“Everything is a file” is what made me start understanding linux few years ago and from there it got easier to use with each new concept.

Still this was really revolutionary to me when I first heard it. Made a bunch of things just click.

  • caseyweederman@lemmy.ca
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    4 hours ago

    In case you were genuinely curious: the above humorous example bypasses very many very good safety precautions and conveniences.
    When you boil everything down, one element stands out: the s in scp stands for ssh, so you are in fact still using ssh, just with several hoops bolted on.