On Sun, 15 Jul 2018 15:30:03 +1200, IB JOE wrote:

> Most of my problem is because of my lack of understanding of linux.
>
Could I suggest that a copy of "Linux in a Nutshell" might be a good
investment?

It assumes knowledge of at least one other OS and consequently is quite
terse and is intended as a reference book for people unfamiliar with
Linux/UNIX. I, at least, found it useful for initial guidance until I
discovered the three built-in information sources in Linux:

- apropos what-i-want-to-know-about  # a command for searching manpage
                                     # title lines for matches
- man thing                          # shows the mini-manual for the
                                     # 'thing' command or library
                                     # function
- look in /usr/share/docs            # may be minimal or absent on an RPi

*** I use Redhat Fedora as my everyday OS. It has all three of these info
sources available by default, but as the RPi is a small system, with not
much RAM and even smaller filespace (8GB SD card on mine), /usr/share may
be absent on the RPi. Full disclosure: since I run Linux all day, every
day with 500 GB disks, I never bother to look for /usr/share on my RPi,
hence I don't know what, if anything, is in /usr/share on an RPi. So
shoot me!


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