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[Tom <question76608@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Question #76608 on Ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/76608

    Status: Open => Answered

Tom proposed the following answer:
You don't need to enter you password to just use the command-line.  You
only need your password when you use commands like "sudo" or "gksudo" as
these give you SuperUser/Root priveleges and can really mess up all your
permissions and stuff.  Worth avoiding unless you know you need to.  The
normal terminal is fine for many things.  Try typing

firefox

for example, or

totem

and see what happens.  Note that if you don't know what a command does
then you can add " --help" or " -h" after the command o get a quick
cheat-sheet help guide on how to use the comand.  Note also that while
the "dir" command works linux has a much prettier version "ls" which is
a lower-case "LS", try

ls -h

and then try

ls

on its own.  Once a command has been completed you should get back to
the normal command-line prompt, in your case that is "shantiq@shantiq-
desktop:~$ " from which i can tell that your login username is "shantiq"
and your computers name is "shantiq-desktop" which would be useful
information if i was on the same internal "Lan" network as you.

I hope this helps!  Please also use Peters links as look-up guides on useful commands for the command-line :)
Good luck and regards from
Tom :)

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