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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Linux (Ubuntu) = Unix (NOT IMPORTANT - NO RUSH) Post 302711943 by spynappels on Monday 8th of October 2012 08:47:26 AM
Old 10-08-2012
I would suggest you learn about using the Bash (or other) shell on Ubuntu first like previously suggested, much of what you learn will transfer to any Unix-based OS which also has the Bash shell (most of them, I think).

Use the terminal to accomplish tasks like you suggest, but also learn to use it for tasks like file management, configuring programs to do what you want, and especially to get an introduction to scripting, or writing a series of commands in a file which will accomplish a certain task. This can all be done from inside the Desktop environment just by using whatever Terminal program you DE has.

Getting familiar with this way of running and managing a Linux machine means you can then progress to running an Ubuntu server, if you choose to stay with Ubuntu. This would normally be managed completely by command line, it does not install with a GUI by default. This can of course be run as a virtual machine in VirtualBox.

As a side note, Ubuntu is largely what I learnt on, and the UbuntuForums are very good for specific help. I now manage RHEL and Solaris servers for a living.
 

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GEN_KEYMAP(1)						  Ubuntu General Commands Manual					     GEN_KEYMAP(1)

NAME
gen_keymap -- generate a keyboard map decision tree SYNOPSIS
gen_keymap list ... DESCRIPTION
gen_keymap generates a decision tree from a set of keyboard maps which can be used to help a user decide which keyboard map to use. The pro- gram using the decision tree typically asks the user to press some keys; at each step, it examines the returned keycode and uses it to prune the list of possible keyboard maps until there is only one left. OPTIONS
--version Show program's version number and exit. -?, --help Show help text. -v, --verbose Be more verbose. -mMINLEN, --minlen=MINLEN Too-short keymaps are skipped (default: 30 entries). -g, --graph Generate a hopefully-nice-looking .dot file. --maps Print the to-be-processed keymaps -i, --installer Input files are in d-i map form. -IDIRS, --inc=DIRS, --include=DIRS Add a directory to the search path. -oFILENAME, --output=FILENAME Set output file (default: stdout). -fFILTER, --filter=FILTER Include only the branches leading to these keymaps. -uUSEONLY, --useonly=USEONLY Start generating the tree based only on these keymaps. (The difference between --filter and --useonly is that the former generates the whole tree and then prunes it, while the latter only generates a reduced tree to begin with. This may have implications for perfor- mance on large trees.) -sSKIP, --skip=SKIP Keymaps to skip. -t, --test Test the generated maps. --interactive Ask user to choose among indistinguishable keymaps. AUTHORS
gen_keymap was written by Matthias Urlichs <smurf@debian.org>. This manual page was written by Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com>. Ubuntu September 5, 2006 Ubuntu
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