Saturday, March 2, 2013

What is the Fastest way to teach myself EVERYTHING about computers?

Q. Without taking classes, or minimal classes, considering I have basic computer skills. How can I learn programming, web design, hacking, and other basic IT skills? What books should I read? Best answer gets the points.

A. You could study the rest of your life and you still would never know EVERYTHING about computers. I'll recommend a few books though.

Install Linux on your computer (you want to know EVERYTHING, right? That must include Linux) and get comfortable with it. I recommend Ubuntu because it's easy for beginners. Here's a link to a free ebook that will you help you get acquainted with it:
http://www.ubuntupocketguide.com/index_main.html

If you want more advanced Linux skills, I recommend Linux Command Line and Shell Scripting Bible by Richard Blum. It's pretty detailed and by the end of it you'll be good with the command line and bash scripting.

If you want to learn web design, you should learn HTML - no book recommendation here because you can just google for an HTML tutorial. It's not a programming language, it's not hard, and if you find a long book on HTML it's surely a waste of time.

You'll also want to learn Javascript, probably, for web design. I recommend Object-Oriented Javascript by Stoyan Stefanov. It's a pretty concise book and might be hard to follow if you haven't had any previous programming.

If you want to learn PHP for web development, I really can't recommend anything. I read a fabulous PHP book a few years ago, but it was on PHP 4, and PHP 5 is standard now, so I'm not going to recommend a PHP 4 book. I think PHP may be losing favor to Python though.

Everyone seems to love Python nowadays. Try Learning Python by Mark Lutz. It's 1200 pages long and rather detailed, and the author seems to assume you've had some math, but you need to learn math anyway if you're going to learn EVERYTHING about computers.

That'll keep you busy for a while. After that, you might see how impossible it really is to try to learn everything. You can learn a lot though, and sometimes it's more important to be able to find the information you need than to have things memorized.

How tech savy do you have to be to have a Linux-only computer?
Q. I don't know Unix codes, but I do know a little (Vbasic, Java, C+) programming. How long does it take to learn the proper Unix/Linux codes to properly operate and customize a Linux system?

A. Basic use of Linux is just point and click like Windows and Mac.
There are some differences in the way you do something, in Linux you download most programs through the built-in application manager. For instance in Ubuntu Linux you use Add/Remove program under the Applications menu. It would be good to learn the names of programs that do the tasks that you want to do. This site will help with that. http://linuxappfinder.com/all

Just like Windows and Mac, if you want to do advanced system functions it requires learning to use the command console.
It is much easier to learn than a programing language.
You can do much with learning a few commands and config file locations
http://www.linuxtopia.org/online_books/introduction_to_linux/linux_The_most_important_configuration_files.html
http://www.debianhelp.co.uk/commands.htm

How do I learn Linux/Unix in a week?
Q. I am working with a Software company and I have got an opportunity to work on Unix server but I just have basic knowledge of Unix and Linux. And I have to learn all the commands within a week. Is there any online tutorial or any website?
Please Help!

A. i have some linuxcommands i can send you. what's your email?



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