> > I am a SysAdmin, but mainly management, and in an NT/Exchange > > environment. I manage about 10 NT servers running a variety of MS apps <Exchange,DHCP,Wins, SQL Anywhere, IIS, Sybase ona Alpha, print server, etc>. Linux is a totally different animal. At times I find the learning curve absolutely infuriating. And I mean at the command line not the pretty GUIs that one can download and install or whatever. Studying for my MCSE was a breeze in comparsion to really learn Linux. Sssh. Please dont tell anyone on the list.
My currently project is creating Linux from scratch which looks like an excellent way to learn the basic concepts on how Linux operates. I am no means a rocket scientist by I get humbled by Linux everyday. I have found out through the listservs is that one must maintain a stance of being a student and always learning. I wish I could post answers on Linux questions but I lack that knowledge that everyone else seems to have. <rats> > > I sense that to learn what it is all about, I need to practice a > > lot, compiling and recompiling kernels (I don't know anything about > > programming beyond the Hello World stuff; basic shell scripts) and > > figuring out how to download/install different applications. I'd > > like to learn VI, Emacs etc., as well. Here is a very good book that will help learn the basics. http://rute.sourceforge.net/ With a strong Windows backgroud I am a total moron when it comes to the command line. but Iam trying very hard to change that. When I get frusted with Linux I often reache for the GUIs just because of what I was taught in the windows world. With Linux you have to hit the documenation and the list servs to find out how something works. The command line is where the real power lies and on how to truely run it to its fullest extent. > > and try to introduce some features that Linux offers in my work > > environment, I'd like to be able to use the NSA secure kernel. In my expierence stick with main stream distros. Redhat, Suse,etc. With the slimmed down kernels you have to damn expert to get some of that stuff to work. Stick with a ditros that keeps up with the latest and greatest trends in the open source movement. Espically for beginners. You could be hanging from the ceiling <like me at times> and not even know it. Roger P.S. Why I am learning linux? Beats me... Just a curious fellow I guess. _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
