Learn Linux without internet and stack overflow: Linux HOWTOs
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Re: Learn Linux without internet and stack overflow: Linux HOWTOs
#2Last updated in 2015: https://tldp.org/sorted_howtos.html
Re: Learn Linux without internet and stack overflow: Linux HOWTOs
#3I gained the skills to become a Systems Admin when I was 17 by reading and following HOWTOs. I keep telling myself I will start writing new HOWTOs and publish them there, because the blog-spam instructions of today make it take 10x longer to get things done. Would anybody else write new HOWTOs?
Re: Learn Linux without internet and stack overflow: Linux HOWTOs
#4Wow, totally forgot HOWTOs existed. I'm betting a lot of us here learned Linux via HOWTOs more than any other resource.
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#5The tldp was especially useful for me when i was in university.
Re: Learn Linux without internet and stack overflow: Linux HOWTOs
#6I gained the skills to become a Systems Admin when I was 17 by reading and following HOWTOs. I keep telling myself I will start writing new HOWTOs and publish them there, because the blog-spam instructions of today make it take 10x longer to get things done. Would anybody else write new HOWTOs?
Same here. With those HOWTOs I was able to learn networking from scratch in home without actually having internet connection. Good times :)
> Would anybody else write new HOWTOs?
I always wanted to, but because I'm not native English speaker I was always afraid to publish anything.
Still i think it could be very beneficial - especially that we all observed dozen of forums and websites just vanished over the last decade or two, but those documents are available to all as simple Linux package.
Re: Learn Linux without internet and stack overflow: Linux HOWTOs
#7Slackware, HOWTOs and Usenet was how to learn this shit back in the day. And damn if it didn't make a bunch of fine admins, 'cause you basically had to fuck up a whole lot and that's good for learnin'
Re: Learn Linux without internet and stack overflow: Linux HOWTOs
#8Last updated in 2015: https://tldp.org/sorted_howtos.html
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.
Re: Learn Linux without internet and stack overflow: Linux HOWTOs
#9I gained the skills to become a Systems Admin when I was 17 by reading and following HOWTOs. I keep telling myself I will start writing new HOWTOs and publish them there, because the blog-spam instructions of today make it take 10x longer to get things done. Would anybody else write new HOWTOs?
Same here. With those HOWTOs I was able to learn networking from scratch in home without actually having internet connection. Good times :) > Would anybody else write new HOWTOs? I always wanted to, but because I'm not native English speaker I was always afraid to publish anything. Still i think it could be very beneficial - especially that we all observed dozen of forums and websites just vanished over the last deca…
I'd volunteer as an English editor! I know I would want someone to help me translate into other languages.
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#10This 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.