just got linux installed, now i need something to do

[headshot.com]

well, i finaly got linux installed, (RH8, tho i'm trying ot update to 9) and now that i go it all up and runing i want somethign to do, after all, if i wanted to play solotare i would have just used winXP;) so here is what i am looking for from all you linux guys out there

1. software, a OS is just a cool UI with out software, so i'm looking for some cool things to install, the types of software i'm most interested in

games(i mostly do action/FPS but i'm open minded:D)
software develipment(i chose the work station install, but i can't seem to find all the compilers and stuff that it said came with red hat:confused: )
P2P

and pritty much any cool system utillity/pece of software that you guys think is real cool or a must have:D

2.theams, the defalt GNOME theam seems kind of bland to me, and i want to [cheesey cleashay]make this feal more like home[/cheesey cleashay] also i want to take a look at KDE, but i can't seem to find out how:confused: chauk it up to my n00bness but this is all pritty diferent then winXP to me;)

3.learning matearals, probibly the most importent of these 3 things, i'm looking for both weblinks(which i already have a cupel) as well as any kick @$$ books you can thing of, i have some linux for dummys book my parents got for xmas, but that isent very good.


thanks to you all in advance:D


EDIT:can any one tell me where the mozilla plug-in for java is, i can't seem to use my webmail any more:confused:

[carrja99]

well, as for compilers, gcc/g++ is included already. It's different than what you're used to (like MSVC++) but it's easy to use. Basically, write your source with an editor (vi is my favorite, but as a newbie you may want to use gedit as it's an editor for X) and then compile it with g++ (man g++, but I usually just use "g++ mysource.cpp", but if I just said that some genius here would bash me for not including what he thinks are proper switches).

Most importantly, you need to learn how to use the CLI! Open a terminal and try "man ls", "man rm", "man cp", "man mv", "man grep", "man more", "man less", "man find", "man su", and many more. Remember that Linux (or any other UNIX based OS) draws it's raw power from the sheer force of it's command line. I'm sure if you do some searching, you'll find a good tutorial. :D

As for KDE, if you boot into GNOME you'll have to fix that. For now, press CTRL+ALT+Backspace to get back to gdm (or whatever login manager it's using) and select Session and then select KDE. login. www.kde-look.og for themes.

Good luck!

[bwkaz]

Originally posted by headshot.com
1. software, a OS is just a cool UI with out software, Well actually, without software, an OS isn't anything. The UI that you see isn't part of the OS (as in, the kernel), it's part of user space -- which is why, if/when it gets hosed, you can kill it off, start it back up again, and keep going (unlike Win9x, where if the GUI got hosed, you pretty much had to reboot, and unlike 2K/XP, where if the GUI got hosed, you'd still have to reboot, but the GUI doesn't get hosed anywhere near as often).

Just a minor little thing. :D

As for the Java question, there are a good number of threads around here regarding Java. Basically, get the newest version of the Java plugin that you can find (from http://java.sun.com -- look around), run its installer, and copy the libjavaplugin_oji.so file to ~/.mozilla/plugins (create the plugins directory if it doesn't exist). Restart Mozilla.

[headshot.com]

i stand corected on the OS thing(tho what you said is pritty much the intent i had)

and thanks for the tips, i was just trying to figure out how the hell you ran the IDE, but if it's not a IDE at all, just a bilt in compiler that you run from comand line that makes more sence:D

[sharth]

there are ides, such as anjuta, which are front ends to the compiler and some packaging tools

[headshot.com]

thanks:D i'll look into it:D

[ColeSlaw]

Originally posted by headshot.com
games(i mostly do action/FPS but i'm open minded)

Download America's Army, it's a free download, and it is hella cool. If you haven't heard of it, it's similar to Counterstrike.

America's Army Site (http://www.americasarmy.com/)

There's also always Tux Racer ;)

[Frox]

Head over to http://www.transgaming.com/ and install winex. That should get most of your games working in Linux.
You may also want to pick up gkrellm from http://web.wt.net/~billw/gkrellm/gkrellm.html. Nifty cool system monitor!

As far as learning goes, this forum is real good.
http://www.google.com/linux is also nice for Linux specific searches.