Advice to a newbie.

[suvayu ali]

2009/8/4 Mikkel L. Ellertson <mikkel at infinity-ltd.com>:
> Oluwafemi Akinwa wrote:
>> I'm a newbie to linux. Can anybody put me through on how to
>> install my applications on fedora 11 ?
>>
> Because you are a newbie, let me give you a couple of pointers. The
> first thing is to read the list guidelines!
>
> Guidelines:
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
>
> You have made a couple of mistakes that will cause a lot of people
> to ignore your message. The first thing is the subject - it does not
> tell us anything about your problem. You should also start a new
> message instead of replying to the digest. Second, you should NOT
> include the ENTIRE digest in your message.
>
> Now, for installing software - you can use yum, or one of the GUIs
> like yumex. You may also want to look at the entries under the
> System menu in the top tool gar. (If using Gnome - the default desktop.)
>

In addition to what the others have said, looking at the User's guide
and http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mjm-fedora-f11.html is a good
start.

-- 
Suvayu

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