Programs I kinda Need... does anyone know if they exist?

[firebyrd10]

does anyone have any recomended progames i should use... also... is there a scan disk equivalent in knoppix?

'scan-disk' eqivalent is probably fsck which Knoppix runs a brief check every boot and athrough one every 30 boots. No worry about it, it's taken care of!

'does anyone have...': this isn't windows, you don't have to exchange pirate programs with other users; all are freely available using apt-get or kpackage.

Open a console, then type 'su' to become root (administrator), then type 'dselect update'. Now go for coffee.
When you come back, your 'sources list' of available programs will be updated.
Now start kpackage. It's under the 'systems' or the 'setting' menu on the start menu (I forget which; I'm not in Linux right now). Set the listing for 'all' and browse around to see what is available & install what you want.

What is the difference between apt-get update and dselect update?

dselect is a front-end (not just command line, has a GUI)

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There is more than one package listing database in the system. According to information in another post here, dselect update will keep them in sync, apt-get update doesn't.
dselect is debian's basic text based package selection system. Type dselect in a console to have a look at it. Gui based package selection applications like kpackage & synaptic do the same thing but through a more user friendly front end. Apt-get will install/remove packages but doesn't provide for selecting from a list. All end up using dpkg to do the actual installation and of course you can also use dpkg to directly install or remove packages.

[richb]

There is more than one package listing database in the system. According to information in another post here, dselect update will keep them in sync, apt-get update doesn't.
dselect is debian's basic text based package selection system. Type dselect in a console to have a look at it. Gui based package selection applications like kpackage & synaptic do the same thing but through a more user friendly front end. Apt-get will install/remove packages but doesn't provide for selecting from a list. All end up using dpkg to do the actual installation and of course you can also use dpkg to directly install or remove packages.

Thanks!