Re: An Installation Question

From: David Chandler (solitude439_at_rcn.com)
Date: 06/27/05 

Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 00:18:11 -0400

On Mon, 27 Jun 2005 06:16:24 +0200, J.O. Aho wrote:

> David Chandler wrote:
>> Okay! Cool! Where do I type in these commands?
>
> Console or in a terminal.

I'm sorry, I'm new to Linux! What is a Console and what is a Terminal?

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