I’ve been doing the OverTheWire Bandit over the past couple of days and have become stuck on the earlier levels. I deem this very embarrassing as this is supposed to be an “easy” and “recommended for beginners” type of puzzle that requires hands on understanding of the Linux terminal. But I have been using Linux for 9 months now, I wouldn’t do the most complicated things (other than break my whole os) only the things required to make my overall user experience somewhat enjoyable. Now this makes me very sad to come to the conclusions that I may be below the average Linux beginner which I didn’t know was possible according to my knowledge. I am only asking of tips and tricks to these puzzles and maybe to positive reinforcement to make feel better about myself. Now I will not tolerate spoilers as in the official rules of OverTheWire clearly states, and I hope you will follow this rule for the better sake of my learning and understanding of the Linux terminal ( and for the sake of the game itself)

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[–] 10 points 13 hours ago (1 child)

Yeah, to an extent. Many devs leave release handling solely to github without a project website. A lot of these are dev focused tools, but some are projects are just too small to warrant packaging and a website and all that.

In your analogy, I'd liken it to a farmers market or farm stand.

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  • [–] 8 points 13 hours ago

    yeah, if there was a sign saying "sandwiches sold here, please come in" (or, without the analogy, a readme with an "installation" section) then it's different. point being, it's not the original intent.

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