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I am using DSL on a laptop and using the thinkpad mouse. It is rather difficult for me learning DSL and using the thinkpad for the menu's as well and so I was wandering is there anyway I could add a menu button to the taskbar? I have installed DSL 3.1 on my 646MHz laptop with a 6GB HDD. I am fairly new to linux in general, so please be as descriptive as possible for a noob. I would also like to know how to apt-get java so I might install limewire as well, if anyone can tell me how to apt-get the latest version of java.

thank you in advance for any assistance.

Michael Howard

P.S. I am loving DSL thus far. I think the developers are doins a kickass job.

menu button, meaning access to the right-click fluxbox menu through a button? Fluxbox doesn't have a button. However, you could create a hotkey that opens the menu.

An easier alternative, however, would be to use the jwm window manager instead of fluxbox. You can do this a couple of ways:
use the boot option desktop=jwm
switch desktops using the fluxbox menu
edit /home/dsl/.desktop

I'm not a java user, so i can't help you there.

There's jre 1.5 available in mydsl

Thank you mikshaw and thehatsrule. Not sure how to setup a hot-key and do not fee like getting to technical to change desktops lol so think I will live without the button. For the java, thehatsrule, how to I go bout getting that jre 1.5 you speak of? As I said, I am a total newb to linux. Can I

apt-get -i jre 1.5

and if so, how do I set up sites for the apt get?

P.S. I only know of apt-get by messing with debian netinstall for bout an hour before frustration took over lol.

apt-get is not available in DSL, but can be installed through mydsl. The jre package that hats mentioned is also available through mydsl
http://damnsmalllinux.org/wiki/index.php/Category:MyDSL

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