Terminal

Phil Bieber philbieber at gmail.com
Fri Aug 1 12:45:40 UTC 2008


On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 14:31, Steve Brettell <sbrettell at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm very new to Linux, and frankly, can't afford the price of the books I've
> found in the bookstores.  So I'm leeching off the interwebs.  I don't have
> much to contribute right now, unless questions that bring good answers are a
> contribution.
>
> That said, is there any kind of a tutorial about using the terminal
> effectively?  It looks to me like this is the heart of Linux country.
>
> I've looked at lists of terms, etc, but that doesn't look like the answer.
> There's a lot there, and I'd like to start down that path, but need LOTS of
> bread crumbs.
>
> SteveB
Hey Steve!
Try it this way:
Start doing stuff from the GUI and then gradually look for ways to do
it on the command line. That way, you can start exploring and then
gradually dig deeper and deeper into the system. Thats the way I did
it, and I'm still doing it!

Cheers & have a nice weekend!

Phil Bieber
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