On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 22:05:46 +0000, Brendan Sleight wrote: > I think I am now past the newbie stage of a GNU/Linux > ? Debian user. > > I have been using a debian derivative Morphix > (http://morphix.sourceforge.net/), I have made a few > mini-mods, written some scripts and even used Linux in > a rack at work. I can hack a few C, C++ programs and > knock out some bash and perl scripts. These days I > pick up my very thumbed Unix beginners book less and > less. > > So what now, how do I make the step of next from being > a newbie to working towards Guru level. > * More, thicker, smaller font, expensive books. > * Outline tutorials > * Try kernel hacking, Linux from Scratch ? > * Just keep using/hacking it, you will learn whats so > much fun about ssh... > * Get work to pay for some courses, (Hotels included, > but no mini-bar, just foo-bar.) > > I would be interested in how other people have made > the step passed newbie. > > Nearest similar post:- > http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2001/debian-user-200106/msg04174.html > > Regards, > Brendan - A-Want-to-be Guru - Sleight >
Decide which area you want to tackle first, and then you can plan a path. Experience is the best teacher. For instance, if you want to learn about filesystems and drivers, read up on, say, ext2. Then design a filesystem of your own, write the supporting code and make it work. If you want to learn about NNTP, write a text-based news client. Write a web spider from scratch. Write a partition resizer that's better than parted (testing this could be dangerous, of course!) Write a program which can identify the file system type of an unmounted partition. Write a file compression program that compresses better than gzip and runs faster than bzip2. That's enough to keep you busy for a couple of years :) -- ....................paul "The average lifespan of a Web page today is 100 days. This is no way to run a culture." Internet Archive Board Chairman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
