->  WC> You know I might just dig out an old *nix textbook or two
->  WC> I've here.

-> Not a bad idea.  Much of the core elements in Linux haven't changed that much
-> since I learned Solaris way back when.  What I discovered then was c-shell
-> which led to c and the 'discovery' that these things are totally married to
-> each other.  
   
I've got two *nix books here and two on C programming as well,
One oddly is called "C by Discovery."

Good book too, I recall seting up function calls to arrays,
passing variables back and forth ect.

-> Once I started playing with that concept the rest all started
-> falling into place quite nicely.  These days bash scripting takes the place of
-> what c-shell did for me back then.
                                      
It's not like I don't have the time for it and turning the T.V. on these
days is just too depressing.

-> Anyhow, that is what originally got me hooked on ttylinux and those
-> old
-> textbooks ought to be of great assistance to getting a feel for what is
-> possible.  However there are some noticable changes in the area of networking
-> Linux boxes, mostly hardware issues, but you have to start somewhere.  Right? 
-> One thing is for sure, kde won't get you there, and hence Knoppix and the like.
->  Nice toys, quite a few 'broken', is all they are and without the basic
-> knowledge that is all those will ever be.

Oh I'm aware of the self imposed limitations of operating
from the GUI, just need a bit of discipline to make a habit of picking
up the books again.
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