Q. My brother just made the Dell computer a Linux and I have no idea how to download anything. I keep trying to download Skype but it won't download correctly when I press Save. It keeps opening a new link on Google Chrome and its about blank. How do I download stuff on a Linux computer?
A. What distribution is it? You will want to get everything from the synaptic manager, that is the safest way to get your software. If you trust the source where you are to download either the .deb, .rpm, or source file you can do it that way as well, just be sure to check the checksum of that download.
In a terminal Change the Directory to here the file is located, which will most likely be the Downloads folder.
(ex.)
cd Downloads
md5sum <<file.name>>
When typing the file name in you can hit tab after the first couple of letter which should complete the task. If a file name has any spaces it must be put in quotations.
(ex.)
md5sum "file name"
you will be given a hash number, compare it to the checksum that the source site provides. The Checksum is basically the softwares fingerprint, if it doesn't match it is a fake.
In a terminal Change the Directory to here the file is located, which will most likely be the Downloads folder.
(ex.)
cd Downloads
md5sum <<file.name>>
When typing the file name in you can hit tab after the first couple of letter which should complete the task. If a file name has any spaces it must be put in quotations.
(ex.)
md5sum "file name"
you will be given a hash number, compare it to the checksum that the source site provides. The Checksum is basically the softwares fingerprint, if it doesn't match it is a fake.
How do I download stuff on a Linux computer?
Q. My brother just made the Dell computer a Linux and I have no idea how to download anything. I keep trying to download Skype but it won't download correctly when I press Save. It keeps opening a new link on Google Chrome and its about blank. How do I download stuff on a Linux computer? I think its a Ubuntu! Please help I'm clueless and just guessing what kind of Linux it is because my brother did it.
A. If you're sure it's Ubuntu, try visiting this page:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Skype
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Skype
Computer requirements for college? Is a linux computer a bad idea?
Q. I will need a computer for college, and I heard that some schools limit what OS's or types of computer their students can bring. For example, only windows, or only computers with Microsoft Word. Do any of you go to college and know whether this is true? And if you do have a linux computer at college (which I want) have there been any problems?
A. I had a couple issues using a linux distro in college. Most I was able to resolve; however, 1 issue a did run into was that some of the online resources that the college required me to access were only compatible with Internet Exploder... cough.. hack, I mean Internet Explorer. Granted this was entirely the resource's flaw and had nothing to do with linux, but there wasnt much i could do about it. If anything, u may just want to do a multi-boot setup. You should be able to get a discounted or *free copy of windows from the school, so multi-booting shouldnt be to big of an issue
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