@Brownout That was really helpful! I have a terrible case of beginnerism with Ubuntu.

It looks like I have to open a Terminal and write a command line every time I want to download a file. One suggestion was, Ctrl-drag so I tried that. The result is a message that says I don't have permission to read the file so Ubuntu refuses to copy it to the desktop. Well, who do I have to get permission from to read a file? I'm used to being the owner of my own life and the giver of permissions for anything I want to read. Apparently, Linux has assumed control of that function.

Of course it does.

But you're not telling me how.
mumble...mumble...Dark Side.

I guess it's the price one has to pay for something that's supposedly free

I cheated. I have never bought a computer or paid for Windows. I just resurrect computers after The Geek Squad at Best Buy pronounces them dead. That way I get a computer for the price of a hard drive or for just removing the graphics card and plugging the monitor into the mother board video connector. I learned Windows first because all the free computers I received ran Windows. This is not a mystery.

 

I guess the attitude is, they learned the hard way so everyone else should too.

Kinda like the (former) telegraphy requirement (Re: Amateur radio operator licensure)

 

If anyone is interested, just remove the .txt from the filename and open it in a browser.

Your link responds pretty much the same with or without the .txt removed.
It opens a browser page with stuff like:

up-favicon/337-1215244530527264" ICON="data:image/png;base64,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" LAST_CHARSET="ISO-8859-1">PCLinuxOnline</A>
<DT><A HREF="http://plf.zarb.org/" ADD_DATE="1194122604" LAST_MODIFIED="1194122627" ICON_URI="http://plf.zarb.org/favicon.ico" ICON="data:image/png;base64,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" LAST_CHARSET="ISO-8859-1">PLF</A>

I don't have a clue what to do with that.

 

Hello,

Wich browser did you use?
I am using firefox and it works fine.

I have attached the file again.
Remove the .txt and open it in firefox, chrome, qupzilla, konquerer or any othe browser.

Bertus

 

I'm going to start asking simple questions in the right Forum...Computing and Networks.

As for Bertus, I opened you link in Firefox. Then I copied that (bunch of text with long strings of A's) and pasted it in my reply.
I assume I'm supposed to find the Links in there and click on them to find the information you wanted to present.

 

Hello,

Here is a direct copy:
Linux

Audio

LilyPond, muzieknotatie voor iedereen
PortAudio
SoundTouch Sound Processing Library

Beginners

Control-Escape
Welkom bij Linux at Home

BSD

OpenBSD
The DragonFly BSD Project
The FreeBSD Project
The NetBSD Project

Database

Firebird - Relational Database
Migrating from Microsoft Access to MySQL
MySQL
TECHLINQ - MySQL

Distro

Debian -- The Universal Operating System
DistroWatch.com
d y n e : b o l i c
FrozenTech's LiveCD List
Gentoo Linux -- Gentoo Linux News
KNOPPIX - Live Linux Filesystem On CD
NOVELL: SUSE LINUX : ftp.suse.com
OpenSUSE
PCLinuxOS
Ubuntu Linux

Games

Fish Fillets - Next Generation

Hardware

Alcatel SpeedTouch Home modem | Linux configureren
digikam
Digital Camera Support for UN*X
GP2X en Neo Geo Pocker Color op Gpark.nl
Linux Compatible
Linux on Laptops
Memory Stick
qbik
sane-snapscan.5
TuxMobil

Info

Bartendavid
NedLinux.nl - Nieuws
Open Source Software Lab - Downloads
SuSE: Re: [SLE] conventional mounting on Suse 10.0- SOLVED

Links

Linux at home links
Linux - Beginthier.nl
Linuxlinks.com
Linuxlinks.org
linux.pagina.nl
LinuxQuestions.org
Loads of Linux Links
lunix.nl, linux links

Magazine

Linux Format
Linux Journal
Linux-Magazin
Linux Magazine COM
Linux Magazine NL
Linux Today
TUX

News

Ematic Interactive
Linux Central
Linux.com
Linux Today
LWN
Slashdot
The Linux Home Page

Projects

Elephants Dream
GNU Operating System
LinuxPrinting.org
Linux Resources for EEs
NSLU2-Linux - Main / HomePage
Scanner Access Now Easy
The Linux Documentation Project
The Linux Lab project Home Page

Software

Additional YaST Package Repositories - openSUSE
ftp.gwdg.de/pub
ftp.surfnet.nl/pub/os/Linux/distr
gEDA Project Homepage
Installing software from RPM packages in Linux
K Desktop Environment
Linux and Chemistry
Linux Software [ IceWalkers.com ]
Linux Software Map
nlpenoffice.org
On-Disk.com
Open Source Software Lab - Downloads
openSUSE
Package Repositories - openSUSE
PackMan :: thuis
pygame - python game development
SourceForge.net: Welcome to SourceForge.net
sunsite.unc.edu/pub/linux/
Suse 10 RPM Compatability - LinuxQuestions.org
The table of equivalents / replacements / analogs of Windows software in Linux. (Official site of the table)
Tucows Downloads Linux
Welcome [New Breed Software]
Wine HQ
XCircuit

Supplier

De linuxspecialist
Linuxland

suse

Bug 566174 – DBus error : Unable to get transaction id from packagekit.
Index of /distribution/11.2/repo/oss/suse/i586

ibiblio linux archive
Linupedia
Linux4you.be
Linux Guruz Main Page
Linux Migration, Inc.
Linux Security
PCLinuxOnline
PLF
Puppy Linux Home
SUSE Wiki
teamrocket

As said, some may not work anymore and some will be in Dutch.

Bertus

 

Ubuntu does do drag and drop of files. Not sure what you are doing wrong.


You can turn on the applications menu using these instructions.

http://www.howtogeek.com/189929/how-to-install-and-launch-the-classic-gnome-menu-in-ubuntu-14.04/

 

When I do the drag&drop to the desktop, I always get a link to the file at the website. That link always opens in a Firefox browser page. Therefore, I can never copy a jpeg or a .txt to my desktop and open them later in a picture viewer or gedit.

 

You can turn on the applications menu using these instructions.

Yay! Got menus!

 

When I do the drag&drop to the desktop, I always get a link to the file at the website. That link always opens in a Firefox browser page. Therefore, I can never copy a jpeg or a .txt to my desktop and open them later in a picture viewer or gedit.

Right click on the link you want to download. Click save link or save link as. Save link saves downloaded file to Downloads folder. Save as saves to folder of your choice.

 

When I do the drag&drop to the desktop, I always get a link to the file at the website. That link always opens in a Firefox browser page. Therefore, I can never copy a jpeg or a .txt to my desktop and open them later in a picture viewer or gedit.

Where are you copying from? I was able to move a file from a file system folder to the desktop just fine.

 

Yay! Got menus!

As an alternate to menus, open the file system. Navigate to /usr/share/applications. If you know the name of the app, you can search on the name by typing the name. Otherwise find the app, right click. Select Copy to Desktop

 

Where are you copying from?

AAC
This Thread. A file joeyd posted on page 2, I think.
Page loading just got very slow after the "menu available" modification.
Still starting up with no mouse until I start the computer twice.

Yay! Save as: worked. Open with gedit. Home free!
Now to tell Ubuntu it's a printer driver.

The problem was that Save as: is offered to me as, "Save Link as:" so I thought it was only offering to save a Link again.

Not quite as convenient as drag&drop, but it feeds the Bulldog.

 

Have you managed to open the "printer dialog" yet?

 

Printers-local host
"There are no printers configured yet."

Is that where to be?

 

Hello,

@#12, when I use the link http://localhost:631/ that joey provided, I will get this on my screen:



What do you see in your browser?

Bertus

 

What do you see in your browser?

It didn't look like that yesterday, but now it does. Lots of Links to instructions in English.

I feel like a noob reading, "Ohm's Law for noobies".
Lots of new words. Needs repetition.

I'm usually smart enough that you only have to tell me once, but nobody told me most of this. Right now, it's a great dog-pile of information!

 

Right now, it's a great dog-pile of information!

If it turns out that you can convert to Ubuntu, I will give it another try.

 

If it turns out that you can convert to Ubuntu, I will give it another try.

The jury isn't back yet.

 

It didn't look like that yesterday, but now it does. Lots of Links to instructions in English.

I feel like a noob reading, "Ohm's Law for noobies".
Lots of new words. Needs repetition.

I'm usually smart enough that you only have to tell me once, but nobody told me most of this. Right now, it's a great dog-pile of information!

Now, go to the "administration" tab, click add printer, and type your username and password at the prompt.

Post an acknowledgement when you get that far, and, if possible, a screen shot.