From: Richard.Vanhouten@f38.n272.z1.fidonet.org (Richard Vanhouten) Subject: Intro to Linux! Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1992 15:57:34 -0800
LtbM> From: klaus%rel652.dnet@esu36.cfsat.honeywell.com (Let there be
MORE
LtbM> light!) Reply-To: klaus%rel652.dnet@esu36.cfsat.honeywell.com
(Let
LtbM> there be MORE light!)
LtbM> Ted T'so writes:
LtbM>
LtbM> |One thing that might help is "Intro to Linux" document that
explains
LtbM> how |linux development works, and has a section about how to deal
with
LtbM> Linux |FTP sites for someone who wants to bring up Linux: Step 1:
Run,
LtbM> don't |walk, to either the MCC Interim releases or the SLS
release;
LtbM> IGNORE ALL |OTHER FILES. Step 2: Use the distribution mechanism
to
LtbM> install Linux on |your disk. Step 3: If you want to be
adventuresome
LtbM> and upgrade to a new |kernel, follow the following steps: ....
Do we
LtbM> have any volunteers to |write such a document?
LtbM>
LtbM> I'll take this on. I was thinking of something along the lines
of
LtbM> this:
LtbM> Intro to Linux: What is Linux and how do I try it out?
LtbM>
LtbM> I - What is it: description of linux with brief comparisons to
BSD386,
LtbM> Minix, etc. II - Linux development: how it's done (who are these
linux
LtbM> activists, anyway?) III - How to get it if you're not a unix guru
(MCC,
LtbM> SLS, basic root disk, et. al.) IV - How to upgrade: You don't
HAVE to
LtbM> have the latest version of the kernel to see what it's like; or:
How
LtbM> to have a working 'ps' ;-) V - Where to go from here: FAQ,
LtbM> Linux-activists@niksula.hut.fi, comp.os.linux, etc.
LtbM> It is not my intention to duplicate anything already out there; I
just
LtbM> want to provide newcomers with an initial pointer to the great
stuff
LtbM> that's already out there and give them a 'feeling' for the
linux
LtbM> development environment.
LtbM> Comments/Suggestions are welcomed/requested!!!
How about a list of all the standard utilities included with the root
disk,
giving a brief description of what they do and the syntax to get them to
do
it? I just installed 0.97pl0 (the latest that the local BBS has) and
bought
Using Unix published by Que, but there's a lot of commands that the root
has
and Using Unix doesn't cover.
... Nobody notices when things go right.
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