| From: | Kyle Kinsey |
| Date: | 7 Aug 2000 at 15:05:27 |
| Subject: | Re: Linux? Tell me more. |
>I installed Linux Mandrake 7.0 of a CD onto my PC. I cannot get my head
>round it though. The frontend is KDE (I think - (linux novice)) and I
>don't understand the way the structure in which files are stored. It
>created a number of partitions, files that it describes as exe files don't
>run and rpm files (which are red hat ones (i think) are supposed to be
>fully compatible with mandrake) also don't run.
the current path is not in the path variable so you have to type
./prog.exe to run a executable (ones in the path should run fine)
(you can add . to the path if you like, it's not there by default as a security issue)
to get info on your partition usage type "df" a great tool a port of which i used
first on the amiga ;-)
as fro rpm's. no they don;t run, they are just an install package. they need to be installed
using a package manager (rpm from command line, or a x manager, kde has one i think)
>I think I best buy a book, but till then, any clues and tips would be
>great.
books are good but a knowledgeable person is better ;-)
have fun.
kyle.
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