Sybella

I'm new to Linux and having trouble getting my laptop going. I'm completely frustrated, confused and ready to cry. Is anyone willing to hold my hand and walk me through this, please?

Yes, it is installed ok. I bought a magazine to get a full version of Mandrake 10.2 LE2005. It's in DVD format so it's all on one disc. I had tried to install mandrake 10.1 from a burned copy (on 3 discs) but I kept getting error messages. It would cancel itself out of installation because of something-config. While I was downloading an ISO of the first disc to try again, I got a bug to go to the bookstore and hunt down a "real" copy...and I did. LOL! Before I can download any packages for this, I need to get it online. I'm having a Broadcom chip problem and I've been trying to install the right driver for it...hopefully, I've got it now. I just need to put it in the right place. I'll be back with more questions, I'm sure. LOL! Thanks for the support guys...it's really appreciated!!

Thank you kindly!! In order to install from a source file...well, my question is, what is the file extension on a source file? I know it is usually zipped in a gz...is a source file a tar?