Re: [ilugd] Linux command-line introduction

2009-06-24 Thread Ramkumar R
http://en.flossmanuals.net/gnulinux I'll try not to criticize the article too heavily, but there seem to be some glaring mistakes. 1. Further, you can schedule scripts to occur at a specific time or date or at the occurrence of a specific event on your computer Bad example. How does cron, at,

Re: [ilugd] Linux command-line introduction

2009-06-24 Thread Chetan Thapliyal
p.s- There's a reason all newbie Linux tutorials suck. They're written by beginners themselves. Experts can't be bothered to write one. Yes, it's a problem; but I see no solution ahead until people stop writing `cookbooks' of new Linux commands. I would appreciate if you would have spent

Re: [ilugd] Linux command-line introduction

2009-06-24 Thread Raj Mathur
On Wednesday 24 Jun 2009, Ramkumar R wrote: http://en.flossmanuals.net/gnulinux I'll try not to criticize the article too heavily, but there seem to be some glaring mistakes. It's written in 2 days as a collaborative effort on the 'net, and it's open for anyone to enhance and correct, so

Re: [ilugd] Linux command-line introduction

2009-06-24 Thread Shamail Tayyab
p.s- There's a reason all newbie Linux tutorials suck. They're written by beginners themselves. Experts can't be bothered to write one. Yes, it's a problem; but I see no solution ahead until people stop writing `cookbooks' of new Linux commands. Well, it seems you are quite interested in

Re: [ilugd] Linux command-line introduction

2009-06-24 Thread Ramkumar R
Er. I'm a GNU/Linux user myself and it is in my interest to see that the community produces good work and grows. Please don't take my criticism of the Introduction section in the wrong sense- I'm not trying to be a snob and trash the pieces of work that the community produces. Ofcourse, a huge

Re: [ilugd] Linux command-line introduction

2009-06-24 Thread Nandeep Mali
On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 4:02 PM, Ramkumar R artag...@gmail.com wrote: [Er] I'm a GNU/Linux user myself and it is in my interest to see that the community produces good work and grows. Please don't take my criticism of the Introduction section in the wrong sense- I'm not trying to be a snob and

Re: [ilugd] Linux command-line introduction

2009-06-24 Thread Ramkumar R
Thanks but no thanks *sigh* I'm not even sure what I've done to deserve this sort of hostility, and being personally attacked by Nandeep. In response to a Best wishes, I get this. Frankly, I don't know who's being the jerk. I also humbly apologize for posting the one article that I thought I

[ilugd] Linux command-line introduction

2009-06-23 Thread Raj Mathur
Gentle introduction to the Linux command line for rank beginners: http://en.flossmanuals.net/gnulinux Perhaps experienced users could also get some new insights from the manual :) Regards, -- Raju -- Raj Mathurr...@kandalaya.org http://kandalaya.org/ GPG: 78D4