On Thu, 2007-06-07 at 19:51 +0200, Klaske Hoekstra wrote:
Hello, I switched from Windows to Opensuse last weekend, on my Dell Inspiron 9100. I'm totally new in this environment, and need some help and I hope this is the right list to get it.
. I installed pure-ftp, as I need a ftp programme, and got the message that it was successfully installed; however, it doesn't appear in the 'new programms' list, and I haven't found out how to start the programme. What have I missed??
Probably nothing. There are so many programs that not all are listed. Open a console and type $ pure-ftp (don't type the $) and hopefully it will work. If you are using KDE, then you can right-click on the menu, edit it and put in your own entry. Usually you need to put the full path to an executable in. You can find this with a console: $ which pure-ftp But. It may be much easier to use Konqueror (the KDE file browser/web client) if you installed KDE. Clear the location line and type ftp://user@web.address (replace the words). Then you should get an ftp client that will work like a file-browser. It also works with sftp the same way (though I don't think yet with rsync). You can open a second Konqueror and drag and drop files. Konqueror will ask if you want to move or copy. I'm sure some friendly Gnome user (I believe it's pronounced gnoom) wil tell you how to do the same with Gnome instead of KDE.
. As a keyboard setting I chose the Dell Lattitude, and this is mostly correct, however I can't find out how to combine signs with letters, such as ' with a to get the accents on the letters;
AltGr+key followed by key usually works. On my keyboard, I use AltGr+{ followed by e to get ë as in Noël.
By the way, I live in The Netherlands, so some of my translations might not be correct.
Nee. Het is zeer goed. -- JDL -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org