my email and hopefully get some help.
First, a general problem: I have no idea where things are. I'm spoiled by windows. I expect to be able to find everything I need through the GUI. Since I have now examined the KDE Start Menu from top to bottom, and a bunch of things I know to be on the computer are not there, and the "Find Files" thing in KDE either freezes or is unsucessful at file finding nearly every time I run it, I have no idea where to start looking. Where can I find a good guide to / list of linux commands and configuration files? I've tried reading the man pages but I can't figure out how to search them with any sucess, so it only works if I can remember the name of the command I'm interested in.
permissions be set that way in the first place? Is there a better way to set up a partition that both OSes can access?
through the command-line? For that matter, where would I find linux drivers for my wireless card? They weren't listed on the Dell site.
3) Most other times of year this would have been a minor problem, but vacations in Pittsburgh are the only chance I get to restock my audiobook collection at the public library here, and I couldn't get any of the CD-ripping programs to work. They all reported errors when they tried to open the encoding programs. Apparently none of them were installed. Now, it seems really odd to me that SUSE would come with four different CD-ripping programs and no encoders. I think this is another example of me not being able to find things, but it's also possible that they really aren't installed. Anybody know a good program for ripping CDs and encoding to MP3 and what else needs to be installed for that program to work?
4) Power Management. Another reason I should be getting my linux practice on a desktop. KDE automatically put a little battery monitor in the system tray, but I still couldn't figure out how to do things like dim screen brightness to conserve electricity.
5) I was reading through those little tips that pop up when you first start KDE when they mentioned Kappfinder, for adding all those programs you can't find to the start menu. Only, because the computer gods love irony, I can't find it.
I'll probably think of other things once I've gotten some sleep. Thanks in advance for any help you are able to provide.