Hello good hearted linux folks: help me this time in linux..

External Since: Nov 30, 2003 Posts: 1

Hello good hearted linux folks:

Due to hard drive crash or something, I lost all my windows systems
and the data and not able to reinstall again with dual booting with
linux.

However, I have in my computer on linux redhat 9 installed and I would
like to do everything I was doing in windows, word processing, some
programming etc.....etc...play games chat...

I purchased a book (Redhat 9 linux unleashed) and following the book
in learning...linux...but i'm so overwhelmed ..i'm progressing very
fast...e.g; in the book while writing scripts it uses e.g; (sign)$,
sometimes it
uses (sign) #useradd cindy, what exactly is the difference between $
and # prompt. Of course reading a book is easier than doing the actual
coding..By the way, i installed my redhat linux 9 from the book
itself.

I am not able to go root directory and neither i'm able to add userid
since it says u don't have something....

Is it possible to chat in messanger or talk in phone with some one
who can guide me in these titty bitty thing in linux....

thanks in advance!

thetek007 DeleteThis @yahoo.com

External Since: Jun 12, 2004 Posts: 76

thetek007.RemoveThis@yahoo.com (tek) wrote in message news:<dc0774a1.0311300629.4e5bbd4e.RemoveThis@posting.google.com>...
> Hello good hearted linux folks:
>
> Due to hard drive crash or something, I lost all my windows systems
> and the data and not able to reinstall again with dual booting with
> linux.
>
> However, I have in my computer on linux redhat 9 installed and I would
> like to do everything I was doing in windows, word processing, some
> programming etc.....etc...play games chat...
>
> I purchased a book (Redhat 9 linux unleashed) and following the book
> in learning...linux...but i'm so overwhelmed ..i'm progressing very
> fast...e.g; in the book while writing scripts it uses e.g; (sign)$,
> sometimes it
> uses (sign) #useradd cindy, what exactly is the difference between $
> and # prompt. Of course reading a book is easier than doing the actual
> coding..By the way, i installed my redhat linux 9 from the book
> itself.
>
> I am not able to go root directory and neither i'm able to add userid
> since it says u don't have something....
>
> Is it possible to chat in messanger or talk in phone with some one
> who can guide me in these titty bitty thing in linux....
>
> thanks in advance!
>
> thetek007.RemoveThis@yahoo.com

Try these places too:

https://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-9-Manual/getting-started-guide/
http://www.linuxlinks.com/Beginners/
http://www.google.com/linux