synaptic

Hello, I use Ubuntu 8.10.When I try to install a package in "synaptic package manager" I can see a checkbox "Download package files only".What does this mean? To where the downloaded packages are saved to?Can U reuse those files later? Im a user on a limited bandwidth.So...

I am a new Ubuntu user ..Since Sabayon is so beautiful and Gentoo based ..how easy it is for for noobs ?? Also 1. Any Winamp like player exists in Sabayon ? 2. VLC pre installed ? 3. MS Office compatibilty ? 4. How easy is to install softwares ? (In Ubuntu just go to synaptic manager and...

Ok so I installed Ubuntu after much thought. Now all the text on my Fire Fox browser is blurry and its a pain in the ass to read anything on net. How to fix it ? And the sound is also messed up. The songs are all flat pitched and bass is not good. I suppose it needs some kinda drivers so whats...

There are many softwares that come out with regular updates like OPera , Pidgin etc. I wanted to install pidgin 2.1.0 from 2.0.2 and i had to download the source and make install that damn thing all over again. Took me 1/2 hr + It s irritating , isnt there an easier way ? Synaptic dosent...

Its happening like this. The pages [sites are all legal ones] are opening as usual. But then as i am moving the cursor across the page, IE is giving an error message and eventually closing. :( :( :confused: :confused: When am opening the same sites with FF 2, am having no problem.:? :? These...

I downloaded Xine from internet using Synaptic package manager... 15 MB was downloaded but now i dont no wat to do?? SPM automatically installs softwares or wat?? Used Synaptic Package manager for the first time...