On Mon, 10 Dec 2001, Mary Ayala wrote:

> I do want to learn Linux, but I'm restricted by my lack of knowledge on Perl
> (which you all use a lot of) and command line Unix.  I will be coming from a
> strictly boxed version and reading the setup instructions and installing the
> GUI's because that is where my confort level is.

Knowing Perl is not a prerequisite for learning Linux. There are certainly
lots of tools written in Perl, but you don't need to know it to use them.

-Tim

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