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Subject: accessing the command prompt
From: "MICHAEL WEAVER"
Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2005 19:32:22 +0100
Hi!
I am new to this list.
I am thinking of Running linux, and I have read that Ubuntu seems popular so I am thinking of going for that distro and it was one recommended by someone I knew from a School I went to in Worcester. I am hoping to install it when I have chance to find someone to help me install it as I will need Sighted assistance because I am Totally Blind. However the people who may be helping me install it have little knowledge of Linux. My sister offered to help me install it on my new laptop and my dad said he would like to learn about Linux after I have met and talked to people at my local Linux User Group. I was going to ask someone from my LUG to help me install it but it could have taken 45 minutes to do it and I didn't have a wireless card in my laptop although there is a slot for one. If someone helps me install Ubuntu, how do I get to a command prompt before I type sudo apt-get install gnopernicus? I may need to instruct my dad or my sister as to how to get to a text prompt. Is it an ALT plus function key or is that for just switching consols?


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