On Mon, 2007-04-23 at 10:45 +0100, Robin Menneer wrote: > > Done wot you said and got *no package is selected* so am > unable to apply Sorry to be difficult. Robin
I think there's a problem here that's more significant than just a particular problem with installing a specific application. If you get your answers to this problem, there'll only be a lot more in the pipeline because your knowledge is so deliberately poor. In other words, you're not thick, but you've chosen to not use things like forums without really devoting time to getting used to them. No-one's born with a stock of knowledge for using these things, so everyone has to become familiar with them, but you'll get over that if you give them more of a chance. Searching through and lurking in forums and/or leafing through some documentation can be a great source of knowledge and you'll learn things that you didn't intend to learn that may help at another time with another issue. Unfortunately, once people get stuck in a rut and used to their habits, they'll defend them to the hilt with all manner of appeals but, because you're habits are restricting you to such an extent, you're always going to have headaches with Ubuntu if you chose not to address them (and they're far easier to address than you may fear). Whatever resources you choose, you'll always find people more than willing to help out - that's the way things work - but this can limit your knowledge, too. Being over-reliant on a small section of people as are on this list can be a problem since they may not always have the answers that others in other forums/formats may have. There's benefits to be had even if you don't find answers to your specific queries. For example, say you searched for an answer to F-Spot, but couldn't find it, at least you'll learn how to search, where to search, how to ask, and so on. Limiting your options to just this list means that you may be missing out on things that most people get a grasp of in a short space of time. I've got someone who's not only a senior but who also has significant memory problems, and yet this person still knows his way around after a couple of months. One of the reasons for this is that he had the options explained to him well - if anything, I think you may have lacked this initial guidance which would have made it more likely that you'd adapt well. The basics aren't rocket science and you're more than capable of picking them up (you were able enough to find and join this list, after all), but I think a thread/links devoted to how and where to look for answers would help you a lot more than merely being told how to install F-Spot, as would devoting some time to playing with the options. All that said, it looks like you may face some problems in getting this Mac up and running. Do you know someone who can do that for you if it's too daunting a task? If you do, observe what they're doing and ask questions as they go along - disk partitioning is where some people get stuck. This is also an easy enough task once you're familiar with it. I would recommend not dual booting, though, because using two OSes is a bit of a diversion and waste of computing resources, unless you need to for work. If you don't know anyone, is there anyone on the list, or a member of a local LUG from your area who'd be willing to help out as a favour? Find out and take it from there or get back if you're still stuck. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
