I distinctly remember borrowing a copy of "Linux From Dummies" from the public library and then using it to learn how to use the Linux shell, back in the '00s. It even came with a CD of some extremely old version of Red Hat.
Learn Linux without internet and stack overflow: Linux HOWTOs
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Re: Learn Linux without internet and stack overflow: Linux HOWTOs
#22Earlier quoted context omitted.
There have been some updates in the Github repo since then ( https://github.com/tLDP/LDP/commits/master ) but I don't notice any new content. It was a great resource for me decades ago, but now I understand TLDP to be mostly old and stale (and sometimes arguably bad, such as the Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide) and generally better sources can be easily found.
What's bad about ABS? I remember I used that guide a lot back in the days
Looking through the examples, I see lots of pitfalls such as unquoted variables, backticks, no error checking, and parsing ls. Also bash features such as [[ are ignored, and expr is sometimes used for what bash handles natively. Also there's a lot of new stuff that this old guide doesn't cover.
Re: Learn Linux without internet and stack overflow: Linux HOWTOs
#23https://github.com/lahwaacz/arch-wiki-docs as an alternative to tldp for offline viewing. IMO the Arch wiki is the best Linux configuration resource available.
The arch wiki is also available offline as ZIM files, a type of compressed file suited for text and indexing, used by Wikimedia for its projects, and viewable through software like kiwix. It also works as a general way of encoding html documents in a single, compressed file, which I really like, but I could not get their tools to work properly to convert some unconventionally structured websites.
Re: Learn Linux without internet and stack overflow: Linux HOWTOs
#24As a new Linux user, those HOWTOs where essential to get stuff done back in the 90s.
I remember having read many of those HOWTOs as a kid when I got started with Red Hat Linux 5.2.
Re: Learn Linux without internet and stack overflow: Linux HOWTOs
#25This brings back some great memories. I learned so much from the HOWTOs, and I think they played a big part in getting me my first proper tech job. I just had to sit and figure it out, and the process of persevering through the mistakes and dead ends ultimately gave me a level of confidence around computers and technology in general which has been incredibly useful in work and in life.
I second that—memories installing gentoo on iBook G4 and getting the wireless to work felt like a nice accomplishment :)
Granted, the gentoo docs are really good so that’s where I went mostly.
Re: Learn Linux without internet and stack overflow: Linux HOWTOs
#26For those not paying close attention, TLDP hasn't been updated in about 6 years, but much of it hasn't been updated in 15-20 years.
Just keep using the Internet (ServerFault/Digital Ocean/ArchWiki/Ubuntu Wiki/etc) and man pages.
Re: Learn Linux without internet and stack overflow: Linux HOWTOs
#27My favorite resource: https://linuxcommand.org/tlcl.php
"The Linux Command Line", also available in dead-tree version from No Starch Press. The PDF of the Fifth Edition is available for free from the link above.
Re: Learn Linux without internet and stack overflow: Linux HOWTOs
#28I remember back in 2005-2005 when LinuxPro magazine gave a full dvd containing ALL of the tldp howtos and stuff, and that was kind of a sweet deal.
I never bought a magazine so fast in my life.
Re: Learn Linux without internet and stack overflow: Linux HOWTOs
#29Linux From Scratch (LFS) taught me the depths of Linux. TLDP taught me the breadth.
Re: Learn Linux without internet and stack overflow: Linux HOWTOs
#30I rather learn from Arch Linux or Gentoo wikis which are way up to date.