[GTALUG] On the information prowl

[o1bigtenor]

On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 12:25 PM, Russell Reiter <rreiter91 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On 8/25/15, o1bigtenor <o1bigtenor at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 8:39 AM, Russell Reiter <rreiter91 at 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
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