Linux Killed my inner child

[Blueliner]

I don't need no stinkin manual! Anyway, here's my "idiot's guide to not knowing jack about Linux":

So I install Red Hat, since I could download it for free and all. First thing, I download an NVidia driver, it's a .run file. Ok I think, like a .exe in Windows. So what do you do with an executable driver file? You double click it. But wait, that doesn't install it, that would be too simple, no it opens it in a text editor. WTF?! So how do I install it, not just look at the pretty letters and numbers? Oh on Nvidia's site it says "Type 'sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-4363.run' to install the driver." Type it where?!? Is it like some Nintindo cheat code, I just press up down down up right and "poof" there it is? Ok, so I guess it should be typed in at a COMMAND LINE and, wait, where's the COMMAND LINE? Oh no, there's something like "Forum" or whatever, it must be it. So I type it in and... YOU MUST BE LOGGED IN AS ROOT!!! I thought I was logged in as root, I'm the only log in I created! And what's up with calling me the freakin root? It's admin people! I have all admin rights, don't I? Can't I just install a stinking graphics card driver! Not like I need it, since I can't play any COOL GAMES on FREAKIN LINUX anyway! Arrrgghhh!

Linux KILLED my inner child...

[Praetorian]

Type "su" and enter the password you assigned to the root user on install. Make sure you're 100% out of the X server, and do chmod +x NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-4363.run; ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-4363.run.

HTH

[Scott Tiger]

I don't think you even need to be out of X anymore to get the NVidia driver to load anymore. They've made it as painless as possible for it to work..

[Praetorian]

Really? I just installed mine today and I had to be out of X. I'm using the same one he is on Debian Sid.

[Scott Tiger]

BAH! Double post..

(I've always wondered how people do that.)

[Scott Tiger]

I just thought I remembered reading somewhere in the NVidia changelog that you could do it in X, you just had to restart it (and make the necessary changes to the XF86Config file) for the change to take effect. I could be completely wrong however...

[Bruneau]

Could make a person appreciate Windows more.

[Praetorian]

Originally posted by Bruneau
Could make a person appreciate Windows more.

Not until you realize you get better frame rates under Linux.

[originel]

well...admin and root are actually different in linux. admin gives you access to everything you would normally need to do, without the possibility of seriously screwing up. root is absolutely no restrictions whatsoever.

and like praetorian said, type 'su' to enter root mode (so to speak) at the command line. it'll ask you for the root password along the way. i haven't used the new .run nvidia drivers (i still use the old two source file system cause the .run and slack don't get along), but i would recommend exiting Xwindows to install the drivers, just to make sure and to see the changes instantly

as for cool games in linux they do exist. all the quake series games have linux versions and all the unreal series games have linux versions, along with rtcw and a few others.

be patient with linux tho, cause it really is different than windows (i never click on a file to execute it for example). once you get to know it you will view it differently.

[Scott Tiger]

Originally posted by Bruneau
Could make a person appreciate Windows more.

And you could make a person wish that Windows people wouldn't thread-crap in the Linux/Unix forum.