[TriLUG] tar help?

[William Sutton]

Well, there are quite a few people on the list that are willing to help 
you learn.  I believe someone was even working on a wiki entry for 
essential linux knowledge.

When I started...oh, 8 years ago, I relied on a number of resources, but 
primarily they were a Red Hat Linux Unleashed book (Red Hat 4.2 of all the 
ancient distributions) and a mentor named Mark Spencer (Of Asterisk PBX 
fame, and former classmate of mine).

Generally that's what it takes though, is some basic intro text and people 
who are willing to take some time to impart their knowledge.

-- 
William Sutton


On Mon, 12 Jun 2006, WA Brown wrote:

> I have installed Fedora Core 5 on an extra harddrive. What I want to do at 
> this time is to install a player that will play MP3's and internet audio and 
> video streaming. I have been trying to learn linux for a couple of years and 
> have learned a lot but I never have learned the basics(commands,where things 
> go, and such). There is no place around here to learn linux.I have a stack 
> of books 3ft high but none that I can find starts from the basics. All of 
> them assume that you have a working knowledge of linux. I have been looking 
> for someone who lived close enough to help me on occaision. I was in Raleigh 
> for a class and went by Redhat on Friday. That was a waste of time. They 
> said that I couldnt talk to anyone unless I had an appointment. That seems 
> to be a bad way to do business. If people cant learn linux then how do they 
> expect to get customers? The people on Trilug and Uclug have helped me 
> tremendously and for that I thank everyone. I know a Newbie can be a pain 
> but we and I dont have anyplace else to learn. Besides,I hate MS with a 
> passion!
> 
> 
> Thank You,
> WA Brown
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Randall Barlow" <randall_barlow at ncsu.edu>
> To: "Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list" <trilug at trilug.org>
> Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 7:39 PM
> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] tar help?
> 
> 
> > WA Brown wrote:
> >> I dont have the basics of linux. I have all kinds of books and read a 
> >> world full but nowhere can I find a step by step.
> > Which mpg123 tarball did you pull?  Can you post a link to it so we can 
> > make a step by step for you?
> >
> > R
> >>
> >>
> >> WA Brown
> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Sutton" <william at trilug.org>
> >> To: "Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list" <trilug at trilug.org>
> >> Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 7:23 AM
> >> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] tar help?
> >>
> >>
> >>> Did you remember to
> >>>
> >>> ./configure <options>
> >>>
> >>> before make'ing? :)
> >>>
> >>> -- 
> >>> William Sutton
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Mon, 12 Jun 2006, WA Brown wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> I need a little help. I cannot get a tar.gz to install. I have fought 
> >>>> this
> >>>> and its whipped me. Can someone help?
> >>>>
> >>>> I can unzip it and unpack the tarball but thats as far as I can go. I 
> >>>> cannot
> >>>> get it to install. I have tried "make" and it says there is nothing to 
> >>>> do. I
> >>>> have never really understood how to do this. Couls someone give me a 
> >>>> step by
> >>>> step instructions? I am trying to install mpg123 on Fedora Core5.
> >>>>
> >>>> WA Brown
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
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