the shell

[David Seikel]

On Sat, 9 Dec 2006 02:40:02 -0700 Kai Staats
<kstaats at terrasoftsolutions.com> wrote:

> I nearly forgot, the Terminal is launched by selecting the dark TV
> looking thing in the Shelf at the top of your screen, or Applications
> --> Accessories --> Gnome Terminal.
> 
> You may have to "log in as root" by entering:
> 
> 	su - [ENTER]
> 
> ... and then entering your root passwd.

It is generally considered a bad idea to do anything as root that does
not require it.  The root account has the power to totally destroy your
linux system if you don't know what you are doing.  Play it safe,
experiment and learn without logging in as root.
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