Tutorials!

There were three main tutorials for us to go through in our Unit 2 section of class. Two pretty much involved understanding Linux and its history while the third was  a series of YouTube videos made by Professor Fulton on installing the Ubuntu server and (optional) desktop in VMWare.  

I already mentioned Arthur Griffith’s Introduction to Linux  in my prior post.  The next tutorial was a standard text based web page "Learning the Shell" which I printed out.  Using it as a guide I followed the suggestions for working within the shell (command line interface) of the desktop.  It was pretty thorough and I got a lot out of it even though I did not have and example to go by outside of the basic descriptions on the page.  The later sections were of less help however as they were more about listing commands and arguments version actually apply each set. I think the best way to learn anything is through practice and exercises. Talking about something doesn't get the applied knowledge necessary for conquering any skill set.  I need to know why and how to use terms, not just a list with basic definitions.

The installation tutorials were the most concrete and easiest to follow. I had a little concern since my version of VMWare fusion was a tad bit different than the one in the videos but everything ended up quite well.  Being able to pause and rewind to go over tricky spots proved extremely helpful.

There were other tutorials as well, but again they were mostly lists and or general refernce.  Although I have bookmarked them and will assuredly return for review and reference, the tutorials with hands-on lessons were the most effective.