Re: newbie to Linux (Debian).
On Thursday 11 March 2004 04:20, Frank J Bivings wrote:
> get a blank window with only the option to hit OK. If I reply NO
> to get a new start to enter username & password. It then says
> "username@sysname:~$" , and then hangs because I don't know
> where to go from there. My only choice is Ctl+Alt+del., and get
> back in Windows XP.
This is the console interface to the operating system. All the
graphical stuff runs in the "X console" which you can't use until you
get the X server working. To do any administration of your system
you'll need "console skills", i.e. knowledge of using shell commands
and a text editor (the most common ones are vi and emacs; many users
are religious devotees of one of these two systems; there are on-line
"holy wars" but no bloodshed yet).
http://www.linux.org/lessons/beginner/index.html
is a reasonable on-line tutorial. Another good idea would be to get a
book on introductry Unix/Linux skills (university libraries usually
have several of these; some public libraries do too).
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