howdy. if you have used unix for anything then you alread know 300% more than i knew
when i first tried linux. remember, if you aren't root, you can't really mess up
anything too much (and even if you do you can reinstall — which i think installing
linux is much easier than windows anyhow — and i know many will disagree with me on
that) but anyhowz....
just get on it and play. =) i'm getting pretty good with this os, and i discover new
things all the time. it's fun, it's loaded with variety, it can do amazing things,
and it's actually more intuitive than most people seem to think.
case in point, other day i'm sitting there at an Eterm window in a directory with a
wave file and i was thinking.... "surely linux has a way to play a wav file from a
command prompt" so i just guess and typed "play music.wav" and hey, it started
playing. now how hard is that? =)
as has been said, there are loads of documentation right there on your machine, and
don't forget to go to the library and look for linux books.
as to concentrating your learning curve... i guess it all depends on what you want to
do. i usually start by using a GUI program (example X CD Roast) to get something
done, but then i'm also playing with the cdrecord command here and there because
eventually i want to be able to do things from the command line if i want.
if you system is working fine, don't worry about tuning it yet. reward yourself by
playing with it & having fun. the tweaking will come naturally.
Adrian Smith
'de telepone dude
Telecom Dept.
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Hi all,
i have a really basic question or two
to ask the group.
1. i've loaded l-m7.2 into my pc, and
it looks real cool but as yet i dont
have a clue what to do with it next. i
think i'm suffering from hyperwinism
(windoz induced inferiority complex).
2.where do i need to begin
concentrating my slow learning curve
to start making this work? my
experience is all operator/user and
some of these unix commands are
familiar from my work experience, but
most of that is task related.
i've read a few howto's and still in
the l-m installation and user guide.
i've made an icon or two in kde (but
the programs didnt work yet).
i'm kinda overwhelmed... is this
normal? or am i ungeekable?
les in gastonia nc
