[plug] A newbie question - navigation

[Sol Hanna]

Hi Mike,

A late reply, but better than not at all. :)  There is simply tonnes of 
info about Suse 9.1 available. There are heaps of documentation on the 
system that you've installed for a start. If you ever get stuck with an 
application just try the Help tab for starters. If you want to check out 
what is available just look under /usr/share/doc and you'll find a 
staggering amount. Then there's the official site 
http://www.novell.com/linux/suse/ which has online documentation and 
pointers to email lists and user groups.

So far as this list is concerned there are at least a couple of suse 
users. But if you want to get an answer out them then there are a couple 
of tips to follow.

1. Check the available documentation yourself first.
2. Google for it - www.google.com/linux
3. If you can't find the answer yourself, then ask the list, but try to 
be specific if you can and provide some information about the parameters 
of your problem. This helps us to answer your question. :)

The question you've asked below is quite open ended. What exactly do you 
want to learn (networking, desktop software, filesharing, etc)? Linux is 
a whole universe unto itself, and after using it for 4 years I still 
only know about a slice of Linux. If you know what you are after, you'll 
be able to find the answers quicker.

HTH; sol


Michael Vandine wrote:

> Hi all,
>  
> I'm a real newbie!  The company that I do technical support for (they 
> are based in the US) has just released a version of their DBMS and RAD 
> (Rapid Application Development) systems for Linux.  This was 
> previously only available on Windows and Novell.
>  
> I haven't had any training on Linux and only know my way around it 
> enough to install the software and make it work well, but I would like 
> to learn a lot more.  I'm not really interested in rebuilding 
> operating systems, etc. but want to really come to grips with where 
> everything is (navigation, etc.).  I have only used Windows and a bit 
> of DOS in the past (I know, *sacrilege*!!
> ;--)), and with Linux I'm not really sure how to get to everything I 
> need to get to.
>  
> The current Linux version I am using is Suse 9.1 server.  Does anyone 
> know of any tutorials, etc. that would assist me in coming to grips 
> with this new OS?
>  
> TIA for any help you can provide.
>  
> Best regards,
>  
> Mike
>
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