[Cialug] a question

[Don Ellis]

The default settings are ok (kind of), but it's a lot easier to see what's
going on if you bring the files out into the open where you can see them
easily. I think the defaults are for beginning users, and you want to learn
more about what's going on than they do. This is part of taking control of
the system and learning everything about it.

--Don Ellis


On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 9:34 PM, chris <c.rheinherren at gmail.com> wrote:

> I've used VB on a mac before and on a previous incarnation of my home linux
> computer too. I am somewhat familiar with it ... just always used those
> default settings though.
>
> On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 19:09, Don Ellis <don.ellis at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Another hint about using VirtualBox:
>> Install a special user (perhaps vboxuser) for VBox, then do all VBox work
>> in that account. VBox works halfway as a server, halfway not, which is
>> different from the service configurations I'm accustomed to seeing.
>> It would be nice to create the VMs on a separate partition, rather than
>> the default settings (hidden directory in user's home). Pretty common GUI
>> for setting preferences there.
>>
>> Installing VBox in your Linux host, then installing VMs in it will be good
>> practice configuring systems, and you can try different configurations
>> quickly with little penalty.
>>
>> --Don Ellis
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 6:08 PM, chris <c.rheinherren at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Thank you everyone so much for the valuable information you have given me
>>> with my quest here.
>>>
>>> A better understanding of the command line in Linux. I have installed
>>> applications from source on my home computer but I always just take the
>>> default settings. So if it installs to my home directory that is where it
>>> goes, if it goes someplace else then that is where it goes. I would like to
>>> see in action and then do in action of installing software to where it makes
>>> more sense to some of my "purist" friends like to /opt or other directories.
>>> Setting up individual users for those apps with individual permissions so in
>>> the case of a security breach the whole box isnt compromised, just that
>>> application.
>>>
>>> Bash scripting. Some perl programming. I have seen how very helpful both
>>> of these are from and administration point of view.
>>>
>>> The general goings on of running a linux server for various tasks.
>>>
>>> I just always enjoyed work more being in a tech support position rather
>>> than anything else. And since I made the choice to switch from Windows to
>>> Linux, I have just been amazed at what Linux can do and want to learn more
>>> of it.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 17:29, Matthew Nuzum <newz at bearfruit.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 8:43 AM, chris <c.rheinherren at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I'm looking for that mentor.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> When you said you wanted to be a sysadmin, what did you have in mind? If
>>>> someone here wants to mentor you they're going to want to know what you are
>>>> trying to learn. What made you think "its where my passion seems to be
>>>> taking me?"
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Matthew Nuzum
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>>>>
>>>> "Never stop learning" –Robert Nuzum (My dad)
>>>>
>>>
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