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A Gentle Introduction to Linux/Unix by Matthew Feldt Chair of the St. Louis Unix Users Group - Linux SIG   From the Rute Users Tutorial and Exposition: ... Creativity and ingenuity are requirements for being a UNIX administrator. They are your own responsibility. Never before has everything you ever needed to do anything, been available in a single package -- this is LINUX. How do I...? There is one answer: it is already on your computer, waiting for you to read it. ... Any system reference will require you to read it at least three times before you get a reasonable picture of what to do. If you need to read it more than three times, then there is probably some other information that you really should be reading first. If you are only reading a document once, then you are being too impatient with yourself. It is very important to identify the exact terms that you fail to understand in a document. Always try to back-trace to the precise word before you continue. It is usually cheaper and faster to read a document three times than to pay someone to train you. Don't be lazy. Don't learn new things according to deadlines. Your UNIX knowledge is going to evolve by grace and fascination, not by pressure. Last updated