On Tue, Dec 02, 2003 at 10:54:29AM -0800, Newbie Joseph Ssekandi wrote: > Hello all, > I am a newbie trying to get my hands dirty in Linux, thanx for the inspiration from > someone in Uganda Martyrs University. However, there are some things that baffle me > and he advised me to turn here whenever I need help, which will be quite often since > 25/= per minute cannot allow me to surf the net for info as much as I would loved. www.tpld.org or en.tpld.org [english only] allows you to download whole pdfs of linux-related howtos. That helped me when it was still sh 100/=. www.linuxdocs.org can also help you. Linux Gazette (http://www.linuxgazette.com/) and
> The first thing for today is the fact that I cannot capture the screen info the way > other people do when they send outputs i.e. the screen on which I enter my commands > is completely black yet there are some responses to my commands which I would like > to capture and send over to people for interpretations. I simply cannot copy and > paste them on a black screen!!! How do you people do it? > How about piping the output to a file and sending the file as an attachment.I know there are many ways of skinning a cat and this only one of them.There are many ways of doing this depending on what client you are using-putty,sshterm etc. If it is on the console,pipe would be my bet. > Secondly, when I started encountering Linux, the words "compiling the kernel" and > "source code" have featured prominently in the literature. > However, ever since I managed to do my installation (SuSE Linux 7.2), I have looked > for the source code of my distribution so that I could take a look and at least see > how it looks like, but I have failed miserably. I can't see any source code!!! How > do I see the source code of my distribution? > And finally, when, how and why should I compile a kernel? Linux is a journey not a destination so you will probably spend time getting to its internals. Some ideas about what Linux is all about : http://www.googlism.com/what_is/u/using_linux/ Since you are using SuSE 7.2, you could read http://ftp.belnet.be/linux/SuSE/i386/7.2/docu/howto/Kernel-HOWTO or the Kernel-howto at tpld.org. It is straight forward. There is also a nice article that I used a few months back at http://www.freeos.com/articles/2589/ Take it one day at a time. Learning and using Linux is a journey, a process. Enjoy the journey. Savor and cherish the process. Live the way of Linux.[http://www.awaretek.com/lessons.html] -- Kabagambe Kenneth [I dont pretend to know more than I do. I try to learn that which I dont know] --------------------------------------------- This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
