Here are some crude comparisons that are helping me to understand and use Linux:
- installing Debian is similar to DOS: a command-line interface to type commands into
- installing Gnome is similar to Windows: a graphic interface to use the mouse with
My next steps will be
- to select, install and try out a version control system that will replace the Windows-based one that I currently use
- to install and configure an email server (probably Exim and Dovecot so that they replicate the online server that I have inherited) in order to retrieve email from the internet and to offer IMAP (for incoming messages) and SMTP (for outgoing messages) services to Thunderbird.