Poll about Linux

[dragonballgtz]

to understand Linux? I mean know the OS inside and out.

I'm in a Linux class and I just can't understand it. I try hard but I just can't get the hang of all of the damn commands. I studied all night for a quiz today and I got a 62%.:thumbsdown:

 

[spherrod]

Are you running a linux build at home? I found that to be a big help

 

[drag]

The best way to learn is to just use it.

After some day to day experiance with experimenting with commands and the bash shell you'd get it without much trouble.

 

[dragonballgtz]

Originally posted by: spherrod
Are you running a linux build at home? I found that to be a big help

No, but I plan to get another harddrive and this so I can work on Linux more.

 

[spherrod]

Originally posted by: dragonballgtz

Originally posted by: spherrod
Are you running a linux build at home? I found that to be a big help

No, but I plan to get another harddrive and this so I can work on Linux more.

Cool - as Drag said, once you're using it on a daily basis everything becomes clear (kind of....).

 

[KB]

No matter how much time you play with linux you never "get" it. You only get over your fear of spending time getting things to work. Because once you learn enough about one distro, kernel, db, application, desktop env, window manager, x server, video player, text editor, office suite, etc. its time to move to another and learn everything about that one. Thats the fun of it.

 

[LBmtb]

I just started using it again two weeks ago and I use it almost exclusively (cept I still use windows for quicken and dreamweaver . . . whcih will change soon) although I have tons to learn.

 

[cleverhandle]

Originally posted by: KB
No matter how much time you play with linux you never "get" it. You only get over your fear of spending time getting things to work.

I think that's half true. Yes, you'll tend to move on to other things and spend time learning those too. But after a certain amount of experience, that becomes much, much easier (and faster) to do. When I started using Linux it might have taken me days to understand a subsystem (e.g. PPP) and how to fix a problem with it. Now it takes me maybe an evening to figure out a new system and problem, and doing so isn't stressful or confusing. Still, it took a long time for me to get there. At least a year, probably two or three.

 

[Nothinman]

No matter how much time you play with linux you never "get" it.

Only partially true. You can never understand everything inside and out, there's just too much available. But once you get used to how the system works and understand the base system components, figuring out the stuff that runs on top of it is simple. Usually it's just a matter of learning where to look for information and having decent troubleshooting skills.

Still, it took a long time for me to get there. At least a year, probably two or three.

Same here. A lot of "f*ck it, reinstall" or "I'll just bootup Windows and forget about it for now", but that was back in the RH 5.x days.

 

[n0cmonkey]

I still don't get it.

 

[KoolDrew]

I definitely don't know "the OS inside and out" and I probably never will.

 

[calyco]

Im no expert but I think I understand it pretty well after about three months of use, it actually makes more sense and is better laid out than windows imo.

 

[drag]

Originally posted by: KB
No matter how much time you play with linux you never "get" it. You only get over your fear of spending time getting things to work. Because once you learn enough about one distro, kernel, db, application, desktop env, window manager, x server, video player, text editor, office suite, etc. its time to move to another and learn everything about that one. Thats the fun of it.

computer technology is always a moving target. With Linux progress is much more rapid then Windows tends to be. (although sometimes it's one step back, two steps forward type thing)

Look at Windows 2000 and Windows XP. XP was released, what, 4 years ago? At that time Redhat 7.0 was out.. That stuff is ancient history in Linux-land. (since then you've had: rh 7.2, rh 8.0, rh 9.0, Fedora core 1, fedora core 2, fedora core 3, and within a month or two fedora core 4.)(I am a debian 'unstable' user personally, I upgrade about once a month)

Then again if you knew how to use the bash shell back then, if you knew how to configure X Windows back then you pretty much still know how to do it. Once you know the basics then you can easily apply them to most any situation.