β² 888 βΌ Debian is a snail and its shell (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by nifty@lemmy.world to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world 84 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[β] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago (2 children) Can you define a basic understanding of the terminal? Your basic and my basic could be wildly different. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] MTK@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago Know how to use it, understand the basic file system structure, know basic commands (ls, which, cat, mkdir, chmod) permalink fedilink source parent [β] prayer@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) Having completed "Hacknet", the hit 2015 hacker simulator video game. (Only half joking) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) I played 2 hours of that game. I wondered how close it was to reality. Do those programs that you call in game have real life counterparts? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] CorvidCawder@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago Mostly yes, but they're in general oversimplified (for obvious reasons) But it's more about offensive cyber security than necessarily the Linux part. The Linux part is just file system navigation and not much more, the rest is the "hacking" part, and that's what I'm talking about Disclaimer: I did not complete it, but I got pretty far, and I worked in the cyber security area. I would however say it's not a good place if you want to learn as that's not really the game's focus. There are better resources out there like overthewire and linuxjourney for that permalink fedilink source parent
[β] MTK@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago Know how to use it, understand the basic file system structure, know basic commands (ls, which, cat, mkdir, chmod) permalink fedilink source parent
[β] prayer@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) Having completed "Hacknet", the hit 2015 hacker simulator video game. (Only half joking) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) I played 2 hours of that game. I wondered how close it was to reality. Do those programs that you call in game have real life counterparts? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] CorvidCawder@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago Mostly yes, but they're in general oversimplified (for obvious reasons) But it's more about offensive cyber security than necessarily the Linux part. The Linux part is just file system navigation and not much more, the rest is the "hacking" part, and that's what I'm talking about Disclaimer: I did not complete it, but I got pretty far, and I worked in the cyber security area. I would however say it's not a good place if you want to learn as that's not really the game's focus. There are better resources out there like overthewire and linuxjourney for that permalink fedilink source parent
[β] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) I played 2 hours of that game. I wondered how close it was to reality. Do those programs that you call in game have real life counterparts? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] CorvidCawder@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago Mostly yes, but they're in general oversimplified (for obvious reasons) But it's more about offensive cyber security than necessarily the Linux part. The Linux part is just file system navigation and not much more, the rest is the "hacking" part, and that's what I'm talking about Disclaimer: I did not complete it, but I got pretty far, and I worked in the cyber security area. I would however say it's not a good place if you want to learn as that's not really the game's focus. There are better resources out there like overthewire and linuxjourney for that permalink fedilink source parent
[β] CorvidCawder@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago Mostly yes, but they're in general oversimplified (for obvious reasons) But it's more about offensive cyber security than necessarily the Linux part. The Linux part is just file system navigation and not much more, the rest is the "hacking" part, and that's what I'm talking about Disclaimer: I did not complete it, but I got pretty far, and I worked in the cyber security area. I would however say it's not a good place if you want to learn as that's not really the game's focus. There are better resources out there like overthewire and linuxjourney for that permalink fedilink source parent
