At 11:45 AM 7/3/00 , you wrote:
>Hello hope sombody out there will take pitty on this new user but im
>getting real confused here i see everyone talking about comands to do
>this or that but i cant figure out how or why there in what i asume is
>the comand line why doesnt anybody use the GUI?? when i set linux up i
>set it up to boot to gnome which im starting to think was not a good
>idea cant you do these things in there? or am i just to used to windows?
>now before everybody starts flaming me with things like well what are
>you trying to do all im trying right now is to get away from windows, i
>run spreadsheets for work, a little word processing, picture scanning,
>and internet surfing.
>I am not looking to write any programs, I build systems for people. I
>am mainly looking for a better alternative to Windows, but once I have
>Linux in, I have no idea what to do with it.
>Sorry for the rambling.
>Jim
Hi Jim,
Linux is a really sweet operating system for a lot of things. I've usually
been interested in it for servers and I prefer the command line. I suspect
that a lot of people are the same way. So it's really a preference that
you are noting.
Linuxconf and other graphical tools (linuxconf can actually be used in
graphics mode or console mode) can definitely be used to administer a
system. File managers, etc. are available to GUI users just like
Windows. In fact, I think you'll find Gnome and/or KDE provide the same
sort of general functionality that Windows/Mac/whatever-GUI-you-like
provide. This should all be installed.
You may need to install a little more software to do everything you
mentioned (just like Windows except you get these add-ons free or
cheap). For office, I like StarOffice which is in version 5.2 and is
offered for free download or $10 CD from Sun but there are WordPerfect,
ApplizWare, etc. adherents. Also there are office suites in the works for
KDE and Gnome. You should already have Netscape for surfing. I think
Opera and Mozilla are testing browsers for Linux now.
I'm not so sure about scanning; I think its been discussed here though...
I would start by reading the Red Hat manuals which, if you did not buy a
boxed set, are still available somewhere on the Red Hat site;
http://www.redhat.com
Then I would checkout the books and HOW-TO's of the Linux Documentation
Project: http://www.linuxdoc.org
Then I would post specific questions here (or a more appropriate
list/newsgroup).
Best of luck,
-Alan Mead
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