Matthew Jarvis wrote:
> I intend to do everything command line, so one assumption that I'm
> making is (and correct me if I'm wrong) that if I know the core of
> Linux, that this will (pretty much) transfer over to whatever distro I
> find myself dealing with.
Pretty much.
There will be minor variations. For example, various files will be in
different directories. Services will run as different users. The
distros all have their own release schedules, so you'll see, e.g.,
Firefox 1.5 here, 1.0.7 there.
Each distro has its own version of the system initialization scripts
in /etc/init.d and related config files.
And, of course, the big difference is the package repository, the
tools you use to access it (package manager), and the distro's
mechanism for distributing security updates.
You'll see the same kind of minor variations from release to release
within a single distro, too.
The net result of all this is that you'll learn to write scripts that
are resilient to minor perturbations.
I think your plan to become proficient with the command line is a good
one, BTW. I'd suggest you also plan to get good at writing scripts to
do common operations.
--
Bob Miller K<bob>
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