Don't fear the terminal, it's probably somewhat scary at first if you've
never used such an interface before but it's not too complicated. It's pretty
unlikely you'd manage to break anything and if you do, then you probably
learned a lesson. :)
Once you pick some terminal skills, it's often a much quicker way to get some
things done than clicking around in GUIs. It also allows one to write simple
scripts and do all kind of silly things. Scripting is like programming for
non-programmers.
Are you trying to get the spell check going for English text? What happens?
