Other Help Topics :: How do I get getting_started.html printed out?

Navigating your system in a gui filemanager in Linux works pretty much the same as it does in Windows. The most obvious difference, as far as I'm concerned, is this...

In Windows, "My Computer" is apparently the top level of the filesystem and you navigate to individual partitions from there. In Linux, "/" is the top level of the filesystem, and individual partitions are mounted into various places depending on how you use those partitions. In DSL they are typically used for storage, and mounted in /mnt ("/"=top level, "mnt"=a directory in the top level, so put them together and you have "/mnt" or "/mnt/").

You generally start in your home directory, and do most things from there. The Linux home directory is the equivalent Windows' "Documents and Settings\yourname" directory. In DSL, this home is /home/dsl ("home" is a directory in the top level, and "dsl" is a subdirectory of "home"). Navigating with a gui file manager, such as Emelfm, you'd also start in /home/dsl, so in order to get to /usr/share/doc/dsl, you'd need to go up two levels to /, then go into usr, then share, etc....
Browsing for files works the same way with a file selector dialog.

Or you can use the "cd" command:
cd /usr/share/doc/dsl
Then you'd be in the appropriate directory.

Quote (lovdsl @ May 02 2006,20:57)

you may try going to the menu and choose system/control panel then click the help button. This will open the getting started page

useing the left mouse button to drag over the text of the getting started page , starting at the bottom...
you may want to use the up arow while holding the drag to get to the top of the page

then click both mouse buttons to paste it where you like. ie an email
or paste it to beaver and drop to the tray

Thank you all. lovdsl's idea worked. I think I can get a good ways with it by myself now.

original here.