I’ve always had a soft spot for the command line interface since the good old DOS days. (I started out using DOS 2.1). No clicking through multiple menus, no hassle - just type it in, and watch it go.
Command lines, though more user-unfriendly…are in many cases, a more powerful way to go about operating your system and appeals to many techies out there.
If you want to start learning up on some Linux commands, you can try Web Articles’s Linux commands directory.
What I liked:
- Web Articles is a site which only accepts original and useful content. Articles in there were comprehensive and detailed
- If Linux is not your thing, the site also stores articles on many other different subjects
What I didn’t:
- I’m a visual person, so lack of screen shots sometimes really made it hard to follow at times
- Although the Linux articles while good - there were way too few of them to make the site really stand out as an authoritative resource fo Linux commands
All in all, it’s free so I’ll give it a quick read - especially since I’m contemplating running a Windows dual boot with Ubuntu pretty soon.
Disclaimer: ‘Web Articles’ have paid me to review their service, and to give an honest opinion. Please note that all opinions expressed in this post are completely my own, and have not been influenced by ‘Web Articles’ in any way.
April 12th, 2008 at 5:36 pm
In case, you want to run Linux commands on windows try Cygwin. In fact, this lets you run many Linux/Unix programs on windows.
April 12th, 2008 at 5:40 pm
Thanks for the information. Recently start to play around with Ubuntu. It’s quite a nice distro.
April 13th, 2008 at 10:48 pm
U can use wubi to install Ubuntu Linux on your pc. No need to partition again. Wubi allows you to install and uninstall Ubuntu as any other application.
April 14th, 2008 at 5:57 pm
i wish to learn linux, but seriously not much source for me to learn from :(