On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 12:25 PM, Russell Reiter <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 8/25/15, o1bigtenor <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 8:39 AM, Russell Reiter <[email protected]> > > wrote: > <snip previous> > > > You're suggesting that these 2 hold value even long after they hit the > > scene. Will look for them and get them handy! > > The value of Unix/Linux computing is that the concepts rarely > radically change. They way tools are implemented goes through cycles > of evolution, just as the kernel does, but an understanding of the > core concepts and history is always helpful in a troubleshooting > environment. These books are chock full of the lingua franca of > historical Unix. > > I use these books for the reason that, I'm a perennial newbie. I > support users who more often than not lead me to the bleeding edge > because they want all the bells and whistles of MS Windows, as well as > the conceptual trust of a Unix file system. > > I'm not sure that meld is possible, but I support the efforts of > people who enjoy learning about computing and not just how to use a > computer. That's why I chose to use Linux instead of MS a couple of > decades ago and still hammer away at it today. > I, too, feel like a perennial newbie! There always seems to be something to learn! Got into linux after I got a virus on my win 98se system and thought - - - there HAS to be a different way of doing this (accepting insecurity with other making their retirements off of my computer usage). > > > > > Thanks for helping! > > No problem. I'm just passing on advice I got fifteen years ago from my > old friend Jan Carlson and others when I joined this list. While I > envy all the availability of howto's on the internet these days, I > wouldn't trade the struggling through understanding man pages and > familiarizing myself with unix syntax for love nor money. > If only man pages had examples on their code strings - - - they might even be intelligible at that point! Dee
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