unix

[oisin]

Thanks for that, I had it figured about the learning curve, you think that's bad, I also have to learn perl, sys admin, webware, and tech support, it okay though I've only got 6 months to do it all.Crikey

[Xayd]

I think it's time to consider owning stock in Foldger's Coffee.

Xayd

[Statica]

Or if you are in the US .. running for president [as a 3rd party candidate of course!]

Good luck to you!

[Statica]

Books!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hehehe .. me is an egghead

I got 3 suggestions if you do decide to take my advice on books-
<OL>
<LI>Important that you first figure out the flavour of Unix you are using, although the principles are common, you will get a lot of help with concentrating on what you need
<LI>Important that you find out what platform the UNIX is running, UNIX can be very specific and there are some excellent resources on UNIX geared towards the platform [I dont mean whether its a pentium or a P-III] .. i mean whether its a Solaris or an Alpha or an x86 .. etc etc etc.. UNIX is a HUGE family of related OS
<LI>Important that you are honest about how level of proficiency, not just for UNIX but for computers in general! It wouldnt help buying a book that picks up a thread based on the assumption that you know other concepts.</OL>

[oisin]

I should be okay as long as I can keep coming back here, .........I'm afraid I ain't eligible for US presidency I'm a real Irish man

[oisin]

Any ideas of a good resource on UNIX?????

[oisin]

Thanks ex,
I am learning a bit, I know my html, c++ and vb5, very familiar with win95. I have just built two pc's this week and the learning curve keeps curving. I guess level of proficency is not bad but totally non-existent for unix
Cheers

[Xayd]

If you've got C/C++ knowledge, then configuration shouldn't be too hard to grasp.

You might consider a Linux distribution to get started, something that installes a graphical desktop by default. It'll be a more familiar working environment, along with all the manuals in HTML format with Netscape handy for ya, plus your Unix shell environment will only be a terminal window away when ya wanna try something.

Xayd