On 31/05/2019 03.17, Doug McGarrett wrote:
Hope this is the right place to ask questions! I've come to OpenSuse Thunderbird after losing my PCLOS computer to some kind of glitch, and I don't like the latest version
No such thing as "OpenSuse Thunderbird". There is "openSUSE" Linux, and there is "Thunderbird" in openSUSE Linux, and in Debian Linux, and in Windows 10, and in... Well, not in Android.
that PCLOS is putting out now--a lot of apps that I have used on a regular basis are gone, along with a lot of libs that I would need to get the apps back, but the libs are
not available. I wanted to stay with an rpm system to have at least something familiar, but I'm running into some real questions that I can't answer.
1: Where is the equivalent of the Synaptic Package Manager? There must be a list of everything available on the repo, and from which any one or more can be downloaded
You don't need it. First things first: what openSUSE release have you installed, and how? There is Leap 42.3 Leap 15.0 and Leap 15.1, and Tumbleweed. Second: What desktop have you installed? There is Plasma (aka KDE), there is Gnome, there is XFCE, and a few others that I forget their names. Each one will manage your mouse correctly for you. In the case of gnome, there is one "gsynaptics". Or are you, by any chance, deity forbid, trying to install openSUSE packages over PCLOSS? No help that road, as nobody has done that before.
2. Why can't I install any printers? I have provided my password TWICE, but then it comes up forbidden? If I open CUPS and provide a password, will I have to install
Just start up YaST, which will ask for the *root* password, and then follow your nose to the printer module :-)
a long string of instructions to install a printer? If so, where should the printer info (ppd from the manufacturer) be stored? (I have the instructions to install printers in PCLOS---
Puagh. You don't have to do any such thing. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.0 x86_64 at Telcontar)