Linux is confusing

[Nuclear Krusader]

I dunno where to find those options I used so much in Windows.

Like where do I find out how much space I have left in my HD.

Or how do I transfer files via the network.

Any input will be greatly appreciated.

TIA

[mairving]

Typing in df at the shell will give you an idea about your partitions and the percentage used.

Not sure what you mean by transfer files. You could ftp to Linux machine or setup Samba to run so that you can access the Linux machine in NetHood or by mapping a drive.

[mikeL]

in a terminal type df -a /dev/hd'X' ('X' being the hard drive, like hda or hdb etc) Linux in a nutshell from O'Reilly books is real helpful at commands used in linux

samba is used for networking, I have yet to set it up on my system

[LocoCoyote]

Linux does take some getting used to. I make a point of reading a new how-to a day to get up to speed. You can find them all over the net.

[Nuclear Krusader]

Wow! So Linux still makes extensive use of the command line. Neat! Makes me feel more geeky.

[easg]

Yes and what about the devices administrator, where you can upgrade drivers or check for conflics between devices, I only see utilities for checking or revewing hardware, but not for upgrading o managing.

[Nuclear Krusader]

Yup, that would be useful: a device manager.

I cannot find out how to install my ISA sound card.

[mikeL]

I'm not familair with many distros but SuSE uses YaST which will update from the net , it some what resembles the control panel in windows.

Nuclear Krusader have you tried typing " sndconfig "from the console, also you my also need to " su - " to root

sndconfig may only be included with Red Hat, I'am not sure though