On 17May2006 16:43, Christine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| [...] Coming from a Windows background, I am concerned about
| security and maintenance (cleaning out cookies,
Cookies are browser specific. If you are using Mozilla or Firefox
examine the "Privacy" section of the Preferences. There are also browser
extensions that do things with cookes (go to Tools/Extensions then "get
more extensions"). For other brwsers you will need to dig around
their preferences and see what they offer.
| temp files, etc.).
Temp files usually get made in the directory /tmp. On Linux
distributions this is usually real disc space and you may want to look
there from time to time. (Conversely, on some UNIX platforms like
Solaris, /tmp is a ram disc and thus gets completely emptied over a
reboot.) Other places stuff accumulates is in /var, usually /var/spool,
where various things accrue (eg mail, downloaded packages, etc).
Some tools also make temporary files in your home directory
or the current directory in which you are running the tool.
| So, to make a long post longer, I turn to this group, in hopes that
| someone can help me make sense of it all.
Welcome.
Post specific questions as you you need to, and only one question
per post - that way the discussion thread can remain focused.
Note that many commands have manuals, so you can find out stuff with
the "man" command. Eg to find out about the "ls" command type:
man ls
You will get better help in the list if you can show you've done a
little research first. Eg "how does sort work?" is less likely to get
a helpful answer than "I'm trying to sort data, which looks like this
[some example lines]. I'm using ``sort -n'' and the manual says -n means
[snippet of manual text], but the results look like [this]. I wanted
[this-other-output]."
I recommend making your terminal windows as tall as possible with the
smallest font you can read comfortably. Standard width is 80 characters
in all terminals - you can change that of course and lots of things
will simply adjust, but it is the common demoninator. For example,
constraining your email text to less than 80 chars per line maximises
the chance it will look ok to others. Etc.
Look at the scroll history size for your terminals too; the defaults
are usually something useless like 100 lines or something. I routinely
use 10240 lines - it is very handy.
Anyway, good luck.
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