First steps in Debian: A noob’s viewpoint, Part 2

Things I did once the fresh install of Debian 3.1 booted up and I was presented with the terminal. Contains useful commands and tips for shell usage.

Installation revisited

Got the itch to install Linux again. Let’s hope this time it works better than the previous unhappy experience.
This time, I chose to install Debian–though it’s relatively more technical than Ubuntu: eg. you have to install and configure the graphics thingy yourself (X windows system and GNOME/KDE–otherwise no nice graphical desktop and windows). Not exactly [...]