Sponsored Content
Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Getting Comfortable With Unix at Home Post 302240627 by christophski100 on Friday 26th of September 2008 06:57:49 AM
Old 09-26-2008
Getting Comfortable With Unix at Home

I'm new to using unix and i was told that to get a little more comfortable with it and what it entails i should download a VMware virtual server and then downlaod ubuntu. I just wanted to know if anyone had any opinions on this and any advice on learning the ropes?
 

10 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting

1. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

Set up the own Unix ENvironment at home

Hello! All Unix Expert, I just graduated from college with Bachalor degree in Computer Information System, and decided to start my career in Unix System. I am trying to set up my own unix Environment at home so that I can get more hand on experience since the class offered by unix vendors are... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: jung1975
1 Replies

2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Unix at home

Hi people its me again. Just reading some of the threads about people like myself newbies (god bless us). anyway the conundrum is. I only use unix at work and that has only been for the last 3 weeks. And i now find myself pondering wether or not to install in my machine at home. therein lies... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: w33man
1 Replies

3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I need a path to install UNIX on my home PC

I have searched through the FAQ's and other posts on this board but haven't found what I need. I need to help installing UNIX on my home PC, then help on how to use it. I also want to learn how to program in UNIX / C. See? I don't even know any lingo. I am fairly experienced in mainframe... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: chutt
6 Replies

4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Home Unix OS

Hiya, guys! I am quite new to the Unix world (and enjoying it). I currently have a unix shell account with cyberspace.org, but I want to have my own little unix system at home. Especially for programming, and maybe setting up acouple of accounts on my computer, so my friends can access from... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: FryHole
2 Replies

5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

To practice Unix at home

Hi Everyone, Gud Afternoon. Myself Amol working on unix (vi editor ). I want to practice shell scripts and vi editor command at home. So can anyone guide me, if there is any standalone application or some software like vi editor which can be installed at my home PC and i can... (9 Replies)
Discussion started by: Amol_Dicholkar
9 Replies

6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Best UNIX for home server

Hello all, Yes I am a newbie to the programming world and just conquered XML and Javascript, now I need to get my own homeserver. My question is if I wanted to start my own server for FTP, and web hosting which UNIX OS is the best for this purpose, and which is the easiest to a newcomer.... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: catalystic37
1 Replies

7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

UNIX home directories

Hi All, Could someone help, am a complete beginner when it comes to UNIX. However I have been tasked with investigating automatic creation of UK unix home directories. Is someone able to help? Thanks in advance! (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: zainster
7 Replies

8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Unix set home directory

Hi I've just made a directory, what command do I use to now make it the base directory? Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: beckywatson
1 Replies

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

Search in Unix home directory

I have many views in my Linux home dir under different folders mentioned below. Home 1. CCVIEWS 2. views 3. Development 4. testproject : : etc. Now i want to list all the clearcase views in my linux dir in below format to work on other script. 1) user_test_Work1.vws ... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: saku
4 Replies

10. Homework & Coursework Questions

UNIX script home work

plz can any one help to write the script of the output provided in the pdf. There are 2 tasks A and B. (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: mohdsadik90
5 Replies
PULL-DEBIAN-DEBDIFF(1)					      General Commands Manual					    PULL-DEBIAN-DEBDIFF(1)

NAME
pull-debian-debdiff - find, download, and generate a debdiff SYNOPSIS
pull-debian-debdiff [options] <package> <version> [distance] DESCRIPTION
pull-debian-debdiff attempts to find and download a specific version of a Debian package and its immediate parent to generate a debdiff. OPTIONS
package The source package to download and diff. version The most recent of the two versions you want to diff. distance If specified (default 1), the debdiff is against that many versions previous. -h, --help Display the usage instructions and exit. -f, --fetch Simply download the specified version and exit. -d DEBIAN_MIRROR, --debian-mirror=DEBIAN_MIRROR Use the specified mirror. Should be in the form http://ftp.debian.org/debian. If the package isn't found on this mirror, pull-debian-source will fall back to the default mirror. -s DEBSEC_MIRROR, --debsec-mirror=DEBSEC_MIRROR Use the specified Debian security mirror. Should be in the form http://security.debian.org. If the package isn't found on this mirror, pull-debian-source will fall back to the default mirror. --no-conf Do not read any configuration files, or configuration from environment variables. ENVIRONMENT
All of the CONFIGURATION VARIABLES below are also supported as environment variables. Variables in the environment take precedence to those in configuration files. CONFIGURATION VARIABLES
The following variables can be set in the environment or in ubuntu-dev-tools(5) configuration files. In each case, the script-specific variable takes precedence over the package-wide variable. PULL_DEBIAN_DEBDIFF_DEBIAN_MIRROR, UBUNTUTOOLS_DEBIAN_MIRROR The default value for --debian-mirror. PULL_DEBIAN_DEBDIFF_DEBSEC_MIRROR, UBUNTUTOOLS_DEBSEC_MIRROR The default value for --debsec-mirror. SEE ALSO
debdiff(1), dget(1), pull-debian-source(1), ubuntu-dev-tools(5) AUTHORS
pull-debian-debdiff was written by Stefano Rivera <stefanor@ubuntu.com>, a clone of a tool by Kees Cook <kees@ubuntu.com>. This manual page was written by Stefano Rivera, based on the original by Andrew Starr-Bochicchio <a.starr.b@gmail.com>. ubuntu-dev-tools December 2010 PULL-DEBIAN-DEBDIFF(1)
All times are GMT -4. The time now is 07:13 AM.
Unix & Linux Forums Content Copyright 1993-2022. All Rights Reserved.
Privacy Policy