Re: [ubuntu-uk] Security on Version 6-06 LTS

2007-05-09 Thread George MacLeod
Hi Peter, Getting used to the way things are done in Linux takes time if you're used to Windows. You can install most software packages from either Applications>Add/Remove or by using the Synaptic package manager found in System>Administration>Synaptic Package Manager. Using Synaptic you will be a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Security on Version 6-06 LTS

2007-05-08 Thread Phil Bull
Hi Peter, On Tue, 2007-05-08 at 15:14 +0100, Peter D Beattie wrote: > Hello. I am a newbie to Linux system! My test bed is a partitioned > Pentium 3 also running the old MS Millenium Windows no longer > supported > that I can access via the intial Linux boot choice command.

[ubuntu-uk] Security on Version 6-06 LTS

2007-05-08 Thread Peter D Beattie
Hello. I am a newbie to Linux system! My test bed is a partitioned Pentium 3 also running the old MS Millenium Windows no longer supported that I can access via the intial Linux boot choice command. I also run an XP Tower and Laptop all on broadband. Being an