On Sat, 08 Jan 2005 21:25, Jason wrote: > Hello, > > My name is Jason. I am probably the sort of person that Linux users > hate. Bought a magazine with some free CD loaded a Fedora Distro and > spent a Saturday morning beating my head against a keyboard.
Of course, Linux geekhood is only fully appreciated when one has laboriously installed SLS Linux 1.0 from floppies, learning - much to one's shock - the intricacies of partitioning, installing packages, etc, all the things one wasn't aware of from one's previous experiences with installing DOS 5.0 and MS Windows 3.0 and 3.1 ... ;) Congrats on making a good start. > > Bit of history, I loaded RH9 ages ago but got quite frustrated when ever > I wanted to load program it needed something else that needed something > else etc. So eventually that install was eating up valuable mp3 space, > the rest is history. > > I quite like the whole Linux thing, don't get me wrong. Like every other > windows user I'm sick of paying thru the nose for ever thing only to be > infected every time I open an email. > > I do a bit PHP and MySql stuff as well so I guess knowing the OS a bit > better wouldn't hurt. > > Now a couple of queries for those who haven't already deleted this mail > before this point. > > 1. For some strange reason my Internet speed is much slower than on > windows. When I download a file on the XP computer sitting next to me > (we have 256k DSL) it gets to about 20Kb downloading. This Fedora 3 is > hovering around 7.7. I mean for browsing thats ok but I typed in 'apt- > get dist-upgrade' and apparently I have 22 hours of downloading to go. > > 2. In windows when ever you load an app it goes in Program Files. Does > linux have a default directory? I know Im not comparing apples with > apples here but when I use terms like 'Make' or ./ things happen then > work but I'm not exactly sure what. Linux has two directories for standard user binaries/execuatables - /bin and /usr/bin . It has two directories for system administration binaries/executables - /sbin and /usr/sbin . /usr/X11R6/bin is where the graphics subsystem hangs out. It has a few other relatively minor directories for user-installed binaries/executables - - /usr/local/bin , /opt/bin , /usr/share/bin and suchlike. You can even create and designate a /usr/local/test/bin and put it on the path, to use for testing alpha and beta software. /etc and /usr/etc are the default configuration directories; /boot is where the boot images go; /root is where the default system administrator is located; etc. > > Hey, can't be to much of a beginner if you read this, at least I managed > to get Evolution to work. > > Thanks in advance, > > Jason -- Clinersterton beademung, with all of love - RIP James Blish ----- Mau e ki, he aha te mea nui? You ask, what is the most important thing? Maku e ki, he tangata, he tangata, he tangata. I reply, it is people, it is people, it is people.
