Now that you have Linux installed, what do you do next? What do I do with this silly prompt?
Well, there is a lot of power in this silly little prompt. Linux takes advantage of the KISS method (Keep it Simple method), most everything that is text based can be put together like a tool kit. Often graphical front ends are created for certain text based programs. What I'm trying to state here is that you don't need any special programming packages in order to automate text programs, schedule them, or to make them talk to each other.
If you're just starting out you should learn your way around. Here's some starting commands you should learn first:
ls (ls -ltr)
pwd
cd
You'll need to know how to add users:
useradd
passwd new_user_name
Eventually you'll need to know about file permissions:
chmod
chgrp
chown
The first two things to do on a new system is to set date & time and to set the hostname properly. date.html hostname.html
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