On Thu, 25 Jul 2002, Joseph Tandl wrote: > I am "exploring" Linux and, because I am a complete greenhorn (with > Linux and programming of any kind), I need to find documentation for all > simple line commands that are needed to open, unzip, move, compile, > save, etc, files in text mode. > > I am working with Red Hat 7.3, for which I had to download nVidia > kernel, GLX and driver rpm, tar and gz type files in an attempt to get X > windows to work. (The files are now in a partition shared between > Win2000 and Linux on a PC that has an nForce420D chipset in its MSI > K7N420Pro socket A motherboard. I have to get them into Linux and do > with them whatever it takes to make them work.) > > Can you point me to website(s) or person(s) with such knowledge?
1. Google, like the oracle of old, knows all! You can usually get what you want fast by doing google.com searches; eg search for 'tar tutorial' if you want to learn about tar. 2. Linux for newbies website you might find helpful: http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ 3. The main linux documentation progect is: http://www.linuxdoc.org/ I tend to get sidetracked on this site! -=-=-==-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Graeme Robinson - Graenet consulting www.graenet.com - internet solutions -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==---=-=--=-=-= -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
