--- man/man1/intro.1 | 31 +++++++++++++++++-------------- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/man1/intro.1 b/man/man1/intro.1 index decaab161..91ebbc448 100644 --- a/man/man1/intro.1 +++ b/man/man1/intro.1 @@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ Section 1 of the manual describes user commands and tools, for example, file manipulation tools, shells, compilers, web browsers, file and image viewers and editors, and so on. .SH NOTES -Linux is a flavor of UNIX, and as a first approximation -all user commands under UNIX work precisely the same under -Linux (and FreeBSD and lots of other UNIX-like systems). +Linux is a flavor of UNIX, and user commands under UNIX +work similarly under Linux (and lots of other UNIX-like systems too, +like FreeBSD). .P Under Linux, there are GUIs (graphical user interfaces), where you can point and click and drag, and hopefully get work done without @@ -20,15 +20,17 @@ first reading lots of documentation. The traditional UNIX environment is a CLI (command line interface), where you type commands to tell the computer what to do. -That is faster and more powerful, -but requires finding out what the commands are. -Below a bare minimum, to get started. +This is faster and more powerful, +but requires finding out what the commands are and how to use them. +Below is a bare minimum guide to get you started. .SS Login -In order to start working, you probably first have to open a session by -giving your username and password. +In order to start working, +you'll probably first have to open a session. The program .BR login (1) -now starts a +will wait for you to type your username and password, +and after that, +it will start a .I shell (command interpreter) for you. In case of a graphical login, you get a screen with menus or icons @@ -36,12 +38,13 @@ and a mouse click will start a shell in a window. See also .BR xterm (1). .SS The shell -One types commands to the +One types commands into the .IR shell , the command interpreter. -It is not built-in, but is just a program -and you can change your shell. -Everybody has their own favorite one. +It is not built-in; +it is just another program. +You can change your shell, +and everybody has their own favorite one. The standard one is called .IR sh . See also @@ -53,7 +56,7 @@ See also .BR ksh (1), .BR zsh (1). .P -A session might go like: +A session might look like this: .P .in +4n .EX -- 2.45.2
