Re: [linrad] Newbie's first impressions

[Joe Taylor <joe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

David Anderson GM4JJJ wrote:

> I know there is a GUI on my Linux somewhere, but cannot recall how to 
> fire it up... the RedHat installation manual is about as useful as a 
> chocolate fireguard.

If your GUI stuff has been set up already, the usual way to start it is 
to type "startx" at the command prompt.

> One question, how did you transfer the files you needed to your Linux 
> Box? - Did you connect to the Net or copy over the network, or use 
> floppies?

I haven't put the new machine on the network yet, and it does not have a 
floppy drive.  (This seems to be a direction in the industry.)  But it 
does have a CD-RW drive.  So I downloaded the files for svgalib, nasm, 
OSS, and Linrad using my Windown machine and copied them onto a CD-RW 
platter.  This could be mounted ("mount /mnt/cdrom") on the Linux box, 
and the files were then directly accessible.  Just like a floppy, but 
600 MB.
			-- 73, Joe, K1JT


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