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GorianBray2017-01-09 12:47:59
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GorianBray, 2017-01-09 12:47:59

How to start learning Linux (in order to master Kali Linux)?

Good day!
Interested in the topic Pentest'a. I want to learn Kali Linux. On many sites and off. The site first of all advises to master Linux systems. Where to start studying? Ready to seriously approach the issue (in linux I know a little more than 0).
For the purposes at the initial stage:
- Understand which assembly to start with
- Get an understanding of the basics (what the file system is, etc.)
- Learn how to interact with the console (basic commands, etc.)
Please advise books, articles "for dummies" , "from scratch", etc. I have already installed a virtual machine, but I would like to do everything not “blindly according to the manuals”, but to have an idea of ​​\u200b\u200bwhat I am doing and how it works.
About myself: I am not friends with English, but it is never too late to start.
Thank you.

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Ivan Bogachev, 2017-01-09
@GorianBray

Know which build to start with

Go to distrowatch.com for a list of popular distributions (and don't be afraid to pick up ubuntu - not only housewives use it).
The main thing here is practice, you should not try to remember everything at once - over time, everything you need will be remembered by itself.
Google books for system administrators - the toaster has already asked more than once. All of them are more or less about the same thing, so take whichever you like best. In the process of reading, it will not be superfluous to try to set up different server software and see what it is like - there is documentation for ubuntu server in Russian .
It's time to start, because by the time you understand the basics and want something more, it turns out that a lot of interesting books on the topic of penetration testing (in particular from packt publishing ) will be only in English.

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kpa6uu, 2017-01-09
@kpa6uu

Asked the same question. Of all the various distributions, xubuntu was the most suitable for me.
Everything flies out of the box without any crutches whatsoever.
Almost all (or all?) software, sewn into kali, can be installed on this one.
I highly recommend.

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Ilya bow, 2017-01-09
@8889996

Yes, everything is simple there. I'll tell you by fast. Look
instead of dir ls
instead of copy and move cp and mv respectively
instead of get-help man
instead of services
Softina daemons are placed from 3 places:
1 deb packages are like msi on Windows.
2 from the repositories. "apt-get update" you download the list of programs and install proga via apt-get install. here /etc/apt/sources.list are links from where you download packages.
3 Well, stupid wget-from sources are downloaded and copied.
Use gparted as a virtual media manager. diskpart-fdisk (Sort of!), top htop is the task manager.
There is no registry, all settings are in folders. Tobish the firewall config will be in the firewall folder. well where what config lies it in Google you learn.
wine for exe playonlinux for exe for dummies.
The rest is like in Windows.
By yuzay so far, go to the user level and then go shorter and go further.

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Spetros, 2017-01-09
@Spetros

Start with theory.
Both from the basics of Linux, and from the principles of the functioning of software and networks.

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Alexander Chernykh, 2017-01-10
@sashkets

where to start learning linux

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Oleg Shulepov, 2020-07-20
@neuro

From reading good books on Linux:
Brian Ward "How Linux Works" or in Russian Brian Ward "Linux Internals"
Nemeth E., Snyder G., Hein T. - Unix and Linux. System Administrator's Guide
William Schotts - The Linux Command Line
Read and repeat all examples until clear.

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