Hi guys. I'm sure you get sick of fielding questions from people that must seem braindead but I need some suggestions.
I have made the big leap for me and installed Debian. I had a few problems (once it crashed during install) but I'm there, I'm at bash and I don't know what to do. I thought that installing the home/stand alone package would get me to something a little more familier than bash (like some sort of GUI) but I was wrong. I am trying to understand the book that I bought, but I fear it was intended for someone a little more advanced then me. (The book is Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 Unleashed-From Knowledge to Mastery) My goal would be to get something like GNOME installed along with some user applications. I simply do not know where to start. Currently I am not logged in as root and I do not even know how to shut down the system. One other problem I noticed during install and in bash is that the keyboard is a little trigger happy. When trying to press one character, I would press multiples, which caused a lot of frustration when trying to come up with a root password. My system is: AMD Thunderbird Athlon 700mhz 256 mb ram 6.4 gig hd (all Debian) internal modem that was not found when installing some automatic package. Sony rewritable drive on primary/slave installation was from the cd contained in the book I'm sorry to burden the list, but I need someone to speak real slow and use little words. Thank you for taking the time to look at this message! -Jeff H
