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How do you define "learning linux" though? Just learning vim and general unix tools?
by cuanim 2y ago
How do you define "learning linux" though? Just learning vim and general unix tools?
- dgfitz 2y agoI think that would be a great foray, yes. If you understand how to poke around the filesystem (cd, ls), manipulate the filesystem (cp, mv, rm, mkdir), how to search (find, grep), and how to edit and save a file (vi/vim {yes there are a plethora of linux text editors, vi is ubiquitous, which is the only reason I learned it}) you’re in really great shape. The best part is, you can learn this subset of tools in a day, a week at worst.
- lycopodiopsida 2y agoThere is nothing linux-specific in this list, you describe learning UNIX and could do it on any *BSD, including macOS. I would agree that knowing you way around unix is very helpful, having some specific linux knowledge is worth very little if your job does not consist of managing linux machines. And even then you will require a lot of distro-specific knowledge.