[clug] Linux challenges [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

[Alex Satrapa]

On 16/07/2009, at 16:31 , Roppola, Antti - BRS wrote:

> P.S. Leave make alone for now and stick with the set menu, I assume  
> you
> use .msi installers rather than building it yourself using Visual
> Studio.

I'll second that suggestion - thankfully we're past the days of your  
Linux license having a prerequisite of knowing how to compile source  
from scratch.

As for getting started with the shell, does anyone have comments on a  
good starter?

"UNIX / Linux Tutorial for Beginners"[1] and "The Unix Primer"[2]  
showed up when I asked Bing for help. I was trying to find a previous  
post on the CLUG list where a bunch of people recommended books for  
people just learning to use Unix. Don't suppose anyone can put their  
finger on that post quickly?

The only other reference I have to books & distros is "Good linux  
books & distros"[3] from 2002. I suspect the Linux landscape has  
changed a little since then. Heck, back then one of my colleagues at a  
previous job was still using Linux (I think he jumped ship to FreeBSD  
when Linux became too mainstream).

Alex

[1] http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Teaching/Unix/
[2] http://bignosebird.com/unix.shtml
[3] http://lists.samba.org/archive/linux/2002-December/005682.html
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