I used feross tutorial abotu 18 months ago when I first started learning about Linux while I was also setting up my Linode for the first time. His tutorial was very helpful as I was not that much an ignorant, but still not that familiar with a terminal.
There's a need for tutorials like that, where people don't want to learn all the layers of internet, of ssh and the architecture of Unix only to setup their Linode box. Actually, BECAUSE I setup my Linode, I learned a hell of a lot in the last 18 months, about internet, ssh, Linux and Unix and a lot more.
Everybody has to start somewhere, and "to start" doesn't mean starting full bottom-up. At some point, to get something done, you need to use abstraction and then iterate over that when you have to get a more complete understanding about what you did a few months ago.
There's a need for tutorials like that, where people don't want to learn all the layers of internet, of ssh and the architecture of Unix only to setup their Linode box. Actually, BECAUSE I setup my Linode, I learned a hell of a lot in the last 18 months, about internet, ssh, Linux and Unix and a lot more.
Everybody has to start somewhere, and "to start" doesn't mean starting full bottom-up. At some point, to get something done, you need to use abstraction and then iterate over that when you have to get a more complete understanding about what you did a few months ago.