[Klug-general] Information

[Peter]

Hi,

I haven't read my emails for a week so I've only just seen your message.

I'll be sixty in January, have been using Linux for about three years
and currently have Kubuntu on my machines. I started with CP/M which was
a little before DOS.

I got started with Linux for Dummies and Teach Yourself Linux. I don't
know if they're the best but I was able to start tinkering with fstab,
bashrc and the like.

I've got a computer at home, plus two at a friends flat and they're all
linked using SSH protocols. You simply have to install openssh-client,
openssh-server and sshfs. In Kubuntu Konqueror uses FISH, another SSH
protocol. 

Unlike Windows, the main problem seems to be opening up a linux machine,
rather than closing holes, which brings you up to iptables. They're a
major topic and I find I don't use them often enough to get to grips
with them so I use Guarddog. According to the ShieldsUp site my
computers are invisible to the Internet and I can't access them from an
outside machine, even with the right codes.

I don't know if this is the best route to take but it's not so easy to
rely on my short term memory nowadays and I use a few commands often
rather than many commands occasionally.

Anyway I thought I'd let you know it's possible at our age,
Regards, Peter

On Tue, 2007-10-02 at 15:09 +0100, rich-ayres at tiscali.co.uk wrote:
> Hi All,
>  I am a linux user (Ubuntu) of some three years standing who now feels 
> that he would like to know more about what's under the bonnet. Can 
> anyone recommend a book that will lead me gently through the processes 
> involved at boot up explaining the function of the various folder 
> contents. Although Man pages are usually quite comprehensive they 
> usually assume knowledge I do not have and I frequently find myself in 
> a cart before the horse situation. I have to own to being 60 next year 
> and my computing experience was MS/DOS on isolated machines, so while 
> the command line holds no fears, networking is a mystery. Incidently it 
> would be nice to here from any linux users from around here Ashford 
> area with a bit of time to devote to an old dog trying hard to learn 
> new tricks
>        Richard 
> 
> 
> 
> __________________________________________________
> Tiscali Broadband only £7.99 a month for your first 3 months! http://www.tiscali.co.uk/products/broadband/
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Kent mailing list
> Kent at mailman.lug.org.uk
> https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/kent
> 
> --
> This email has been verified as Virus free
> Virus Protection and more available at http://www.plus.net