On Mon, 31 Dec 2007 13:08:13 +0900 David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > > On Sun, Dec 30, 2007 at 06:05:35PM -0800, Rick Dooling wrote: > > > >> I know about Debian Reference and Debian Help site, but I'm more > >> interested in a list of common how-tos that most people would > >> like to do after installation, such as add mp3 playing ability, > >> installing flash, mounting usb drives or ntfs drives and so on, > >> the sort of things found in Martin's Ubuntu How-To. I know that > >> some work in both. I guess I'm just curious if a similar thing > >> already exists for Debian. And if not would it be a useful > >> project to redo the Ubuntu How-To with an eye toward the Debian > >> user. > >> > > > Since all the documentation is already provided on how to do each > > of these with whatever tools are installed on the user's box, the > > most important skill for the new Debian user to have is howto > > find and use the documentation. > > Agreed! > > And not just documentation. > I've thought a number of times that the package description aspect > of the aptitude interface should include the path of the package > concerned. Also on the Debian site package description and the > documentation - surely that makes sense. > > This would help a newbie get on top of the filing scenario much > more quickly. > > I remember struggling to find exactly where packages lived on my > system when I would look in a number of places and see packages > with similar names residing in a couple of them (or more). > Regards, > > -- > David Palmer > Linux User - #352034 >
I moved to Linux, from Windoze NT, back in 1999. One of the very first things I did, in trying to learn about Linux, was to learn some very basic commands. Did you know that Linux keeps a database of every file stored on your hard drive(s)? There are commands to find those files. locate - list files in databases that match a pattern # locate header.php lists every file named header.php complete with path whereis - locate the binary, source, and manual page files for a command # whereis whereis lists every file named "whereis" on your hard disk, of course, complete with path -- Raquel ============================================================ Family values are a little like family vacations-subject to changeable weather and remembered more fondly with the passage of time. Though it rained all week at the beach, it's often the momentary rainbows that we remember. --Leslie Dreyfous -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
