From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp03.mrf.mail.rcn.net ([207.172.4.62]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19zwQc-0000fn-00 for ; Thu, 18 Sep 2003 06:54:26 -0400 Received: from 208-59-170-65.c3-0.slvr-ubr2.lnh-slvr.md.cable.rcn.com ([208.59.170.65] helo=[192.168.1.101]) by smtp03.mrf.mail.rcn.net with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #4) id 19zwPT-0000bN-00 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Thu, 18 Sep 2003 06:53:15 -0400 Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 06:52:36 -0400 (EDT) From: Charles Crawford X-X-Sender: ccrawford@localhost.localdomain To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Some impressions on Linux In-Reply-To: <000501c37d6f$ba862060$e5ce1a42@triad.rr.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Yup, you are on the right track. I would also suggest going to www.linux.org and checking out the zillion how to links tht are up there. A number of them are vey well written and have helped me a great deal. On Wed, 17 Sep 2003, Jes and guide dog Harley wrote: > Hi again all, > I have some initial impressions about Linux that I would like TO SHARE WITH THIS LIST> I want to know if I have a basic good > knowledge of learning Linux. First, from reading documentation, Linux is an operating system where you, the user have full, 100% > control. It seems to me that even though the configuration files may be tricky to edit or understand at first, with practice and > time you will get the hang of it. It also appears to me that the first thing you should do besides setting the root password and > the user account is to use the man command a lot, and read documentation. Am I on the right track or not? > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- -- Charlie Crawford