UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hey... I'm so proud of myself. After nearly 13 hours of trying to get Red Hat installed on my PC I got it on here. But I'm having all sorts of problems. First the boot loader is corrupted and all I get is LI and then the computer freezes. But I can boot fine from the floppy that was made during installation.

What I seriously need is a book for complete newbies. I don't know how to save files, I don't know how to open files I've downloaded. I don't know what or how to fix problems. It'll be easier now that I've got broadband on this machine. But I seriously need a book that explains very, I do mean very easy basic stuff. It KDE and GNOME and all that.

Any help is appreciated.

I might add the reason it took 13 hours was because all the dang ISO files I downloaded from different universities ended up being corrupted. I downloaded ISO 2 nearly 4 times before I found one that wasn't messed up. I'm glad I chose CD-RW's instead of CD-R's saved me a good deal of money, I'm sure.

check out " LINUX for dummies" that is a great book for n00bs, then oncee you get more familur with linux see if you can find other books on it, like the linux bible. good luck

I had a redhat 9 for dummies book, but it didnt help me that much. It might help you, it describes very basic stuff from the installation to configuring a firewall and a lan. But i didnt like the book that much, it will probably help you tho, but there are better books out there.