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After reading the article on the second day, I feel like the word on this line should be "or" not "of".

In this file: https://github.com/snori74/linuxupskillchallenge/blob/master/02.md

"A note on switches: Generally most Linux command will accept one of or more "parameters", and one or more "switches". So, when we say ls -l /var/log the "-l" is a switch to say "long format" and the "/var/log" is the "parameter". Many commands accept a large number of switches, and these can generally be combined (so from now on, use ls -ltra, rather than ls -l -t -r -a"

Ran on Day 10 - got the day 10 header, but the Day 9 body. ???
Was using the LIVE parameter

Nix port moving etc on day 1.

Look hard at Best Practices" link in day 3 - shambolic and confusing?

Thank you for providing a great articles.

I found duplicate listing "ARM" on chip of REPOSITORIES AND VERSIONS section in Day 15.
I guess, this should have been "AMD" instead of ARM.

https://github.com/snori74/linuxupskillchallenge/blob/master/15.md#repositories-and-versions

In the third bullet point in Tasks section of Day 8 the command to go to the previous "hit" is N, not p .

Promo posts not welcome

The command to compress myinits.tar is incorrect and results in an error. The correct command should just be
gzip myinits.tar
to create myinits.tar.gz

Online only game, Obscure pricing, but 25USD/quarter?

As per suggestion by U/Ottetal

Found that, running with LIVE, the lesson didn't get stickiyied, and I coul d not stick it manually either. Tagged as "Approved" and all of a suddenn i Can.

??

"Each of these have their place, but for copying files back and forth from your your local desktop to your server, SFTP has a number of key advantages:"

There is an extra your in the sentence.

Different days have different orders for the Resources and Extensions sections. For example:

• Day 1 - Extension then Resources - https://github.com/snori74/linuxupskillchallenge/blob/master/01.md#extension
• Day 3 - Resources then Extension - https://github.com/snori74/linuxupskillchallenge/blob/master/03.md#resources

Ideally the order of these sections would be consistent for all days (at least in my opinion 😀). I haven't been through all the days yet so I'm not sure how far reaching this is.

P.S. Thanks @snori74 for this amazing resource!

Should we mention the existence of pushd and popd when first showing navigation commands?

At least for me, using pushd was a game changer for getting productive in the terminal and I believe it can make
a beginner's life much easier to know about these commands early on.

I'm happy to write a paragraph or two with examples in a PR if there is interest.

The whole .pem business is a pain, and all windows users now have "SSH"

It is possible to add an automatic regular check for links in Markdown files. This way it is possible to detect broken links before users do that. It can be done using Github actions + markdown-link-check tool. Checks can be performed on push, on pull request and on schedule (supporting cron syntax).

More information in https://github.com/gaurav-nelson/github-action-markdown-link-check.

Cos it's unnecessary, and stops us seeing the real traffic out there

As per U/Fox_and_Otter - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10

Try these simple commands:

ls uptime free df -h uname -a

u/allensmithnet reported this

Improve AWS instructions for those on Mac

Point to Linode, Vultr etc as "often recommended by experienced users..."
Ways to get a server without a credit card:

• Privacy.com
• Educational (e.g.:
• https://aws.amazon.com/education/awseducate/aws-educate-faqs/, https://edu.google.com/programs/students/benefits/?modal_active=none,
• https://education.github.com/pack?utm_source=github+digitalocean
• https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/free/students/
  Add/replicate vomments on why "local" options like your own lappir, WSL, a VM or Pi are Not Good.

I like the camouflaged tank comparison!

"
Then get a a list of available timezones:

list-timezones
"

should be

"
Then get a a list of available timezones:

timedatectl list-timezones
"

Ramiraz80 rightly says: "...small note. "systemctl start / stop" both require you to use sudo..."

"Apache2 web browser" is written in lesson 8 in the beginning. I think it should be "Apache2 web server". Correct me if I'm wrong. Will put in a pull request to change this and other issues I find while working through it adding backticks. Backticks are going to be a different pull request

u/0xrad says, correctly, that this is just wrong:

"...in your home directory type ls -ltra and look at the far left hand column - those entries with a "d" are directories (folders) rather than files. They may also be shown in a different color or font - if not, then adding the "-G" switch should do this (i.e. ls -ltraG)"

Should be:

--color=auto to show directories in a different color

It's possible this is because I don't have a US based IP, but I was directed to sign up for the Pay-as-you-go plan (with $200 credit) in order to activate the Virtual Server. Not sure what services are really available with the Free Trail but it's not the one for this course.

Hi,

Noticed a typo on day 2's article, in the step-by-step section, point 10 discussing hidden files.

Quote: "and many other commands, will ignore then."
I believe the last word should be "them" not "then".

Cheers.

Under Resources in Lesson 03, you include a link to https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo. The top of that wiki page states

March 14, 2019 PLEASE NOTE: This wiki article is being significanly rewritten as it contains a good deal of old, dated and possibly questionable material. Using caution and consulting with others on the Ubuntu Forums or Ask Ubuntu is highly recommended!

Not sure if it would make sense to find another resource with more up-to-date information, or simply make a note about it in the instructions. Mostly just wanted to bring it to your attention.

In lesson 9 netstat is used to check for open ports, however netstat is obsolete and should be replaced by e.g. ss.
See also the manual of netstat

This  program  is  mostly  obsolete.  
Replacement for netstat is ss.
Replacement for netstat -r is ip route.  
Replacement for netstat -i is ip -s link. 
Replacement for netstat -g is ip maddr.

To get pretty much the same output as netstat in the example consider using ss -tulpen.

Saw your post today on /r/linux, it's a great initiative!
Thank you for doing this!

There is always something new to learn, I'll be following along for the coming month ;)

I notice that in two places, the lesson copy includes

sudo su fred - to "become fred"

I am wondering if the dash after the command is actually intended to be part of the command, e.g.

sudo su - fred

Use of the the 'login' switch is fairly common so I figure this may have been the intention.

This should involve getting the "next month" string working
Need to generate the date in a suitable format, e.g, "Monday, 5 October 2020"

godprobe deserves thanks for this

Currently makes no mention of the Reddit, website etc. Mentioning, linking How This Works might do it.

Text reads: Writing your changes to disk: From normal mode type :w or :wq to “write and quit”.
This makes is seem like :w will write and quit too.
Suggested text: Writing your changes to disk: From normal mode type :w to "write" and stay in vim or :wq to “write and quit”.

will accept one of more "parameters"

Is written, I think it should be an "or" instead of an "of"

...needs a tweak - it's essentially the same as the previous day's.

locate is mentioned in article 11 but doesn't seem to be installed by default. Installing it and setting it up is not mentioned until 17

Not sure if that was intentional

https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxupskillchallenge/comments/i3bqqd/day_2_basic_navigation/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share