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>
> Hi All, 11aug99
>
> I am stuck because I never really got started.
>
> I have RH 5.0 installed 'all files', from CDROM.
> I am the only user.
> I login as root. Where do I go from there?
> (I dont see heads or tails of Linux)
> Key information: Where do I find a list of COMMANDS that
> are available from the cmd line. (XFree86 can wait.)
>
> I can read MAN pages ..... (Not very effective because
> I have no list of available cmds to ask MAN's for.)
> Familiar with 'more' and 'less'. I can print.
> I can use MC. (in root for the time being. I am careful)
> Re-installation is easy. I have made all the possible
> mistakes, incl letting 'reset' of DisDruid wipe-out all
> my partitions. FDisk-Linux helped me restore.
> I can boot with LILO but find LOADLIN easier to use.
> I am reading 'Linux-NEWBIE' for a long time.
>
> Goal1: Get out root. Find the way in Linux.
> (Cannot find my notes. Where do I find Find the cmds,
> syntax, for 'ADDUSER' 'REMOVEUSER' and associated
> passwords?).
> I need a list of (basic, newbie-)commands to be able
> to operate Linux.
adduser n0jn
passwd n0jn
FiP12M0
Re type UNIX passwd:
FiP12M0
passwd updated for user n0jn
Login as n0jn use that passwd.
Of course the passwd is an example, however dont use dictonary words and use
a mixture of Upper and Lower case + a few numbers.
>
> Goal 2: Get comfortable with using Linux.
> -Reading, editing, copying, printing.
> -Find out what pgms are installed already.
> (Getting on Internet is in there already,
> supposedly. But they forget to tell how.)
> -Learn Linux by using.
Go to URL's
http://www.cs.utah.edu/~hamlet/release/lessons/unix06/unix06/unix06.shtml
http://murray.newcastle.edu.au/local-info/unix-guide.html
Or do a netsearch with something like "unix commands" "linux commands"
>
> Goal 3: many. (Say Goodbye to Windows.)
> I'll ask when I get there.
Thats not hard to do ;-)
>
> I am familiar with MSDOS.
> I have RH5.0 CDROM + 3 CDROMs 'Linux Archives'.
> RH6.0 + 'Running Linux' book is on the way. ETA 1nov99.
> I have 160MHz Pentium, 64MB RAM, 8GB HD, CDROM.
6.0 is a bter choise, it supports all the lastest libs etc, 5.0 could cause
problems when installing recent software.
>
> Thanks for helping. Reading Newbie-list is very
> encouraging to continue with Linux.
> Herman Aa.
> >From a mountaintop on Cebu island, Philippines.
> Seeing Linux in front, coconut-trees, the sea,
> next island, when looking out the Window.
>
Good luck.
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Regards Richard.
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