Ronan,
You are right I guess you have to decide what type
of user you want to be For someone like me right know
who is selfstuding for the A+ exam and looking for a
career in IT I guess you can say I want the basic
Knowledge of linux to install run trouble shoot
network and run and operate a server from a linux box
thank you for your time
Casey
--- Ronan Heffernan <ronan@iotcorp.com> wrote:
> casey fraites wrote:
> > thank you for your time Ronan
> >
> > For your insite on networking with linux I am
> college
> > student and I help out at a local computer shop
> in
> > town I am looking to network a small amount of
> > computers what brand of linux would you recommend
> I
> > hear that redhat is used mostly in enterprise and
> > small businesses Is there tutoruals on the net to
> > help learn the basics of operating linux ??
>
>
> What kind of user do you want to be? Do you want to
> help your computer
> shop by installing and supporting Linux on white
> boxes (major
> involvement)? Do you just want to use Linux as a
> Desktop for word
> processing, email, etc. (very little tutorial
> needed, especially if
> someone else sets-up your box). Software Developer
> (a special breed of
> insanity on any platform)? Do you want to set-up a
> home LAN or your own
> ISP? What you want to use Linux for will dictate
> what kind of
> books/tutorials that you need, and should influence
> how you initially
> approach Linux.
>
> There are many books on learning Linux or using
> Linux. The O'Reilly
> books are solid, but they seem a bit technical for a
> first book. The
> Hillsborough County Public Library system has quite
> a few
> introduction-grade books on Linux (including Linux
> for Dummies). If you
> need to pick-up an elective, or a CS class, any
> basic course on UNIX
> will teach you a lot about the underlying structures
> of Linux (commands,
> filesystem layout, lore, etc.) in case you want to
> know the gory details.
>
> I have used SuSE for the last five years. I like
> the installer (which
> does a great job of recognizing your hardware and
> configuring your
> system to match) and the packages which are
> installed and configured
> automatically. Honestly, once a machine is
> installed and configured the
> way that you like it, all of the major distros work
> in pretty-much the
> same way (which is no surprise when you figure that
> the most important
> differentiating factor between distros is the
> installer software). Red
> Hat is not only common in Enterprises; it is very
> popular for home use,
> and Mandrake which is popular primarly in homes is
> based on Red Hat.
>
> If you want to play with Linux without a major
> investment of time or
> knowledge, you can bring your box to a SLUG meeting
> and you should find
> someone who will help install and configure Linux
> for you. Then you can
> use it as a Desktop and let your learning be driven
> by your needs. If
> you are going to do this, you should coordinate on
> the list to make sure
> that someone will be at the meeting who can help,
> and that someone will
> be bringing a distro to install.
>
> --ronan
>
>
>
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