< HowTo
english: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html
german: http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Launchpad/1380/hackhowt.html
0. Go figure... - understand why a url might work for some and not for others... If you feel an urge to understand and figure out a solution to work around a problem... do it! and concider yourself a hacker ;)
1. Learn how to program.
- Perl
- PHP
- Python
- Lisp
- C
- HTML, SelfHTML <-- this isn't programming!
- Brainfuck ... or why not Brainfuck VGA visualise your brainfuck code in mode 13h!
- Assembler
- Java
- Squeak
2. Get one of the open-source Unices and learn to use and run it.
- gnu.org
- debian.org
- bsd.org
- Open Source Definition
- http://www.linuxjournal.com/resources.php
- http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/loginataka.html
3. Learn how to use the World Wide Web and write HTML.
http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/ - http://www.selfhtml.net/ - http://www.make-a-web-site.com/
4. If you don't have functional English, learn it.