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devlkore:
heyo,
I'm a complete newbie to Linux and I've just bought a book (although I just found out it's aimed at Caldera users) and I've just been searching the interenet, I actually read the WHOLE internet!

Anyway, are there any sites that have tutorials and info for complete newbies that don't know shit?
The thing is, I can't even use the command line to shut down my computer, I have no idea how to change my screen resolution or change between KDE and GNOME without running setup and I'm having no end of troubles trying to mount one of my NTFS drives.

I'm using Topologi-Linux, if that makes any difference.

Oh, just so you know, I'm not an idiot, I'm proficient in DOS (well, quite a lot) and I've had loads of Windoesn't experience, but I need to make this small gap into Linux, before all the other STufF I know can be of any use to me.

ThanX.

BYEEEEE!!

mobrien_12:
"The thing is, I can't even use the command line to shut down my computer,"

As root

/sbin/halt

 or if you have a newer computer you can take advantage of APM

/sbin/poweroff

"I have no idea how to change my screen resolution"

When setting up X, set up 2 or 3 screen resolutions.  You can toggle between them with Ctrl-alt-keypad"+"

Hang in there.  It's worth it.

[ March 20, 2003: Message edited by: M. O'Brien ]

[ March 20, 2003: Message edited by: M. O'Brien ]

slave:
Excuse my ignorance, but what's Topologi linux?

devlkore:
M O'Brien, ThanX for that info.
But I don't know how to set up one desktop resolution, I don't know what I'm running at cuz I thought it was 1024x768, but when I loaded up one of my 1280x960 .BMPs as a wallpapeer, it had a border, go figure.

Linux User, Topologi Linux can be installed on a FAT or NTFS drive without partitioning and is based on Slackware, and it doesn't use UMSDOS, because it uses a hardfile for the install, kinda like BeOS. here's the link http://topologi-linux.sourceforge.net

Umm... what's the best file system to use, or maybe more appropriately, what are the pros and cons of each?

slave:
Just use ext3 or ReiserFS.  I hear Reiser's a bit faster.

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