Re: Fedora Core Support List Unofficial User's Guide (draft 2 - Duncan Lithgow))

From: Rahul Sundaram (rahulsundaram_at_gmail.com)
Date: 02/28/05

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To: duncan@lithgow-schmidt.dk, For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@redhat.com>

    > ======
    >
    > 1. Run the 'man' command. Get a terminal window by right clicking on
    > the desktop. In the window type (without the '$')
    > $ man <application-name>
    > Substitute <application-name> with the name of the application you are
    > having trouble with.

    info command name
    locate <stuff you want to know about>
    rpm -qd <packagename>

    fedora.redhat.com/docs
    redhat.com/docs
    fedoratracker.org
    fedoraproject.org/extras 

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