On Tue, 01 Jul 2003 12:06:07 -0700 Tom Lombardo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> insightfully noted:
> >You're awesome, Mike - thank you very much! ==================================== You're most welcome, Tom. Stick around on this list. Some of the most knowledgable linux folks *anywhere* are on this list as regular contributors. Oh......., and I'm NOT one of them ;o) The *really* knowledgable folks chime in on the really tough questions. Take my word for it, you'll like it here and will learn MUCHO!!! Best, Mike > >Michael Scottaline wrote: >> On Tue, 01 Jul 2003 01:22:02 -0700 >> Tom Lombardo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> insightfully noted: >> >> >>>I'm starting to get a handle on using the command line, but the book I >>>have fails to answer a few questions: >>> >>>1. How can you open a program like OpenOffice from the command line? >> >> ========================== >> Depending on the "path" you might have to type the full path to the >executable> command: ~/OpenOffice.org/ooffice (or something like that, >depending on the> version. >> ======================= >> >>>2. using just the command line, how do you install a program from the >>>.tar or .gz file you get from the download? >> >> ================================ >> tar zxvf downloaded.program.tar.gz >> >> now cd to the newly created directory >> >> ./configure >> make >> su >> [password for root] >> >> make install >> ============================= >> >>>3. How do you uninstall a program? (I need to wipe my copy of >>>RealPlayer clean and re-install it.) >> >> ========================== >> depends on how it was installed. RPM???? From source?????? >> ========================= >> >>>4. When you get good at using the command line, do you get to the point >>>where you don't even use the GUI (I have RedHat v8)? >> >> ============================ >> My window manager of choice (for now) is ratpoison. No menues, no icons. >I> have a few hotkey combinations in my .ratpoisonrc file to open some >frequently> used programs (e.g., sylpheed, pheonix, Textmaker, emacs, xmms, >etc), then the> rest from command line. >> ========================== >> >>>5. If you launch applications and all the rest from the command line, >>>does the machine run faster overall? >> >> ========================= >> Depends on the machine, but if you can avoid the more bloated desktop >> environments like KDE or Gnome, yes your machine will likely run faster. >> HTH, >> Mike > >_______________________________________________ >Linux-users mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> >http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > -- "The man who views the world the same at 50 as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life" --Muhammad Ali _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
