Peter, I've had a look at the man command, very useful thanks.
With best regards, Tony Payne Siemens plc NWE RC-GB IC-MOL CTE ENG APP 1 Sopers Lane BH17 7ER Poole, United Kingdom Tel.: +44 1202 782076 Fax: +44 1202 782032 Mobile: +44 7808 823806 mailto:tony.pa...@siemens.com Siemens plc registered office: Faraday House, Sir William Siemens Square, Frimley, Camberley, GU16 8QD. Registered no: 727817, England. This communication contains information which is confidential and may also be privileged. It is for the exclusive use of the addressee. If you are not the addressee please note that any distribution, reproduction, copying, publication or use of this communication or the information is prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please contact us immediately and also delete the communication from your computer. -----Original Message----- From: dorset-boun...@mailman.lug.org.uk [mailto:dorset-boun...@mailman.lug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Peter Merchant Sent: 17 March 2013 20:41 To: Dorset Linux User Group Subject: Re: [Dorset] Hello All - At last. Just starting out! On 17/03/13 18:21, Sean Gibbins wrote: > On 17/03/13 18:04, Payne, Tony wrote: >> The reason for installing Ubuntu Server was that a work colleague is >> an avid Linux user - he suggested it, and I specifically want to >> learn without the GUI. I'll persist with it at the moment, but bear >> in mind your advice. > > Hi Tony, > > It's worth bearing in mind too that, just because you have a GUI > installed, it doesn't mean that you are obliged to use it. > > The command line sits beneath it and is always available, regardless > of what is running on top. > > However, good luck with your endeavours! I recommend O'Reilly's Linux > In A Nutshell and Linux Pocket Guide if you are determined to go the > CLI route; the former is very rich in content while the latter has > some nice little bite-sized chunks of information that will quickly > get you where you want to go. > > Sean > Don't forget the 'man' pages from the command line. CTRL-x to exit when you have read them, and at the foot of the techrepublic.com page is a one page Linux quick reference page. Cheers, Peter -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2013-04-02 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2013-04-02 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
