If I'm not mistaking, the prompt is the shell.... Xwindows is the GUI server
and on top of that you run a Window Manager in wich you can open a terminal
window....
Patrick Putteman
Internet Support Manager
Net 7
www.net7.be
----- Original Message -----
From: Tom Fisher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, August 02, 1999 8:38 PM
Subject: [newbie] How to use terminal
> Well I am a computer technician that is 19 yrs. old. I handle all the
> repair and service at my job. I basically started learning on Win 95
which
> I know better than my boss, but he knows DOS better than me. I have
little
> knowledge of command line programs and commands. I have taken programming
> in high school, but it was a joke on apple computers. I know many of
> windows deeper problems and really want to understand Linux, and the best
> way I know how to do that is to learn the terminal first. I know I can
use
> the X-windows. I need to find web pages that will teach me how to use the
> prompt instead of only the shell.
>
>
