Congratulations! You have now grasped a little bit of UNIX and are ready to start working. Remember that your knowledge of the system is still limited, and that you are expected to do more practice with Linux to use it comfortably. But if all you had to do was get a bunch of applications and start working with them, what I included here is enough.
I'm sure you'll enjoy using Linux and will keep learning more about it---everybody does. I bet, too, that you'll never go back to DOSWin! I hope I made myself understood and did a good service to my 3 or 4 readers.
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``From DOS to Linux HOWTO'' was written by Guido Gonzato, REMOVE_MEguido@ibogeo.df.unibo.it. (Remove ``REMOVE_ME''.) Many thanks to Matt Welsh, the author of ``Linux Installation and Getting Started'', to Ian Jackson, the author of ``Linux frequently asked questions with answers'', to Giuseppe Zanetti, the author of ``Linux'', to all the folks who emailed me suggestions, and especially to Linus Torvalds and GNU who gave us Linux.
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Feedback is welcome. For any requests, suggestions, flames, etc., feel free to contact me.
Enjoy Linux and life,
Guido =8-)