knows what I'm talking about could you please help me?

The packages I need at the moment are: XMMS, GAIM, Open Office, Emule (or edonkey), and a couple of other standard things.

I have never had to install anything on Linux before (long story) and im finding it really hard.

PLEASE DONT MAKE ME GO BACK TO WINDOZE!!!

if you want to know more, just ask... any help is a help..... if that makes sense

cheers

Gidday maaaaate

firstly I found 9.2 to be very buggy and went back to 9.0
until 10.0 came along

The magazine Linux-format is arriving in oz soon with
Mandriva 2005 LE, it may be worth checking out
there is a DVD and a CD version, so be aware

if you dont get any joy here
try to find a LUG near you
here is a list
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=309927

hope this helps
floppy

Take a look here:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=203939
There is a lot of information about how to install software in Mandrake. If you permit, may I do a advice?

Install the new version of Mandriva (2005 LE) you'll be rewarded!

cheers for that, i'll have a look. I dont know how well the new versions will run on my computer. I have a PII 333mhz 96Mb RAM 10GB HDD.


The other option I was looking at is maybe I should change distro altogether...

I currently only own debian, knoppix, mandrake move, dyne:bolic, yellow dog, mandrake download edition 9.2 disc 1, and....... I think thats about it.

any1 got any ideas?? I dont really wana go out and buy the cds of anything, but i'll keep it in mind as a last resort, I'm on broadband by the way so i can download distros.

Mandriva 2005 LE should run on that system albeit rather slow, your RAM is the issue here and maybe your video card. My wife is running 10.0 on a pentium 450 with no probs but she has a 64 meg video card and 196 meg ram.

floppy

oh.... yeah, i should really mention that too..... my video card is the original onboard 8MB

I do realise my computer is a piece of shite but I plan to upgrade soon. I have started working again so my bank account has some money in it (finally) and as soon as I come back from the music tour in darwin and thats all paid for, and I buy my new phone, and pay for my license, I'll get a new and cpu and ram (I have a PIII motherboard sitting in the shed), and then a new HDD, and I'll upgrade from there..... shouldnt cost more than about $800 all up

I'm looking at switching to RedHat at the moment anyway, I'll wait for disc 2 to finish downloading and I'll see if it's any better than mandrake.

$ 800 ...
I upgraded recently
Celeron 2.6, Gigabyte mobo, 256 DDR, 350 W PSU and DVD/CDRW
plus installation
was about $ 450
I could have got cheaper if I went to Perth, but then there's petrol

floppy