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Reformulation: How do I install and remove software?
A: This depends on your distribution, for debian you usually use apt(8)
For redhat, you run 'System settings / Packages' and get a package manager remarkably like windows' add/remove programs.
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+There are also graphical package manager frontends such as Kpackage (under KDE) or
+Synaptic (under Gnome).
In [Ubuntu] there's an "Add/Remove programs" option at the bottom of the main menu.
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Reformulation: Are there any problems with reading [NTFS] file systems? And how do I do it?
A: Since [NTFS] is a closed standard, it's hard to write support for it. Linux can read [NTFS] fairly well, but writing it is still very risky. If you really need to share files between Windows and Linux set up a fat32 partition they can both read. Or transfer all your files to a genuinely open and properly documented filesystem which [both OS's|http://www.google.co.nz/search?q=ext3%20windows] can share.
+Alternatively you can read your Linux (ext2 and ext3) partitions from within Windows
+with Explore2fs.exe.
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Q: What the hell is a partition? how do I make it?
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Q: What is all the crap that scrolls as Linux is starting, is it error messages?
-A: Nope, it's Linux telling you what hardware it's detected and how it's configured it. Useful for when your computer crashes on startup to see what hardware or driver is causing the fault.
+A: Nope, it's Linux telling you what hardware it's detected and how it's configured it. Useful for when your computer crashes on startup to see what hardware or driver is causing the fault. (Windows just hides all that stuff behind its startup screen)
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Q: What the hell is a bad super block?
