Subject: Re: HELP! I am new to Linux!
From: cdowns (cdowns@skillsoft.com)
Date: Wed Jun 06 2001 - 08:12:37 MDT
Well you might find this a drastic change and may take some time but it
is well worth it so keep going strong, read alot of material and write
things down if you have to. i made the same change over 3.5 years ago so
it can be done.
installing application under yellowdog or any system V linux system is
very simple just use rpm the redahat package manager.
rpm -ivh <app to install>
if you are trying to install from cd than you must mount it first,
remember macintosh does this for you, but if you are from mac land you
should be familair with this term.
to mount there are several ways here is the easy way.
su -c 'mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom'
password:
then cd to the Directory
cd /mnt/cdrom/YellowDog/RPMS/
then list the directory contents
ls or ls -l Open* just to see files that start with Open.
now if you made root boot and swap everything will be installed on root
which is / , /root/ is a directory ( the home dir for superuser).
type this:
scavenger:~# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda8 250M 26M 211M 11% /
/dev/hda1 21M 2.4M 17M 12% /boot
/dev/hda5 7.6G 701M 6.5G 10% /usr
/dev/hda6 7.6G 4.5G 2.6G 63% /home
/dev/hda7 250M 221M 16M 94% /var
scavenger:~#
this is my partition table ( above )
to see availble ram:
scavenger:~# free
total used free shared buffers
cached
Mem: 256884 252464 4420 166964 11560
178232
-/+ buffers/cache: 62672 194212
Swap: 264560 2260 262300
scavenger:~#
as i know quicktime is still not available for linux but there are
several alternatives (xanim perhaps ) . flash and realplayer are all
available.
books: seeing yellowdog and redhat are basically the same you could pick
up "redhat linux for dummies" it is written by: John "maddog" Hall from
my area and Evengalist for VA linux systems. VERY good book for new guys
! ive even pivked this up for my brother becuase john has written it
very well nd easy to follow.
web browsers install nescape communicater, it is on the cdrom and if not
DL it.
hope this helps get you started. if you have any questions please feel
free to ask.
-D
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Christopher M Downs
Network Security Administrator
Skillsoft Corporation
cdowns@skillsoft.com
"Micro$oft typed backwards
spells "c:\duh /?"
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Morelos Barros wrote:
> Hello all!
>
> Well, I just bought Yellow Dog and I thought Linux was going to be
> pretty much lilke Mac OS... but I was wrong.
>
> So I am new to Linux. I've read a lot of it but I am begining to use
> it now. I was excited at first but I find it too difficult.
>
> U see, I am not a computer guru. I am just a normal user oriented to
> graphic art. So I bought YDL to try and learn Linux but MAN it's
> tough.
>
> So I hope you can help me ... I have a few questions...
>
> 1. Installation was pretty simple and easy. How ever I can't install
> any of the Tasty Morsels CD software. I think I have to know some
> Unix commands.... but I don't know any... How can I install Open
> Office?
>
> 2. The Linux partition on my hard disk is 2 GB. But how can I know
> how many disk space is left? I tried the KDE explorer but I couldn't
> find where it says it.
>
> 3. you may laugh at this... but is Root my hard disk? I know I had to
> make three partitions but I don't know where are they!
>
> 4. Isn't there any stable web browser? Konqueror crashes very often
> and Mozilla just closes and I have to reboot!!
>
> 5. Talking about browsers... How about the plug ins? Do we have
> quicktime and flash?
>
> And last question.... I know I need a very good book. However I don't
> know which one should I buy. Any sugestions for a "Linux for dorks"
> book? *LOL*
>
> Thanx for your help!
>
> Morelos
>
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