Hi. Just wanted to introduce myself to this community. I am an astronomer in Arizona, just started a new job, and have my very first Linux machine (after using solely Mac OS X for the past several years). I've always avoided Unix/Linux as I'm not a "computer person" and just wanted something that was easy to use. But here I am in an unfamiliar environment and looking for lots of help navigating this strange new world. Hoping I can find a supportive community here willing to help a complete novice figure this out.

I'm on a Red Hat Enterprise 6.1 distribution...and that's about as far as I've gotten so far.

Cheers!

Good luck and feel free to ask any questions

We're here to help

-C

Welcome to LQ!

Plenty of info here.

Welcome to LQ. You will find it a welcoming and supportive community.

Here's some resources I have found helpful:

http://linux.about.com/. It's oriented to Ubuntu, but it's full of good info.

http://tille.garrels.be/training/tldp/. Machtelt Garrels Intro to Linux.

http://www.slackbook.org/. Slackware oriented, but excellent on the basics, such as file structure, permissions, and the like.

Thank you for the warm welcome (and the links to references). I'm looking forward to starting this new computing adventure!