Not totally sure this is relevant but the free class on edx might be useful. https://www.edx.org/course/introduction-linux-linuxfoundationx-lfs101x-2#.VIYdyUSv40c
On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 1:27 PM, Richard Owlett <rowl...@cloud85.net> wrote: > Michael Dexter wrote: > > On 12/8/14 11:20 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: > >> The short form of my personal goal is: > >> 1. bring back*PERSONAL* to personal computing. > >> Primary implication - shall not be capable of being a > >> network server. > >> Secondary implication - only one person will ever be the > >> operator. > >> 2. understand Linux internals > >> 3. minimal number of modules, secondarily minimize size of > >> footprint > > > > I thought exactly that when I first discovered Unix but with the arrival > > of the Web, it became increasingly clear that everything will be TCP/IP > > networked even if only on the LAN or even localhost. Call it Internet of > > Things (I prefer a more vulgar term given the security implications) but > > ever since the arrival of desktops like GNOME and KDE, the Unix/network > > server parts have been a tiny portion of the system. That part will fit > > on a Raspberry Pi/fad device of choice. > > I have three separate use cases in mind: > 1. My home systems for which I have nobody to blame if they go > belly up. > 2. Some standalone systems at church used for elementary school > students. > Not only will networking be disabled but I'm considering not > installing > drivers for WiFi, Bluetooth and Ethernet. > 3. The most difficult case will be for a friend. Evidently I did > more to > tout Linux than I realized. A few weeks ago he sent me a > older spare > laptop asking me to do a demonstrative install. That one > will need > "training wheels" in spade. I've known him for over 40 years. > > > > > That said, you seem to have a sense of Unix and I suggest you try PC-BSD > > and then pair it down to raw FreeBSD once you have identified what you > > do and do not want. This is exactly what I did with Red Hat 5.2 way back > > in the day. With the different that *BSD does not have LinuxConf > > thrashing configuration files unrelated to the task at hand. > > I suspect I've gotten myself locked into Debian. Do BSDs have > equivalents of Debian repositories and apt-get or Synaptic? > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug