Re: New User
Please use "reply to all" so you are replying to the mailing list as
well, and others could help you.
To test if Debian supports your hardware, I personally would "burn" a
live CD <http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current-live/amd64/iso-hybrid/debian-live-8.2.0-amd64-gnome-desktop.iso>
and boot with it, and see if everything works fine.
You can also "burn" a live usb using that CD image. You can ask me if
you don't know how to do it.
As a rule of thumb, if your hardware is not too new, Debian should support it.
On 13/10/2015, Hammad Khan <hammadkhanee04@gmail.com> wrote:
> How can I check if my hardware is comparable with Linux or not and from
> where I can get drivers for my laptop
> On Oct 13, 2015 6:45 AM, "Alex Vong" <alexvong1995@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Hammad,
>>
>> I am CC-ing the Debian user mailing list since you may get more help
>> there from experienced user. Please use REPLY-ALL in Gmail to reply to
>> the mailing list as well.
>>
>> Well, I think I was in a similar situation to you. Last Christmas, I
>> finally got rid of Microsoft Windows and switched to GNU/Linux. I was
>> able to do that because I got a long holiday in Christmas, so I could
>> take my time to learn new things.
>>
>> So. Congratulations!
>>
>> You are right that mastering terminal is one of the most important
>> things. So I am going to introduce to you now. In the following basic
>> tutorial, keyboard's keys are enclosed by [[ ]] and $ is the prompt of
>> the terminal which is NOT part of the command.
>>
>> The first thing you should know is how you terminate a command. Well,
>> it is easy, you press [[ENTER]]. So let's try the following command:
>>
>> $ printf "hello, world\n"
>> hello, world
>>
>> Let's look at the structure of it. There is really two parts, printf
>> and "hello, world\n". They are separated by space. printf is the
>> command you try to run and "hello, world\n" is the argument given to
>> it. In general, a command can take any number of arguments, including
>> no arguments.
>>
>> Here is an example of giving a command 3 arguments:
>>
>> $ ls -a -h -l
>> LOTS OF STUFF PRINTED...
>>
>> Now, you KNOW the basic shell syntax! Commands are terminated by
>> [ENTER] (aka newline character), and arguments are separated by
>> spaces. So we write the following to denote the generic case for a
>> command with n arguments:
>>
>> [COMMAND] [ARG_1] [ARG_2] ... [ARG_N]
>>
>> We are about to finish, one more thing though. What if your argument
>> contains spaces? Since the shell "separates" ("tokenize" is the more
>> technical term) the arguments by spaces, your argument cannot contain
>> spaces. Well, this is resolved by quoting. Remember in the first
>> example, we have
>>
>> $ printf "hello, world\n"
>> hello, world
>>
>> Note that "hello, world\n" contains a space but it is treated as a
>> single argument. It is because we enclosed hello, world by " ".
>>
>> Well, if you replace double-quote with single-quote, the result will
>> be the same:
>>
>> $ printf 'hello, world\n'
>> hello, world
>>
>> But of course, they are different in general. For instance, you need
>> to single-quote a double-quote and double-quote a single-quote:
>>
>> $ printf 'lots of double-quotes """\n'
>> lots of double-quotes """
>>
>> and:
>>
>> $ printf "lots of single-quotes '''\n"
>> lots of single-quotes '''
>>
>> Well, finding the rest of the difference is left as an exercise...
>>
>> For tutorial, <http://linuxcommand.org/lc3_learning_the_shell.php>
>> looks fine to me. But I personally do not learn using terminal this
>> way. I learn by searching on the Internet what I want to do and what I
>> do not understand. That way, you will slowly build up your knowledge.
>>
>> For reference, the Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide
>> <http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/abs-guide.pdf> is really good, but it is
>> quite advanced thought...
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Alex
>>
>> On 13/10/2015, Hammad Khan <hammadkhanee04@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Thnx Alex I also think about Debian.but how can I master terminal means
>> > commons line
>> > On Oct 12, 2015 1:12 PM, "Alex Vong" <alexvong1995@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi Hammad,
>> >>
>> >> Is Kali a distribution? I haven't tried using it so I don't know what
>> >> is your problem? Have you chosen any distribution yet? If you haven't,
>> >> I suggest Debian, because I am using it and I can help if you
>> >> encounter any problems.
>> >>
>> >> Cheers,
>> >> Alex
>> >>
>> >> On 12/10/2015, Hammad Khan <hammadkhanee04@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> > failed to start open vulnerability assessment system scanner daemon
>> >> > in
>> >> kali
>> >> > 2.0
>> >> >
>> >> > Plz anybody can guide.I see this msg after installation when I start
>> >> > virtual machine .I am using VMware workstation for virtualization.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > On Oct 12, 2015 12:36 AM, "Hammad Khan" <hammadkhanee04@gmail.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> Hy Alex
>> >> >> Thnx for ur guide. I want to know any sources or way to
>> >> >> master
>> >> >> Linux
>> >> >> command line or terminal.
>> >> >> I want to switch completely from windows to Linux and I guess
>> >> >> mastering terminal is important.
>> >> >> Eagerly waiting for your guidance
>> >> >> Hammad
>> >> >> On Oct 11, 2015 11:38 AM, "Alex Vong" <alexvong1995@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >>> Hi Hammad,
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> To install Debian 8 (Jessie), you only need either CD1 or DVD1.
>> >> >>> The
>> >> >>> extra CDs or DVDs are there to provide packages installable
>> >> >>> without
>> >> >>> Internet access. I personally prefer to install using the Live CD
>> >> >>> since I can test to see if everything works before I install.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Note that you also need to pick the CD/DVD with the needed
>> >> >>> architecture and desktop manager.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Please do ask questions if you don't understand what I am taking
>> >> >>> about.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Cheers,
>> >> >>> Alex
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> On 11/10/2015, Hammad Khan <hammadkhanee04@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> >>> > For Debian 8 u have two DVDs in ur download section for 64 bit
>> >> >>> > which
>> >> >>> should
>> >> >>> > be downloaded .what about the checksum files or I have to
>> >> >>> > download
>> >> >>> > both
>> >> >>> > DVDs 1 and 2
>> >> >>> >
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >
>>
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