Please don’t flame me if I'm wrong! These are ten things that I've picked up.

1.Don't reset using Ctrl-Alt-Del, use shutdown -r now instead (after logging out of X). Unless your WM has a Reboot or Shutdown option.

2.When running something from a shell, use & at the end to run in the background

3.Use cd as normal, use ls or ls -l (Small L) instead of DIR .

4.Only log in as root if you have to. Create a user for your normal day-to day use.

5.Unlike MSDOS, to run something from the current directory use ./filename

6.If swap file is full, use swapoff followed by swapon to clear

7.When recompiling the Kernal, set up the new one in Lilo alongside the old one until you're confident that it works!

8.Lilo can be removed with an fdisk /MBR. Be careful of MS software which writes/overwrites the MBR so keep a boot/rescue disk handy at all times, just in case!

9.Remember, Linux shells are case sensitive so keep an eye out for capital letters (eg Xgalaga)

10.Always count the number of items, before you call it a 'Ten Things' list!

Alright, these aren't the most technical of things to know, but it was stuff I didn't know the first time I installed Linux!

Coagulus / Rob