noob questions

[Carroll Grigsby]

On Saturday 16 October 2004 07:53 pm, A A wrote:
> hi all
>
> first of all i need to introduce myself a bit. not only am i a new user of
> Fedora Core 2, i am a newly converted linux user. (i'm sure there have been
> many windoze rants posted here so i won't add to them)

>>> snip

> how do i install downloadable .rpm files?
> i was following some directions pretty good to get Xine (i managed to
> download all the files) however when the directions mentioned that i must
> be in root i got lost. also what location must the files be loaded to so i
> may use the commands in the terminal?
>
> i got loads more questions but don't want to flood the list just yet :)

Chris:
Welcome aboard. In addition to the other advice that you've gotten, you'll 
find a lot of valuable information in the list archives at these sites:
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=fedora-list&r=1&w=2
Both are well worth bookmarking. Try both.

Two other great Linux tools are man and info. You can learn more about them by 
opening a terminal and entering man man or info info. (Really.) For example, 
Fedora provides a program called yum to handle the messy details involved in 
downloading and installing rpms; man yum will give you a brief rundown on the 
proper usage of the command while info yum will provide more background 
information.

-- cmg