[wellylug] more newbie questions.

[Glen Ogilvie]

Hi antony,

> I had a look at KDE for xdownload but couldn't find it. Is there a download
> manager for linux?

xdownloader URL:
http://www.krasu.ru/soft/chuchelo/scrsht.php3

if you want a KDE specific one, try the following URL:
http://apps.kde.com/na/2/search?query=download+manager&qtype=qtypeany&versions=any

On Saturday 27 January 2001 21:59, you wrote:
> Thanks to all for the replies so far.
>
> I have managed to download Star Office.
>
> How do I go about installing it? It has the extension of .bin, which
> I assume to mean binary, but what do I do with it now?

I expect it's a shell script that will unpack itself and do a custom install..
To find this out, try doing a cat filename | head

if you see something like #!/bin/sh
it's a shell script. Otherwise, you could always just try running it (if 
it's not a script, you will only get an error message) To run it type:

sh filename

> Can I rename it to .rpm and let kpackage install it?
>
Only if the file is infact an RPM. Where did you download it from, and did 
they say it was an RPM?


> I mean, how obvious is it to type man for help? On vms you type help.
> If you want to copy a file type copy. I guess it is what you get used to
> ;-)

GUI's are important, because there is a lot of learn. The commands are 
simply what you are used to. If you want, you can always customise your 
login so that help = man, etc... but I understand your point. The only 
explaniation I can give for it is, that unix has been around way before 
Microsoft DOS, and has not changed to fit a different operating system. 
(no flames please... that's only my view)


> This is why gui's are so important for the majority of people that I know.
> Still, I am pretty impressed with this Mandrake distro, I haven't booted
> to windows in a week now. It is still annoying how x windows don't do
> what you want. netscape etc, going to sleep on you.

Can you detail what is going to sleep?

>
> DO I need to worry about firewall software, and if so, where do I get it?

How much do you leave your computer online? if you are on a dial up, and 
only run online for a few hours at a time, the chances of getting attacked 
are lower... However, if permently connected, I would suggest turning on 
IPchains, which is the firewall software that comes with Linux.

> I assume now that email virus's are a windows thing now?
Most e-mail virus's are written to run on the Windows operating system yes, 
and Linux does not suffer from the problems that windows creates. You can 
only possible have a problem if you receive an attachment that is Linux 
specific, and you choose to run it. However, that will be really difficult 
for you to do.

> Is freeciv a multiplayer game only?
No, you can play against the computer to, although it is typically boring to 
do so. To use freeciv, you need to start a freeciv server as well, and then 
configure the server to have a few computer players, then connect as a 
client.. once you have connected (and anyone else you want to be playing) 
start the server.

You can find help on how to do this by looking in
/usr/share/doc/freeciv-1.11.4

but the basic idea would be
start the freeciv server
enter: set aifill = 3
start the freeciv client and connect
go back to the server and 
enter: start




> where is a good website for linux games?
http://www.linuxgames.com

and check out
http://www.winehq.com


Hey, do you use ICQ antony? 

Cheers
Glen