Tips for Linux beginners
The change from Windows to Linux isn’t always easy and so I’ve decided to write some tips down.
Under Linux you can chose between different graphical user interfaces. KDE (K Desktop Environment) and Gnome are most popular. Wich one you chose is a matter of taste, but KDE is more developed, because it is older.
A difference between KDE and Windows is that programs and files are opened with only one click in KDE and not with a double click like in Windows. To select files you can either press the [Ctrl] key or drag a box around the files.
Under Windows you open the Taskmanager with the key combination [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[Del]. That differs from Linux, there thiw key combination would reboot your computer. But you can press [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[Esc] and your mouse pointer will turn intor a skull. Then click on a program window and the program will be killed. If you pressed these keys without wanting to kill a program press [Esc] to get the normal mouse pointer again. Furthermore you can press [Ctrl]+[Esc] under KDE to open a program which is corospending to the Taskmanager from Windows. There are two more useful key combinations: [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[Backspace] restarts the graphical user interface (without rebooting the whole computer) and under KDE you can call a dialog with [Alt]+[F2] which is very similar to the “Run …” dialog from Windows.
It is very important that are not working as root all the time under Linux. On the one hand you can destroy the whole system as root and on the other hand it is a big security risk.
If you discover any problem, I will help you to solve, if I am able to do this (mail me: ![[spam protected mail address]](http://www.hyper-world.de/en/wp-content/images/jan_hyperworld_de.gif)
). It is always a good idea to search the web and forums, too.
Last modification: December 3rd, 2007 at 19:09
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