<div dir="ltr"><div>On Sun, Jan 25, 2015 at 7:52 AM, Michael Rice <<a href="mailto:limitcase@gmail.com">limitcase@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><div>> That being said, double-clicking the "squeak.sh" in the extracted all-in-one</div><div>> folder should get everything running, or give you error messages that Google</div><div>> could help with.</div><div>></div><div>> Double-clicking doesn't work in my Fedora 19 Linux. Must do this instead:</div><div>></div><div>> 1) Find the icon that looks like a terminal; open it to type a command on</div><div>> the "command line"</div><div>> 2) Go to the Squeak-All-In-One folder using the cd (change directory)</div><div>> command</div><div>> 2) Type "./squeak.sh &" (omit the quotes) and the enter key</div><div><br></div><div><font color="#9900ff">If you can do that shouldn't Fedora 19 Linux let the user double-click</font></div><div><font color="#9900ff">on a shell script in its File-Manager to execute it? It seems Ubuntu</font></div><div><font color="#9900ff">does..</font></div><div><br></div><div>I've been using Fedora since a friend sent me a copy of Fedora Core 2. I've tried many other Linux distros but none, so far, came as close to meeting my needs. So I can live without the double-clicking. If you can't, you're free to choose another Linux, there are hundreds to choose from.</div><div><br></div><div>Michael </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jan 25, 2015 at 7:52 PM, Chris Muller <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:asqueaker@gmail.com" target="_blank">asqueaker@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On Sun, Jan 25, 2015 at 7:52 AM, Michael Rice <<a href="mailto:limitcase@gmail.com">limitcase@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> That being said, double-clicking the "squeak.sh" in the extracted all-in-one<br>
> folder should get everything running, or give you error messages that Google<br>
> could help with.<br>
><br>
> Double-clicking doesn't work in my Fedora 19 Linux. Must do this instead:<br>
><br>
> 1) Find the icon that looks like a terminal; open it to type a command on<br>
> the "command line"<br>
> 2) Go to the Squeak-All-In-One folder using the cd (change directory)<br>
> command<br>
> 2) Type "./squeak.sh &" (omit the quotes) and the enter key<br>
<br>
If you can do that shouldn't Fedora 19 Linux let the user double-click<br>
on a shell script in its File-Manager to execute it? It seems Ubuntu<br>
does..<br>
<br>
<br>
><br>
> Michael<br>
><br>
> On Sun, Jan 25, 2015 at 3:21 AM, Tim Retz <<a href="mailto:human.shield.117@gmail.com">human.shield.117@gmail.com</a>><br>
> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> The squeak mailing list is happy to help you with problems that have to do<br>
>> with squeak. This assumes you know the basics of how to install/use a<br>
>> program on your computer. While there are basic instructions for Windows and<br>
>> MacOS, there aren't for Linux for a few reasons: both Windows and Mac are<br>
>> very mainstream OS's, and so they have very unified ways of installing<br>
>> things. Also, there is really only 1 or 2 ways to install something on one<br>
>> of those systems. This is not the case with Linux. The Linux way of doing<br>
>> things focuses on the super old school UNIX mentality that the person using<br>
>> the system knows what they're doing better than any program or developer can<br>
>> guess, and so the power, and responsibility, is in your hands.<br>
>><br>
>> "...or you can just give them the source code, and have them figure it<br>
>> out. Linux users aren't retarded." - a friend of mine giving another friend<br>
>> advice on releasing some software.<br>
>><br>
>> I mention this because, if you use Linux, it's the user's responsibility<br>
>> to know (or figure out) how to get a piece of software working. Whether you<br>
>> need too look up something using the man pages, or ask a question on your<br>
>> distribution's forums, "How do I get <insert_program_name_here> to run?"<br>
>> isn't really a question for the squeak community if you're on a Linux<br>
>> machine.<br>
>><br>
>> Pardon my ranting, I'm a little drunk and bored, and saw this message on<br>
>> my phone, thinking "What the hell. *shrug*"<br>
>><br>
>> That being said, double-clicking the "squeak.sh" in the extracted<br>
>> all-in-one folder should get everything running, or give you error messages<br>
>> that Google could help with.<br>
>><br>
>> On Jan 24, 2015 11:00 PM, "Kirk Fraser" <<a href="mailto:overcomer.man@gmail.com">overcomer.man@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>> I finally found the responses to my email that never arrived in my inbox<br>
>>> yet by looking in the Archive. Thanks.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Apparently my question needs to be restated in better jargon. So here<br>
>>> goes:<br>
>>> A beginner might want to start Squeak on a Linux machine. The Beginner's<br>
>>> heading has no information for a beginner using Linux. Yet the claim is<br>
>>> Squeak works on both Windows and Linux. So how does a beginner do it?<br>
>>><br>
>>> Casey says take a flying leap and eventually you'll get it.<br>
>>> Bert says there are easy to follow instructions to do it.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Where are these easy to follow instructions for beginners?<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> Kirk W. Fraser<br>
>>> <a href="http://www.JesusGospelChurch.com" target="_blank">www.JesusGospelChurch.com</a> - Replace the fraud churches with the true<br>
>>> church.<br>
>>> <a href="http://freetom.info" target="_blank">http://freetom.info</a> - Example of False Justice common in America<br>
>>><br>
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