Sorry, gentlemen, but the OP was *not* looking for a different distro. He clearly stated he is running Mint on two computers and is happy with it.
Instead, he asked whether anyone had any suggestions for his continuing his learning process, especially with the command line.
To that request, I would have several suggestions:
There are various texts regarding getting into detail on the command line, some are retail books and quite a few are downloadable from the Net.
I also suggest looking into several of the various command interpreters rather than only using bash. You may find advantages that may be to your liking, plus you gain a depth of understanding that can be helpful later. One I have used a bit is called "fish" (Friendly Interactive SHell), which makes some tasks quite simple. As you get into it, there are a multitude of others-- sh, ksh, etc.
However, even with bash, there are many things that most users never really take advantage of, chiefly regarding shell scripting. A good understanding of scripts is greatly empowering in Linux. For those who have been around long enough to have used DOS prior to Windows--or CPM before that--you may recall using batch files for many useful things--UNIX or Linux shell scripts are far more powerful than that and even more useful.
David
--- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com, Roy <linuxcanuck@...> wrote:
>
> We must be talking about different users. The user I was responding to said
> that he was a power user wanted to learn using only the commandline and no
> GUI. So I originally suggested Arch in a VM. I know that this is a newbies
> forum, but he was not a newbie or so he said.
>
> I would recommend Arch to a new user, if that new user wanted such a
> distribution and experience. Users enter Linux at all levels and can bring
> to Linux advanced skills. And some do not want to start with a box that just
> works. They may want a Heathkit kind of experience. It takes all kinds and
> fortunately Linux offers a full range of options and experiences. I do
> recommend Mint to a newbie who had no experience and wanted things to just
> work OTB. I did post that my wife was now using Mint.
>
> Anyway, no harm done, he can take advice or not as he sees fit. If I am
> wrong in this (my memory isn't what it used to be) I apologise in advance. I
> do not have the full conversation as I get this by email and am too lazy to
> go to the forum. I know that you are an advocate for Mint and that is good,
> however I did not see this discussion as detracting from Mint (save the
> green comment and I happen to like green). :)
>
> Roy
>
> Using Kubuntu 10.10, 64-bit
> Location: Canada
>
>
> On 5 December 2010 10:54, loyal_barber <loyal_barber@...> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com <LINUX_Newbies%40yahoogroups.com>,
> > Roy <linuxcanuck@> wrote:
> > >
> > > I think Loyal you need to reread the post.
> >
> > I did Roy and my feelings are the same. It is a bad idea to
> > recommend a difficult version to a Newbie. I always subscribe to
> > "walk before you run."
> >
> > > He says that Mint is friendly and
> >
> > He suggests in his last statement that this is a drawback. Read
> > it again.
> >
> >
> > > suggests that the user might want to try an "unfriendly" distro to learn
> > > basics on. He was not knocking Mint, except the green bit and green can
> > mean
> > > several things. Mint has tried to make a name for itself as user friendly
> > > and I think that you would concur that it has succeeded.
> > >
> > > You can learn basics on Mint or Ubuntu or any other big name distro, but
> > you
> > > need to go to great lengths to do so. Something like Arch installs to a
> > > command prompt and you take it from there. The suggestion was that the
> > > person could learn the basic better and become a power user if the tried
> > a
> > > more basic distro such as Arch, Slack or Gentoo. That does not preclude
> > > using Mint for daily use. I don't think that anyone was suggesting Mint
> > is
> > > not good for using, just not a learner's distro in the same way that the
> > > others are. Comments such as "deranged" mean that the writer was poking
> > fun
> > > not at Mint but at anyone who would want to use the commandline only.
> > >
> > > Roy
> > > <snip>
> >
> > Sorry, Roy, I just think you are wrong. I think you read what
> > you wanted into his reply. I am sure I am doing the same. That
> > said, I would NEVER recommend Arch to a new user. Would I recommend
> > Arch later? Absolutely. Again, walk before you run or better
> > stated: ready, aim, fire, not ready, fire, aim. There is enough to
> > get used to in Linux using Ubuntu or Mint first. Suggesting the user
> > would be better suited to go to Arch or Slackware first is an
> > excellent way to get the new user to convert back to Windows and
> > say, "Linux is just too hard to learn."
> >
> > Loyal
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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