Re: Overwhelmed newbie

[Antony Gelberg <antony@antgel.co.uk>]

Steve Lamb wrote:
> Katipo wrote:
>
> > Steve Lamb wrote:
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> > > He's also trying to install Opera and yet noone's jumped on the 3 people
> > > that are shoving him towards Firefox and Thunderbird.   
> >
> > I don't know if they are doing that.
>
>
>     Sure are.
>
>
> > It's far easier for a newbie to install from main, without having to
> > play around with their sources list straight up.
>
>
>     Which the OP won't have to do.  I took him stating he had Opera and OOo
> for Linux "ready to install" as "I've downloaded the DEBs from the respective
> sites".  One would think if he was looking to install Opera but didn't have it
> his wording would be different, no?  :)

Fine.  What if his .debs complain about dependency problems?  Then it's 
tears and frustration, or a good learning experience.  It goes back to 
character.  As a newbie, perhaps it's better not to risk dependency 
problems at the start.  :)