“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.

  • jim3692
    4·
    5 months ago

    What’s the difference between this and the classic “ssh user@server” ?

        • caseyweederman@lemmy.ca
          2·
          5 months 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.

          • FauxLiving@lemmy.world
            2·
            5 months ago

            the above humorous example bypasses very many very good safety precautions and conveniences.

            I was taught in school that security and convenience are diametrically opposed, so if you can find any way of making this less secure/more convenient I’d be happy to deploy it to the entire credit union.