Re: Newbie with Windows brain-lock

2003-03-04 Thread fred smith
On Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 12:25:20PM -0500, Mark Phelps wrote: > On Tue, 2003-03-04 at 12:19, Anthony E. Greene wrote: > > On 04-Mar-2003/11:54 -0500, Mark Phelps <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Where can I find help for learning Linux w/Gnome? I'm not even sure if > > >I'm asking the right question

Re: Newbie with Windows brain-lock

2003-03-04 Thread Tim Willis
Try the locate command: locate ... This will give you a huge list of stuff, but it will give you a better feel for how everything is set up and where it goes. Also, when you list a directory, always do ls -l. This will tell you right off if the file is a directory or an executable. examples:

Re: Newbie with Windows brain-lock

2003-03-04 Thread Adam Voigt
Glad you got it working, and even though your using Gnome you should be able to run just about any KDE app you want because of the library's being installed by default. On Tue, 2003-03-04 at 13:35, Mark Phelps wrote: HA!! Yeah, baby! That was the deal! I have no idea why. But

Re: Newbie with Windows brain-lock

2003-03-04 Thread Mark Phelps
HA!! Yeah, baby! That was the deal! I have no idea why. But it doesn't much matter at this point. The program's working and that's what I was after. Thanks for putting up with me Adam and Tony Mark On Tue, 2003-03-04 at 13:07, Mark Phelps wrote: > Arrgggh. Nothing! "No such file or direct

Re: Newbie with Windows brain-lock

2003-03-04 Thread Mark Phelps
Arrgggh. Nothing! "No such file or directory". What the heck??? This is going to be a very dumb newbie question, but could I be using the wrong gui? Using gnome. Does that matter? On Tue, 2003-03-04 at 13:01, Adam Voigt wrote: > I just installed the program without a problem, make sure you g

Re: Newbie with Windows brain-lock

2003-03-04 Thread Anthony E. Greene
On 04-Mar-2003/12:48 -0500, Mark Phelps <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I appreciate the help. Please don't take this puzzle on as part of your >schedule. I'm sure it'll just take a little more time until I catch on >a little better. Yeah, you'll have to do some reading and hands-on time to absorb

Re: Newbie with Windows brain-lock

2003-03-04 Thread Adam Voigt
I just installed the program without a problem, make sure you grab: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/bibletime/bibletime-1.2.2-1rh8.i386.rpm?download http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/bibletime/bibletime-doc-1.2.2-1rh8.noarch.rpm?download Both of these rpm's, after you install the "do

Re: Newbie with Windows brain-lock

2003-03-04 Thread Mark Phelps
I appreciate the help. Please don't take this puzzle on as part of your schedule. I'm sure it'll just take a little more time until I catch on a little better. I did the which command. Only came up with the rpm file. Weirdness . .. Mark On Tue, 2003-03-04 at 12:48, Anthony E. Greene wrote:

Re: Newbie with Windows brain-lock

2003-03-04 Thread Anthony E. Greene
On 04-Mar-2003/12:25 -0500, Mark Phelps <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Everyone has given helpful answers. I'm still lost on how to find an >app I installed. Not on the start menu; can't think of where to begin >looking for it. Good point on "wine", Tony. Try using the "which" command to find

Re: Newbie with Windows brain-lock

2003-03-04 Thread Adam Voigt
Alright, specifically what app are you trying to find? On Tue, 2003-03-04 at 12:25, Mark Phelps wrote: On Tue, 2003-03-04 at 12:19, Anthony E. Greene wrote: > On 04-Mar-2003/11:54 -0500, Mark Phelps <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Where can I find help for learning L

Re: Newbie with Windows brain-lock

2003-03-04 Thread Mark Phelps
On Tue, 2003-03-04 at 12:19, Anthony E. Greene wrote: > On 04-Mar-2003/11:54 -0500, Mark Phelps <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Where can I find help for learning Linux w/Gnome? I'm not even sure if > >I'm asking the right question. > > > >I'm installing stuff that I can't find afterwards. It doesn

Re: Newbie with Windows brain-lock

2003-03-04 Thread Anthony E. Greene
On 04-Mar-2003/11:54 -0500, Mark Phelps <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Where can I find help for learning Linux w/Gnome? I'm not even sure if >I'm asking the right question. > >I'm installing stuff that I can't find afterwards. It doesn't show up >in my home folder. I'm trying to get wine to work,

Re: Newbie with Windows brain-lock

2003-03-04 Thread Adam Voigt
Umm, if your running Redhat 8.0, you can click on redhat icon, then "Help". If your trying to install applications, then 99% of the time they won't appear in your home folder, as there installed elsewhere, assuming this is the case, they will either appear on the redhat "start menu" or you

Newbie with Windows brain-lock

2003-03-04 Thread Mark Phelps
Where can I find help for learning Linux w/Gnome? I'm not even sure if I'm asking the right question. I'm installing stuff that I can't find afterwards. It doesn't show up in my home folder. I'm trying to get wine to work, but am clueless. And I can't seem to get out of my Windows mind-set. S