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Linux for beginners

Post by sherlock »

Hey guys, how you all been ;)

well i recently graduated from high school and was wondering on setting up linux in one of my older pc which i dont use because i have like 2 months of free time before studies start again. I will have alot of time to test new things on linux so What package do you guys suggest that i use and maybe refer me to some books as well. I am interested in learning command line as its fun i think exploring new things :)..

i have ubuntu in one of my cds..
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welcome back...:wink:
well, Linux is mostly learning by doing, so it depends on what you want to do.
here is a nice site that is very useful when working in command line:
http://www.ss64.com/bash/

Linux is of course predestinated as server system, so I recommend to run services like the Apache web server, ftp, etc...it's a good way to practice and forces you to do a lot without shiny GUIs.

here's a manual to secure a Linux system and services, it's for Debian but there should be only small differences to Ubuntu:
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/secur ... ian-howto/


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