Hello,

I am a totaly newbie on linode and linux world.
I did creat an acount today at linode and I began with geting startet guide and get stoppet at the end.

My problem is that I don't know where to open files?:s
Here is my problem
You'll also want to make sure proper entries for your Linode's fully qualified domain name (FQDN) and localhost are set up in your /etc/hosts file. You can use the following example file, modifying the entries to suit your setup (12.34.56.78 should be replaced with your Linode's IP address):

File: /etc/hosts

127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
12.34.56.78 plato.example.com plato

Can you please tell me where to open File: /etc/hosts?:S
I have downloaded Putty, is not that this for uploading files to the server and edit them instead of ftp like filezilla to upload content to your server?

I need a step by step guide, please.

Thank you for your time

The Linode library is an excellent resources for getting up and running. If you're completely unfamiliar with Linux, this section of the library might have some useful links:

http://library.linode.com/beginners-gui ... ux_basics_

Hello,

thanks for reply.

I did read it but that was not there.

Just wantet to find out how to edit files.
Finally with e.g
nano /etc/hosts.

It is going well now. learned much

pico or vi is also helpful when editing.

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pico still lives?

Doubly so. You still can get the real (al)pine + pico package, and a lot of distros install nano (with pico aliased to it) as default.
I, personally, prefer ed.

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I think he was probably more surprised that anybody still uses pico instead of nano. Most people switched because Pico is not free software, and nano has a lot more features.

I'm surprised that pico is still in repos, mainly because its not free software and there's a free software alternative out there (nano) that is installed by default in a lot of things.

I remember, years ago, when I used alpine and pico. Then I think it was Gentoo that was all "Do not use pico. Use nano." Granted, years ago, I was on an ISP that offered shell access via Solaris boxes, and PPP was experimental. I WAS THE FIRST OF MY FRIENDS TO GET SLIP!

I've never understood why UW insisted on the pseudo-free license they had for pine, or why they never went back and released it all when they changed and put alpine under a free license. To this day, if you want pine (I have a user who loves it) in debuntu, you get a source package that has the original source and a patch. It automagically downloads and patches for you, but it meets the requirement that it be distributed unmodified.