Linux Questions

[compengineer1]

I actually have several questions concerning linux.

1.) I downloaded the iso image for mandrake and burned it to a CD, how do i Get the installation to start.

2.) What is a linux shell?

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[Cymbeline]

1. Depending on your version of Mandrake, you can begin the install program by simply putting the CD-ROM into the drive and rebooting. If you do that, make sure that your computer BIOS boots from the CD-ROM drive first. Another possible method is by a boot disk.

2. This is probably is not a exactly correct definition, but a Linux shell is a prompt that allows you to use the operating system. The shell also serves as a way to shuffle between user commands and the kernel.

In Linux, you can pretty much have the same shells that you get with System V UNIX: you can get several versions of the Bourne shell (ash, bash, zsh). the C shell (tcsh), and there is a public domain of the Korn shell (pdksh).

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