On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 12:25 PM, Russell Reiter <rreiter91@gmail.com> wrote:
On 8/25/15, o1bigtenor <o1bigtenor@gmail.com> wrote:
On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 8:39 AM, Russell Reiter <rreiter91@gmail.com> wrote: <snip previous>
You're suggesting that these 2 hold value even long after they hit the scene. Will look for them and get them handy!
The value of Unix/Linux computing is that the concepts rarely radically change. They way tools are implemented goes through cycles of evolution, just as the kernel does, but an understanding of the core concepts and history is always helpful in a troubleshooting environment. These books are chock full of the lingua franca of historical Unix.
I use these books for the reason that, I'm a perennial newbie. I support users who more often than not lead me to the bleeding edge because they want all the bells and whistles of MS Windows, as well as the conceptual trust of a Unix file system.
I'm not sure that meld is possible, but I support the efforts of people who enjoy learning about computing and not just how to use a computer. That's why I chose to use Linux instead of MS a couple of decades ago and still hammer away at it today.
I, too, feel like a perennial newbie! There always seems to be something to learn! Got into linux after I got a virus on my win 98se system and thought - - - there HAS to be a different way of doing this (accepting insecurity with other making their retirements off of my computer usage).
Thanks for helping!
No problem. I'm just passing on advice I got fifteen years ago from my old friend Jan Carlson and others when I joined this list. While I envy all the availability of howto's on the internet these days, I wouldn't trade the struggling through understanding man pages and familiarizing myself with unix syntax for love nor money.
If only man pages had examples on their code strings - - - they might even be intelligible at that point! Dee