Ubuntu

[DJ-AD!]

I just installed Ubuntu Its Great but its my first version of Linux how can i install programs that i just download off the internet.

But it is great UBUNTU ALL THE WAY

[Kevin]

I dont think you can install .exe programs on ubuntu :[

[DJ-AD!]

Ye but like tar.gz files once its unzipped what do i do?

[Kevin]

Install Wine

It allows you to install Windows based programs

WineHq.com

I just installed shockwave with it :] now i can play habbo on my ****-top.

You need to download windows Firefox, you cant use the firefox that comes with ubuntu if u want to do it.

[Recursion]

What? Firefox on Ubuntu does work...

You need to get .deb packages, they are the easiest, or go into the synaptic package manager in one of the menus. Tar.gz is compiling from source.

[Kevin]

Yes, Firefox on ubuntu does work, but dosent come enabled for Shockwave, where the windows version does, hence if you download

> Wine
> FireFox (Windows Version)
> Shockwave.

That's the way i was instructed to do it, and it worked

-Kev

[Recursion]

There is a way to get it to work tbh

[marriott0.01]

There is a way to search for certain programs but I haven't used Ubuntu/Kubuntu in ages!

[Blinger1]

type into the terminal:

"sudo apt-get install firefox"

and it installs firefox :S

[alexxxxx]

go to package manager and search for it?