On Tue, 13 Nov 2001 00:09:48 -0600, anarkissed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> At 08:22 PM 11/12/01 -0500, you wrote: >> If you work at learning Linux for 1 minute each day >> for 4 years, then you'll likely forget more than you'll >> retain. If you work at learning Linux in a systematic >> manner for 15 minutes each day for 4 years, you should >> be able to pass any Linux certification exam. > If I could find one freaking course for beginners in this stupid city I > could use the system. I am not autodidactic. I cannot create my own > lesson plan from man pages. I do not learn from books alone. I need a > working system to start on with a carefully thought out lesson plan that > takes me via example and exercise through a steadily increasing range of > difficulty. Hi a; Although I agree and sympathize with you re: the complexity and counter- intuitive nature of Linux, I could never learn (come to know) about a system like Limux from structured course material. I would become too bored too early and just quit. :( Instead, I prefer the trial and error method that works so well with DOS. It is DEFINITELY harder to use this method with Linux simply because it IS so counter-intuitive - or maybe just so different/opposite to anything _I_ might have designed. Still, it does work after a fashion if you at least use Midnight Commander to get you up the first step. A little of the structure leaks thru to you over time, and occasionally one can get something running. <G> This is the path to _understanding_. The problem for me so far at least, is getting something running is only every once-in-a-while and the random steps are usually so many that I seldom remember how to repeat them ALL or even which are important ones. Still, I now think I know which parts I need to ask questions about or what help materials I should save for future reference. That 200 page book Steve suggested sounds ideal for me. - Clarence Verge. -- Using Arachne 1.66 on DSL.
