Re: Where did you start?

[Adam Born <nrvous6@netscape.net>]

Thanks for the help.  Everyone's input was very informative.

mikec@silug.org wrote:

>The things that served me the best were O'Reilly's "UNIX in a Nutshell" 
>book, and WROX presses' "Beginning Linux Programming"; it will get you 
>started in shell programming, network programming, etc. (You need to know 
>C in advance -- it's not a dummy book ).  Those two should get you started 
>in about any direction you want to go.
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>Another helpful thing having good familiarity with hardware and network 
>protocols.  Programming in general too.  I've found that if you know how 
>the hardware operates (atleast generally), you already have a pretty good 
>idea as to what the OS/application software has to be doing.
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>Another handy thing would be to read the system init/shutdown scripts in 
>/etc/init.d .  You'll get familiar with shell programming and your system 
>at the same time.
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>Let me know want kind of help that was to you.
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>Mike
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>On Fri, 4 Apr 2003, Adam Born wrote:
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>>Hi all!  I'm a relative newbie to Linux (I've been playing 
>>around/reading about it for almost a year now), and I know that many of 
>>you have been working/playing with Linux for a while.   I was wondering 
>>how you got your start, and what you used to better yourselves (besides 
>>the jump-into-the-deep-end-and-try-to-swim method).  Funny stories, 
>>anecdotes, and tales from the dark side would be much appreciated. (I 
>>want to make sure that I'm not losing my mind :-)  Thanks!
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>>Adam  
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