help me please?

[McJen]

My pc died and a friend gave me his imac with yellowdog linux installed on it. I know absolutely NOTHING about how to use kde. So far this linexnewbie site is too advanced for me....I know my way around pcs and macs but linux is something else entirely....I need something basic...like how to turn the damn thing off properly....and how to configure the thing to get online...it detects the modem but won't read the www addresses...I keep getting some sort of dns name server errors....can anyone help me? please email me at princessleia2@hotmail.com Thanks. :(

[bdg1983]

Start by reading the NHF's here especially the ones on basic commands.
www.kde.org (http://www.kde.org) to learn more about it.

Shutdown from kde? A few ways to do it. I just rightclick on the desktop and select logout. Then from the logon manager, I select shutdown.

dns servers? Verify they are setup in /etc/resolv.conf

domain your_isp_domainname
nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx # isp dns 1
nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx # isp dns 2

Hope this gets you started.