Summary
In this chapter, I’ve laid a bit of the groundwork for what’s to come in the following chapters. We looked at what an operating system shell is, and why we would use one. Then, we looked at the various ways to find help, did a high-level overview of Linux text editors, and wrapped up with a discussion of compiled versus interpreted programming and a brief mention of why we want to use sudo to run administrative commands.
In the next chapter, we’ll begin looking at the various things that an operating system shell does for us. I’ll see you there.
