Sunday, December 6, 2009

[LINUX_Newbies] Re: questions from a real newbie

 

Scott,

Apparently you missed the news that the *next* version, 10.04, of Ubuntu is not to include the GIMP. The current one does.

David

--- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com, Scott <scottro@...> wrote:
>
> On Sun, Dec 06, 2009 at 11:12:48AM -0800, Bruce Kemp wrote:
> > Rixta Francis wrote:
> > >
> > Don't feel intimidated by the technical jargon, if you are halfway
> > intelligent, you can learn Linux.
> > As far as the programs you have listed as needing, you don't need most
> > of them in Linux. Ubuntu (at least the latest version ) comes with Gimp
> > and F-spot for photo editing, and there are several firewalls available
> > to install.
>
> Heh Bruce, you must have missed the furor on that one. They're
> apparently no longer including gimp with the install CD. (And people
> had fits, which struck me as surprising since you simply have to type
>
> aptitude -y install gimp
>
> to rectify the situation.
>
> --
> Scott Robbins
> PGP keyID EB3467D6
> ( 1B48 077D 66F6 9DB0 FDC2 A409 FA54 EB34 67D6 )
> gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys EB3467D6
>
> Wesley: The Council's orders are to concentrate on the...
> Buffy: Orders. I don't think I'm going to be taking any more
> orders. Not from you, not from them.
> Wesley: You can't turn your back on the Council.
> Buffy: They're in England. I don't think they can tell which way
> my back is facing.
>

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