Re: How to learn *nix?
From: Alan Connor (zzzzzz_at_xxx.yyy)
Date: 01/28/04
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Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 21:28:31 GMT
On 28 Jan 2004 04:26:22 -0800, halve <halve27@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> I am a network admin for a rather large company, but our company only
> uses windows based equipment. I really think I am missing out on a
> huge part of the computer world by not knowing unix or any other
> flavors of *nix. I am not thinking of implementing any *nix based
> stuff at work right now, but maybe down the road. I would really like
> to just setup on a machine at home and learn the shell and be good in
> it. I have used freebsd several times, but it was more from a users
> standpoint and not a administrators. I can navigate the directories
> and that is about it.
>
> I really dont want to get into a gui environment right away, I just
> want to learn the basics of the shell, and then more advanced stuff
> and then maybe move onto installing, software like snort, squid etc
> and have a nice nix based home network.
>
> Where would yall reccomend I start, is there a good os out there that
> can help teach me the ins and outs of a shell?
>
> I hope this question makes since. Thanks everyone!
>
> Halve
Makes a lot of sense.
One thing you could do is get tomsrtbt, which is a complete linux OS on
a single floppy that loads and runs in a ramdisk.
Got a few minutes at work and a machine that's not being used at the moment?
Stick toms in the floppy drive and boot up linux.
Then print out the first 9 chapters of http://rute.sourceforge.net to use
to guide you through your initial explorations.
tomsrtbt has no gui but it does have some networking capabilities and a lot
of the most commonly used utilities and does compile under Windoze.
toms use the ash shell, which is a POSIX version of sh, and the manual can be
found on the Net.
I run bash but usually script for sh because the scripts are more portable.
(And I have been running linux/UNIX exclusively for years without a GUI. I
run X *applications* sometimes, but no GUI. Lots of us prefer it this way.
Here, I am using the textmode 'window manager' screen.)
AC
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