On Tue, 3 Nov 1998, Alain Cadenat wrote: > Hy all, > > I am an absolute beginner in linux and Debian > > I have just download and (successfully) installed the base debian linux. > It runs properly on the same hard disk of windows 95 ! (hmmm not too bad for > a beginner no ?) > But now.............. > I dont even know how to read the .gz files in /usr/doc
Use zless - this uncompresses them and reads them without adding lots of big uncompressed documents to your hard disk. > I wish also to install an X11 interface. Where can I find one and how to > install it ??? You need Xbase, and xserver-vga16, and an xserver that suits your card (plus all the packages these depend on). I suggest you use the hamm versions for now, as the slink ones have a few niggles ATM. Have fun, Matthew -- Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo Steward of the Cambridge Tolkien Society Selwyn College Computer Support http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Chamber/8841/ http://www.cam.ac.uk/CambUniv/Societies/tolkien/ http://pick.sel.cam.ac.uk/
