I attend a small community college in a rural portion of the southwestern U.S. Very few people here even know what Linux is, and most of the people, at my small college in the CIS department, venerate Bill Gates as some sort of diety. Often Unix/Linux, JAVA, C programming courses get cancelled due to lack of enrollment in those courses, that is based on the misconceptions and ignorance of some lazy, department heads, instructors and many potential students that think everything in applied computing must somehow revolve around windows ... and that "windows is the standard for everything" I and about two other people here know differently. Anyway, I need some help. I am new to UNIX/linux and need some help and advice. I am studying "guide to UNIX using linux" pub Thomson Learning, and have learned a few but essential UNIX commands. For example I know the who command, but do not understand all of its descriptors, especially some of the acronyms. For example, (on my local machine) in the output of max@linux:~> who -H USER LINE LOGIN-TIME FROM max :0 Sep 4 21:19 (console) max pts/0 Sep 4 21:19 max pts/1 Sep 4 22:51 max@linux:~> I understand everything but the column "LINE". I know that its the line to a session, but what do the acronyms pts/0 , pts/1 stand for? and I think :0 means my screen? and what does (console) mean? I have searched my text for this info, my SuSE manual, used the SuSE help center, and searched online. So I ask here as a last resort. I want to learn. Also, could anyone recommend some good (in print) UNIX/Linux dictionaries that also contain acronyms like pts (etc) and good definitions. Also, what are some good reference books on Linux/UNIX? or online forums for UNIX/LINUX novices to gain knowledge from? I really want and need to learn, and not just be a GUI moron. THANKS Max -- Be positive and you will prevail. http://www.tuxgames.com http://www.suse.com http://www.linuxformat.co.uk/ http://www.linuxjournal.com/ Be positive and you will prevail. -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com