Copyright © Graeme Cross, 1999.
You may redistribute and/or modify this document as long as you comply with
the terms of the GNU General Public Licence, version 2 or later.
My thanks to the following people for their additions, comments and corrections: Tim Abbott, Mike Battersby, Geoffrey Bennett, Peter Moulder.
I am assuming that you have installed a recent distribution of Linux, such as Red Hat ( http://www.redhat.com/) or Debian ( http://www.debian.org/).
I also assume that you have basic computer skills: using a keyboard and mouse, etc.
This primer does not cover installing Linux, using X-Windows, system administration, compiling programs or using networking tools.