In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > Dear friends, > > I have hesitated to ask this simple question here, but after quite along > time, my head is sore from banging it against the wall . . .
Welcome to the wonderful world of Linux :) > * I downloaded 16 MB from > > ftp.netscape.com/pub/communicaotr/english/4.72/unix/supported/linux20_glibc2/complete_install/ > > communicator-v472-export.x86-unknown-linuxglibc2.0.tar.gz > * At least it was close to that! > * I waited for it to ask me where it would put it, having read that > it should go into /tmp. It didn't ask, just started coming at me, > so I left it alone. All night. > * Now I can't find it. I've tried locate with lots of permutations, The locate database must be updated. updatedb will do this for you. /etc/updatedb.conf has to be configged properly to not exclude the directory where communicator might have gone. Another way is to "find / -name "*communicator*". There is a communicator packaged for debian in non-free, yes? > * I have read with interest the messages to newbies about using the > help before writing messages like this, but I actually need more > help before I can make us of the help. when I go to /usr/doc and do > ls, I do see all the help, but I don't know how to open it. lynx might work well here. It's a text-based web browser but it's good for browsing local doc trees. You need a directory utility really. Some good ones are filerunner, gentoo, emelfm, mc (midnight commander clone). > * I have installed Gnome/Enlightenment. Maybe. I have a terminal > window glued to the upper left corner of the screen that I can't > figure out how to minimize or banish. > * There are almost no apps available. Do I need to install things > like a word processor and a spreadsheet separately? They aren't > part of Gnome? There is probably no shortcut; you've got tons of reading ahead of you to get comfortable with Debian, or any Linux really. Here are some things that I found helpful, http://www.debian.org/~elphick/ddp/manuals.html - lots of faqs and docs, tutorials http://www.linuxpress.com/debusered2.html - the book "Debian Linux User's Guide" http://www.penguinteam.org/debian/doc/debian-tutorial/ - Debian GNU/Linux: Guide to Installation and Usage http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/debian/chapter/index.html - Learning Debian GNU/Linux Hope that helps. Keep your pecker up; it's a lot of fun. rick
