[OT] Linux Help Needed

m00n$truck has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi Monks

Very sorry if this is not ethical!

I have been using Perl for a long while on M$Windows and VMWare environment! Whenever I used get stuck PerlMonks was my 1st port of call! Now, I've found a new job where they don't use Windows or VMWare.

I was sent a basic Linux based test, and I've spent the last few weeks retraining myself on Linux! But still struggling with it!

I don't want to waste time trying out different forums, so my question is there a forum that you Wise Ones recommend that similar to this forum (I know nothing can be as good as this forum :-) where I can post and get help like I do here please?

Thank you in advance

Example of the test question :

format the second hard disk with ext4 and mount it under /perforce
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Re: [OT] Linux Help Needed by marto (Cardinal) on Jul 14, 2018 at 18:03 UTC
To be qualified foe the job you should learn how to do things, not just where to ask the questions to get answers. A quick search shows many results, including https://training.linuxfoundation.org/free-linux-training. Update: You may have a local Linux_user_group, and https://freenode.linux.community may also be of interest.	[reply]
Re: [OT] Linux Help Needed by zentara (Cardinal) on Jul 14, 2018 at 19:24 UTC
Linux has evolved quite a bit since it began, until today, there are many distributions to choose from. If you want a pure Linux experience, which works simply and without all the frills, menus, and handholding, use Slackware !! :-) Slackware stills tries to adhere to the original linux and unix, and has been kept simple and straightforward, which is the best to learn on. To answer your question, first: mkfs -t ext4 /dev/sdb1 # make a ext4 filesystem, on the first partition of the second hard drive mount -t ext4 /dev/sdb1 /perforce If there was no /dev/sdb1, then fdisk /dev/sdb and create /dev/sdb1, or mkfs directly on /dev/sdb, which is seldom done. Normally /dev/sdb is split into partitions, /dev/sdb1, /dev/sdb2, ..... etc I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth. ..... an animated JAPH	[reply]