>> "AB" == André Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
AB> Since I just installed linux a few days ago from my debian 2.1 cd
AB> there
This should also be your primary choice for software for now. You will
also find mtools there. There might be newer versions of the packages
out there, but you don't need the newest version, with new
bugs^Wfeatures. STick with the solid and tested versions on your CD.
There is more then enough software on these CDs.
The current Debian developement tree counts
$ grep Package: /var/lib/dpkg/available | wc --lines
3288
packages. There are less in Debian 2.1, but more than enough anyway.
AB> will be a slight learning curve during this week. One way or
AB> another I'll know linux well enough in less than a week that I can
AB> teach others how to install, navigate, and change the setup of
AB> their linux... I know computers I just don't know linux's command
AB> structure and syntax, yet.
AB> Once i start navigating I'm gonna take my linux apart kernel by
AB> kernel and see what makes it tick. Then I'll no longer be
AB> clueless.
Well, Usually, there is just one kernel running, so you better learn
the applications and take them appart instead :-)
What I did when I installed Debian, was to browse through /etc and
peek at the configfiles there. They are commented most of the time,
and they will give you a clue about the system. (I'd install the mc
package that will give you mc, a Norton Commander clone, for easy
handling).
Also take a look at the "Getting Started" book on the Linux
Documentation Project website.
And as you come from the DOS/WIndows world, look at
/usr/doc/HOWTO/DOS-Win-to-Linux-HOWTO*
Regarding connecting your PCs: I would by two NICs and build a small
LAN. Much faster and easy to handle. You could install a ftp server on
the Linux box and upload from the windows box. Or you could install
samba on the Linux box, so that it will apear in network neighborhood
on the windows box.
Ciao,
Martin
