I found linuxdoc.org to be the best resouce for easy to follow "howtos". If you want to start from square one, maybe try a few basics, like setting up a home gateway with two NICs, in a NAT environment, then move on to security, setting up a firewall, maybe dhcp next for your internal computers, then some DNS, maybe sendmail after that. I'm not a big visitor, but linuxnewbie.org has a lot of great info as well.
The main thing is to get your hand dirty. Have several machines to play with. When you are comfortable with a distro (I recommend RedHat), maybe try a different distro. But, above all, stay true to the command-line interface. Sure, gui's may make this easier, but you need to know what they are doing. Webmin is a great tool for both beginners and gurus, but if you use a gui like this, read the logs, know what it did, look for changes, learn how to hand edit them. Use vi(m), use mutt, learn to hate microsoft. Actually, what I did to throw myself into Linux land, was try to create a functional environment comparable to windows. That is, I wanted to run quake, so I downloaded the nvidia drivers, and learned how to set it up in linux. I wanted to edit my resume in linux, I installed staroffice. I wanted to stop having BSOD's, so I did away with dual-boot, and run RH7.2 full time at home. Better yet, find out exactly what the Sun network server will function as. Will it provide DNS, email, web services? Make sure when you are comfortable, you can get your hands on solaris to become familiar with it. It's hard start at square one and say "what do I need to learn?", because there's a plethora of information, and so much you can do. It's like a boss, who can barely logon (when he doesn't have capslock on), for the first time was able to install webshots, and then comes to you and says "ok, I don't know much about about windows, but I want to become an MCSE, what do I do?". You can give him 10,000 sources of information to choose from, but the only way he'll learn is to try, try, and then finally go to a boot camp and get an mcse. He'll still have capslock on when setting passwords, though. > -----Original Message----- > From: Jerry Human [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 9:03 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Learning Linux > > > Hello Good People: > > I've just found out that the company I work for is going to > install a Sun network server next year. I am currently a > Systems Tech maintaining several Winblows networks in each > plant and a Linux newbie. I have RH 7.1 installed at home and > I'm slowly learning both command line and graphical setups. > Because of the above news I want to kick my *nix learning > into high gear. I don't think I will have time to complete a > class before having to assist in the > building/configuration/implementing > the new system and I am the only one of 4 techs that has any > *nix experience. What would all you experts recommend I do to > learn more besides taking classes at the local community > college? Unfortunately, to make sure I wouldn't make a bunch > of dumb mistakes in the new environment, I want to start at > "square one." What web sites, books or other resources would > you recommend? > > Thank you. > > Jerry > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/re> dhat-list > _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
