Linux is Linux... and the jump from UNIX to Linux is pretty easy (even I was able to make the change back in `99). - Might be good to just start with some basic Linux classes as that knowledge is easily transferable.
Over really recommending one over the other I figured it might also be helpful to just list some options, noting that I am sure a custom session could be created if desire with financing really exist. All that said, Redhat does offer courses: https://www.redhat.com/en/services/training The VM web site list eduction offers: http://www.vm.ibm.com/education/ Marist with the IDCP has official course offering listed here, with one geared towards z/VM with Linux: http://idcp.marist.edu/enterprisesystemseducation/enterprisesystemscoursecalendar.html The VMworkshop in June is still rated as the best bang for the buck. I just attended my first one this year and was very impressed. Worth noting is that 2016 is slated to occur at Ruters Univerity in NJ: http://www.vmworkshop.org/ And then there are of course labs at events like SHARE or InterConnect: http://www.share.org/ http://www.ibm.com/cloud-computing/us/en/interconnect/ Hopefully all this info is helpful, Kurt Acker IBM Smarter Planet, Smarter Data Centers Virtualization and Enterprise System Management Technologies ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
