-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, May 17, 2006 at 04:43:13PM +0000, Christine wrote:
> Greetings all! I just installed SUSE 10 on my system and am slowly > migrating to it from Windows XP. > terminals, etc. Coming from a Windows background, I am concerned about > security and maintenance (cleaning out cookies, temp files, etc.). Most browsers provided with Linux will have menus to do this. > > I've not found a lot of information in these areas and was wondering > if you could point me to an informative site that would provide the > answers to my questions. Several of the forums I have found speak a > little too much "Linux-ese" to be helpful to me and often delve into > topics that are far outside the scope of what I can possibly > internalize right now! The list faq at http://home.nyc.rr.com/computertaijutsu/linfaq.html gives a couple of free online resources, one being the Linux Installation and Getting Started Guide at the Linux Documentation project's site www.tldp.org. I always recommend trying to learn the command line stuff first, because then, the GUI stuff will be even easier. There's also that online Rute Book. Both of those are linked in the faq. The links should be current, but the Getting Started Guide changes from time to time. However, just go to the Linux Documentation Project's site and go to the guides section. The installation part is quite dated. The getting started part, however, teaches you about command lines. As you're experienced with MS, you know how hard it might be for you to answer someone saying, "Tell me all about Windows." Sometimes, the learning curve can be quite steep. However, SuSE, as far as I know, does their best to make the transition a little less difficult. There are probably reasonably good docs on their site. So, probably the best way to go is start with question 1. Ask it, see what answers you get, when you don't understand them, say that too. I've never seen anyone flamed for saying, I read a man page and don't understand it. Then, go onto question 2, and so forth. It seems your immediate questions are about cleaning out temp files and cookies--as I said, the browsers provided ~should~ have that in their menu. For instance in Firefox, which is probably the default, under Tools there's a menu to clear private data. (I'm actually writing from a FreeBSD machine, so there might be some sort of minor differences in the menu.) As for resources, I think the two that I mentioned above are fairly decent places to start. If they don't suit you, then feel free to mention that too. As one becomes more advanced, it becomes harder to see things through a beginner's eyes, so I could be wrong in saying that they should be helpful. (Not that I'm a guru, but I've gotten used to how horrible some of the docs are.) :) - -- Scott Robbins PGP keyID EB3467D6 ( 1B48 077D 66F6 9DB0 FDC2 A409 FA54 EB34 67D6 ) gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys EB3467D6 Xander: Yep, vampires are real. A lot of 'em live in Sunnydale. Willow'll fill you in. Willow: I know it's hard to accept at first. Oz: Actually, it explains a lot. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFEa7P0+lTVdes0Z9YRAiz2AJ92/0ciukULl/MAwWmLNu01bR6tBQCggkVE OKOSW4Z+M9G91TAUO9DudDI= =WKsZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Home is just a click away. Make Yahoo! your home page now. http://us.click.yahoo.com/DHchtC/3FxNAA/yQLSAA/0XFolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe from this list, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
