[Scottish] Hopeless newbie part 2

2005-09-19 Thread Steve Logan
Thanks to all who replied to my earlier Samba question... Having had to interrupt my messing about to do some Proper Work for the last couple of weeks I'm back in Hopeless Newbie mode (hereafter contracted to HoNe) and have another batch of (probably trivial) questions. and yes I really have

Re: [Scottish] Hopeless newbie part 2

2005-09-20 Thread Iain M Conochie
Steve Logan wrote: Thanks to all who replied to my earlier Samba question... Having had to interrupt my messing about to do some Proper Work for the last couple of weeks I'm back in Hopeless Newbie mode (hereafter contracted to HoNe) and have another batch of (probably trivial) questions. a

Re: [Scottish] Hopeless newbie part 2

2005-09-20 Thread Russell Cassidy
Hiya. - Conceptual #1. I'm struggling to figure out where Suse/Linux puts things. On XP, on the whole, programs are installed (by default) in c:\Program Files, dlls etc in C:\Windows and subdirs, user data in C:\Documents and settings\User\ and sub dirs. Is there a direct Linux equivalen

Re: [Scottish] Hopeless newbie part 2

2005-09-20 Thread Colin McKinnon
On Monday 19 September 2005 20:34, Steve Logan wrote: > Here's what I've got: > - a boxed copy of Suse 9.1 which I bought ages ago and have finally > installed on a Del PIII 500 with 768MB RAM and a couple of IBM 80GB drives. > - Suse manuals for 9.1 > - a copy of Suse 9.3 from Linux Something mag

Re: [Scottish] Hopeless newbie part 2

2005-09-20 Thread Alistair Ross
Hey all. First post on the list, I'm an EdLUG convert as I'm now living in Glasgow, but have met many of you before, so Hi! Going back to the topic - I have authored (and am currently updating) a website I made for newbies. Have a look, it even won awards when I first made it, way back in

Re: [Scottish] Hopeless newbie part 2

2005-09-22 Thread abatkin
> - Conceptual #1. I'm struggling to figure out where Suse/Linux puts > things. On XP, on the whole, programs are installed (by default) in > c:\Program Files, dlls etc in C:\Windows and subdirs, user data in > C:\Documents and settings\User\ and sub dirs. Is there a direct Linux > equivalent?

Re: [Scottish] Hopeless newbie part 2

2005-09-30 Thread Sandy Dunlop
Hi Alistair, I met you when I was living in Edinburgh and I went to EdLUG. I moved to Glasgow a while ago too :-) sandy On 9/20/05, Alistair Ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hey all. > > First post on the list, I'm an EdLUG convert as I'm now living in > Glasgow, but have met many of you befor