[philip.j.fry]

Originally Posted by darkangel

1)I've tried to install/write to some folders and get a denied message being should i be denied access to any files being that my account should be admin, or am i still thinking windows here?

In Linux, files and directories have ownership by different users, these directories that you are trying to write to are most likely owned by root which is the top level user that has all permissions. To write to these places you will have to become root or change the permissions on the file/directory. Your best bet here is to google for an introduction to linux and linus file permissions (mainly because I've had a bottle of wine and am not the best person to ask at the moment )

2)what would be the default installation directory for files i.e. program files in windows?

Most likely either /usr/bin or /usr/local/bin (the bin is short for binary)

3)is there any good firewalls, like outpost or black ice for Linux?

IPTables is good, but you have to script the firewall yourself, there are some tools that help you write these if you google for them, or I can give you a copy of mine which isn't the greatest but protects against most things (all of the online scanning services I've used against it haven't broken it yet).

4)know that Linux is inherently more secure but is an AV needed yet?

There's just simply far fewer linux viruses around, but you can never be too careful so try f-prot http://www.f-prot.com/download/download_fplinux.html

5)i didn't have one of my drives in it's cradle when i installed, how do i add this ntfs drive so i can read it in linux

NTFS is a difficult one, it will depend on whether your kernel has ntfs support in it. Like I said, I'm a bit too drunk to think about it now, maybe tomorrow