Linux windows user is going to step over to fedora 3

i am gonna step over to fedora 3
2 questions

1. is there a msn messenger for linus (ore something that i can chat due net pasport)
2. any usefull tips?
3. can i play games like enemy territory on it
4. is wine/winex intergrated

 

1) Many; eg Gaim, Kopete and aMSN.

 

There are tons of messenger programs. gaim and amsn are the big 2.

Tips:
1) Dependencies can be a pain in the arse.
2) a program like apget (debian/Ubunto) or portage (Gentoo) is godly as it will just download and install any program and required dependencies you ask it to.

3) Be ready to learn, Linux is nothing like windows. It is designed to be secure, multi-user/multi-session, and everythign (and I mean everything) is a file. One of the worst things you can do is rm /dev/hda.

4) man pages are you friend. If you dont know what a command does just type "man command" and it will tell you.

5) Grep, tail, cat and nano are very powerfull tools for finding and editing stuff.

6) good luck

 

Ok, here are a few commands that you may need.

ls -- lists the contents of the current folder.
ls -l -- lists the contents of the current folder and shows permissions.
ls /usr/ -- lists the contents of the usr directory.
cd -- changes the directory
cd .. -- moves up to the parent folder
cd /home/ -- moves to the home folder
mkdir <name> -- makes a directory with <name>
rm <filename> -- removes the file with

emacs -- a text editor
emacs somefile.txt -- creates a new text document

chmod -- used for chaning file permissions (use man to look up switches)

ps -- list the current user processes
ps -a -- lists all the processes
kill <PID> -- kills the process with the id PID

www.fedoraforum.org
www.linuxforums.org
http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mjm-fedora-fc3.shtml

To avoid doing the rm /dev/hda, type this in:

Code:

su - <enter password for root>
emacs /bash/bashrc

add:

Code:

# alias interactive
alias rm='rm -i'
alias cp='cp -i'
alias mv='mv -i'

Generally speaking /etc/ is where all the config files are.

AFAIK wine/winX are not installed as part of FC3, there is a better windows emulator called Cedega (but you've got to pay for it iirc).

And remember: Use the source Luke!