I'll help where I can...

In article <j5ednWcx365v5kKjRTvU2Q@giganews.com>,
"Tom" <webview@rcn.com> wrote:

> I just got an iMac and I will be the first to admin I don't know very much
> about it. I do know quite about about Windows and UNIX (especially LINUX).
> I have several questions that I hope someone can help me with. I have
> wrestled with them for days, and still can't figure them out:
>
> 1. How do I mount a Samba (SMB) share from a Linux box to my iMac and have
> it remain mounted (i.e. connected) after a reboot.

In Jaguar, there's a separate control panel called "Login Items" (if
memory serves); in Panther, "Startup Items" is a pane in the "Accounts"
control panel/System Preference. Find the icon for the directory and
drag it into the correct pane.

> 2. How do I save window positions in Aqua's desktop. I am merely referring
> to ones like "Macintosh HD", "Applications", etc.

Shouldn't happen. Last time that happened to me, it was on an iBook
with a dead PRAM battery. Hmmm...

> 3. Why is it that the menu items "View/Clean Up" and "View/Arrange" are
> disabled in some windows.

Are those folders locked? Are you logged in as an admin user?

> 4. I am trying to get my Airport Extreme to work with my Linksys Wireless G
> router.

Jesus-- good luck!

> 5. Finally, I am not used to tsch, and would prefer to use bash, I read
> somewhere that OS X comes with it. Unless it's a bad idea and I just should
> learn tsch, where can I change this. (If I have to use tsch, what is the
> equivalent of bash's ~/.profile file where I can put commands, aliases, etc
> to execute when I start a shell).

tcsh really isn't all that different, although you can just set
Terminal's prefs to launch bash (/bin/bash, but that's already in your
$PATH). The comparable file to edit, should you stick with tcsh, is
..cshrc.

> Thanks so much. Hopefully I will be able solve these problems and start
> using my Mac full-time and put my PC in the closet!

Hope that helps, and happy hacking!

> In article <j5ednWcx365v5kKjRTvU2Q@giganews.com>,
> "Tom" <webview@rcn.com> wrote:
>
> > I just got an iMac and I will be the first to admin I don't know very much
> > about it. I do know quite about about Windows and UNIX (especially LINUX).
> > I have several questions that I hope someone can help me with. I have
> > wrestled with them for days, and still can't figure them out:
> >
>
> > 4. I am trying to get my Airport Extreme to work with my Linksys Wireless G
> > router.
>
Shouldn't be a big deal (though there IS a trick)... I have an older
Linksys B router, and connect to it without problem with Windows systems
(XP and ME), and with an older Airport card in one Mac and a new Airport
Extreme in another... the single 'gotcha' occurs if you have encryption
turned on on the router. In that case, on the Mac, you need to enter the
hexadecimal version of the passkey -- not the simple passphrase you used
to generate the passkey AND you need to enter a '$' character (without
the quotes) in front of the passkey text.
>