>Tom Jacobs
>P.S. Is there an ls command that will allow the
>directory contents to stop at the end of each page so
>I can read them?
try:
ls | more
the | pipes the listing to more which pauses at each screen. Probably a
cooler way to do this, but this was my newbie solve.
Regarding your usability issues, hang in there. Linux seems to be a pain to
set up at every level. I think I've had configuration problems with just
about every piece of hardware on my system. Still, when you get it
configured, it really works. No more crashing. No more hanging. And the
ability to configure Linux is all right there in editable files. No, their
names and directories don't make a hell of a lot of sense to newbies, but
it'll grow on you. I'm willing to use a more complex system that allows me
to tinker with it when things do go wrong (unlike Windows, where things just
inexplicably go wrong). With things like KDE, RPMs etc, Linux is getting
easier to use every day. I fled from Windows because of stability like you,
and I have not been disappointed. My Linux system has never crashed or hung
once. For that, I'm willing to work with a steeper learning curve. Good
luck!
Gregg
>--- Joachim Holst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> On fre, 26 nov 1999, you wrote:
>> > "Thomas J. Hamman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> > > On Wed, 24 Nov 1999, Ernest N. Wilcox Jr. wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > stable manner. But you have to admitt that
>> they have done a great job with
>> > the
>> > > > installer. Any user can install M$'s OS. Now
>> if they'd just stop trying
>> > to
>> >
>> > Gee I hate to knock you off your soap box, but
>> just about ALL new mother
>> > boards support the self-same boot of CD Rom to
>> install Linux AND Win9X.
>> > Risking more Flames here...Win98 is MORE user
>> friendly after first install,
>> > all most all components ARE installed WITH their
>> driver's.
>>
>> OK.. So you mean that CD-Writes are installed with
>> drivers ?? All Graphic cards
>> are installed with drivers ?? Sound cards are
>> installed with drivers ??
>> That's a change. The last time I was forced to
>> install win98, it didn't.
>>
>> >
>> > Now untill I learn the method to Linux's madness
>> for installing programs and
>> > WHERE the heck they are after that, I will
>> continue using Win98 as my primary
>> > OS. But to be fair Linux has many points in it's
>> favor, the foremost one is
>> > that it is a free OS, and more important...very
>> stable.
>>
>> To find the location of a file, try whereis. If
>> Mandrake supports the RedHat
>> filesystem scheme, most files will be installed in
>> either /usr/bin or
>> /usr/sbin. Cinfig files go in /etc.
>>
>> /Jocke!
>>
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