[ Ubuntu-BD ] Suggestion about Linux learning guide/book

[Golam Mustafa]

On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 2:53 PM, Hafiz Imtiaz <eee.imtiaz at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello all
>
> Could you please suggest me a book [that is available in Nilkhet or on
> the Internet] that will teach me Ubuntu/Linux starting from the basics
> to some advanced level?

Any books on Linux will do for starting it. Even Unix :)

>
>
> The problem is, I am using Ubuntu, doing many things using the GUI and
> terminal without actually knowing them in depth.

That's cool that you are not satisfied with GUI. Power linux users CLI.
After finishing one book, try to go through
http://www.gnu.org/manual/manual.html
and if you are fan of CLI linux you should visit www.tldp.org on daily
basis.


>
> For example, I have installed Matlab using command line, following a
> tutorial. From that I came to know that "sh" is needed for running
> "shell scripts". But I do not actually know what a shell script is.


Shell script is nothing but consecutive commands executed in order
to do complex task. Very simplified definition though :D
When you are ready, you should by now,  read http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/,
or
http://www.math.ucdavis.edu/~zjohnson/doc/Adv-Bash-Scr-HOWTO/ OR
http://www.google.com/search?q=bash+scripting+howto&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a
:)


> Similarly, I have installed java and created symbolic links for java
> plug-ins for Matlab and Firefox, but all i did was just to follow some
> tutorial on the net. I know I must write "sudo -i" to be the root, but i
> don't know what the "-i" stands for.

read man sudo :-(


>
>
> But I want to Learn linux thoroughly, starting from basic file
> operations in both CLI and GUI to advanced and system integrated tasks.


Get tons of books from www.4shared.com  or other file sharing sites..
just try this link to download as much as you can, NO, as much as you can
digest :D
http://www.4shared.com/network/search.jsp?searchmode=2&searchName=linux+pdf


>
> Can you please help me?


If we know how to use google, we would not  ask it here :D
We must do that:
Effective search through Google!!!
1. Use http://www.google.com/linux for linux related search.
2. Use http://www.google.com/advanced_search for advance search.
3. Read Advance Search Made Easy at
http://www.google.com/support/bin/static.py?page=searchguides.html&ctx=advanced&\
hl=en<http://www.google.com/support/bin/static.py?page=searchguides.html&ctx=advanced&hl=en>
4. Read about advance operators at
http://www.google.com/help/operators.html
5. And finally bookmark cheetsheets for time to time review :)
http://www.google.com/help/cheatsheet.html


>
> Thanks in advance
>
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