Linux / Unix

[Deano]

Hi all, I am finishing a HND computing course and would be interested in installing either / both of these two os\'s to learn more about them. Does anyone know where there are any great tutorials to download or view in addition to wich versions of the os to install (e.g. red hat / suse / caldera).

I feel that this area of the market place is the way to go for high earners, so i would like a jump start while i do my degree. Thank you all in advance.

Deano

[jombeewoof]

check out www.linuxlinks.com for some good newbie tuts and they say the easiest to learn is mandrake 8.x
I\'m currently learning on redhat 6.2 and it\'s kinda tough but I\'m getting through it

[Anonymous]

try http://www.e-gineer.com

[Bruce]

You might check out LinuxBeginner.org and LinuxBeginner.org; the latest RedHat distro, 7.3, is what I am using, but I wouldn\'t recommend it to a new user.  Since I don\'t have the really fast CPU (600MHz AMD K6-II and only 512 Megs of RAM) required to run either the KDE or Gnome environments well, I am having to configure one of the older window managers in order to get any performance at all.

If you really want to learn the SysAdmin aspects of Linux/Unix, I\'d recommend RedHat 6.2, and do a lot of stuff via the console.  Embarking on a career change from nuclear engineering to Information Tecnology, I took a series of continuing education courses on Unix system analysis, Unix programming, and system administration from Ga. Tech, and played with several variants of Unix, some using System V and some using BSD as a basis.  But I learned what little I know (honestly, barely enough to do simple stuff like configuration modifications, shell scripts, and recompiling the kernel) on RedHat 4.2.

Good luck!