If you can't find time to read the manuals and come to a basic understanding
of the operating system, give it up and go to windoze. Linux is not for you.
What you need is a box that runs a $200 operating system, crashes thrice a
day, comes with idiotic (not too mention expensive) tech support, and awful
overburdened unstable code (read windoze). Before I ran Linux back when you
had to do some real hacking before everything worked, I read up on Linux and
Unix for two months to make sure I understood everything from filesystems,
partitioning, kernel, mouse support, X window system and how to access a
cdrom. Please, if you are serious about using one of the world's best and
most powerful OS, the least you could do is educate yourself. You'll be a
better person for it!
HB
----- Original Message -----
From: "syed riyaz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> I have recently installed the Red Hat LINUX 5.0 on my PC(Pentium/100-Mhz,
32-MB Ram,1.2-GB HDD,DCS Sound Card, JVC-3,600 bps external Modem, SVGA
Moniter, mouse etc.).
>
> After reading the HTML document instructions in the CD-Mannual, in several
attempts, any how I colud install it and got to the root prompt. Aslo, I ran
X-window program by typing "startx" at command prompt.
>
> My experience with the "Linux" was really 'Awfull' and painfull, it has
given me too much trouble. May be this is due to my lack of
"Linux-awareness"/Unix-awareness.
>
> I have not seen such a poor & scaled-down graphics in my life, I don't
know why the world is overwhelming with it, while it seems me much inferior
as compared MS-Windows. Its very complex rather difficult to configure
devices on it, and connectivity to internet is only for me, there is no
softwae on it to install. whare to get it.
>
> Please can any body tell me the following very basic things in a simple
way:-
>
> 1. How to access floppy drives in linux ?
> 2. How to copy Win98 files to floppies like Win98 ?
> 3. How to read from CD-ROM drives ?
> 4. Is it possible to read DOS/Other files from Linux ?
> 5. How stablish Modem connectivity, simple way ?
> 6. Does it provide TCP/IP & PPP connectivity ?
> 7. Where to get the Int-Browser on Linux, if its fre ?
> 8. Soundcard not detected in Linux, its PnP in Win98 ?
>
> Well, I a am loosing hope of using Linux, if it is a such a great
"Headeache". Is there any simplest Graphical-User-Interface in Linux
awailable like Win98 or OS/2, where configuriong & using devices is a fun.
>
> Please respond my basic questions,
> I will be thankfull to you & may obliged.
>
> Suncerely Yours Linux Friend,
> (Syed Mohammad Riyaz)
>
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