Re: [GTALUG] Linux basics presentation

On 31 January 2017 at 13:15, Max Yermakhanov <yermax@gmail.com> wrote:
what do you think should be covered under Linux Basics? What does basics means to you? What do people need to know about Linux when they start working with it as part of DevOps day to day...
I am pretty sure I am not a good person to evaluate that. I have been using Unix of one flavour or another since the 1980s, so I can't be in the right frame of context to evaluate what someone that's new needs to know first. It's going to be truly more valuable to get peoples' impressions. Even if their impressions are wrong, that will be somewhat informative. Guiding their *wrong* impressions is still useful. -- When confronted by a difficult problem, solve it by reducing it to the question, "How would the Lone Ranger handle this?"

On 2017-01-31 05:49 PM, Christopher Browne via talk wrote:
It's going to be truly more valuable to get peoples' impressions. Even if their impressions are wrong, that will be somewhat informative. Guiding their *wrong* impressions is still useful.
If someone is starting out with Linux they will most likely start with using a graphical desktop. That leads to the first issue. which one do you cover? Gnome, KDE, or ... ? -- Cheers! Kevin. http://www.ve3syb.ca/ |"Nerds make the shiny things that distract Owner of Elecraft K2 #2172 | the mouth-breathers, and that's why we're | powerful!" #include <disclaimer/favourite> | --Chris Hardwick

On Tue 31 Jan 2017 17:49 -0500, Christopher Browne via talk wrote:
On 31 January 2017 at 13:15, Max Yermakhanov <yermax@gmail.com> wrote:
what do you think should be covered under Linux Basics? What does basics means to you? What do people need to know about Linux when they start working with it as part of DevOps day to day...
I am pretty sure I am not a good person to evaluate that. I have been using Unix of one flavour or another since the 1980s, so I can't be in the right frame of context to evaluate what someone that's new needs to know first.
Can't go wrong with Linux from Scratch ;) Also learn vim or emacs.
participants (3)
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Christopher Browne
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Kevin Cozens
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Loui Chang