I’m glad you got it working!
“I DID check out your suggestions.. did lots of reading and viewing.. The learning curve is too steep for me :/”
So true. I’ve been using Linux since 2005 and I found the AwesomeWm and Xmonad were too steep a learning curve without some significant study. Once I have more time to spend on it I’m hoping to move over to one of them... I have read that they really can increase productivity.
“I have a way to go until I understand the terminal commands/structure.”
That takes time, but it will come. Here are some good ways to find out about commands.
http://www.unix.com/ — Excellent forum
Type the command you are finding out about and add —help to it, like:
wget —help
(For some reason typing in a double dash turns into a “—”... it should be the command, a space, and then two minus signs, and then ‘help’)
Or access the manual:
man wget
or:
info wget
Wikipedia has a page on every Linux command. You can find the master list at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Unix_utilities
“The help on the forums is pathetic.. about 50% of assistance are either smart-ass remarks or ignored completely :( “
Then as a Freerepublic member you should feel right at home! :)
OLD Thread... but just to update you, I graduated to KDE (xfce as backup) and wouldn’t want it any other way ;^)