[ale] windows to Linux user conversion training guide

[Chuck Payne]

Would for Windows users, pico or nano be a good one to start with?

On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 11:07 AM, Scott Plante <splante at insightsys.com> wrote:
>
> http://jimkinney.us/2.%2Bbasic%2Beveryday%2Bcommands.html
>
> Type the command cat /etc/filesystems - >> /tmp/foo. When you get the blank
> line, start entering text. A new line is given when you press "Enter". To
> stop entering text press "Ctrl-C".
>
>
> While a Ctrl-C (interrupt) seems to work, wouldn't Ctrl-D (eof) be more
> appropriate? Interrupt seems like it'd be dependent on implementation
> details of what caching happens or something like that. Say, if you were
> piping to some other command rather than redirecting to foo. I was actually
> a bit surprised to see it work.
>
> You said feedback is welcome--hope this isn't too nit-picky.
>
> ________________________________
> From: "Jim Kinney" <jim.kinney at gmail.com>
> To: "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!" <ale at ale.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2013 7:41:33 AM
> Subject: [ale] windows to Linux user conversion training guide
>
>
> When I was working at another location, one of the tasks I got to do was to
> write a training guide to take a windows user and make them a command line
> junkie in Linux. It was a fun project and the students that used it were
> enthusiastic about the guide.
>
> It's been far too long, but I finally extracted the bulk of that guide and
> put it up on my site for others to see. Feedback is welcome!
>
> It's not complete and due to the removal of much very specific stuff from
> where it was written it's a bit clunky now. also the migration away from a
> good but proprietary wiki (Atlassian Confluence) to plain html is less than
> stellar. I plan to do more from a docbook version for later html publication
> as soon as I can.
>
> the guide is at http://jimkinney.us for now.
>
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> James P. Kinney III
>
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> at one end you lose at the other. It's like feeding a dog on his own tail.
> It won't fatten the dog.
> - Speech 11/23/1900 Mark Twain
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