Hello,
A freind of mine introduced me to Linux after i was having so much trouble with Windows.
I have never heard of Linux until now,he downloaded it, it must be Red Hat,because from what i understand you can log off of Linux and onto Windows in which i can, i have Windows 98SE.
My question is, how in the world do i find out what version i have? how much disk space do i have?
I know abosolutley nothing about this OPS,only Windows.
Plus,does anybody know where i can get a driver for a HP 1210v all-in-one printer?
Is there such a thing as Linux for dummies?...lol
Thank you so much to anybody who might be able to help me with my confusion.
Kenny
New Linux user..confused
No one has any right to force data on you
and command you to believe it or else.
If it is not true for you, it isn't true.
LRH
and command you to believe it or else.
If it is not true for you, it isn't true.
LRH
New Linux user, confused
Large
Hello,
I want to apologize for being such a bonehead,but i tried the links you put on here and i could not find what i was looking for, i was hoping somebody could tell me how to find out what version i have,basiclly i would like to know all about my system,what all i have on here.disk space,memory ect...
I did go to the link about my printer and i found everything but my printer lisited (HP psc 1210v all-in-one) so i am not sure what do there also.
I guess what i am asking is you know how on Windows you can right click "My Computer"and find information, can i do that on here?
Thank you all for your help.
Kenny
Hello,
I want to apologize for being such a bonehead,but i tried the links you put on here and i could not find what i was looking for, i was hoping somebody could tell me how to find out what version i have,basiclly i would like to know all about my system,what all i have on here.disk space,memory ect...
I did go to the link about my printer and i found everything but my printer lisited (HP psc 1210v all-in-one) so i am not sure what do there also.
I guess what i am asking is you know how on Windows you can right click "My Computer"and find information, can i do that on here?
Thank you all for your help.
Kenny
BTW - you don't actually log on and off, you need to reboot to switch OSs, ya? That's call a dual-boot system.
All in one printers usually require software to be installed on the PC. THis is almost always windows sw, so I wouldn't keep my hopes up on that. Have you checked HP's site for a driver?
Can't expect point n click in unix...you would be expected to know your hw before you began the install. That's the beauty of it, IMO, that you must learn your system to be able to use it.
Redhat offers many tools to help make it feel like windows - have you poked around for administrative tools? There are many possible guis that have many optional tools.
#df -hk - this command lists partitions, size and free space.
#free - will tell you about memory
All in one printers usually require software to be installed on the PC. THis is almost always windows sw, so I wouldn't keep my hopes up on that. Have you checked HP's site for a driver?
Can't expect point n click in unix...you would be expected to know your hw before you began the install. That's the beauty of it, IMO, that you must learn your system to be able to use it.
Redhat offers many tools to help make it feel like windows - have you poked around for administrative tools? There are many possible guis that have many optional tools.
#df -hk - this command lists partitions, size and free space.
#free - will tell you about memory
anything is possible - nothing is free
Blisster wrote:It *would* be brokeback bay if I in fact went and hung out with Skye and co (did I mention he is teh hotness?)
Are you looking for something more than the boot messages?
try the " dmesg " command.
Elsewise, be very specific about what information you want. Windows is multiple choice and leads you. In *nix, you need to know what you want before you start.
Skye
try the " dmesg " command.
Elsewise, be very specific about what information you want. Windows is multiple choice and leads you. In *nix, you need to know what you want before you start.
Skye
anything is possible - nothing is free
Blisster wrote:It *would* be brokeback bay if I in fact went and hung out with Skye and co (did I mention he is teh hotness?)
Hello,
Thank you for the information.
I am completly new to this system, a buddy of mine had put this on for me.
I recently just learned how to use the "run command",a question about that...any time you use the run command,do you always have to use the # before the command?
And once i do that,the page that comes up might as well be talking greek to me.
I have Red Hat,but what i would like to know is what version do i have,reason i ask is i have went to download a couple of things and it shows a couple of Red Hat versions and i have no idea which one to choose.
My clock is on military time and i would like to switch it to regular time and when i try i get this message...
"The action you requested needs root privileges,please enter roots passwords below"
What in the world does that mean and where would i get this password?
I want to thank you all for your time and patience with me on this.
I am sure i will learn this system someday.
Have a great day,
Kenny
OK, you are eventually going to need the root password. Otherwise you won't be able to administer the box correctly. make sure you get that info from your friend.
OK, open a terminal prompt. Should be on the KDE menu. Go to either system settings or sytem tools and look for a menu item called "terminal". You may also be able to right click on the desktop with some window managers and get a terminal prompt.
Once you get the terminal open, you should see something like
[yourname@yourbox]$
At this prompt type "uname -a" and it will spit out the kernel version. You may need to get online to compare your kernel version to the generic red hat version number (IE 2.4.18-14 is the base kernel for Redhat 8) I believe.
Here is what mine looks like on a generic install of Fedora.
Note that my prompt is an "#" symbol. I'm logged in as root on this box.
[root@localhost proc]# uname -a
Linux localhost.localdomain 2.4.22-1.2115.nptl #1 Wed Oct 29 15:31:21 EST 2003 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux
"2.4.22-1.2115.nptl " is the Kernel Version.
You can also find a BUNCH of info on your computer in the /proc directory.
At the command prompt type "cd /proc" this will change your directory to the correct folder..
type "ls -al" and it will list the contents of the directory.
Here is the last few lines of the output from my /proc directory
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 137 Jan 17 17:02 mtrr
dr-xr-xr-x 4 root root 0 Jan 19 20:58 net
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 19 20:58 partitions
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 19 20:58 pci
dr-xr-xr-x 4 root root 0 Jan 19 20:58 scsi
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 64 Jan 19 04:36 self -> 18116
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 19 20:58 slabinfo
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 19 20:58 stat
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 19 20:58 swaps
dr-xr-xr-x 11 root root 0 Jan 19 20:58 sys
--w------- 1 root root 0 Jan 19 20:58 sysrq-trigger
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Jan 19 20:58 sysvipc
dr-xr-xr-x 4 root root 0 Jan 19 20:58 tty
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 19 20:58 uptime
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 19 20:58 version
Note the flags on teh left. These indicate whether the file is a directly, a link, or a file.
The ones starting with d are directories. The ones starting with l are links. the others are files and the X's R's ad W's have to do with permissions. I'm not even going to begin with permissions..
Redhat usually color codes the directories and files. black file names are files. You can read these. The blue ones are folders. light blue are directories and black ones are files. Then again, your colors may vary. Basically, if you get an error that says it's not a folder, then it's probably not a fiolder.... use good judgement...
Now that you know which ones are folders you can move into them if you like with "cd foldername". If you get lost type "pwd" and this will display what directory you are currently in (present working directory). To go back up one folder "cd .." Now, if you want to see some info, get back to the /proc directory.
after you get there use "cat" to look into some of these files.
[root@localhost proc]# cat cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
cpu family : 6
model : 10
model name : AMD Athlon(tm)
stepping : 0
cpu MHz : 2171.595
cache size : 512 KB
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 1
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse syscall mmxext 3dnowext 3dnow
bogomips : 4338.48
[root@localhost proc]# cat meminfo
total: used: free: shared: buffers: cached:
Mem: 526934016 519335936 7598080 0 174637056 194437120
Swap: 625111040 84860928 540250112
MemTotal: 514584 kB
MemFree: 7420 kB
MemShared: 0 kB
Buffers: 170544 kB
Cached: 161536 kB
SwapCached: 28344 kB
Active: 230496 kB
Inactive: 222864 kB
HighTotal: 0 kB
HighFree: 0 kB
LowTotal: 514584 kB
LowFree: 7420 kB
SwapTotal: 610460 kB
SwapFree: 527588 kB
[root@localhost proc]# cat version
Linux version 2.4.22-1.2115.nptl (bhcompile@bugs.devel.redhat.com) (gcc version 3.2.3 20030422 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.3-6)) #1 Wed Oct 29 15:31:21 EST 2003
========
As you can see each file has some info. The CPU, Memory, version, PCI info, etc are all there.
If you're not confues yet, your'e the man...
Actually, I doubt that this will really help you very much. Linux is something you have to learn on your own. You can get guidance from people and they can suggest things but for the most part it's about trial and error. Since you didn't setup the Linux install, you really have missed out on a large portion of understanding Linux. You haven't even got the root login (like the Administrator account in Windows). The reason you can't change the clock is you don't have the priv class. You aren't going to be able to learn too much cause you can't even break the install you have
..
Take some time to search the net. Start at one of the sites like Linuxnewbie.com and search their forums. Learn to use the search function. Trust me, you questions have been answered a few hundred times on sites like that.
My suggestion would be to ask your buddy for the CDs to install Linux and start over. Install it yourself. Break it, re-install it and have another shot at it..
Also, get used to seeing the term RTFM. It means "Read The Freakin' Manual". Every program in Linux (just about) has a MAN page. You can access it by typing "man programname". Eg "man ls" this will open the manual page for the command ls.
You can also usually type "--help" after a program and get a short description of what the program does and what else you can type as far as flags go.
remember that simple ls command? Here is the help for that program.
[root@localhost proc]# ls --help
Usage: ls [OPTION]... [FILE]...
List information about the FILEs (the current directory by default).
Sort entries alphabetically if none of -cftuSUX nor --sort.
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
-a, --all do not hide entries starting with .
-A, --almost-all do not list implied . and ..
--author print the author of each file
-b, --escape print octal escapes for nongraphic characters
--block-size=SIZE use SIZE-byte blocks
-B, --ignore-backups do not list implied entries ending with ~
-c with -lt: sort by, and show, ctime (time of last
modification of file status information)
with -l: show ctime and sort by name
otherwise: sort by ctime
-C list entries by columns
--color[=WHEN] control whether color is used to distinguish file
types. WHEN may be `never', `always', or `auto'
-d, --directory list directory entries instead of contents,
and do not dereference symbolic links
-D, --dired generate output designed for Emacs' dired mode
-f do not sort, enable -aU, disable -lst
-F, --classify append indicator (one of */=@|) to entries
--format=WORD across -x, commas -m, horizontal -x, long -l,
single-column -1, verbose -l, vertical -C
--full-time like -l --time-style=full-iso
-g like -l, but do not list owner
-G, --no-group inhibit display of group information
-h, --human-readable print sizes in human readable format (e.g., 1K 234M 2G)
--si likewise, but use powers of 1000 not 1024
-H, --dereference-command-line
follow symbolic links listed on the command line
--dereference-command-line-symlink-to-dir
follow each command line symbolic link
that points to a directory
--indicator-style=WORD append indicator with style WORD to entry names:
none (default), classify (-F), file-type (-p)
-i, --inode print index number of each file
-I, --ignore=PATTERN do not list implied entries matching shell PATTERN
-k like --block-size=1K
-l use a long listing format
-L, --dereference when showing file information for a symbolic
link, show information for the file the link
references rather than for the link itself
-m fill width with a comma separated list of entries
-n, --numeric-uid-gid like -l, but list numeric UIDs and GIDs
-N, --literal print raw entry names (don't treat e.g. control
characters specially)
-o like -l, but do not list group information
-p, --file-type append indicator (one of /=@|) to entries
-q, --hide-control-chars print ? instead of non graphic characters
--show-control-chars show non graphic characters as-is (default
unless program is `ls' and output is a terminal)
-Q, --quote-name enclose entry names in double quotes
--quoting-style=WORD use quoting style WORD for entry names:
literal, locale, shell, shell-always, c, escape
-r, --reverse reverse order while sorting
-R, --recursive list subdirectories recursively
-s, --size print size of each file, in blocks
-S sort by file size
--sort=WORD extension -X, none -U, size -S, time -t,
version -v
status -c, time -t, atime -u, access -u, use -u
--time=WORD show time as WORD instead of modification time:
atime, access, use, ctime or status; use
specified time as sort key if --sort=time
--time-style=STYLE show times using style STYLE:
full-iso, long-iso, iso, locale, +FORMAT
FORMAT is interpreted like `date'; if FORMAT is
FORMAT1<newline>FORMAT2, FORMAT1 applies to
non-recent files and FORMAT2 to recent files;
if STYLE is prefixed with `posix-', STYLE
takes effect only outside the POSIX locale
-t sort by modification time
-T, --tabsize=COLS assume tab stops at each COLS instead of 8
-u with -lt: sort by, and show, access time
with -l: show access time and sort by name
otherwise: sort by access time
-U do not sort; list entries in directory order
-v sort by version
-w, --width=COLS assume screen width instead of current value
-x list entries by lines instead of by columns
-X sort alphabetically by entry extension
-1 list one file per line
--help display this help and exit
--version output version information and exit
SIZE may be (or may be an integer optionally followed by) one of following:
kB 1000, K 1024, MB 1,000,000, M 1,048,576, and so on for G, T, P, E, Z, Y.
By default, color is not used to distinguish types of files. That is
equivalent to using --color=none. Using the --color option without the
optional WHEN argument is equivalent to using --color=always. With
--color=auto, color codes are output only if standard output is connected
to a terminal (tty).
Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
=============================
So as you can see that little program can do ALOT of stuff. That's how you learn. Noone can teach you Linux. Anyone could take the time to tell you what to type or perhaps how to fix your problem, but what fun is a great OS like Linux if you don't understand.
Anyway, play around with it and let us know how it goes.
OK, open a terminal prompt. Should be on the KDE menu. Go to either system settings or sytem tools and look for a menu item called "terminal". You may also be able to right click on the desktop with some window managers and get a terminal prompt.
Once you get the terminal open, you should see something like
[yourname@yourbox]$
At this prompt type "uname -a" and it will spit out the kernel version. You may need to get online to compare your kernel version to the generic red hat version number (IE 2.4.18-14 is the base kernel for Redhat 8) I believe.
Here is what mine looks like on a generic install of Fedora.
Note that my prompt is an "#" symbol. I'm logged in as root on this box.
[root@localhost proc]# uname -a
Linux localhost.localdomain 2.4.22-1.2115.nptl #1 Wed Oct 29 15:31:21 EST 2003 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux
"2.4.22-1.2115.nptl " is the Kernel Version.
You can also find a BUNCH of info on your computer in the /proc directory.
At the command prompt type "cd /proc" this will change your directory to the correct folder..
type "ls -al" and it will list the contents of the directory.
Here is the last few lines of the output from my /proc directory
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 137 Jan 17 17:02 mtrr
dr-xr-xr-x 4 root root 0 Jan 19 20:58 net
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 19 20:58 partitions
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 19 20:58 pci
dr-xr-xr-x 4 root root 0 Jan 19 20:58 scsi
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 64 Jan 19 04:36 self -> 18116
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 19 20:58 slabinfo
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 19 20:58 stat
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 19 20:58 swaps
dr-xr-xr-x 11 root root 0 Jan 19 20:58 sys
--w------- 1 root root 0 Jan 19 20:58 sysrq-trigger
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Jan 19 20:58 sysvipc
dr-xr-xr-x 4 root root 0 Jan 19 20:58 tty
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 19 20:58 uptime
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 19 20:58 version
Note the flags on teh left. These indicate whether the file is a directly, a link, or a file.
The ones starting with d are directories. The ones starting with l are links. the others are files and the X's R's ad W's have to do with permissions. I'm not even going to begin with permissions..
Redhat usually color codes the directories and files. black file names are files. You can read these. The blue ones are folders. light blue are directories and black ones are files. Then again, your colors may vary. Basically, if you get an error that says it's not a folder, then it's probably not a fiolder.... use good judgement...
Now that you know which ones are folders you can move into them if you like with "cd foldername". If you get lost type "pwd" and this will display what directory you are currently in (present working directory). To go back up one folder "cd .." Now, if you want to see some info, get back to the /proc directory.
after you get there use "cat" to look into some of these files.
[root@localhost proc]# cat cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
cpu family : 6
model : 10
model name : AMD Athlon(tm)
stepping : 0
cpu MHz : 2171.595
cache size : 512 KB
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 1
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse syscall mmxext 3dnowext 3dnow
bogomips : 4338.48
[root@localhost proc]# cat meminfo
total: used: free: shared: buffers: cached:
Mem: 526934016 519335936 7598080 0 174637056 194437120
Swap: 625111040 84860928 540250112
MemTotal: 514584 kB
MemFree: 7420 kB
MemShared: 0 kB
Buffers: 170544 kB
Cached: 161536 kB
SwapCached: 28344 kB
Active: 230496 kB
Inactive: 222864 kB
HighTotal: 0 kB
HighFree: 0 kB
LowTotal: 514584 kB
LowFree: 7420 kB
SwapTotal: 610460 kB
SwapFree: 527588 kB
[root@localhost proc]# cat version
Linux version 2.4.22-1.2115.nptl (bhcompile@bugs.devel.redhat.com) (gcc version 3.2.3 20030422 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.3-6)) #1 Wed Oct 29 15:31:21 EST 2003
========
As you can see each file has some info. The CPU, Memory, version, PCI info, etc are all there.
If you're not confues yet, your'e the man...
Actually, I doubt that this will really help you very much. Linux is something you have to learn on your own. You can get guidance from people and they can suggest things but for the most part it's about trial and error. Since you didn't setup the Linux install, you really have missed out on a large portion of understanding Linux. You haven't even got the root login (like the Administrator account in Windows). The reason you can't change the clock is you don't have the priv class. You aren't going to be able to learn too much cause you can't even break the install you have
..Take some time to search the net. Start at one of the sites like Linuxnewbie.com and search their forums. Learn to use the search function. Trust me, you questions have been answered a few hundred times on sites like that.
My suggestion would be to ask your buddy for the CDs to install Linux and start over. Install it yourself. Break it, re-install it and have another shot at it..
Also, get used to seeing the term RTFM. It means "Read The Freakin' Manual". Every program in Linux (just about) has a MAN page. You can access it by typing "man programname". Eg "man ls" this will open the manual page for the command ls.
You can also usually type "--help" after a program and get a short description of what the program does and what else you can type as far as flags go.
remember that simple ls command? Here is the help for that program.
[root@localhost proc]# ls --help
Usage: ls [OPTION]... [FILE]...
List information about the FILEs (the current directory by default).
Sort entries alphabetically if none of -cftuSUX nor --sort.
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
-a, --all do not hide entries starting with .
-A, --almost-all do not list implied . and ..
--author print the author of each file
-b, --escape print octal escapes for nongraphic characters
--block-size=SIZE use SIZE-byte blocks
-B, --ignore-backups do not list implied entries ending with ~
-c with -lt: sort by, and show, ctime (time of last
modification of file status information)
with -l: show ctime and sort by name
otherwise: sort by ctime
-C list entries by columns
--color[=WHEN] control whether color is used to distinguish file
types. WHEN may be `never', `always', or `auto'
-d, --directory list directory entries instead of contents,
and do not dereference symbolic links
-D, --dired generate output designed for Emacs' dired mode
-f do not sort, enable -aU, disable -lst
-F, --classify append indicator (one of */=@|) to entries
--format=WORD across -x, commas -m, horizontal -x, long -l,
single-column -1, verbose -l, vertical -C
--full-time like -l --time-style=full-iso
-g like -l, but do not list owner
-G, --no-group inhibit display of group information
-h, --human-readable print sizes in human readable format (e.g., 1K 234M 2G)
--si likewise, but use powers of 1000 not 1024
-H, --dereference-command-line
follow symbolic links listed on the command line
--dereference-command-line-symlink-to-dir
follow each command line symbolic link
that points to a directory
--indicator-style=WORD append indicator with style WORD to entry names:
none (default), classify (-F), file-type (-p)
-i, --inode print index number of each file
-I, --ignore=PATTERN do not list implied entries matching shell PATTERN
-k like --block-size=1K
-l use a long listing format
-L, --dereference when showing file information for a symbolic
link, show information for the file the link
references rather than for the link itself
-m fill width with a comma separated list of entries
-n, --numeric-uid-gid like -l, but list numeric UIDs and GIDs
-N, --literal print raw entry names (don't treat e.g. control
characters specially)
-o like -l, but do not list group information
-p, --file-type append indicator (one of /=@|) to entries
-q, --hide-control-chars print ? instead of non graphic characters
--show-control-chars show non graphic characters as-is (default
unless program is `ls' and output is a terminal)
-Q, --quote-name enclose entry names in double quotes
--quoting-style=WORD use quoting style WORD for entry names:
literal, locale, shell, shell-always, c, escape
-r, --reverse reverse order while sorting
-R, --recursive list subdirectories recursively
-s, --size print size of each file, in blocks
-S sort by file size
--sort=WORD extension -X, none -U, size -S, time -t,
version -v
status -c, time -t, atime -u, access -u, use -u
--time=WORD show time as WORD instead of modification time:
atime, access, use, ctime or status; use
specified time as sort key if --sort=time
--time-style=STYLE show times using style STYLE:
full-iso, long-iso, iso, locale, +FORMAT
FORMAT is interpreted like `date'; if FORMAT is
FORMAT1<newline>FORMAT2, FORMAT1 applies to
non-recent files and FORMAT2 to recent files;
if STYLE is prefixed with `posix-', STYLE
takes effect only outside the POSIX locale
-t sort by modification time
-T, --tabsize=COLS assume tab stops at each COLS instead of 8
-u with -lt: sort by, and show, access time
with -l: show access time and sort by name
otherwise: sort by access time
-U do not sort; list entries in directory order
-v sort by version
-w, --width=COLS assume screen width instead of current value
-x list entries by lines instead of by columns
-X sort alphabetically by entry extension
-1 list one file per line
--help display this help and exit
--version output version information and exit
SIZE may be (or may be an integer optionally followed by) one of following:
kB 1000, K 1024, MB 1,000,000, M 1,048,576, and so on for G, T, P, E, Z, Y.
By default, color is not used to distinguish types of files. That is
equivalent to using --color=none. Using the --color option without the
optional WHEN argument is equivalent to using --color=always. With
--color=auto, color codes are output only if standard output is connected
to a terminal (tty).
Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
=============================
So as you can see that little program can do ALOT of stuff. That's how you learn. Noone can teach you Linux. Anyone could take the time to tell you what to type or perhaps how to fix your problem, but what fun is a great OS like Linux if you don't understand.
Anyway, play around with it and let us know how it goes.
Simply run adaware, spybot, ZoneAlarm, HijackThis, AVG, update windows daily, have a router, don't open e-mail, turn off action scripting, don't use P2P networks, don't violate EULAs, and wear a condom to get Windows secured.
People say Linux is alot of work!
People say Linux is alot of work!
I sent the link to Stef, Kenny. Welcome to my other world!
Thanks Funk and everyone. This is all new to him and I know nothing about Linux whatsoever, so I had him come in here to ask you folks for some help, links, info etc,. It sucks when your used to Windows and someone puts Linux on your machine for YOU to figure out without help.
Ross
Thanks Funk and everyone. This is all new to him and I know nothing about Linux whatsoever, so I had him come in here to ask you folks for some help, links, info etc,. It sucks when your used to Windows and someone puts Linux on your machine for YOU to figure out without help.
Ross
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Stef
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Hey brownsfan, before you hack up a storm within bash hell read up a little 
The Official Red Hat Linux Getting Started Guide
Also, RedHat has a handfull of user support email list that might interrest you.
Red Hat Technical Mailing Lists
Linux has a large learning curve to it, more so then windows. It will take some time to learn the basic system. However, the rewards are worth it.
Stef
The Official Red Hat Linux Getting Started Guide
Also, RedHat has a handfull of user support email list that might interrest you.
Red Hat Technical Mailing Lists
Linux has a large learning curve to it, more so then windows. It will take some time to learn the basic system. However, the rewards are worth it.
Stef
Hello,
I have another question i am hoping you could answer.
On my desktop,once i sign in,all of these folders starting opening,i cannot remember how many but the time it was done the only icons on my desktop were "trash" and "my computer"
I cannot use my desktop,i have to log onto my daughters sign on.
It's almost like my desktop crashed.
Any suggestions?
Thanks again for your help.
Kenny