Hi Geoffrey, Here is a link that that I found is an excellent guide in structuring your understanding of Linux. http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LPI_Linux_Certification.
It is used by people including my self, who wants to build their Linux Skills and/or prepare for LPI Certification LPIC-1 and LPIC-2. These materials are intended for Sys-Admins in the Junior and Advanced Levels. Please note that there are no restrictions as to a candidate's age when qualifying for LPI Certifications. I hope this information is useful to you. Oscar Plameras On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 9:00 PM, Geoffrey Cowling <geoffrey.cowl...@gmail.com> wrote: > As a 77 year old I have some idea of the needs. > > The most important need is some kind of community. As we age, the > chances of panic--what do I do now?--increase. Certainly at my age I > found contemporaries using Linux a rare commodity--"Computers for > Seniors" largely have no acquaintance or interest. > > I have used computers--as interest, but not professionally, and for > work--since CP/M days. Done one or two courses in e.g. C, but am no > expert. > > While attending SLUG my main complaint was lack of help. On this list > I got little response to questions (except from persons at my level, > who did not necessarily know either). I felt that unless one was a > professional, or training to be one, there was no support. A nooby, > at school--fine. Amateur with limited knowledge, or out of date > knowledge--no. OK--RTFM, but what if you cannot understand it? It > was more rewarding, after googling, to try foreign web sites. They > tended to be more sympathetic. > > I am now out of the country, have no community anywhere near, so am > totally dependent on such thing as Linux Format! I keep an eye on > this list for incidental news and sometimes useful knowledge. > > So the people referred to on the postings of this topic ate bloody > lucky! Community is all .. > > cheers > > Geoffrey > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
