please Help me in learning unix

I'm a bca student and have to study unix in this sem of mine. I don't have a good internet connection right now(am not at my place) so I wasn't able to download freeBSD which I wanted to install to learn unix. I also got freeBSD images from a digit dvd one or two months ago but those images were corrupt and the installer didn't boot citing problems with the image. Finally, I got a live mandriva distro(mandriva 2008.1 spring) from last month's dvd and was able install that on my lappy. But some commands either do not work or do not provide required results. Can anyone tell me what other packages I need to install so as to start learning unix properly. OR if anyone can tell me any small distro that will help me learning unix properly.

using GNU/Linux is itself a UNIX learning

cooldude666666 said:
I'm a bca student and have to study unix in this sem of mine. I don't have a good internet connection right now(am not at my place) so I wasn't able to download freeBSD which I wanted to install to learn unix. I also got freeBSD images from a digit dvd one or two months ago but those images were corrupt and the installer didn't boot citing problems with the image. Finally, I got a live mandriva distro(mandriva 2008.1 spring) from last month's dvd and was able install that on my lappy. But some commands either do not work or do not provide required results. Can anyone tell me what other packages I need to install so as to start learning unix properly. OR if anyone can tell me any small distro that will help me learning unix properly.

Hi,

If you are new to Unix and want to study Unix, I recommend you start with O'reilly books. They have excellent quality books on Unix. See the below link to get started:

*letters.oreilly.com/pub/a/oreilly/letters/2001/learnunix_1101.html

Also, Mandriva, though a good distro, is not recommended for beginners. If you don't have internet connection, try using Fedora. Or, if you have some connectivity, install Ubuntu 8.04. Get a copy of this month's Chip magazine , they are giving a Ubuntu DVD for free.

If you are staying in Bangalore, then let me know. I can also help you personally for free (or, for the cost of an ice-cream

).

praka123 said:
using GNU/Linux is itself a UNIX learning

GNU = GNU'S NOT UNIX

Solaris or free BSD is you option

M

* Unix is not open source
* Tell us which commands did not work
* Make us familiar with your level of comfort with *nix

I suggest freeBSD of Unix learning since Unix is not free and is not easily available.

OFFTOPIC:

sourav123 said:
If you are staying in Bangalore, then let me know. I can also help you personally for free (or, for the cost of an ice-cream ).

.....hmm u sounds like a lady

j1n [email said:
M@tt;849402].....hmm[/email] u sounds like a lady

//STRICTLY OFFTOPIC:

That's what my friends also say when I say like this.

there is no 'bc' command just the man page, the commands 'lc', 'lf' do not work. and the special case of 'who' command: 'who am i' doesn't give any result. the logname command gives 'no user logged in'.

i'm in muzaffarpur, bihar.

cooldude666666 said:
there is no 'bc' command just the man page, the commands 'lc', 'lf' do not work. and the special case of 'who' command: 'who am i' doesn't give any result. the logname command gives 'no user logged in'.

Make sure you have /bin in your path. Some of the commands you mentioned are not typical Linux commands. By the way, bc/who/who am i/logname runs without issues on Ubuntu 8.04.

i'm in muzaffarpur, bihar.

Missed my ice-cream. :cry:

"whereis bc" ?

M

cooldude666666 said:
there is no 'bc' command just the man page, the commands 'lc', 'lf' do not work. and the special case of 'who' command: 'who am i' doesn't give any result. the logname command gives 'no user logged in'.

i'm in muzaffarpur, bihar.

Which linux did you try?
I can find bc in here
Never heard of lc, do you mean ls?
What syntax did you use for if?
where did you try logname and who? It will only work on a login shell.

Most of the forum members are very well familiar wth my position, but still I would like to say m new to Linux. I think I have basic knowledge and thats it!
I got a book called Fedora Core bible long time back but it was nt of much use.. I think I want a book where they dont teach me how to install a distro and part hard drive! I can do that on my own..

But something like teaching all the unix commands+messing with files(fstab,xorg.conf for an example)Then I could move on to shell scripting and stuff..

If u feel I need something else pls do mention, I wll b happy to follow u!

^^ The sticky threads! Read them?

nitish_mythology said:
Most of the forum members are very well familiar wth my position, but still I would like to say m new to Linux. I think I have basic knowledge and thats it!
I got a book called Fedora Core bible long time back but it was nt of much use.. I think I want a book where they dont teach me how to install a distro and part hard drive! I can do that on my own..

But something like teaching all the unix commands+messing with files(fstab,xorg.conf for an example)Then I could move on to shell scripting and stuff..

If u feel I need something else pls do mention, I wll b happy to follow u!

Please see my post above:

If you are new to Unix and want to study Unix, I recommend you start with O'reilly books. They have excellent quality books on Unix. See the below link to get started:

*letters.oreilly.com/pub/a/ore...unix_1101.html

The first book to start with is Learning the Unix Operating System, 5th Edition. This book is concise and to the point and is an excellent read. Then move on to the other books mentioned here.

thanks sourav123,As these books are not availaible in the hill station where I live I wll get the digital copy

And what about learning to tamper with linux files??

M

nitish_mythology said:
And what about learning to tamper with linux files??

*slackbook.org/

^^Thanks Mehulved..
Downloads in progress

D

you should try solaris 10 from sun microsystems.