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Hi.  I got Linux (base system) installed - thanks alot to all those who
responded to my first plea for help - however, now I don't know what to
do  - what commands to type, whats available - I know one command -
'cd' to change directories - and thats it - The doc 'Linux installation
and getting started' is not available to me because it is in .gz format
and I don't have a clue about how to get it - I need the UNIX equivelant
of 'DOS for dummies' or whatever - HELP!!

Thanks in advance!

: Hi.  I got Linux (base system) installed - thanks alot to all those who
: responded to my first plea for help - however, now I don't know what to
: do  - what commands to type, whats available - I know one command -
: 'cd' to change directories - and thats it - The doc 'Linux installation
: and getting started' is not available to me because it is in .gz format
: and I don't have a clue about how to get it - I need the UNIX equivelant
: of 'DOS for dummies' or whatever - HELP!!

   You want us to give you a complete tutorial on all of the features
available with all of the possible Unix shells?  I think not.  :-)

   Go to a bookstore and get any book on Unix for newusers.  99% of them
will be applicable to Linux.

- Rich
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Rich Mulvey                 Amateur Radio: N2VDS              Rochester, NY

Then get `Unix for Dummies'.  There _is_ such a book.  From the same
publisher who publishes `Dos for Dummies'.  But if you want soemthing a
little bit more useful, I highly recommend `Unix for the Impatient', by
Abrahams & Johnson (Addison-Wesley).

Sunando Sen

Books such as the ever-popular "Dummy" series are only negative.  They
give the image that computers are something that only the intelligent
members of society can handle.  They also treat you like ... a dummy.
If you want to learn something buy a real manual, not one that claims
to make it easy enough for a dummy.

"If you make something easy enough for a fool to use only a fool will
 want to use it."

        - Ancient Saying

Dan
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: Hi.  I got Linux (base system) installed - thanks alot to all those who
: responded to my first plea for help - however, now I don't know what to
: do  - what commands to type, whats available - I know one command -
: 'cd' to change directories - and thats it - The doc 'Linux installation
: and getting started' is not available to me because it is in .gz format
: and I don't have a clue about how to get it - I need the UNIX equivelant
: of 'DOS for dummies' or whatever - HELP!!

: Thanks in advance!

Hello,

well, there are a zillion books out there explaining a UNIX system, just go
into a book shop and ask for a decent UNIX book explaining the commands and so
on.

happy reading

Philippe

PS: besides: NO, there is now way areound it :)

Quote:

>"If you make something easy enough for a fool to use only a fool will
> want to use it."

>        - Ancient Saying

Hence the Macintosh and its followers :-)

Just kidding - flames to /dev/null please.

I guess I'll throw my two cents in here:  If you installed Linux without
any prior knowledge of Unix, I have to ask why...  I suspect that you are
a victim of all the "Linux is a great OS" hype and ran out and installed it
without stopping to think whether it would be best _for_you_.  Unless your
goal here is to learn Unix, I recommend you give your quest for Linux a
second thought and perhaps replace it with something more accepted in the
PC marketplace (OS/2, Win, etc).

Linux is terrific for what it is - a port of Unix for PCs.  But if you were
looking for something to use as your desktop OS, I doubt if Linux is what
you were looking for.  I say this based on the fact that you are brand new
to Unix.

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