[ubuntu-uk] Wow

alan c aeclist at candt.waitrose.com
Fri Oct 27 09:32:42 BST 2006


Ian wrote:
>  Seems a long time ago I used DOS. Will take a lot longer to get to grips
> with code and where the heck things go in Ubuntu  now I have became a lazy
> XP user.

LOL
Be aware though - command line is very much NOT dos. The ascii
characters you type are about the only similarity!
Dos is a toy within a limited OS. Linux command line is a shell in
linux itself, you can do *anything* with it (at admin level that is,
sudo etc ).nThe only times I screwed up my whole. system was when I
was exploring as a new user, using cl and admin privileges.  :-)
The good news was that as a (then) windows user, I was perfectly happy
to reinstall at a whim!

btw you might like to consider replacing the usb modem with a
modem-router, which is a lot easier to configure and also will offer
much improved security over a usb modem. Some ISPs are now giving free
adsl modem-routers, not usb,  because they are becoming much cheaper.
USB modems are mostly designed only for windows, and it can be hard
work to use them in linux.
-- 
ac



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