Chad Waters on 15 Aug 2007 19:46:32 -0000


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Re: [PLUG] Beginner's Guide to Linux?


filesystem structure, etc, usr, home.
partitioning
logs, logs are your friends...
manpages

Is this geared towards server administration or desktop users? My
beginnings were in a college sys admin course., they may be more
utilitarian then what your looking for.

On 8/15/07, Brent Saner <brent.saner@gmail.com> wrote:
> i'm putting together some documentation and i was wondering if you could
> share with me some things you wish someone taught you about linux when you
> were a fresh n00b.
>
> so far, i have:
>
> the root account (warnings on being root, etc.)
> permissions
> device naming conventions in linux
> navigating the CLI (intro to things like cd, ls, cp, mv, rm(dir), cat, >,
> touch, opening files in nano for editing, etc.)
>
> and after that i'm stuck. any other ideas?
>
> --
> Brent Saner
> 215.264.0112(cell)
> 215.362.7696(residence)
>
> http://www.thenotebookarmy.org
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