Comments on: Top 3 Sites To Help You Become A Linux Command Line Master

By: Jadu Saikia

Jadu Saikia — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 03:30:37 +0000

‘The linux cookbook’ and Mendel Cooper’s ‘Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide’ are really useful. The IBM linux tutorials are also a good resource.

// Jadu
http://unstableme.blogspot.com/search/label/Bash

By: CT

CT — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:02:53 +0000

man command?

Sure… especially since it’s so intuitive. I’m not saying it’s not useful, rather that it’s not very user friendly.

By: Susan Linton

Susan Linton — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:33:00 +0000

Yeah, they do have some really in-depth articles there. It may be obvious, but they employ some of the most knowledgeable experts in the business there. Those articles are some of the most respected in Linux circles. I agree with you. Thanks for mentioning it.

By: hapihakr

hapihakr — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:25:08 +0000

IBM has a great set of tutorials to prepare for the Linux Professional Institute Certification (LPIC). They start with the basics and work through the higher levels of mastery. Might be a little too much for some, but if you really want to master Linux, then work your way through the tutorials. One Caveat… you do have to register on DeveloperWorks to gain access to the tutorials. Check it out: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/lpi/

By: Susan Linton

Susan Linton — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:51:51 +0000

When I first realized that I could make the switch to Linux I still felt a bit lost and confused. So, I found this great introduction much like that Linux Cookbook and read it practically start to finish, word for word.

Not only did it allow me to feel more comfortable and to use Linux more proficiently, but it enabled me to understand those cryptic man pages and those hard core users who attempted to help others. To this day I still strongly believe that reading that guide was the best thing I ever did for myself.

By: David

David — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:11:49 +0000

Who invented the Gui??
Wrong it wasn’t Microsoft
Like all there other good ideas they “borrowed” it from someone else.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_graphical_user_interface

By: Dann

Dann — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:45:19 +0000

A great way to learn the command line is to use a great ‘newbie’ friendly distro such as ubuntu, which comes with a great forum database as well as command auto-completion, a large selection of manual pages, as well as performing easy but repetitive tasks on it. (updating, upgrading commands, using command line text editors for configuration files, etc.)

Another great way to learn the command line, but notsomuch for new users, is learning to compile your own programs. Or better yet, read up on gentoo or arch tutorials and see how things are built. (even if you don’t actually install it).
For users who really want to learn it quick, installing gentoo in a virtual machine is probably a very useful and safe way to learn.

By: Linux Affic

Linux Affic — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:14:14 +0000

Open a dictionary. Look up “Ignorant” .. Ohh look there’s a picture of 11 year old julio taking up the entire page.

Fact: Linux is faster, more stable, more customizable, and just plain better in every single conceivable way.

By: julio

julio — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:06:01 +0000

Command line sucks! those who use it are nerds low life people and basically they hate microsoft because they invented the GUI. GROWN up linux does not even meet the standards for everyday computing! the terminal makes it even worse! i think linux is the worse piece of software ever created i am sayin this cuz of the stupid low life terminal that every fat geek with fat glasses has to use. truth hurts i know

By: JBu92

JBu92 — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:36:03 +0000

Well yeah, CMF is definitely for those who already have the basics down, as I said, but as this post is about how to become a Master…