On Fri, 29 Jun 2001, Matthew Garman wrote: > - set up X > - configure and use network devices: ethernet, serial analog modem, > etc. > - install and use a printer > - download a program's source code, compile it, and install it on your > system (i.e., do *not* use the system's package management tool to > install software)
- do figure out how the package management system(s) work (because they are starting to turn up everywhere) > - configure system services, especially common ones such as: > - FTP (e.g. proftpd) > - a web server (e.g. Apache) > - a mailer (e.g. postfix, or sendmail if you're brave) > - secure shell (e.g. OpenSSH) > - familiarize yourself with shell scripts (and maybe perl > scripts)---at *least* enough that you can understand what's going on > in them (and that's a bare minimum) > - configure and recompile your kernel All worth repeating. :) - Bruce
