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Introducing UNIX and Linux

Installing Linux

Overview
Starting out
Preliminaries
      Collecting information about your system
      Installation options
Single boot
Dual boot
      Booting from CD/floppy
      Booting from your hard disk
      A partitionless install
      A dedicated Linux partition
Emulators
      VMware
      WINE
Installing Linux
      Installer software
      Linux partitioning
            Typical partitions
            User accounts
      LILO
The window manager
KDE
      Desktop help
      Applications
      The KDE Control Center
      File access and the command prompt
Summary

File access and the command prompt

You can access the files in your home directory by clicking on 'K', followed by 'Home Directory'. The file manager is very similar to that of Microsoft Windows, so it is possible to drag and drop files from one place in your file system to another; creating, deleting and moving files is also easily done through the file manager system.

If you wish to gain access to your files (and your computer) through the UNIX command prompt, click on the 'K' button in the KDE panel, then select 'utilities' and then 'terminal'; alternatively click on the shell button in the KDE panel.