Re: newbie-more questions

[Andrey Andreev <andreev@cs.helsinki.fi>]

ajtiM wrote:

> Again me :)
>
> On SuSE i have in in the /opt KDE, GNOME... in Debian is empty. What
> program should i install here? Real Player? On Debian i have
> also /initrd which is also empty?


You should rely on on the Debian package management system (dpkg, 
apt-get, etc) to install and manage software packages when possible 
(which is always). It would place things at the right places 
automatically, and it should not need /opt in general. If you want to 
install some software without using the Debian package system (for 
whatever reason), you might want to place it under /opt to avoid messing 
up your system.

> On SUSE i use SuSE Firewall and before GuardDog. Are there firewalls for
> Debian which are not so difficult to configured?


I would suggest Firestarter for easy and simple firewall configuration 
and management. Install it using synaptic, aptitude, apt-get or whatever 
you prefer using.

Regards,

Andro