[AuckLUG] HELP!!- whats this Linux thing all about

[Nevyn]

*lol* despite touting it, I don't think I've ever used it.

On 10/18/07, Robert <razza at razza.org> wrote:
> You know I can never remember that darn apropos command...always have to
> refer to my handy hints file :)
>
> Nevyn wrote:
> > Hi John,
> >
> > I for one don't mind answering questions.
> >
> > I get the feeling though that you're diving in head first without
> > checking to see if there's any water in the pool. I say this only
> > because setting up a mail server is a task and a half even when you do
> > understand the terminology (I've never attempted it myself).
> >
> > So you probably want to have a look at a book or two before attempting
> > this - just to get a few basic commandline hints. Things like
> > autocomplete (tab key), less, grep, cat, ls, lsof piping, redirection
> > etc. make life hellishly easy once you've figured them out. Probably
> > the first commands you're going to want are man, info and appropos.
> >
> > man [command] - shows you the manual pages for a command.
> > info [command] - shows you the info pages for a command.
> > apropos [description] - gives you a list of commands based upon
> > description you've given it
> >
> > Once you've got the basics down, you're probably going to want to look
> > at package management for your chosen distribution:-
> > yum and rpm for Fedora.
> > dpkg and apt-get for Debian.
> > No idea what SME uses.
> >
> > Anyway, that's enough babbling for now. Feel free to drop me an email
> > if you need some one on one help with the basics (like I said
> > previously, can't really help you with the email server stuff).
> >
> > Regards,
> > Nevyn.
> >
> > On 10/18/07, B.E.R. <ber at xtra.co.nz> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I've heard about Linux for many years buit have never really looked into
> >> what all the buzz is all about, recently I've downloaded and some of the
> >> distro- Fedora and SME and Debian. Ive moved into dabling with servers-
> >> Email and Terminal. The features described are powerful and without the
> >> outrageous tinysoft licensing costs  etc..wow!
> >> Having played around with some of the distro's I've quickly realized
> >> that I need some basic text/commens training to fully utilize and
> >> appreciate Linux.
> >> Im basically self taught with PC's and have been raised on a diet of
> >> GUI's most of my geeky life.
> >> Can anyone advise with regards to training or groups that I can
> >> participate in to get some hands on traning or even see how its done and
> >> discuss with some of the more advanced users. I've trawled google with
> >> regards to help but feel that Ive hit the wall and need to see it and
> >> handle it being done.
> >> An overall understanding of Linux would be helpful and the terminology
> >> gets me lost.
> >> Even if I was to oversee a email server and terminal server setup would
> >> be appreciated.
> >>
> >> If anyone is able to Help Thanks in advance.
> >>
> >> John Henry
> >>
> >> ber at xtra.co.nz
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