Re: Newbie to Debian 12.7

2024-11-06 Thread George at Clug
Gregory, I support you on your decision, "Debian 12.7 with the Cinnamon desktop".  Cinnamon is very nice to use. Do you use "Synaptic Package Manager"? I recommend this program. I find it very useful for finding software packages. Using Synaptic I found all the programs you were asking about.

Re: Newbie to Debian 12.7

2024-11-05 Thread Timothy M Butterworth
On Tue, Nov 5, 2024 at 7:54 PM Timothy M Butterworth < timothy.m.butterwo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Tue, Nov 5, 2024 at 4:57 PM Gregory Forster > wrote: > >> Hi >> >> I have an older 14" HP Probook 440 with Intel core I3-4000M, 1TB >> HDD, 12GB RAM. After several weeks of debating and sw

Re: Newbie to Debian 12.7

2024-11-05 Thread Timothy M Butterworth
On Tue, Nov 5, 2024 at 4:57 PM Gregory Forster wrote: > Hi > > I have an older 14" HP Probook 440 with Intel core I3-4000M, 1TB > HDD, 12GB RAM. After several weeks of debating and switching back and > forth between Debian and Fedora, I settled upon Debian 12.7 with the > Cinnamon desktop, f

Re: Newbie to Debian 12.7

2024-11-05 Thread Charles Curley
On Tue, 5 Nov 2024 11:21:25 -0600 Gregory Forster wrote: > However, there is one question I > have regarding Debian. How do I get another repository for more apps? > Or, how do  I get certain apps, such as: Bible Time, KeePass, VLC > Media Player, Audacity? Ask and ye shall receive. charles@h

Re: Newbie to Debian 12.7

2024-11-05 Thread Michael Kjörling
On 5 Nov 2024 11:21 -0600, from debian4g...@gmail.com (Gregory Forster): > How do I get another repository for more apps? You should avoid third-party repositories if possible, especially if you are new to Debian. It's _very_ easy to end up with what is colloquially known as a FrankenDebian. https

Re: Newbie to Debian 12.7

2024-11-05 Thread eben
On 11/5/24 12:21, Gregory Forster wrote: How do I get another repository for more apps? Or, how do I get certain apps, such as: Bible Time, KeePass, VLC Media Player, Audacity? I have three out of those four, but I forget whence they came. Probably from either backports: deb http://deb.debian

Newbie to Debian 12.7

2024-11-05 Thread Gregory Forster
Hi     I have an older 14" HP Probook 440 with Intel core I3-4000M, 1TB HDD, 12GB RAM. After several weeks of debating and switching back and forth between Debian and Fedora, I settled upon Debian 12.7 with the Cinnamon desktop, for several reasons. However, there is one question I have regar