[BNM] Getting started with Linux

[David Stone]

 > One thing I am still in the dark about though is all this command
 > business... people say I ran this command, that command, but I don't
 > see a prompt to run these... (what a newbie)

Applications > Accessories > Terminal, althought for some reason I have 
a feeling it won't be there if your on the latest version, maybe that 
was a dream.

If it's not there you can still access a real terminal by going to tty1 
Ctrl+Alt+F1, to get back to your GUI Ctrl+Alt+F7. By default you'll be 
able to do that from F1-F7 (some people use that for testing different 
desktops, e.g. Gnome/KDE on different ttys)

 > Another Q - do I need to install Apache etc. to run Ubunti as a
 > server? Does it have some server business already installed on it -
 > or should I grab XAMMP for Linux?
 > (http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html)

Never used XAMPP so can't help you there, go System > Administration > 
Add Applications > File > Advanced and you should be able to see a list 
of packages - not sure if the default is setup to check online, I'd 
assume so? If GUI's not your thing you could learn these commands:

"apt-cache search apache2" search for software
"apt-get install apache2" - install that software

Cheers,
Dave

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delarge wrote:
> Wowsers... I installed Ubuntu at the weekend... and what a bundle of joy it
> is!
> Most tools you need come preinstalled (GIMP, Firefox, CD Rippers) - quite
> strange to fire up a PC and see no hint of Windows whatsoever.
> 
> It also runs at a good speed on an old old ex-office HP PC - and the only
> thing stopping me from installing it on my laptop is a few driver problems
> with my wireless card (Linksys WRTG54) - I also have an older Belkin one but
> need to install a Windows-mirroring type program to install drivers...
> 
> (http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/mediawiki/index.php/Ubuntu)
> 
> One thing I am still in the dark about though is all this command
> business... people say I ran this command, that command, but I don't see a
> prompt to run these... (what a newbie)
> 
> Another Q - do I need to install Apache etc. to run Ubunti as a server? Does
> it have some server business already installed on it - or should I grab
> XAMMP for Linux?
> (http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html)
> 
> Big thanks!
> --
> Paul
> 
> 
> 
> On 3/2/06, Tom Coady <tom.coady at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>On 3/2/06, delarge <delargerock at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>Looks like its Ubuntu... (what a satisfying word
>>
>>
>>The name of the distribution comes from the South
>>African<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African>concept of
>>*Ubuntu <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_%28ideology%29>* — roughly,
>>"humanity towards others" according to
>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_Linux
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