Prev | Current Page 1121 | Next

Christopher Negus

"Linux Bible, 2008 Edition: Boot up to Ubuntu, Fedora, KNOPPIX, Debian, openSUSE, and 11 Other Distributions"

Commands are listed along the bottom of the screen and
change to suit the content you are viewing. Use the left (?†?) and right (?†’) arrow keys to step backward
and forward among the pine screens.
Mail Reader
The mail command was the first mail reader for UNIX. It is text-based, but not screen-oriented. Type
mail, and you will see the messages in your mailbox. You get a prompt after message headings are
displayed??”you are expected to know what to do next. (You can use the Enter key to step through
messages.) Type ? to see which commands are available.
While in mail, type h to see mail headings again. Simply type a message number to see the message.
Type d# (replacing # with a message number) to delete a message. To create a new message, type
m. To respond to a message, type r# (replacing # with the message number).
Choosing a Web Browser
Many Web browsers available in Linux are based on the Mozilla Web browser engine, called Gecko.
Web browsers that might come with your Linux distribution include:
 Mozilla Navigator??”Based on the former industry-leading Netscape Navigator browser,
Mozilla Navigator was once the most popular open source Web browser. It has been all
but replaced by Firefox.
 Konqueror??”Comes as the default browser with many KDE desktop environments.


Pages:
1109 1110 1111 1112 1113 1114 1115 1116 1117 1118 1119 1120 1121 1122 1123 1124 1125 1126 1127 1128 1129 1130 1131 1132 1133