On 09/09/2012 01:59 PM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote:
On 09/08/2012 11:40 PM, Roger wrote:
This demonstrates one of the problems Linux generically suffers in
the Desktop world. It demands too much knowledge of the internal part
of the operating system.
Well, yes and no.
Rather it demands sufficient knowledge to work on problems as they
occur.
This was discussed many years ago and I have found that the knowledge
and ability to get under the hood and fix things, by far outweighs
the learning one must do to use/control ones computer.
If I could recommend anything in Linux it would be "Learn to use the
terminal and text commands" They are tools of the trade.
Roger
Sound advice indeed....and slowly but surely I'm getting the hang of
it....but like......what you just described would have been for
me?.....a TOTAL re-installation of EVERYTHING!......
I wonder if there's a "manual" with all the commands one might need?
And then another question would be: Are the commands different
dependent on the distro you use?...will the same commands work in
Ubuntu.....Fedora.....Linux Mint......Mandriva etc?
And I guess THIS is the reason a lot of people won't live
Windows....because there's just TOO much information to absorb....at
times I almost feel like crawling back into my "Regedit" / "Task
Manager" hole and staying there, but after being exposed to Linux I
don't think I could EVER allow myself to fall back into that
ignorant......close-minded state.
Soooo......If it means hours upon hours of studying Linux commands
then so be it. Eventually I think I'm going to pursue a "cert" in
Linux...nothing major just a general cert that can allow me to get my
foot in the door,....and in doing so I'm almost 100% certain that I'll
need "terminal skills' in order to pass the exams....
Some things to consider:
With Linux, don't be afraid of a total reinstall, in fact I heartily
recommend it, getting the practice of installing trashing, reinstalling,
trying different formatting options, etc as indispensable.
Having said that, may I also recommend learning the processes of backing
up, having at the very least, your complete /home directory stored
somewhere and refreshing it every week or so, all good practice.
Have your documents, your emails, your images and pictures, spread
sheets, etc, saved regularly off the computer.
Manual/s: Google is your friend. Google knows stuff, Google gives
freely to those who seek! Google bash commands, Google vim commands,
Google Linux shell commands.
To live long and prosper, you need to know about a dozen shell commands,
maybe not that much even. Others come with time and necessity.
In Linux we have man pages (manual pages) man vi, man df, man man. as
examples. Also info pages, which are newer than man pages.
Are Linux commands different per flavour --No! not really.
Linux/Unix commands just are. There are some differences for example: In
Fedora, RedHat, CentOS we use yum (yellowdog Update Manager) to install
and or manage apps. man yum gives a good explanation. In Ubuntu
(Debian) it's apt-get or aptitude to install and manage, in Ubuntu type
man apt-get or man aptitude for details.
To see what man pages are available try ls /bin. ls (lowercase L) means
list and /bin is where core binaries are kept. Each of those has a man page.
ls /directory = list /contents of directory, ls -aFl /directory means
list the directory contents and add some important information in a
readable format. man ls explains.
It's not hours of study, it's more - do it as needed.
Wow! You understand the indecipherable -- Regedit, wow, Linux is easy
after that!
People won't leave windows. A person was asked "Why do you keep kicking
the curb, your foot is bleeding"? - "I feel safe knowing the curb is
there", was the answer.
HTH
Roger
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