What is the best way to getin controle with Linux Mint/Ubuntu
by R.vdSloot from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5G6DE)
I desperately need to get at home with Linux Mint.
So I started to read the book "The Linux Command Line" Fith Edition, by William Shotts, which I found on one of the many sites about Linux.
But still I am gettig across simple problems.
I need to install third party software.
But when I do I get the message "The folder contents could not be displayed".
Then the only thing I can do is click "OK", after which everything stops.
As a careful programmer on Windows10, I am used to always give explanation when a user gets a message, and never let someone down. With Linux, you will always, or many times put down. Linux demands to become a superuser, else its almost impossible to work with it.
For example I needed to install LAMP (Apache,mySQL,PHP). After a week trying it did not work. Then a friend of me helped me out. I was shocked.
So I need to get the Linux feeling, which is completly different from W10.
Where to start???? Please Help.
regards
Rob van der Sloot
So I started to read the book "The Linux Command Line" Fith Edition, by William Shotts, which I found on one of the many sites about Linux.
But still I am gettig across simple problems.
I need to install third party software.
But when I do I get the message "The folder contents could not be displayed".
Then the only thing I can do is click "OK", after which everything stops.
As a careful programmer on Windows10, I am used to always give explanation when a user gets a message, and never let someone down. With Linux, you will always, or many times put down. Linux demands to become a superuser, else its almost impossible to work with it.
For example I needed to install LAMP (Apache,mySQL,PHP). After a week trying it did not work. Then a friend of me helped me out. I was shocked.
So I need to get the Linux feeling, which is completly different from W10.
Where to start???? Please Help.
regards
Rob van der Sloot