On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 08:19:16PM +0000, Jane Andreas wrote: > As a person with a Nanonote, I am obviously more than a computer "user", > but I do not consider myself a "developer" either. Aside from getting a > degree, what do you think I should read to progress along the way of *NIX > programming and porting, compiling, etc.? > > My current project is reading through the Red Hat 5.2 Install guide and > putting it on my 1996 Laptop. After that what do you suggest I read? > > Thanks.
I think you'll probably get a lot of conflicting advice, I hope my contributing to that problem won't make you feel like there is too much to learn and do; this is a topic that is too easy to experience information overload on. I expect some people will disagree with this suggestion, but the book "The Art of UNIX Programming" by Eric Raymond is a good exploration of the accreted culture of Unix. It's the best "Joining Script" I know about: A book that walks you through the process of what is available and what people do. My experience is that there are a lot of skillsets involved in participating in Unix. While there is a lot of overlap, that's not always so. Compiling and Porting a program to a new distribution is a different activity than writing that program in the first place. If something is not interesting, I wouldn't worry about skipping it to focus on something that *is* interesting. I think there is a careful balance between finding something that is interesting, (*almost*) achievable with your current skillset, and useful. If you can think up some project that meets all three of those requirements; you'll be amazing! -Alan -- .i ma'a lo bradi ku penmi gi'e du _______________________________________________ Qi Hardware Discussion List Mail to list (members only): [email protected] Subscribe or Unsubscribe: http://lists.en.qi-hardware.com/mailman/listinfo/discussion
