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Old 10-13-2002
Newbie to Unix
Hey,
I've been a windows guy all my life, but i have finally decided to move to Unix and buy a Mac. I am pretty good with a lot of programming applications on windows, but was wondering if u guys had any advice on how to get started on Unix, like books to read, applications to buy, websites, classes anything would be helpful thanks guys.

Mafia
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Old 10-13-2002
http://get.a.clue.de/netinfo.html
Smilie just the begining Smilie
i can say taht you will find a lot of info on this topic in the internet, so, have a nice journey into unix Smilie
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Old 10-13-2002
thanks man,


Mafia
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Old 10-13-2002
Mafia,

Here are a few websites that should get you started:

UNIX (General)
http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/who/dmr/ - Dennis Ritchie's homepage (one of the founders of UNIX). Good information on origin and history of UNIX.

http://docs.rinet.ru:8080/UNIXs/toc.htm


UNIX (Shell Scripting)
http://unix.ittoolbox.com/nav/t.asp?t=393&p=393&h1=393


UNIX (System Admin)
http://www.astro.uni-frankfurt.de/~R...sysadmin.shtml - an extensive collection of system admin links

http://wks.uts.ohio-state.edu/sysadm.../sysadm-1.html


I hope these help!


Biker
Systems/Network Administrator
LiveFire Labs - Hands-On Technical e-Learning
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Old 10-13-2002
again thank's,

Mafia
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Old 10-14-2002
OSX Darwin unix... not survival of the fittest
While it is true that OSX is built on a UNIX kernel, it is not the same as a most other UNIX variants. It has many differences. You may need to read a few posts here before buying MAC for unix work.

If you are serious about UNIX. I would by a more common version of UNIX (IE. Redhat, FreeBSD, Mandrake,Suse, etc....)

Here are some posts to enlighten you to the OSX "Darwin" version of UNIX.

https://www.unix.com/showthread.php?s...&highlight=OSX

This one exposes the weaknesses of OSX Darwin but it is still a functional, if not expensive limited proprietary version of UNIX.

https://www.unix.com/showthread.php?s...&highlight=OSX


here is the search for all OSX references.

https://www.unix.com/search.php?s=&ac...der=descending


Don't mean to scare you so close to Halloween, but OSX Darwin has many ... well... peculiarities.

I would more fully research before buying it to implement it for UNIX work. A more mainstream UNIX flavor would suit you better, unless you are a MAC-lover already.


Smilie
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Old 10-14-2002
thanks i'll look into that


Mafia
 
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