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Google is what happened. Not to date myself, but when I was first learning (BSDi) UNIX Google didn't exist. The first thing the sys-admin who helped me said was

by ary 15y ago

Google is what happened. Not to date myself, but when I was first learning (BSDi) UNIX Google didn't exist. The first thing the sys-admin who helped me said was, "type 'man'." These days most people just know that if they have an unanswered question, ask the Google.

sixtofour 15y ago
> The first thing the sys-admin who helped me said was, "type 'man'." And that also happened. It used to be virtually impossible to jump in alone, because someone had to create an account for you. It's now possible to start in Unix with no one's help. As long as you can figure out how to burn an iso to CD, you're in. The installation gives you an account, with sudo. After you install CrunchBang, it pops up a terminal the first time you log in, and allows you to make additional choices that weren't made during install. I think all distros should pop up a terminal upon first boot and direct you to read "man man."