Quote from aphexcoil:
The only problem I'm having so far is that Linux takes a little getting used to. I downloaded some things in a .gz and .tar extension and I had no clue how to work them. I then found out they were compressed files, so I ran tar -x(??) filename.tar and extracted it. Then I was left with a bunch of files that ended in .c and .h and a few files with no extensions. I assumed they were executable. So I tried to run them and it said I didn't have permissions. Right now I am pretty clueless. I learned that SU gets me over to root and then I can do anything (including really fu**ing up the system).
The documentation said I had to run "make" or something, but I'm not sure how it all works.
What I need to do is find a really good website for linux newbies that will give me a crash course on all of this stuff.
