[ale] moving to the command line

[Jimmie Fulton]

I think it is cool that you are moving to the command line.  I'm relatively
new to Linux, and I decided from the beginning to use the command line only
so that I could really learn the OS.  Not for everyone, but my primary
interest in Linux is for running servers.  Great thing about knowing the
command line first before using graphical tools is that I can confidently
manage my servers from any computer on the internet with an ssh client (ssh
for Linux or putty for windows).  My best friend right now is O'Reilly's
Essential System Administration.  It is a general Unix admin book; it points
out specifics and variations between Unix systems, including Linux.  You get
an idea of how Linux works along with other systems.  Seeing how other
systems work gives you better understanding about what is going on, in my
opinion.




> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bruce L. Bryant [mailto:bbryant at alltel.net]
> Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 9:35 AM
> To: ale at ale.org
> Subject: [ale] moving to the command line
> 
> 
> 	Hello all.
> 	I have a question that I hope will be of some value to all.
> 	I have been running Linux (currently Slack 8.0) for +2 years. I
> would like to (as much as possible) completely ditch the GUI. 
> To this end
> I have purchased a not inconsiderable stack of manuals, 
> mostly O'reilly
> stuff as well as my current favorite, "Think Unix" by John Lasser.
> 	Now, I have played with the info in these fine manuals and have
> foundthe answers to many of my questions. However, I have noticed that
> most of them isolate on one thing in detail. I was wondering 
> if anyone has
> written a manual for the newbie aimed at helping them make a 
> fairly rapid
> transition to a command line only computing experience.
> 	I realize that the correct answer to this question is 
> "RTFM". But,
> what about those of us who would like to start with fairly 
> simple stuff
> because of limited time? I would prefer to continue to read 
> man pages and
> manuals and find the stuff out by experimenting as I find 
> this much more
> interesting than being spoon-fed. However, I would like to be 
> capable of
> doing more at the command line, now.
> 	Any suggestions?
> 	Thanks in advance.
> Bruce (IM: bb207)
> 
> 
> 
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