"linux For Dummies" ?

[The Fifth Horseman]

I'm totally green to Linux, but it seems like I'll have to be learning quick, cause here in the office I am supposed to switch to that OS tomorrow.

Could you recommend any online guides / FAQ's on the subject, please?

[BeefontheBone]

I bought the Teach Yourself Linux book when I first installed it, and it's pretty good - I already had the series' Latin book and had been impressed. I've not seen any online guides (haven't looked either), but I'd also be interested in anything people found.

[punch999]

Or we talking console version or full GUI version. And if GUI what GUI are you going to be using?

[BeefontheBone]

Fluxbox rocks for customisability, but I'm still using Gnome for ease of transfer from other OS's - it can behave like Windows or OSX or somewhere in between.
Even with a GUI, you'll need to use the terminal for a lot of actions.

[plix]

Originally posted by the_fifth_horseman@Dec 15 2005, 01:01 PM
Could you recommend any online guides / FAQ's on the subject, please?
It's not really a guide, but the best and easiest way to do it is to just install it and play with it yourself. Easier than installing a full distro and dealing with dual boot would be a live disc; personally I'd suggest trying out Knoppix.

There are plenty of guides around, but it's like trying to learn to drive without actually doing it. Assuming that your job isn't computer development / administrative (coder, sysadmin, or the like), you're probably pretty safe since your co-workers are going to need to deal with the learning curve as well. Give it some time, but know that you're going to eventually need to learn your way around a shell if you have to do anything much more than fire up a browser or use OpenOffice.

[Reup]

There's an execellent guide on linux.org:

Beginners guide to linux (http://www.linux.org/lessons/beginner/index.html)

There's also a decent follow-up guide there as well, covering more advanced subjects, so you'll have plenty to read during the coming holidays!

[troop18546]

If all that fails - ask Chickenman. :D

[Reup]

Yeah, I guess you could do that as well. Ask him to write a book on the subject :w00t:

[chickenman]

I have already made a book of commands but it's on paper LOL

[sewen]

Originally posted by the_fifth_horseman@Dec 15 2005, 06:01 PM
I'm totally green to Linux, but it seems like I'll have to be learning quick, cause here in the office I am supposed to switch to that OS tomorrow.

Could you recommend any online guides / FAQ's on the subject, please?
The commands which you will need to learn greatly depend on your choosen linux distro. For example for Mandriva you almost don't need to know anything, for Fedora you will greatly use them and for Slackware you will rely ont them.

(so use your distro related forum, or google)

linux commands:
mount (attach device CDROM or floppy)
umount (detach device)
ls (list the directory)
cp (copy)
mv (move)
rm (remove)

editor:
vi (modes for writing/reading are changed by pressing insert, commands have format :q like quit,), nano, gediit

directory structure:
/home/yourname
or
/winxp

"your command to invoke installator" (yum, apt-get, pacman, ...)

linux configuration files:
/boot/grub.lst
/etc/X11/xorg.conf

:Tom:

[gorkur]

One word: howto :D

Use that and google and you'll find it a very usefull tool :)