> > 1) Where would be a good site for information regarding Linux, perhaps a > site maintained by the creator of Linux, Linus Torvalds.
Linus doesn't have much except penguins on his home page (at least, last I checked) > 2) Where would be a good place to get information regarding the use of > Linux. (As I have yet to find the equivalent to the DOS cd and dir command.) http://www.linux.org and http://www.linuxhq.com try http://www.linuxhq.com/LDP for such gems as the Linux Users Guide and the Linux Administrators Guide (you are an administrator if you own your own computer :]) As far as the commands go, they're pretty much the same as any Unix. See if you can find a Unix user book in your local library. They may even have a linux book if you're lucky. Here's some to get you started: DOS Unix cd cd del rm dir ls rmdir? rmdir (removes directories) mkdir? mkdir (creates directories) help <command> man <command> (chances are on a small system you don't have the man pages installed) more <file> gives you the contents of a file in a pageable fashion. (I think this is the same as DOS). less <file> will do the same, except it's nicer. zless will read compressed (*.gz) files, I think there is also zmore. Documentation is stored in /usr/doc, mostly in compressed form. Here are a couple of quite nessecary commands that stumped me at first: mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /floppy (mounts the msdos formatted disk in the fd0 drive as the directory /floppy . The directory /floppy has to exist, you may need to create it) shutdown -h now (for turning off the computer. shutdown -r now restarts it) Have fun, Andrew Tarr "If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate" |___ http://multinet.co.nz/personalhomepages/locusmeus/antechamber.html |~~~
