Re: [uml-devel] I really need help, nothing works

[Antoine Martin <antoine@nagafix.co.uk>]

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I think you may need to read this and then re-formulate your question:
http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
I'm not even sure this is the right mailing list, as 90% of your mail
seems like a rant about e17/Ubuntu.


John Vincent wrote:
> Hi, I am an escaped prisoner from M$.  I found Wubi Ubuntu and
> downloaded it to my XP 64bit machine and it works fine.  Mainly I wanted
> to get the e17 desktop that is supposedly included, but it is not and I
> have spend wasted days going through the ubuntu forums and ubuntu
> "help"(??) trying all the various "fixes" to add e17 to 9.04, none of
> them, not a one, work.
> 
> So, I discovered Zero Install and have added it to my 9.04 installation
> and indeed it shows up under Applications.
> 
> Problem:  I want to install Run Linux inside Linux and was able to
> download the 64 bit kernal, then disaster, each next step you list,
> comes up with an error message.  To uncompress 64bit, error.
> And all additional commands listed, thereafter, each comes up with error. 
> 
> How do I get through this mess?  I find this a lot with linux (and I
> suppose why so many people give up on linux) none of the instructions on
> how to do something work.  Most instructions presume a basic knowledge
> of linux code/commands and a new guy, like myself, is totally lost.
> 
> Can you provide me, easy to follow, step by step instruction (up to date
> as the Zero Install was listed at their site as having a bug in 9.04) by
> some kind of email/link so I can get the Install Linux inside linux as I
> want to try other distros and especially the elusive Enlightenment/e17. 
> Judging by the amount of forum space taken up over this issue
> (installation of e17) mine must not be a one only occurrance but
> something many are experiencing, again, why make it so hard for us who
> wish to escape M$ to transition to linux?
> 
> Thanks in anticipation of a solution and in advance, John Vincent
> 
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