One for for you: RUTE This has tons of useful information to help you build a foundation of skills and experience. Though it is primarily "GNU/Linux specific" the general info you can obtain is applicable in other environments as well. It goes into great detail and does a really good job teaching you how to change your thinking to be more effective in general and goes over many of the basic CLI tools, hardware, how directories/files are work, etc. It touches on pretty much every subject and you can easily jump around as needed to other chapters. http://rute.2038bug.com/node4.html.gz _____ From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org [mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org] On Behalf Of Nick Scholtes Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2008 7:30 PM To: Chuck Cole Cc: tclug-list at mn-linux.org Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Beginners Hacking Linux Guide Hi guys, Thank you so much for all this useful info! I did go to my local Barnes and Noble and took a good look at what they had, and that helped me figure out what I wanted (something more CLI-oriented). I'll also take a look a the online references you all gave. >Perhaps you should look at google a little more closely: <http://www.google.com/options/specialsearches.html> >http://www.google.com/options/specialsearches.html Very good resource. It's already improved some of my Linux-based results. > I understand some still like that dead-tree reference laying around I do like to have a good reference/guide book around, as my Linux box currently isn't hooked up to the Net. Have goals - Yes, I agree with having a goal in mind first. I was thinking about this. What about re-building the kernel? Or maybe de-compiling (you can do that, yes?) and re-compiling several programs would give me good practice. Thoughts? Thanks, Nick On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 3:24 PM, Chuck Cole <cncole at earthlink.net> wrote: > -----Original Message----- > From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org [mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org]On Behalf Of Eric F Crist > Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2008 9:50 AM > To: Nick Scholtes > Cc: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Beginners Hacking Linux Guide > > > On Oct 6, 2008, at 11:51 AM, Nick Scholtes wrote: > > > I'm looking for a website or book aimed at beginning hackers for > > Linux. Something that walks you step by step through fun and useful > > tweaks to optimize your system. I haven't had much luck thus far. I > > figure the best way to learn Linux inside and out is to just get in > > there and take it apart and play around. But I need something that > > walks me through it. > > > I'm not sure what you're looking to play with/take apart. What I > found useful in learning command line tools it to actually have some > specific goal in mind, i.e. host a website, etc. Give yourself > something specific you want to accomplish, and set out to do it. Best advice of all! > From > there, google, IRC, and mailing lists can be your friend. I've found > I learn more wading through man pages and assistance than I do from > books. Often true. Writing styles (or purpose) can be a bad mismatch - or a match. > That being said, I understand some still like that dead-tree reference > laying around, so I'd suggest going to your local book store, and > browsing through a few of the books on their shelves. See what you > can glean from there, and pick the one that seems most helpful. If > you find a good one, let us know. Some online refs are good and save trees. Many refs exist online. Here are some refs: One Page Linux Manual (cheat sheet) www.digilife.be/quickreferences/QRC/The%20One%20Page%20Linux%20Manual.pdf Free Linux eBooks http://freebooks.homelinux.org/ Introduction to Linux http://www.tldp.org/LDP/intro-linux/html/index.html A Hands on Guide by Machtelt Garrels Linux Documentation Project Guides http://www.tldp.org/guides.html That is a start... Chuck -- Art: http://www.coroflot.com/bellsoffreedom -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20081013/472013c1/attachment-0001.htm