On Wed, Sep 19, 2007 at 07:56:00PM +0000, dr_ovalle wrote: > Thank you for your answer. > > > I bought some books, but they look like if they were written in ancient > greek. However I´m trying to understand them, some advances at this > time. Any recommendation about a book (or maybe a webpage of a wiki) > for a starter who really want to learn Linux, specially the commands?
It's difficult, once you have experience, to judge what is good for a newcomer. For the tar command, I'll recommend my own page, http://home.nyc.rr.com/computertaijutsu/tarball.html The list's FAQ links to a book on the Linux Documentation project page, the Linux Installation and Getting Started Guide. Though the book is very very dated by now, the introduction to the shell and getting used to the commands is still, in my opinion, quite useful for the beginner. The Unleashed Book for your distribution might be good. I haven't been following the thread, so I don't know what distribution you're using, but many of them have wikis that will often be helpful. Unfortunately, the Linux man pages are known to be about the worst man pages for any Unix or Unix like system. For example, a classic example is the man page for ls--in Linux--well, no, this would be a GNU app, so they should take the blame, it tells you that ls -F will add a /,@ and some other things to the listing. However, they can't be bothered to tell you what that means. The FreeBSD man page for ls, on the other hand, explains that it will add a / to a directory, an @ to a link, etc. So, I think I would start with that Linux Guide mentioned in the FAQ, and then look at around at your distribution's site, and see if they have a wiki. Google for something like linux command tutorials--you'll get hundreds of thousands of hits, and just click on a few and see if any strike you as helpful to you. It's a bit difficult to get started because to understand A, you have to understand B, but can't understand B till you've learned C. As a friend once wrote, ====================================== With cryptic tutorials on the net with phrases like "enable SMTP AUTH for Postfix", as if that is supposed to be a self standing instruction, this is beyond both my ability and the scope of my endeavors. ======================================= However, dig around and you WILL find tutorials written by people who understand that such things are not self-standing instructions. After awhile, you'll find that it's either too aggravating to be worth your time, or, hopefully, something that's a lot of fun. -- Scott Robbins PGP keyID EB3467D6 ( 1B48 077D 66F6 9DB0 FDC2 A409 FA54 EB34 67D6 ) gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys EB3467D6 Buffy: Ampata wasn't evil. At least, not to begin with. And...I do think she cared about you. Xander: Yeah, but I think that whole sucking the life out of people thing would've been a strain on the relationship. To unsubscribe from this list, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
