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My first experience was at school ~ '85 on AT&T 3B2 (SYSV), and VAX (bsd4.2?), and DG/UX (who knows).

There were no books or tutorials. Someone said, just read man and rn! So I did, and boy am I grateful that's how I learned.




Yeah, "man man" is an ethos that doesn't have much currency these days, alas .. but we still have time.

Unix may well be the best-documented OS we've ever had, even still...




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