Become a Linux Guru

[Kaushal Shriyan]

On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 8:48 AM, Doug <dmcgarrett at optonline.net> wrote:

> On 02/02/2011 04:15 AM, Waleed Harbi wrote:
>
>> I advice you start with ubuntu wiki , you will find a lot of solutions
>> and support. Start read and work hard then if you face any issue ask
>> in the maillist or in ubuntu room in IRC. Linux wide area, would like
>> to be end user, or developer, or system admin? It is your choice!
>> Welcome to linux world :)
>>
>> I hope this help you.
>>
>> On 02/02/2011, Kaushal Shriyan<kaushalshriyan at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> I have been working on Linux for quite sometime. What are the necessary
>>> pre-requisites and techniques to be adopted or any specific skills to
>>> become
>>> a Linux Guru or Expert ?
>>>
>>> Please guide/suggest.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Kaushal
>>>
>>
>>  1. You will have to become very familiar with all the common commands.  A
> book like "Linux in a Nutshell" from O'Reilly has all the man (manual)
> pages
> written out--a number  of which are not in the standard Linux
> distributions.
> Also, it lists options which may not show up in the on-line man pages.
>
> 2. It will be necessary to become competent--not just familiar--with bash
> scripting.  This is the programming language that is primarily used to
> create
> many of the control procedures that "get things done" in Linux.  There are
> a multitude of books, references, and tutorials available, some of them
> free for download: "Bash Guide for Beginners" by Machtelt Garrels; "Linux
> Shell Scripting Tutorial" by Vivek Gite <vivek at nixcraft.com>; "Advanced
> Bash Scripting Guide" by Mendel Cooper.  The "bash Pocket Reference"
> by Arnold Robbins is available for a few dollars, downloadable from
> O'Reilly,
> or you can buy it in printed form.  It's main advantage is its simplicity
> and
> examples; everything in it is covered in the books above.
>
> 3.  You might get away without ever learning the CLI editors vi (pronounced
> vee-eye), vim (an expanded version of vi), and emacs, but to really become
> a Linux/Unix guru, you should learn them.  In the meantime, become used
> to using a CLI editor like nano, pico, or mc, with which you can actually
> do
> just about anything, with much less fuss.
>
> 4.  You will sooner or later need to become familiar with sed, an editor
> with
> some programming features, and the programming language awk (or gawk--
> a Linux adaptation with a few extra features).
>
> 5.  A working relationship with the C programming language will see you in
> good stead:  the kernels for Linux and all the other Unixes are written in
> C
> with a dash of C++.  (A recent thread on one of the lists concluded that it
> would be better to learn C++ _first_, not C.  It also concluded that if you
> have no programming experience and need to learn, a good introduction
> to programming can be found in the Python language.)  Python happens to
> have the practical advantage for the student that it is interpreted.  That
> is,
> you don't have to compile it to run the program you just wrote, so it's
> faster
> to work with and debug.  A good tutorial for that is called "Snake
> Wrangling
> for Kids" by Jason R. Briggs.  A free download, and not just for
> kids--anyone
> can use it.  Before you download it, you should be aware that there are two
> versions of Python kicking around. Most of the present Linux distros seem
> to
> have version 2.x in the repos, altho there is also a 3.x available.  The
> Snake
> book comes, therefore, in two versions also, so before you download it,
> find out what Python version you will be actually using, since there are
> some
> differences.
>
> 6. A text-book I used in a recent college-level class covers a lot of
> Linux,
> altho not everything I've mentioned, and it suffers badly from poor
> indexing.
> "Linux: the Textbook" by Sarwar, Koretsky, and Sarwar.  The version I used
> was the first edition.  There is now supposed to be a second edition, which
> may have corrected some of the faults and errors of the first.  I haven't
> seen it.
> However, the consequences are that the first ed should be available even
> more
> cheaply on Amazon, etc.(used, clean)  and the second is probably not
> available
> at much of a discount anywhere. You can do almost all of the exercises in
> your
> modern Linux, so don't worry if it doesn't come with the old version, which
> was
> pasted in the back of the original book.
>
> Author's note:  I wish I was competent in all the areas I so blithely
> mentioned
> above.  Unfortunately, I'm not.  I just know enough to know what I _don't_
> know!  One bit of advice:  if you have two computers, devote one to Linux
> learning.  Don't be afraid to work with the CLI, and play with bash, and
> Python, and modifying the behavior of the system.  Just call it the
> sandbox,
> and be prepared to reinstall the system if you mangle it too badly.  Do all
> your other real work on the other computer.  Preferably, of course, it
> should
> be in Linux, but if you dual-boot to Windows once in a while, we'll
> understand!
>
> Good luck!  I really hope that you achieve your desire!
>
> --doug
>
>
>
>
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Hi,

I whole heartedly thank everyone in this email thread for their kind
suggestion. I would work on it hard and seek advice if i have questions.
Thanks again and much appreciated.

Thanks,

Kaushal
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