Great Distro :)

[Jesse813]

I figured it was time to add a testimonial since I've using PCLinuxOS for about 1/2 a year now. heres all I have to say Great easy to use very stable distro w/ hardly any problems and the few I do find I come here and ask how to fix'em. would definitely recommend this distro anyone interested in Linux.

this might belong somewhere else, but i figured I'd add it anyway. whats a good site or book for learning about Terminals & commands since I know little about them besides what I read here. 

[Joble]

I started here:
http://www.linux.org/lessons/

There's lots more, but I found that satisfactory to start with.

Enjoy!

[Jesse813]

Thanks 

[Rudge]

Jesse813, just don't get intimidated, learn to navigate and find an editor that you are comfortable with (unless you already know "VI", my favorite, don't pick that one. Those are my tips. 

[Neal]

This is one of my favorites. Or there's a free book in pdf available for download or purchase a hard copy.

[kalwisti]

Hi, Jesse813,

Although it costs $, another good book on the Linux command line is by Scott Granneman:

http://bit.ly/4JXW1m
Granneman, Scott. Linux phrasebook. Sams, 2006. 400 p.
ISBN 0672328380. $19.99 retail ($13.59, Amazon.com)

A handy, concise reference that is slightly larger than pocket size (you won't get a hernia lifting it off your desktop or bookshelf). Granneman also provides lots of practical examples.

As for classic text editors, I've tried learning the basics of vi but had some trouble wrapping my head around it. For some reason, I've had better luck with Emacs. Maybe it just shows that I need religion in addition to a text editor  :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Editor_war

[Neal]

Yes, Linux phrasebook is a good one. i have it.

My opinion follows:
In regards to an editor, there are more than vi and emacs to choose from. There's leafpad, which has a gui version as well as the cli version; then there's kwrite, kate, gedit, mousepad and scite plus many more. You are not required to learn the intricacies of vi and / or emacs to learn linux commands nor any other scripting. Any text editor will do.
Yes, the "gurus" do use and fight over the two hardest to use editors, but for everyday use by anyone, the other editors work just fine. Turning one's mind inside out and into knots is not a necessary element in accomplishing the goal of learning the use of the command line.

[Joble]

Hardest to use Editors Neal?  Vi/Vim really does it all.  hehe, I won't ague the point however, it is simply logical.  (Doh!  Sorry, just watched Star Trek Again.)   

[Neal]

Yea. Harder than those I named. Harder than any others I've tried. Other editors can be opened and used immediately. You need to read the manual or at least a good 'how-to' before starting either of those. Have you tried leafpad?

I've just watched Star Trek TNG.

[Joble]

 

[Rudge]

I think the main reason some of us use VI is that we learned on UNIX and on the old UNIX boxes you really didn't have a choice. Once you have learned VI it's actually kinda fun. This is not a welcome its for the sandbox. Sorry.