Become a Linux Guru

[Amedee Van Gasse]

On Thu, February 3, 2011 19:50, devicerandom wrote:

> And in any case , step 1 is ditching Ubuntu and going with Gentoo. I
> used it for years, and it teached me much more about Linux than any
> binary distribution could.

I have used Gentoo, and I respectfully disagree.
It's not because your pc spends 80% of its time compiling with the
-go-faster-stripes and -break-my-cpu compiler options that you actually
learn something. Except when your name is Neo and you can somehow
magically absorb knowledge when the compilation output is scrolling across
your screen in a Matrix-inspired green on black font. :-)

In my very humble opinion, the best way to learn the inner workings of
Linux is by digging into the bash shell[*]. It does not matter which
distro you use. Just take a look at the questions asked on the LPI exams
(LPIC 101): the majority is about bash commands.




[*] I know. BASH = Bourne-Again SHell shell. Now go back playing with your
LEGO. :)