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I'm new to Linux. I've got Ubuntu and K&R. Now what?
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Re: I'm new to Linux. I've got Ubuntu and K&R. Now what?
#2... go start a company?
Re: I'm new to Linux. I've got Ubuntu and K&R. Now what?
#3What's your aim? If you've K&R are you trying to learn C? If you want to learn the Unix philosophy then get Kernighan and Pike's _The Unix Programming Environment_. If you want to create a web start-up, learn Python and Django. What skills do you already have?
Re: I'm new to Linux. I've got Ubuntu and K&R. Now what?
#4 '... I'm new ... Now what? ...'
Learn how to become a hacker ~ http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html
Re: I'm new to Linux. I've got Ubuntu and K&R. Now what?
#5What's your aim? If you've K&R are you trying to learn C? If you want to learn the Unix philosophy then get Kernighan and Pike's _The Unix Programming Environment_. If you want to create a web start-up, learn Python and Django. What skills do you already have?
Are you a Django fan? If not, what's your motive for solely recommending Django, instead of TurboGears or Pylons?
(Yes, the fact that Python has multiple frameworks is a problem, but settling on Django is not a solution.)
Re: I'm new to Linux. I've got Ubuntu and K&R. Now what?
#6What's your aim? If you've K&R are you trying to learn C? If you want to learn the Unix philosophy then get Kernighan and Pike's _The Unix Programming Environment_. If you want to create a web start-up, learn Python and Django. What skills do you already have?
Are you a Django fan? If not, what's your motive for solely recommending Django, instead of TurboGears or Pylons? (Yes, the fact that Python has multiple frameworks is a problem, but settling on Django is not a solution.)
Django is a reasonable enough one to learn. He hasn't the skills to examine the possible contenders and make a good decision himself. After learning Django, then he may be in a position to better appraise the competition.
Likewise, I didn't say "read a book on Unix" but gave a specific, worthy, contender. As a complete newcomer there's little more annoying than general hand-waving.
Re: I'm new to Linux. I've got Ubuntu and K&R. Now what?
#7'... I'm new ... Now what? ...' Learn how to become a hacker ~ http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html
He should also read Snow Crash or Cryptonomicon to become inspired to hack. Man I love those books.
Snow Crash at scribd: http://www.scribd.com/doc/10862/Neal-Stephenson-Snow-Crash
Re: I'm new to Linux. I've got Ubuntu and K&R. Now what?
#8What do you want to do? Join one of the smaller open source projects, get a mentor and build something amazing! :-)
Seriously, I do think that some hands-on useful development is the fastest track to become a master of your domain! :-)
Re: I'm new to Linux. I've got Ubuntu and K&R. Now what?
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
Are you a Django fan? If not, what's your motive for solely recommending Django, instead of TurboGears or Pylons? (Yes, the fact that Python has multiple frameworks is a problem, but settling on Django is not a solution.)
Django is a reasonable enough one to learn. He hasn't the skills to examine the possible contenders and make a good decision himself. After learning Django, then he may be in a position to better appraise the competition. Likewise, I didn't say "read a book on Unix" but gave a specific, worthy, contender. As a complete newcomer there's little more annoying than general hand-waving.
Hm, I guess that's fair enough. My main concern is that if he starts with Django, he might never know there's other frameworks.
Re: I'm new to Linux. I've got Ubuntu and K&R. Now what?
#10Surely the next step is to contact some VC companies and ask for say, $10 million :-). This really is an open ended question! If you are about to start programming then there is no limit to the possibilities so you'd better pick a direction to go in that you will find interesting. Good luck.