Re: Linux Basics

2023-12-05 Thread George Toft via PLUG-discuss
Yes.  :) Regards, George Toft On 12/5/2023 9:35 AM, techli...@phpcoderusa.com wrote: Are you saying you replaced Gentoo with CentOS? On 2023-12-01 09:32, George Toft via PLUG-discuss wrote: I had the glorious opportunity to "fix" a Gentoo installation for a local company.  The business ch

Re: Linux Basics

2023-12-05 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Are you saying you replaced Gentoo with CentOS? On 2023-12-01 09:32, George Toft via PLUG-discuss wrote: I had the glorious opportunity to "fix" a Gentoo installation for a local company. The business chose Gentoo because that's what the owner's 18 year old son knew, then the son didn't wan

Re: Linux Basics

2023-12-01 Thread Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss
I loved Gentoo, It was an amazing learning experience and taught me a ton about how Linux worked and was put together. It also taught me what Linux really was and what a distro was. and the difference. I would not use it as a server or for my laptop/desktop. But I appreciated what it did for me.

Re: Linux Basics

2023-12-01 Thread George Toft via PLUG-discuss
I had the glorious opportunity to "fix" a Gentoo installation for a local company.  The business chose Gentoo because that's what the owner's 18 year old son knew, then the son didn't want to be daddy's tech support any more.  I inserted the CentOS installation DVD and fixed it. Regards, Geo

Re: Linux Basics

2023-11-30 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Thank you very much AZ Pete!! On 2023-11-29 18:31, AZ Pete via PLUG-discuss wrote: Thanks for the tip. I've also found these two channels very good for learning: Learn Linux TV (he also has curated playlists on specific topics): https://www.youtube.com/@LearnLinuxTV/videos The Urban Penguin (

Re: Linux Basics

2023-11-30 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
z, Great suggestion. Years ago I looked into Linux From Scratch however I did not take that opportunity... Your response made me think what I want to achieve. I am a PHP developer with some LAMP experience. My goal here is to become a full-fledged full stack developer. Seems that a full

Re: Linux Basics

2023-11-29 Thread AZ Pete via PLUG-discuss
Thanks for the tip. I've also found these two channels very good for learning: Learn Linux TV (he also has curated playlists on specific topics): https://www.youtube.com/@LearnLinuxTV/videos The Urban Penguin (he also has several very good Pluralsight courses) https://www.youtube.com/c/theurbanp

Re: Linux Basics

2023-11-29 Thread z via PLUG-discuss
You will know everything you should know about linux once you have installed gentoo once without assistance (but documentaton is OK), and then compiled chromium a single time. The compiling chromium part is the most important lesson. Nov 29, 2023 17:57:20 Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss : > Hey

Linux Basics

2023-11-29 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Hey I am trying to determine what I do not know about Linux (Ubuntu). I watched each of these videos by Networkchuck. He covers a lot and if there is anyone wanting to build more Linux muscle, then I would recommend this series. I found a few things that I did not know or that I might need t