qwed88
(qwed88)
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Hey I installed Linux, went with Mandrake 10.0, thats the one I had on me.
Got some questions though probably stupid ones but I’ll ask any way
does anyone know of any good sites explaining the very basics of this OS
how do you install programs? are rpms the same as exe’s or zip’s?
what is the equivelent to drivers in linux?
(my ATI 9800 doesnt seem to be accelerating blender in linux?)
Is thier a device manager in linux
when I download blender official release, is there a kind of installer?
where do installed programs go?
any help would be appreciated thanks
lilo
(lilo)
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all things linux http://www.icon.co.za/~psheer/book/
rpm is a package management system ( makes it easy to install stuff)
for drivers goto your vendors site / I use nvidia and the latest linux drivers for my card are available there
to run blender just download to your home directory / unzip it and click the blender icon
where things go depends on your distro / could be in /usr/bin
if your not sure try the following
open a shell / switch to root / updatedb
then from any shell you can enter locate name_of what_I’m looking for
good luck