The start of the adventure.

12 December 2010. After sitting tree hours in the car driving through a snow blizzard on my way to the centre of Brugges. I finally arrive at my destination. A friend was waiting for me. He welcomes me and after eating some French fries he just went buying we go upstairs to his computer-room. There a computer awaits me. It runs a Linux command line OS(ubuntu-server) that my friend installed. It is this gift that starts my adventure with Linux

After about half an hour of speed introduction I leave with the computer. I just logged in for the first time on a Linux OS. I am motivated to learn more about this mysterious OS about which some claim holds enormous powers. I have witnessed some of her powers myself but never fully comprehended them.

Here it starts.

"Everything in Linux is a File. And if it's not a file then it's a process. "
My first commands I was able to write down in the speed introduction.

sudo <command>
  -> Executes a command with root(admin) rights.
aptitude upgrade
  -> Will show you whether there are new updates for currently installed software programs
aptitude search <something> | grep perl
  -> search for a program to install. I don't think the "|grep perl" is needed or is even possible but it was in my notes.
pwd -> print working directory
ls -lh   -> list files (-lh for human readable)
ifconfig -> show IP
man <command>  -> show manual of this command
eject
  -> slide out the cd-rom player
eject -t
  -> slide in the cd-rom player

What follow I haven't used yet but it was on my notes:
mount & umount, These are to 'mount' and de-'mount' media devices to the computer.
grep backup /ect/group -> take all lines out of this group
<command to execute a prog> -v-> gives some explanation ( -vv gives more explanation, -vvv more, ect)
Browser -> w3m
irssi -> often used commandline irc client


Next post will be about how to remotely access this server and hopefully some more commands and explanation for starters. I currently use the program 'putty' on windows to access bahamut (name of the server) with a DynDNS address.