[TriLUG] tar help?==> Basic Linux class

[Tom Minton]

I'd be interested in going ;-)

-----Original Message-----
>From: jonc <jonc at nc.rr.com>
>Sent: Jun 13, 2006 3:17 PM
>To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list <trilug at trilug.org>
>Subject: Re: [TriLUG] tar help?==> Basic Linux class
>
>If we had a Basic Linux class sometime next month (over a Weekend) how
>many folks would show up?
>
>Jon Carnes
>
>On Mon, 2006-06-12 at 20:31, 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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