Hey all, I'm a linux noob (2 months) and loving it so far. I have tried many a distro and have landed here. I really like the simplicity of CB and find it works really good on my new netbook. With my dire need to learn about linux, I just felt that the user friendly distros like ubuntu or mint, were simply, too user friendly. I wanted a distro that would help me learn
So today I finally got the chance from upgrading from xp to ubuntu and I love the user interface on this OS.
hey guys, i am hoping some hope. I am using linux very late. i am a pc user since last 6 years. but now , i found that its interesting. i want to learn it from the bottom of my heart, i am kind of addicted to it. can you guys tell me how to make it more interesting and more easy?
Is it possible to add a user and restrict him to run special programs?
For example after this user logs in, he can only open Firefox to use Internet and no other programs can be run by this user.
For example in a terminal, commands will not be accessible when you delete some environment variables like $HOME.
But is it possible to avoid running programs in a graphical shell, like Gnome?
If yes, how
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Here is my situation :
I know how to compile some programs. I know how make and gcc works. I know bash.
I am fairly comfortable with command-line.
I know how it works in my computer for some programs.
I am not satisfied. What I want to learn is this :
I want to learn how programs really work, what really happens when I compile a program, which file gets copied in which directory, etc.
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