Subj : A Terminal and a Manual
To   : john ford
From : Kai Richter
Date : Sat Dec 07 2019 18:18:18

Hello john!

06 Dec 19, john ford wrote to Maurice Kinal:

 jf> I believe yes, a c compiler is part of the unix specification. But
 jf> linux by itself isnt unix, its unix when you add on a lot of gnu
 jf> tools.

I tend to lol silently because that's a great logic. "Linux is unix when you 
add on a lot of 'GNU is not unix' tools." If i add 'not unix' tools how can 
make that anything unix? ;-)

 jf> Best way to learn and understand your tool set? In my opinion, dont
 jf> open google, dont read an orielly book, stick to man or info and
 jf> provided handbooks- for everything. Sorta forces your brain to
 jf> understand the information in the provided context.

I tried to do so and started with the FHS. Learning with man and info pages 
only is the very hard way because of the missing information to understand the 
context. The man pages explain how to use a switch or parameter but they do not 
explain why or when this parameter is needed. E.g. if you don't know about 
tcp/ip concepts then you don't understand how to set a netmask or how to 
configure a firewall. I need to understand those concepts and i do refer to 
other sources to learn the missing knowledge.

Regards

Kai

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