It is easier to learn Chinese than Linux ?

Question

Can someone please tell me in plain English how to install a program on small puppy linux? It was a zip file.I unzipped it and now I have a bazillion other files and I don't know what to do from there.Which is the executable file? Whoever designed Linux it is a moron.I never saw a more complex OS. I have to spend hours on linux forums to get answers on simple tasks. Please help I'm about to toss the computer out the window.

Answer 1

Dear friend,If you don't want to go on Prozac forget about this ridiculous OS and come back to windows. I have tried many Linux distros and I uninstall them 20 minutes later. Besides the complexity as you said I was speechless about the intrusions while surfing the internet.Any website I was visiting,10 popup windows were coming out from anywhere.I thought the lack of bugs and viruses was the super weapon of non windows OS.

Answer 2

I really liked the simplicity of Ubuntu and Suse that I have tried.I think it's OK operating system if you are not very demanding.For new users LInux and Linux forums is a package deal.You have to be patient.The reason I returned to windows was I never made the wireless to work on both my laptops.It is pointless to have a laptop without wireless.I have spend hours on linux forums trying hundreds of drivers but no luck.I thing the lack of hardware support is the major flaw on Linux.Too bad it seemed like a promising OS

Answer 3

Chinese is more difficult to learn. It takes many years to master Chinese. Linux can be mastered in a few months.



Puppy Linux, unfortunately, isn't known for its user-friendliness. Its main goal is to have a lightweight distribution that works on low-spec computers. If you're going to stick with Puppy, you can learn about its software installation here:

http://www.puppylinux.org/wiki/how-tos/general/pupget



If you would like a more user-friendly distribution, try Linux Mint (which is based on Ubuntu). You can see from this tutorial that installing software in Ubuntu or its derivatives is easier than installing software in Windows:

http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/installingsoftware



Perhaps instead of calling people "morons," you should actually decide to learn something.

Answer 4

Why are you using Small Puppy? Is you computer really old? If it is I understand but there are several more user friendly versions of Linux available.



Just a few:

SUSE: http://www.novell.com/linux/

Ubuntu: http://www.ubuntu.com/GetUbuntu/download

gOS: http://www.thinkgos.com/dgadgets.php

Mint: http://www.linuxmint.com/download.html

Answer 5

You could search the forums....

Or you can use google.



http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/linux-tutorials-howtos-reference-material/64958-how-install-software-linux.html



If you're looking in a specific place, you can use site:example.com with your search terms to restrict the search. It's more effective than the search in forums.



./configure

make

install



is what all these links are saying if you bothered to read them.

Linux is extremely powerful, but there is a learning curve that you have to be willing to accept in order to use. If you try to install software from a repository it's damn easy. Installing from source is something everyone has to learn at one point or another.



Did you bother reading the minimum requirements for Ubuntu? Why don't you try a lighter weight version of Ubuntu like Xubuntu? Xubuntu require 128MB RAM to run, or 192MB RAM to install. Desktop install requires at least 1.5GB of free space on your hard disk. Unless you did the bare minimum install of Ubuntu from the alternate install methods, it requires 384MB of RAM.

Answer 6

Try asking this on the forum related to this linux OS.



Here's a link to the beginner's section of their forum:

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/index.php?f=2&sid=e37df3c9294b6af20a7986768e2c74fd