Freespire Konsole and General Help Linux Newbie

[holydiver722]

Hello Everyone
I'm needing to find help on working with konsole and root terminals. Does anyone know of any good books or faq's that i can use for just all around in general questions related to operating linux. I am really wanting to learn how to use it and i just dont know where to start.
System i am running is 1.5ghz
768meg ram
40gig hard drive dual bootable
1 partition freespire
1 windows xp
24x cd-rom
32meg ati rage video card
usb 2.0 card
and external dvd burner

Upgraded dell dimision slim style is basically what it is

any help would be greatly appreciated
Thanks for you time and hope all of you are doing well
Look forward to hearing from you jeremy

[oz]

Welcome to the forums, Jeremy!

Take a look at LinuxCommand.org for working with Konsole/Terminal:

LinuxCommand.org: Learn the Linux command line. Write shell scripts.

[Dapper Dan]

You will find a lot of places on the net for Linux commands. I like this one for common commands. Also, have a look at many of the posts and threads here, as there are commands to get you familiar with doing all sorts of things. I'd start with using the 'cd' and 'ls' command just to get a feel for it. For instance, open konsole which will open inside your home directory, (you'll press enter after each command). To begin with, move to the Desktop:

cd Desktop

Then do:

ls

which will show you the files and directories there. to move back to the previous directory:

cd ../

Again do:

ls

...which shows you what's in your home directory (where you started out) and so on.

Don't be afraid to experiment. It's natural to feel a bit of trepidation and anxiety as it is a new undertaking in unfamiliar territory. I can remember how afraid I was at first. I'm no master of the command line by any means, but I've grown accustomed to it and now enjoy working with it. Once you get the feel for what you're doing, it won't seem difficult at all.

EDIT: I see "Quick Draw" ozar has his six-shooters on tonight!

[S3Indiana]

I'm needing to find help on working with konsole and root terminals. Does anyone know of any good books or faq's that i can use for just all around in general questions related to operating linux. I am really wanting to learn how to use it and i just dont know where to start.
System i am running is 1.5ghz
768meg ram
40gig hard drive dual bootable
1 partition freespire
1 windows xp
24x cd-rom
32meg ati rage video card
usb 2.0 card
and external dvd burner

Upgraded dell dimision slim style is basically what it is

Freespire specific content can be found in the Freespire Users Manual (Useful Linux Commands)...