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Re:UNIX/Linux Sysadmin Tutorials by mbubb on Monday December 27, 2010 @09:09AM (#2042518)
Where/When will this be?

For my interest making some of the low level processes more understandable would be great.

Recently I came across a sysadvent article on stracing 'ls' it was exactly the kind of thing that is useful to me. (quite probably an HN or reddit/r/programming link)

Also in the "Land of Lisp" book learning what the bit operator 'ash' does was a real eye-opener.

Both of these things are pretty basic for someone with a CS or EE background. But I think a lot of sysadmins come from other backgrounds. A bit more than a decade ago I was a grad student in a Literature department and found myself inexplicably attracted to Linux, OpenSource and started to try and extricate myself from Windows gui-ness. Eventually landed a sysadmin job about 5 yrs ago after taking some CS courses and some DIY learning.

In short I have real weaknesses in math and low level understanding of what is happening at the kernel level - I really treasure things like the 2 mentioned articles as they shed light on what is going on at a lower level.

Re:UNIX/Linux Sysadmin Tutorials by mryan on Monday December 27, 2010 @11:49AM (#2042887)
Not for a couple of months - I need to get my startup in beta first, but the sysadmin tutorial site is next on my to-do list.

I read the "stracing ls" article (I think it was posted here), which was fascinating reading. I am planning to write higher-level tutorials rather than dissecting low-level commands, although now that I think about it a mix of the two would be better.

Thanks for the feedback - if there are any specific areas you would like to see covered do let me know, and I'll do my best to include them.