Old DOS dog, can I learn new trix?


 
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Old 12-26-2012
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Hey, y'all ...

Happily sort of between gigs ...

And, owing to some thoughts about reviving a pile of hardware (a Dell lap top and a clone PC, bla, blah, etc.) ... thought I would embark on reviving / catching up on the UX side of things. I haven't done command line OS stuff for many years, other than in routers and phone systems.

What are the chances an old DOS command-line derelict can wind his way through bootstrapping some kind of unix onto a machine? I might dabble server stuff later, but mostly thought about having a "secure" desktop. Light and fast, you know?

Where to start? Which OS variety to choose ...

I'll fish around in here to see if others have asked and had similar questions answered.

Merry Christmas!
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Old 12-27-2012
You might try cygwin, which installs inside winDos pretty automatically, and gives you 99% UNIX system view and access to the open source apps. A critical part of UNIX scripting, the fork(), is pretty slow in cygwin, but OK for learning and occasional use. Then, take some bash tutorials. You might not want to go back!

Another pretty painless way, gui oriented, is to load Ubuntu over winDos and run that. It has a very windows like feel, but the command line still is there to do its thing.
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Old 12-27-2012
Thank you for the suggestions.

I appreciate the Ubuntu thought, because it corroborates my cursory survey of the possibles. E.g. ...

Yesterday: I installed Ubuntu "along side" Windows 7 on a notebook. Ubuntu didn't find the wireless NI, so I have some work yet -- which is welcome. Translating windows "driver" for me will be UX files found or added to /dev

so "getting a clue" ... enjoyable.

Happy New Year!
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Old 12-27-2012
The cygwin path is less daunting since you can learn the app side without learning UNIX Admin side.

A cable is usually easier for LINUX to find. Good luck. Google is your friend. https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/intern...-wireless.html
 
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