A Unique Unix Tutorial

Thats right. You’ve all read tutorials. They range all over the place: boring, brief, detailed, useless, inspiring, the list goes on. There are those that are too technical, that you don’t understand until you look back at them at a later date. In the case of Unix and Linux the majority of the tutorials are like that. They are just reworded man pages. Many people turn away from *nix because of this gap in technical familiarity. My Unix tutorial aims to change this.

I have read a number of tutorials and I find the best are the ones that include you, the reader, in them. You are participating in the tutorial. Often there is a story, or some creative aspect that brings you into the tutorial. You are learning in an entertaining way. For first timers this can make all the difference.

My tutorial also gives tips and tricks for using the terminal. They are the kind of tricks that make using the console much easier, but they are the tricks that you often don’t know unless someone shows you. I hope that my tutorial at least gives insight to newer Unix/Linux users as they take the leap into a new realm.

Please take a look and offer your feedback to help me improve the tutorial. I now present my Unix Tutorial.

I would like to point out that the tutorial happened to be a college project that I recently decided to turn into a reality. I have been and will be refurnishing the tutorial with improvements (sIFR), more rich content, while still maintaining my original goals and objectives.

Inspiration: A rather stimulating Ruby tutorial that wraps you inside a rather creative story, with “synergy and cartoon foxes.”