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My first post using Linux!!!!!!!

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KeyserSoze

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Got in on that free Novell DVD Suite of Applications, installed it, and I'm up and running! Pretty Amazing that it pretty much has all the software I would need, with the exception of AIM and FireFox.

Wow, I'm happy. Now to learn this b!tch of an Operating System on the backend.





KeyserSoze
 
For AIM use GAIM?

IF firefox is not there yet, you can easily download and install it =)

Welcome to the wonderful world of linux!

 
Congrats. It always takes a while to get used to a new OS. It took a while to use Linux when I started using it 10 years ago, but it was more painful switching to Windows during a brief period of insanity at work. I'm glad they came back to their senses.
 
Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Have fun with your new toy, see you back in the Windows world in a week. 😉

- M4H
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haha, punk. Naw, I'm not replacing Windows by any means, I just feel like learning something new!

Installing Firefox as we speak.........

And yeah, good advice on gAim.




KeyserSoze
 
Originally posted by: Joemonkey
Originally posted by: Jero
Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Have fun with your new toy, see you back in the Windows world in a week. 😉

- M4H
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Not very optimistic are you?
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he probably speaks from experience, and i agree with him
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I guess to each their own. I've had my share of problems in Linux, but I learned how to get around them.

You just need to be willing to learn and love a challenge if something goes wrong 🙂

 
Originally posted by: Joemonkey
Originally posted by: Jero
Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Have fun with your new toy, see you back in the Windows world in a week. 😉

- M4H
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Not very optimistic are you?
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he probably speaks from experience, and i agree with him
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Hmm my poor little gentoo server.

john@sbox john $ uptime
20:59:19 up 51 days, 18:52, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00

Runs well though, heh.

Enjoy, have fun, and don't give up. 🙂
 
Originally posted by: mwtgg
Hmm my poor little gentoo server.

john@sbox john $ uptime
20:59:19 up 51 days, 18:52, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00

Runs well though, heh.

Enjoy, have fun, and don't give up. 🙂
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Only 51 days? What happened?

My record for Linux is over 500 days. I've done much better with commerical UNIXes at work, largely because we don't upgrade the OS as much and because of better power redundancy.
 
Originally posted by: cquark
Originally posted by: mwtgg
Hmm my poor little gentoo server.

john@sbox john $ uptime
20:59:19 up 51 days, 18:52, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00

Runs well though, heh.

Enjoy, have fun, and don't give up. 🙂
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Only 51 days? What happened?

My record for Linux is over 500 days. I've done much better with commerical UNIXes at work, largely because we don't upgrade the OS as much and because of better power redundancy.
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Power outage 🙁

It was going a good 30 days before the outage, and that was only cut short because of a previous outage.
 
Originally posted by: KeyserSoze
Originally posted by: PhasmatisNox
OMG!!! Let me boot into knoppix so I can crap in your thread.
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Sure man, if that'll give you a stiffy, go right ahead!





KeyserSoze
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All your posts give me stiffies. :lips:
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Originally posted by: mwtgg
Originally posted by: cquark
Originally posted by: mwtgg
Hmm my poor little gentoo server.

john@sbox john $ uptime
20:59:19 up 51 days, 18:52, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00

Runs well though, heh.

Enjoy, have fun, and don't give up. 🙂
Click to expand...

Only 51 days? What happened?

My record for Linux is over 500 days. I've done much better with commerical UNIXes at work, largely because we don't upgrade the OS as much and because of better power redundancy.
Click to expand...

Power outage 🙁

It was going a good 30 days before the outage, and that was only cut short because of a previous outage.
Click to expand...

That always sucks. It's looking like a thunderstorm tonight where I am, so I'll have to see how my home uptime goes (only 20 days--turned it off while I was away from home a couple of weeks.)
 
Originally posted by: cquark
Originally posted by: mwtgg
Originally posted by: cquark
Originally posted by: mwtgg
Hmm my poor little gentoo server.

john@sbox john $ uptime
20:59:19 up 51 days, 18:52, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00

Runs well though, heh.

Enjoy, have fun, and don't give up. 🙂
Click to expand...

Only 51 days? What happened?

My record for Linux is over 500 days. I've done much better with commerical UNIXes at work, largely because we don't upgrade the OS as much and because of better power redundancy.
Click to expand...

Power outage 🙁

It was going a good 30 days before the outage, and that was only cut short because of a previous outage.
Click to expand...

That always sucks. It's looking like a thunderstorm tonight where I am, so I'll have to see how my home uptime goes (only 20 days--turned it off while I was away from home a couple of weeks.)
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It's odd because my power is usually always very stable. But it happens sometimes, eh?

According to ViperGTS, I'm in a world of shít with the rain, so we'll see tonight.
 
Originally posted by: KeyserSoze
Got in on that free Novell DVD Suite of Applications, installed it, and I'm up and running! Pretty Amazing that it pretty much has all the software I would need, with the exception of AIM and FireFox.

Wow, I'm happy. Now to learn this b!tch of an Operating System on the backend.





KeyserSoze
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Suse 9.1 has AIM and firefox included.

 
Originally posted by: Jero
For AIM use GAIM?

IF firefox is not there yet, you can easily download and install it =)

Welcome to the wonderful world of linux!
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easy to do 🙂

 
Originally posted by: arod
Originally posted by: KeyserSoze
Got in on that free Novell DVD Suite of Applications, installed it, and I'm up and running! Pretty Amazing that it pretty much has all the software I would need, with the exception of AIM and FireFox.

Wow, I'm happy. Now to learn this b!tch of an Operating System on the backend.





KeyserSoze
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Suse 9.1 has AIM and firefox included.
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Damnit! I gotta find it then. Holy hell, this is a wayyyyyyyy different architecture than Windoze. Egads. I need a book or something.




KeyserSoze
 
Originally posted by: KeyserSoze
Originally posted by: arod
Originally posted by: KeyserSoze
Got in on that free Novell DVD Suite of Applications, installed it, and I'm up and running! Pretty Amazing that it pretty much has all the software I would need, with the exception of AIM and FireFox.

Wow, I'm happy. Now to learn this b!tch of an Operating System on the backend.





KeyserSoze
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Suse 9.1 has AIM and firefox included.
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Damnit! I gotta find it then. Holy hell, this is a wayyyyyyyy different architecture than Windoze. Egads. I need a book or something.




KeyserSoze
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A few key points...

whatever is in /etc are mainly config files

whatever is in /etc/rc.d/rc3.d are where you can stop and restart services

/usr/sbin /sbin /usr/bin are where most binary files are located. Most of the time these locations are already part of the path.

To check the path of each user in bash shell for example in your user account look at a file called .bashrc

for universal information, look at /etc/profile

/usr/local/share is where most of the shared applications are installed

/tmp is the only root directory by default that anyone has permission to

 
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