Tom Jacobs wrote:
>
> My two cents:
>
> Being a brand new Linux user, I still wonder "hmmm why
> do I have to mount my CDROM just to use it. Why can't
> I just click on a picture or type d:\".
> While I am no lover of M$ products in any way. Out of
> the box, with no other knowledge of computers,
> Winbloze wins hands down in the usability department.
> I haven't had a chance to use KDE yet because I still
> have to figure out how to get it to connect to my "X
> server" and other such stuff. It's a learning curve
> yeah, and I welcome the challenge. But even DOS's
> command line is easier for a newbie to figure out.
> I have yet to have Linux break on me, or hang even.
> Being an experienced Winbloze troubleshooter makes me
> yearn for something more stable.
>
> Tom Jacobs
> P.S. Is there an ls command that will allow the
> directory contents to stop at the end of each page so
> I can read them?
Tom....just like in dos you need to append | more to the command to
pipe the output through the more filter like: ls -l | more
Alan
