Invitation To Learn: Console Tips For Linux Beginners    Sunday, October 22 2006 @ 04:59 PM EDT Contributed by: sde For many computer users, it sounds like a nightmare - being forced to enter cryptic commands into the computer using the keyboard. Yet, it need not be such a horror show. While operating systems like Windows XP and Mac OS and many Linux versions allow the user to control the computer completely using the mouse, it can be helpful to enter commands in text form sometimes. Linux offers a powerful tool for this, known as the console or shell. A command consists of a series of letters or symbols capped off by the return key. The command is then evaluated by a command interpreter, known as the shell. There are various shells. "But beginners don't need to pull their hair out using them," says Elisabeth Staegemann, a Linux instructor at the Adult Education Centre in Hamburg. Most Linux versions are set to work with a shell called bash. On the graphic interface, the shell or console is usually symbolized by a small monitor. It can be called up with a mouse click. Full article   [ Views: 1517 ]

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