I know these are A LOT OF questions and am sorry but anyhow I'd really appreciate some help ;-)
1. Can I use my Windows fonts under Linux? I checked my Windows 2000 fonts folder under Linux but Nautilus doesn't open them. If I can, where do I copy the font files, where does Linux keep its fonts? Where can I download or purchase more fonts if neccesary?
2. I want to use right-to-left languages (specifically Persian(Farsi) and Arabic) but it seems they're not supported. What should I do? (Red Hat 7.2)
3.How do I update my Kernel? (2.4.7-10) Could you provide a link to a detailed explanation, 'to-do's, etc.?
4. I was thinking of upgrading the XFree86 to the newest version (4.2.0). Doing this would do no harm to the installed nVidia display drivers, would it? I mention this because I had to edit the XFree86-4 config file after installing the drivers... And I'm a relative newbie so...?!
5. Suppose I've got a script or program called 'script'. Why one has to type './script' to run it instead of simply 'script'? I read somewhere that this is for security reasons but why should running a program/script without giving a path pose security problems?
6. Also about scripts, I've got this annoying problem about my Perl programs that they never execute all by themselves. I've added '#!/usr/bin/perl' and also changed them to executables but I cannot run them like this: './Script.pl'
Instead I have to type 'perl Script.pl'. Why is this happening?!
Thanks in advance for replying!
1. Can I use my Windows fonts under Linux? I checked my Windows 2000 fonts folder under Linux but Nautilus doesn't open them. If I can, where do I copy the font files, where does Linux keep its fonts? Where can I download or purchase more fonts if neccesary?
2. I want to use right-to-left languages (specifically Persian(Farsi) and Arabic) but it seems they're not supported. What should I do? (Red Hat 7.2)
3.How do I update my Kernel? (2.4.7-10) Could you provide a link to a detailed explanation, 'to-do's, etc.?
4. I was thinking of upgrading the XFree86 to the newest version (4.2.0). Doing this would do no harm to the installed nVidia display drivers, would it? I mention this because I had to edit the XFree86-4 config file after installing the drivers... And I'm a relative newbie so...?!
5. Suppose I've got a script or program called 'script'. Why one has to type './script' to run it instead of simply 'script'? I read somewhere that this is for security reasons but why should running a program/script without giving a path pose security problems?
6. Also about scripts, I've got this annoying problem about my Perl programs that they never execute all by themselves. I've added '#!/usr/bin/perl' and also changed them to executables but I cannot run them like this: './Script.pl'
Instead I have to type 'perl Script.pl'. Why is this happening?!
Thanks in advance for replying!