"Everything is a file" is what made me start understanding linux few years ago and from there it got easier to use with each new concept.

Still this was really revolutionary to me when I first heard it. Made a bunch of things just click.

Experienced users : archwiki & gentoo handbook, shell scripting, autotools, packaging, and dmesg

new users : "everything is a file"
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[–] 3 points 9 months ago (6 children)

we're fans of internet horror memes and being loud in libraries. so we love scp and hate ssh

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    In case you were genuinely curious: the above humorous example bypasses very many very good safety precautions and conveniences.
    When you boil everything down, one element stands out: the s in scp stands for ssh, so you are in fact still using ssh, just with several hoops bolted on.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    the above humorous example bypasses very many very good safety precautions and conveniences.

    I was taught in school that security and convenience are diametrically opposed, so if you can find any way of making this less secure/more convenient I'd be happy to deploy it to the entire credit union.

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