OK. Well, basically, I thought I would first learn to install something other than what's available through Synaptic. I have fond memories of my Commodore 64, so I thought I'd install a c-64 emulator for practice, found here:<br>
<br><a href="http://www.sourcefiles.org/Emulators/Commodore/">http://www.sourcefiles.org/Emulators/Commodore/</a><br><br>But the only thing the book is explaining to me is how to download with synaptic. It doesn't go into detail about how to download misc. files off the web and actually make them run (which of course you can do in windows with just a double-click). So I'm at a loss as to how to do this. I'm sure it's quite simple, once you guys teach me, but as of right now I'm quite lost.<br>
<br>Once again, thanks for the welcome and the help.<br><br>Mike Davis<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 2:26 PM, Nathan Smith <<a href="mailto:nathan.smith@ipmvs.com">nathan.smith@ipmvs.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">And the first rule of computer club.....<br>
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> [mailto:<a href="mailto:cialug-bounces@cialug.org">cialug-bounces@cialug.org</a>] On Behalf Of Mike Davis<br>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 12:52 PM<br>
> To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group<br>
> Subject: [Cialug] beginner here...<br>
><br>
</div><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">> ...and new member. I hope to be at the meeting tomorrow. I<br>
> bought a Linux book, and I'm trying to wade through it, but<br>
> I'm not doing too well. I DID manage to load Ubuntu onto my<br>
> computer by myself, and I'm running it now, but there's some<br>
> things I haven't been able to figure out yet. I don't<br>
> suppose I could bother someone in this group to spend a<br>
> little time with me to get me started? Hopefully I'm not<br>
> breaking any rules here by asking, I just don't know what<br>
> else to do. I DO know that if someone gets me started, I'll<br>
> be able to figure out a lot on my own.<br>
><br>
> Thanks,<br>
> Mike Davis<br>
><br>
><br>
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