install fest suggestion

[der.hans]

Am 13. Jun, 2002 schwätzte Matt Wyant so:

> Something I wish I had when I was beginning (and still do for that
> matter) is a quick-reference of shell commands. Granted, this isn't
> something the "average computer user" might want, but I think an
> "average Linux user" would find this very helpful. This could even be
> something printable from the website. I think it should contain the
> basic commands and their uses, (ls, cd, mkdir, rm, rmdir, cat, echo,
> etc..., I'm sure there are some I'm leaving out in my own
> inexperience), a list of customizable files (bash prompts & profiles,
> fstab, etc) and possibly (no religious wars here) a quick startup
> guide to a text-editor. I personally just figured out how to save and
> exit vi, and don't ask me to quit without saving. This may be over
> the head of some users as I an a Linux newbie, but not technically
> inexperienced.

Excellent idea. There are small 3 page laminated guides you can pick up at
bookstores. Borders has them. They're $5 - 10, I think. Maybe Borders would
donate some for the InstallFest?

A LUG used to have a quick sheet you could print out. It might be somewhere
at the LDP. If we can find it, it might be good to have copies at the
InstallFest for people to take home with them.

I sure could have used that years ago when I was first learning *NIX. I did
use one I got for vi when I first started using vi.

ciao,

der.hans
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