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bill_h wrote:
> On Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:50:47 -0700 (PDT), Ivan 
> <find.ivan@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Aug 5, 7:56 pm, gary <glra...@tpg.com.au> wrote:
>>> when i use update manager this message pops up Could not 
>>> download all repository indexes
>>> 
>>> The repository may no longer be available or could not be 
>>> contacted because of network problems. If available an older 
>>> version of the failed index will be used. Otherwise the 
>>> repository will be ignored. Check your network connection and
>>>  ensure the repository address in the preferences is correct.
>>> 
>>> I have no idea what it means and i don,t know how to sort it 
>>> out i have very limited computer skills and am fairly new to 
>>> Ubuntu it started doing this about 2 weeks ago i do not know 
>>> how to check network connection or what repository address 
>>> means  or where the preferences are?
>>> 
>>> thanks again in advance Gary
>> Gary:
>> 
>> May I suggest one thing: OPEN A TERMINAL.
>> 
>> Try using # apt-get update
>> 
>> If it fails, try # apt-get update --fix-missing
>> 
>> If THAT fails, post here your sources.list file.
>> 
>> 
>> If you really want to learn to use the linux operating system, 
>> you'll have to do so without using fancy applications to do 
>> things for you and get your hands dirty with the command line.
> 
> Which is precisely why linux aint gunna challenge Windows any time
>  soon. If you've got to use the command line to make the fucking 
> thing work, it aint worth the effort. Maybe I'm lazy, but  I gave
>  up trying to understand command line stuff with Dos 5.
> 
> I keep playing with Linux and while it is getting very good, I 
> still find it frustrating at times. I fail to comprehend why I 
> should have to understand arcane gibberish to get the bloody thing
>  to work.
> 
> I would love to divest myself of Windows, maybe one day.
> 
> cheers, Bill


Bill, I've been more than satisfied with Linux primarily because I no
longer need fear a repeat of experiences such as warily going back
online merely to retrieve sufficient arcane text necessary to
remove a key logger from Windows registry.

Seems to me that while we both prefer a GUI, it isn't always adequate
in either system, but Linux has the definitive security advantage.

Still with dual boot, the only times in about the last 15 months I've
been back in XP long enough for a virus scan is when I've been stuck
there waiting for the scan to finish.

-- 
Bob
"I don't believe in evil, I believe in right and wrong, and very
often they are the same thing"-Paul Theroux, in Milroy the Magician.