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I would recommend learning Linux the way I did 15 or so years ago: get rid of other operating systems and use a more 'advanced' distribution (such as Arch or Ge

by smabie 7y ago

I would recommend learning Linux the way I did 15 or so years ago: get rid of other operating systems and use a more 'advanced' distribution (such as Arch or Gentoo). In my case, I fucked up my Windows install on a new laptop when I was 12. At that point, I was stuck and just decided to stick with Linux. It's remarkable how quickly you learn when you absolutely need to in order to use the computer. My second piece of advice would be to learn C from this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_C_Programming_Language https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_C_Programming_Language After finishing it and completing all the exercises, you should be ready to go learn anything else you want to.

mgerdts 7y ago
Better is the way I learned it 25 years ago. Burn up your 386sx CPU while doing a kernel build, then get a loan for a nicer computer. It should have at least 4 MB of ram. Spend about 200x minimum houry wage on a nice monitor, then be very careful with manual modeline settings in your xfree86 config so that you don't destroy the monitor. Get yourself a bulldog clip to hold that send book open to the page you are repeated referring to. When you graduate to Stephens' UNIX Systems Programming, the bulldog clip won't be needed. If your monitor doesn't stand tall enough, 4 reams of copy paper are much cheaper than the same thickness of X programming manuals.