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Re: Newbie wants Firefox and Tbird



Joseph Haig wrote:
> --- Albert <albertwagner@cox.net> wrote:
> 
> 
>>I am a new user of Debian.  My first task after system install is 
>>to install Firefox and Tbird, preferably the latest 1.0.6 or 
>>1.0.7.  It's a piece of cake to download and install these from 
>>the mozilla site, but I have no idea how I might then wrap them 
>>with an icon and to get them to show in the menus.  Do debian 
>>users not do this sort of thing?  If so, could someone point me 
>>to the appropriate documentation?
> 
> 
> Firefox and Thunderbird are already in the Debian distribution.  Try:
> 
> $ apt-get install mozilla-firefox mozilla-thunderbird
> 
> ... or install them via aptitude.  Hope this helps.

It does, I'm sure, but I think we should teach new users how to fish
more, rather than breastfeed them.  No offence intended.



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