Podcast 8: Linux
Submitted by ocdevel on Tue, 02/26/2008 - 20:14
Linux, BSD, Solaris, Windows Server 2008, Server Operating Systems
UNIX:
BSD: Fast, reliable, secure, free/OS
FreeBSD = Popular all-rounder, when beginning BSD start here.
NetBSD = Portable (runs on a lot of platforms, including a toaster)
OpenBSD = Security above anything else.
Solaris: Solid for typical tasks, optimized on SPARC, fast, reliable, secure.
Windows Server 2008: Necessary for .NET development
Linux: Easy, Ubiquitous, hosting companies, companies you work for & school, Resources (software/documentation)
Linux basics:
History: Linux Kernel (Linus Torvalds) and GNU project (Richard Stallman).
Distros: Ubuntu, Fedora (Redhat), Suse, Debian, Slackware, Gentoo
CLI (command line interface)
Shell: Bash (bourne, c shell, etc)
GUI (graphical user interface)
X window system
popular window managers: Gnome, KDE, Xfce,
CLI Revisited
Basic commands: man, cd, ls, cp, mv, mkdir, rm, find, which
Permissions: chmod
Editors: Vim/vi, Emacs, pico/nano
Advanced: (regex) grep, sed, awk
Software: package Managers
Server Stuff:
ssh (headless server), Putty on windows
scp, cron, wget, tar
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