I was happy to install klik on Suse 10 in my workplace where my PC is connected to the Internet. It worked perfectly fine and I was able to load applications like Enlightenment, Gnumeric, Inkscape, Filelight just to mention but a few.

I have wondered how to do the same on my PC at home which is not connected to the Internet. So what I did was to launch this url - http://klik.atekon.de/client/install. It opened a script which I copied into kwrite and save as klik.

On getting home, I logged into my PC as root, copied the script onto the desktop and ran it with this command: sh klik
Few minutes later,It brought out some error messages (which I didn't quite understand and didn't bother about anyway). I tried launching some applications with .cmg extensions which ran successfully.

Now the problem is that its only the root user that can use klik while other users on the system can't. I hope somebody will solve this problem for me.

Okay, I'm biased. I once wrote to Jes Hall before she was famous :) and so avidly read her column(s). Unfortunately, I experienced a problem that I think others should be aware of (though it is not necessarily the case that everyone will have the same problem).

I downloaded Firefox 1.5 using Klik. Other apps have worked well, but Ffox borked my desktop install, and I had to uninstall and reinstall it to get it back to working order. I've posted to Klik, and another poster has asked for people to comment if they've have similar probs with this particular application.

In short, if it gives an error regarding 'chrome', do not select 'okay'!

Please see:

http://www.knoppix.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=22350

That said, gcompris (for my children) works brilliantly :)

I wonder if it would be cool to have the gadget guy to push Linux gadgets. Currently there are many gadgets that run on Linux. Starting from Tivo, Wi-Fi phones, some PDA, and also many but many media centers.

Thank you for putting Mango on the cover of issue #9. I wish to nominate her for the position of" Queen of the Linux Guru Universe"
Bill Rowland

Now I understand that Mango Parfait's column is intended to entertain as well as enlighten. However, when "enlightening" it is essential that there be some element of truth; whether, implied or explicitly stated.

In this case, the implication of truth was completely incorrect. In an answer to a question Mango implied that the cost of a Mandriva distribution set was 132 USD and was therefore more expensive, and less desirable than (what is in my opinion) that waste of space called Linspire. That is a falsehood. The cost of a Mandriva set can vary, depending on your source and depending on what you want included.

I can attest that a perfectly useful copy of Mandriva can be had for a sum less than 20 USD. Please ensure that Mango remains entertaining, but is also factual and complete when answering.

Thanks.

i figured i would comment here since i was unable to find the e-mail address of Nicholas Petreley.

in a linux distribution, i look for cleanliness, completion, and standardization. i do not like distributions that deviate from standards so much that programs pretty-much have to be written specifically for that distro. i feel that this is a big part of why linux doesn't grow faster than it already is. finding howto's for linux should not have to include your specific distribution. granted the exact things that you type in will never be the same throughout all distributions, you should still be able to take a howto for say gentoo and apply it to slackware. unfortunately, this is not possible.

my favorite distribution, and probably the only linux software that i would truly pay for is slackware. i like it for the fact that it doesn't deviate from those standards too terribly much. i am generally able to get anything working on slackware, whereas when i was in say redhat it was very challenging to get certain things to work without a binary/rpm, or a redhat specific howto of it.

as for being able to play games on linux, i would definitely donate money for some lawyers to get microsoft to open the directx code. i feel that any kind of underlaying code base such as opengl/directx/.NET/python/etc etc should be left available to be ported to other operating systems, either paid by the creators (in order for them to be able to keep it closed source), or by allowing the open source community to do it for them for free.

i know that's wishful thinking, and it will likely never happen.. but that's how i feel about it.