thanks On 7/5/07, joseph tacuyan <joseph.mailboxlist at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On 7/6/07, kevin nation <kevinnat at gmail.com> wrote: > > > i work in tech support and i am an advanced windows user. but i have not > > used linux other than booting up live cd's and checking out the > > applications. i have recently installed centos 4.5 on a computer for > > testing. all my hardware installed with good defaults and i have been able > > to access the internet for updates. but that is as far as i have been unable > > to get. i want to install a wireless card and download and install some > > additional software and setup window shares but i do not know where to > > start. i have found some software in tar and rpm file extentions but i need > > help downloading them, extracting or installing them. my wireless card is > > not recognized. also i have found alot of rpm files in red hat and fedora > > but i do not know if they will work with centos. i know centos is built from > > red hat but what version of red hat or fedora would it be equal to so the > > right software or driver would be installed. > > this is just a testing computer and i just started working with it and > > do not need it for anything else so i have plenty of time to learn and > > become an advanced linux user. > > > > thanks > > > > _______________________________________________ > > CentOS mailing list > > CentOS at centos.org > > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > > Hi, > > I suggest that you'll start reading some docs on www.centos.org, it's > comprehensive from basic to more advance topic, then from there if there's > something unclear shoot back another post here. > > Good luck, > > /joseph > > > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20070706/ee69b071/attachment-0005.html>