Ultra basics

[Robert Link <rlink @ binmedia . com>]

I'm brand new to linux, brandnew to majordomo, and would be eternally 
grateful if one of the regulars here had a moment or two for 
back-channel hand holding while I try to install 1.94.4 on an 
intel/redhat5.2.  I *don't* mean to clutter list space with my 
ultra-newbie problems; just hoping someone out there has time and 
inclination to start with the simplest basics.  Many thanks.

-- Robert