On 2005-08-31, Raj M penned: > I am a newbee to the linux system. > > In order to have debian as my OS, I downlaoded from > the debain website, the stable 3.1 version. I > completed the installation as per the debian setup. > Now after rebooting and entering the login and pwd > information, I get the following information. > > "Debian GNU/Linux comes with absolutely no warranty, > to the extent permitted by applicable law. > [EMAIL PROTECTED]: ~$" > > I am stuck after this message. What should I do next? > I couldn't find any tips/direction in the Debian book > that I have with me. >
You're looking at a command prompt. The ~ indicates that you're in your own home directory. Congratulations! You have a working Debian system. What you should do next depends on what you want to do next. What do you want to do with this machine? -- monique Ask smart questions, get good answers: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]