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)
it’s a collaborative coding platform. ideally all programs should be in the app store or a dedicated user friendly download site.
Oh really? (genuine) So if I need a chunk of code to do x and I want a starting place I can search Github for keywords connoting it? I’ve literally never used it and feel I need to understand the use-case before I can get up the energy to make the leap.
I hope the Linux phone climate can somehow automate what you describe of what it should be.
more like we’re building this program together and this is the platform that takes care of coordinating it. it’s honestly not that bad once you figure out where the download button is. not that dissimilar to windows.
pc and phone linux are unified and already have a solution, i think some of these issues may be “cultural”. if you are a regular not-advanced user, most of what you will need is either on the app store or downloadable through the developer’s official site anyway.
though thankfully, software availability is much less of an issue that it was.