The files in /root that begin in '.' are "hidden" files, like configuration files or caches. The fact that desktop application directories (.mozilla, .gnome, etc) shows that you are or have in the past run a desktop session as root, which is _BAD_ and should not be done. The question about ext3 & ext2 is simple (google-worthy), ext3 is ext2 but with a file that adds journalizing abilities. (google it) A LUG is a Linux Users Group, i.e. a bunch of people in your area who also use linux. Seeing as how you're in a university, and in the computer science division no less, finding your local lug should take about 5.93 seconds of googling. On 5/2/05, A.M. Fradley <u2amf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > OK, I think it could just be something stupid like me having normally clicked > the hide info button the first time and it never doing it after that. I tried > the show info on the lernel that had been working normally and that gave me the > same thing. So maybe it's just that the defaults have changes. There was > comething about fs ext2 at the beginning even though I used ext3 when > installing. However it doesn't seem to be causing any problems for the moment. > Would this cause any serious problems later on? > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. > -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
