Hard to find a starting point to learn linux

acid_kewpie · 03-16-2012, 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by zk1234

It looks that I am too stupid too understand your remark Mr Mod. Could you explain ?

you said it was funny, it's not. of course the forum thinks you're running windows, that's what wine is for...

abbajee · 03-16-2012, 11:33 AM

thanks everyone, i guess i should give a try to Slackware and start from Linux commands as a starting point

acid_kewpie · 03-16-2012, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by abbajee

thanks everyone, i guess i should give a try to Slackware and start from Linux commands as a starting point

nah, slackware is a pointless ghetto, a fair bit of what you learn will be of no use to you. pick a debian (inc ubuntu or mint) or redhat based distro (fedora) at the very least.

zk1234 · 03-16-2012, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by acid_kewpie

you said it was funny, it's not. of course the forum thinks you're running windows, that's what wine is for...

It could look that I've praised someone for using Linux while I myself use Windows, so I meant this situation, and not any technical aspect of using Wine. Thanks for your answer :-)

onebuck · 03-16-2012, 02:22 PM

Hi,

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Originally Posted by abbajee

thanks everyone, i guess i should give a try to Slackware and start from Linux commands as a starting point

acid_kewpie's sarcasm should be noted!

You can learn a lot by using Slackware. Look at: Get Slackware Linux & the other sections at Slackware®-Links. You will find enough information to keep you busy for a while.

Kustom42 · 03-16-2012, 03:19 PM

Read William Shotts book at www.linuxcommand.org. It will take you from the ground up into deep scripting if you want to go that far. I've always recommended this book in comparison to the other tutorials out there as it starts with the fundamentals and explains things like the file system hierarchy etc..