Switched to Linux, need help

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thetonestarr said:

Yeah. I was trying to edit that in when Firefox decided it needed a restart, and I figured the system needed a reboot anyhow.

Right now, I'm trying to figure out how to install my display drivers (ATI Radeon HD 2400). By the way things look, first I need XFree86-Mesa-libGL, libstdc++, libgcc, XFree86-libs, fontconfig, freetype, zlib, and gcc installed.

And in order to install THOSE, I need to be able to run .rpm files, apparently. Because those are designed for Redhat and Fedora Linux, and I'm running Ubuntu.

Man.

 

I think almost every programm for Fedora or Redhat you have in the ubuntu repositories.

I use ubuntu since 2006 and never had to install a programm I need manually with the commandline. I start synaptic and click on the programm I want to install it. Much easier than in windows. Where you have to buy a lot of programms for the daily use or search for it on different websites. On Ubuntu you have only to click the programms you want in synaptic.

So if you want a programm and you do not find it in synaptic look in the ubuntu faqs for the right repository or perhaps look on http://www.getdeb.net/