little linux help

[Antimatter]

how do i go about extracting tar files? and what browser do you guys use, cuz galeon isnt' really appealing to me.

 

[rogerdugans]

Perfect thread title: "little linux help."

Thats all I usually am

tar -xvf FILENAME is what I usually use; I check any readme- type files first in case there are any particular instructions, but that does it most of the time.

I use Opera in linux mostly, although I have Netscape on my Linux boxes as well. Opera is a lot faster and smoother though.

 

[funnyperson1]

opera is the fastest linux browser imho though on your system mozilla should be just fine

 

[David]

Tar has, among others, the following options:

-v means verbose, -q means quiet = use these to regulate how much text appears on screen.

-c means make an archive, -x means extract = use only one of these

-z means zip/unzip the tar while compiling/decompiling an archive. Ie, if you use it with c it will compress the archive after making it, use it with x to unzip it before extracting.

Goodness knows what -f means but I use it anyway

So you do:

tar zxvf <file>

To unzip and extract a .tar.gz or .tgz file.

Or tar xvf <file> to extract a .tar file.

As for browsers, I use mozilla or galeon. Check out the downloadable themes for mozilla, as some of them are pretty cool.

David

 

[MaxPower]

Sounds like everyone already answered your tar question ,but as for the Web Browser. I use Phoenix.

Check it out phoenix

 

[moorcito]

You might also want to try Lynx, its a nice little text based web browser.
http://lynx.browser.org/

 

[Titan386]

If you want speed, a text based browser is defintely best. Of course, you'll get no images or anything fancy. I personally prefer Links over Lynx, but why not try em both?