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Fareez Ahmed
12,728 PointsI'm on a mac and it says console won't load, please try again later. Can I just use iTerm for this?
Console won't load, says 'we're having trouble setting up your computer'. Will I be ok using Iterm2?
2 Answers
Stone Preston
42,016 PointsMac OSX and Linux are both unix-like operating systems so the commands are largely the same. you should be fine using Terminal/iTerm for the most part.
Fareez Ahmed
12,728 PointsThanks! A follow up question- does the console foundations course essentially cover UNIX or would you recommend taking another more UNIX-specific course? UNIX familiarity is a prerequisite for the school I'm applying to.
Stone Preston
42,016 Pointsthe console foundations course covers basic unix commands (navigating the file system, creating files, making directories, etc).
After you do the treehouse course, I recommend reading the free eBook Conquering The Command Line which covers some more advanced concepts (symlinks, curl, searching for things, killing processes, archives, etc) in addition to the basics
Ricky Catron
13,023 PointsFor your follow up question I find simply using Linux to be the best teacher of the Unix command line. Even on Ubuntu which has a very strong GUI I use the command line an enormous amount. My advice would be to put a Linux distribution in a virtual machine and just play around. This will give you valuable experience for a Unix course.
Lastly check out that book that Stone mentioned. I have not read it myself but the topics he says it covers are enormously helpful. I love symlinks.
Goodluck! --Ricky
David Lin
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 8,116 PointsDavid Lin
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 8,116 PointsI tried to launch Console with Chrome first and it failed, then I tried it with Firefox and there was no response. Finally, I used Safari and it worked!!