I do hope I'm sending this to the right place. I find everything so confusing and difficult, here.
On the subject of which: I can't find anything, anywhere, that tells me what's on these 20 additional CDs I've taken hours to download and burn [I'm not on-line with the computer I'm using to try out Etch]. They all look about the same, when I put the CD in and it opens on my desktop, and the only things inside the file folders are more file folders, denoted with letters of the alphabet, which lead to files with all kind of strange names, only some of which are occasionally familiar (like "java" and "nvidia" ["Hey! I think I've got one of those!]).
Then there are the questions that will probably forever remain unanswered, like: if there are sane frontends, does that mean there are INsane ones as well, and how can you tell them apart -- before it's too late? And how about the backends? Would they be crazy, too?
If you haven't guessed it, I'm a rank newbie and a total non-techie. I've come to realize that Linux is probably well beyond my capabilities, and I will probably end up having to abandon the enterprise, as anxious as I am to be rid of "Big Brother" [Microsoft].
I can't figure out how to get any extra programs into my computer, presuming I can see a list of them, first (preferably with a description of what the program is/does). The only one I could find to add was Open Office, because it's on the first disk, and Synaptic offered it to me. Even that was problematic, as there were several entries to choose from.
If the "... apt-get blah, blah ..." command line thingmee is the only way to do this, then I'll just have to forget it: even if I didn't have M.E. (a fatigue disorder), my middle-aged brain simply isn't capable of dealing with SO much new and totally unfamiliar data at once. It's just too much.
If there is not a simple way to add programs, could someone then, PLEASE, have mercy on me and take the time to tell me how to completely uninstall this Debian program from my computer (including that GRUBby little petard who took over my computer on the first try and wouldn't let me access my BIOS, necessitating a very scary "fix" of the "mbr": "WARNING: Are you SURE you want to do this?!!! Making a mistake, here, could terminate all known life in the universe." Well, it said SOMETHING like that, anyway ... )
The computer I'm using for this is an Intel-type Pentium III (also loaded with Win 2000), with only 128 megs of RAM. One of my two CD-ROM drives has ceased to function under Linux, and the only other one is also my CD burner.
Thanks.
Purple Penny
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