An Easy Start

Start by opening a Linux shell. You can start KDE's Konsole by clicking on the terminal icon in the Kicker panel or by running konsole from your <Alt+F2> quickstart.

Trivia time

There are many ways to start a shell with your system. Other terminal programs include xterm, rxvt, and eterm, just to name a few. Konsole just happens to be KDE's terminal application.

From the shell prompt, why not try entering each of the following commands? Notice what they do.

A few simple commands

date	Date and time.
df	Show me how much free space my disks have
who	Who is logged onto the system?
w	Similar to who but with different information.
cal	Show me a calendar
tty	Identify your workstation.
echo	Hello, ello, llo, lo, o, o, o . . . . Try typing: echo "Hello world."
last	Who last logged in and are they still logged in? You may need root access for this one.