05-27-2001
You get started into UNIX by getting an Intel platform (what ever speed and size you can afford); get a CDROM of a UNIX distro such as Linux or BSD; follow the instructions and GO!
This above approach costs very little money and does not require an Internet connection to download software distributions. From there, you can go to a more network-centric download approach.
The second approach is to go out and get a beginners UNIX admin job; but you will do better if you have much experience with home servers running your own web site or mail site.
As for what you can do, you can do any server side application from web servers, file servers, mail servers, application servers, databases, test controllers, lab gear etc. You can also do graphical desktop applications; but Windows tends to outshine in that area.
Most businesses and people find that UNIX make the best back-end servers and Windows based systems make the best common-user desktop. Both have advantages and disadvantages.
For very sophisticated and complex graphical CAD programs and other visualization (not your typical work processors, spreadsheets, etc.) UNIX makes some very suburb systems!
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LEARN ABOUT LINUX
socket-event
socket-event(8) System Manager's Manual socket-event(8)
NAME
socket - event signalling that a socket connection has been made
SYNOPSIS
socket PROTO=PROTO PORT=PORT ADDR=ADDR
socket PROTO=PROTO PATH=PATH
DESCRIPTION
The socket event is generated by the upstart-socket-bridge(8) daemon when a socket connection is made whose details match the socket event
condition and environment specified in a jobs start on or stop on stanza.
When an incoming connection is detected, the file descriptor representing the socket is passed to the job in question to allow it to
accept(2) the connection. Additionally, the environment variable UPSTART_JOB will contain the name of the event ("socket") and the environ-
ment variable UPSTART_FDS will contain the number of the file descriptor corresponding to the listening socket.
EXAMPLES
Internet socket
Start web server when first client connects from localhost:
start on socket PROTO=inet PORT=80 ADDR=127.0.0.1
Local socket
start on socket PROTO=unix PATH=/var/run/.s.pgsql.1234
Abstract socket
start on socket PROTO=unix PATH=@/at/upstart/example
AUTHOR
Written by Scott James Remnant <scott@netsplit.com>
Manual page written by James Hunt <james.hunt@ubuntu.com>
BUGS
Report bugs at <https://launchpad.net/upstart/+bugs>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2011 Canonical Ltd.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICU-
LAR PURPOSE.
SEE ALSO
init(5) init(8) socket(2) socket(7) upstart-socket-bridge(8)
upstart 2011-03-08 socket-event(8)