The message 20041010143103.GA4593@pitr from Brett Parker iDunno@sommitrealweird.co.uk contains these words:
On Sun, Oct 10, 2004 at 01:50:47PM +0100, Anthony Anson wrote:
Where can I find a pretty comprehensive list of commands for the Debian command line?
Well, the available commands will differ depending on the packages you have installed, so, on that basis, I'd log in to a tty and run something along the lines of...
ls ${PATH//:/ } | less
assuming that your shell is bash.
Hope that helps,
Er, thanks, but not really. Well, not at all to be honest. I need the list so I know what I'm doing in command-line, and besides, I've no idea what tty stands for.
When I know what I'm doing, I shall think about some internet software to run under Linux, (or use Mozilla, whichever seems to fit my needs) but until then I'm just groping about like a groping thing.
However, I'll stick the info behind my ear, and I'm sure it will be very useful when I actually install some packages. ATM I not only don't know what packages I have (apart from Mozilla).
I'm a bit iffy about Mozilla mail and news, because I've never found anyone using it. (Mind you, I don't examine everyone's headers.) I suspect though, that slrn might be a good program.
Just had a look and I see one or two people using Thunderbird. I'll have to get a POP3 mailbox and play a bit.