[Tfug] Ubuntu questions

[Don Freeman]

Sorry about the error on the thread name. I was just careless. So how do I
enable the repositories? You're talking to a total greenie here. 

-----Original Message-----
From: tfug-bounces at tfug.org [mailto:tfug-bounces at tfug.org] On Behalf Of
christopher floess
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 9:14 AM
To: Tucson Free Unix Group
Subject: Re: [Tfug] non-technical question

On 9/24/07, Don Freeman <DFreeman at pagnet.org> wrote:
> Hi there, I just installed Ubuntu and am trying to get the modem 
> working. Is there a way to open a command window (a la dos) so I can 
> type a series of commands without having to type them 1 at a time 
> through the little "run as another user" dialog? Also, is there a 
> linux file format similar to the dos BATCH file that allows a sequence 
> of commands to be run together? And

While, I'm sure no one appreciates your hijacking the thread, I'll play
along this time.

Though I don't know what the ubuntu menus have on them, you could always
just use the 'run' box to start xterm. From there you can run multiple
commands by separating them semicolons (;). e.g.

$ ls /usr ; xmms

would show you what's in the /usr directory and then run xmms.

Batch files are just shell scripts. Google 'linux shell scripting' and
you're bound to get endless results.

> finally, how do I go about installing the codecs so I can play my MP3s?
>

dunno, about this one. My system (FreeBSD) comes with everything necessary
to play mp3's.

Good luck ~ Chris


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