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kingofnothing Joined: Jan 21, 2009 Posts: 2 Other Topics	Posted Jan 21, 2009 at 5:21:27 AM Subject: Another one new to Linux Hey, Just bought an eeepc. As well as an external hard drive. Downloaded bit torrent to the external and attempted to run the .exe file and and the computer leads me to the "open with..." window. I saved an office document to the external and it opened up just fine. Does anyone know what might fix this? Thanks!
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thobbs Joined Oct 12, 2008 Posts: 238 Location:Texas! Other Topics	Posted: Jan 21, 2009 6:07:57 AM Subject: Another one new to Linux .exe files are designed to run on Windows. exe's don't run on Mac OS X, Linux, or BSD by default. However, it is possible to run some Windows applications using Wine (www.winehq.org), but it's not always a perfect solution. We generally recommend using a Linux alternative instead of trying to get the Windows application to work. If you let us know what application you want to use, we can suggest a good alternative.
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debster Joined Jan 17, 2009 Posts: 17 Other Topics	Posted: Jan 21, 2009 11:51:30 AM Subject: Re: Another one new to Linux The eee pc comes with a simplified linux that is locked down and does not give you a simple way of installing software. You can unlock it quite easily. See: http://www.downloadsquad.com/2007/11/06/eee-pc-tips-a-crash-course-in-linux/ http://wiki.eeeuser.com/howto:introtofulldesktop One of the big diffrences between windows and linux is that you generally do not install software by downloading files from various sites with you web browser. (there are exceptions to this rule.) Instead you run a type of application called a package manager (examples: synaptic, yum, Add/Remove Software) which allows you to search, download and install software in one go. Its extremely easy once you have it set up on your Eee PC. There are bittorrent clients and many other applications available through your package manager. The package manager and many other functions are hidden from the user when running the default "easy mode" on the Eee PC. regards [Modified by: debster on January 21, 2009 12:08 PM]
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kingofnothing Joined Jan 21, 2009 Posts: 2 Other Topics	Posted: Jan 21, 2009 9:09:18 PM Subject: Re: Another one new to Linux That information helped alot Debster, thanks. Although, I ran into problems attempting to unlock the full desktop mode. I tried the second link first with no luck. In the first link I was told to open a terminal I did "apt-get update" worked fine the first time Then tried "apt-get install kicker" and ran into an error message saying it had no installation candidate. restarted the computer and tried again. did "apt-get update" and ran into this error message, failed to fetch file:/tmp/.FmZm6oL8/dists/tmp/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz File not found failed to fetch file:/tmp/.SqJxnNFS/dists/tmp/main/binary-i386/packages.gz FIle not found E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11 resource temporarily unavailable) E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg), is another process using it? Any ideas?
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