Overview of linux?

nygdan_morteauxspam_at_yahoo.com
Date: 03/30/05

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    So let me get it straight.

    I have an intel PC that is currently running windows xp and has a
    broadband connection and is one of a few computers on a home network
    connected by a router.

    I go to a site like the ones here
    http://www.linux.org/dist/download.html?ID=8

    To download a 'kernel', in this case 'debian', which i, say, write to
    cds. THen I boot with the cD.

    The CD gives me some options to set up. Lets just say I choose to get
    rid of windows and install linux on its own. I go thru the set up
    process, setting up my monitor, keyboard, mouse, sound card, etc. I
    hook up whatever internet connection I am using and then set it up
    based on the information and addresses that my isp has given me, and
    now I can connect to the internet with whatever browser debian comes
    with, download any other programs, and turn them all on from the
    command line and operate them in that way.

    I can also get a 'windows manager' like this x-windows thing and use
    that to move files and operate programs such as email, word processors,
    etc. So this is like having the old school windows that ran on DOS
    machines. I do not have to 're-set' my monitor keyboard and the like or
    I usually do?

    I can also get a desktop enviroment which is similar to the windows
    manager, except it has a 'nicer' frontpage basically, with a tool bar
    and the like. This is more like 'modern' windows programs like windows
    xp. I do or do not usualyl have to re-set my monitor keyboard, etc?

    And thats about it, right?

    I'm just trying to make sure that I understand the general process
    before looking into it any further. I'm not too concerned with the
    graphical interface, tho I do think that I've gotten very used to it
    and might just be better able to cope with it that way. But I don't
    need it, no? TO run web browsers and view pdfs or edit photos?

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