by hansnataniel »After I enter my root password, I enter the terminal (root@debian:~#) and I don't know what to do.
Well that is the linux command prompt, you can do anything as root.
Type 'help' for a list of commands.
You could try :
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# login "yoursusername"
and see if you can login as a normal user, at this point it is not a very goof idea
to be doing anything as root.
Have you read anything on using Linux, and the basic linux commands ?
What are the basic linux commands Take your pick of the many tutorials, or this is one
I like :
http://linuxcommand.org/learning_the_shell.php Did you read any documentation on Debian, before installing ?
How to install DebianYou don't even tell us what version of Debian you installed,
but any way, this is for various architectures:
https://www.debian.org/releases/jessie/installmanualHave you read any of the other 100's of threads that beginners have posted,
basically with the same situation ?
by hansnataniel » What should I do?
Read some of the basic documentation, listed above, and if need be try installing again, following the instructions care fully,
Or, consider installing a Linux distro that is a little bit easier to install, and use,
Debian is not a very good choice to start out with, when the user does not even know how to use the linux command line, there often are many things that need to be done, and one needs to have some basic experience with linux commands,
you may need to also install drivers, firmware and other things,...
A good distro to start with, easy to install and usually "just works", "right out of the box" , is
MX-16 (or your choice of versions)
Others may suggest "Ubuntu", but I wouldn't do that to my worst enemy,... I have worked with, and tried both.
Again :
I enter the terminal (root@debian:~#) and I don't know what to do
The fact that you get a terminal, and the command prompt, means you have what you need to work with, from there you should be able to get everything working the way you want it to,.....The problem is you don't know any commands, or anything,...like I said, type 'help' , it will give a list of commands,
you can also use, 'man'
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man man
or
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man ls
For example, would give you instructions on how to use the 'ls' command.