Oolite Bulletins

jeffron wrote:

This is what im talking about. I don't like ubuntu. Don't understand it either. I've no use for a menu that offers me "Keep your Tomboy notes in synch." I'd much prefer to be offered a Mai tai. My goal is to figure out how to get rid of everything on this newly aquired old laptop and install just enough stuff to play oolite and do a little word processing. I just hope I can keep my save files, but if I can't I guess I can always manually restore the wealth the Commander has accrued through honest pains and deliberate slaying. What os's would you recommend for someone who is a do it yourselfer, hates when computers try to think for him, and is willing to keep learning the manual side of things, but is painfully, and I mean "I just figured out I can click and drag a file and move it, WHOOO HOOO" painfully, ignorant? I guess I should hit the internet up for some learning.

jeffron wrote:

My Memory is 486.8 MiB CPU U1400 1.20 ghz. Thanks. I intend to spend a little money on this thing too when i figure out what it'll take for upgrades.

jeffron wrote:

.... My goal is to figure out how to get rid of everything on this newly aquired old laptop and install just enough stuff to play oolite ....

$ gksudo pluma /etc/apt/sources.list

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/xorg-edgers/ppa/ubuntu precise main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/xorg-edgers/ppa/ubuntu precise main

$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

CommRLock78 wrote:

- in a terminal type:

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$ gksudo pluma /etc/apt/sources.list

$ sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

cim wrote:

Assuming the various Ubuntu variants have kept it from Debian, "sensible-editor" is an alias to some installed text editor, which one depending on what you have installed.

diziet@diziet-sma:~$ sensible-editor

Select an editor.  To change later, run 'select-editor'.
  1. /bin/ed
  2. /bin/nano        <---- easiest
  3. /usr/bin/vim.tiny

Choose 1-3 [2]: 

Diziet Sma wrote:

cim wrote:

Assuming the various Ubuntu variants have kept it from Debian, "sensible-editor" is an alias to some installed text editor, which one depending on what you have installed.

Well.. I just learned something new.. thanks!

When I tried that in a terminal, I got:

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diziet@diziet-sma:~$ sensible-editor

Select an editor.  To change later, run 'select-editor'.
  1. /bin/ed
  2. /bin/nano        <---- easiest
  3. /usr/bin/vim.tiny

Choose 1-3 [2]: 

Very cool.

robert@Mint13-DX4860 ~ $ sensible-editor

Select an editor.  To change later, run 'select-editor'.
  1. /bin/ed
  2. /bin/nano        <---- easiest
  3. /usr/bin/emacs23
  4. /usr/bin/vim.gnome
  5. /usr/bin/vim.tiny

Diziet Sma wrote:

It should be noted that this line would only work on Mint. If you were trying this on Ubuntu 11.10 (which uses gedit instead of pluma for text editing), the command would be:
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$ sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

CommRLock78 wrote:

I also did not see pluma on that list, which seems odd. Now the first time running this I chose emacs, but I actually prefer nano, if I can't have pluma...

Diziet Sma wrote:

CommRLock78 wrote:

I also did not see pluma on that list, which seems odd. Now the first time running this I chose emacs, but I actually prefer nano, if I can't have pluma...

That's because it's only for terminal-based editors.

Diziet Sma wrote:

Re emacs, you might get a kick out of an old joke.. "emacs, an editor that thinks it's an Operating System"

Diziet Sma wrote:

Emacs is pretty much the grand-daddy of all editors.. it grew into a huge, bloated, feature-overloaded monster.. you can even read your email on it.. hence the joke above.

[ XON ignored, mumble mumble ]