Total newbie, a bit lost....

Hi,
I'm trying this out in the hope of moving away from Windows in due course.
I have installed Zorin on a virtual machine just to get the hang of it and make sure I can do the things I normally do with a Windows box.
So far, it looks really slick, and has just finished updating, so I opened the command shell and installed bit torrent using
sudo apt-get install bittorrent
Entered the su password and off it went...... where on earth has it put it?
I tried using the file browser, but I'm none the wiser.
How do I create a start menu item for it or put a shortcut on the desktop?
Sorry for the real newbie questions....
Chris.

Hi, Sadly in 8 you cannot edit the Menu unless you either:

a) install 'alacarte' or better still;

b) install 'GnoMenu':

http://www.upubuntu.com/2012/03/how-to- ... unity.html

You don't need to install AWN as that is already present (panel at bottom of desktop), but edit the AWN Panel by right-click and select 'Edit Dock Preferences' - click on 'Applets' tab then scroll down to the newly installed 'GnoMenu' and drag it to the far left of the 'fake' panel at the bottom of the 'Applets' Window - then click on the 'ZorinMenu' applet and click on the 'up' arrow above the fake panel to remove it. You can now edit the menu!

Bittorrent should be in the 'Internet' section of the menu.

I little off topic (but only a little)

I would suggest using deluge for a bit torrent client ( and it installs under "Internet" )

I needed to use it for some additional functionality I needed and I found that I really really liked it.

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install deluge -y

Hi,

Thanks for the replies.
Got qBittorrent installed and it seems to be doing the job so far.

On another note, when I installed Zorin the first time, the window animations were really slow, so I went to software centre, edit, other software sources and additional drivers.
I selected the nVidia driver listed as tested, and then restarted, only to get a black screen.
I re-installed Zorin earlier (hadn't got anything to lose) and the window animation was excellent, really quick.
Youtube videos played perfectly and a DVD as well.

I did a sudo apt-get update followed by sudo apt-get upgrade
Then the updates suggested on Zorin.

Now the graphics are really slow agin, and youtube/DVD play back all jerky.
I am loathed to try the graphics driver update again, as last time it ruined it

Any suggestions/help would be really appreciated.

Cheers

Chris

Hi, one issue will have been 'sudo apt-get upgrade' - it should be 'sudo apt-get dist-upgrade'! You could end up creating issues. As for nvidia, I would not go beyond 304/304 updated driver!