[TriLUG] first post: looking for basic Linux course

[Carl Crider]

Those are the suggestions I wish I'd included in my first reply. When
doing my first "real" scratch build at home, I needed a "simple" file
server accessible from anywhere on the planet. Earned some decent
blisters from that build. Make a project wish list and knock it out.


On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 1:53 PM, Sean Korb <spkorb at gmail.com> wrote:
> I think taking a course is a great idea, and I even think building a
> system from scratch can teach a great deal, but I think they could
> both be a little disconnected.
>
> Find something you want Linux to *do* for you.  If you want a home
> security system, build that.  If you want a PVR, build that.  If you
> want a VOIP system, build that.  If you want a media server, build
> that.  Start small.  Build a http server and then build a LAMP stack
> and then work out how to automate backups of your MySQL server.  Try
> playing with SSL keys.  Build a MAME console.  Then build a distro
> from scratch. All of these can be challenging but once you get through
> a few of them, you'll look back at yourself and think... I'm an
> expert!  Then please find a way to reverse engineer Flash and support
> it for linux until the end of our days.
>
> sean
>
> On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 10:40 AM, David Both
> <dboth at millennium-technology.com> wrote:
>> <self-serving answer>
>> I teach a hands-on course, "Theory and Practice of Linux System
>> Administration," that can take you from zero to CLI and a whole lot more in
>> 5 days. It is NOT a certificate course, but covers the things you need to
>> know in order to do the day to day administration of Linux hosts. I charge
>> $2495 for this class with a $500 discount for TriLUG members. For details on
>> this course see my web site:
>> http://www.millennium-technology.com/?page_id=1046
>>
>> I am also currently doing course development on an advanced course which
>> will cover advanced Linux administration and creating a complete, integrated
>> server environment, including DHCP, DNS, Apache, SendMail, SpamAssassin,
>> MimeDefang, NFS, SAMBA, and much more.
>>
>> </self-serving answer>
>>
>> There have been a number of recent discussions here about training. As a
>> former Red Hat trainer I can tell you the Red Hat courses are very good. But
>> they are expensive and you need more than one to cover the material you need
>> to pass the cert exams, if that is what you want.
>>
>> I also teach the Linux+ classes, which I also think are good, but they do
>> not have the depth of content that either the Red Hat or my courses have.
>>
>> New Horizons, in Cary, has Linux courses. You should check those out, but
>> look at the archives for this list as there was quite a discussion about
>> them recently.
>>
>> I think all of these courses cover some things that are quite obscure and
>> seldom used while skipping some things that might be more helpful in day to
>> day usage. Each has it's own objectives.
>>
>> I have no idea about any of the on-line courses.
>>
>> I do like Carl Crider's suggestion. Get something like Fedora, Centos or
>> Debian and install it, play with it, install the servers and configure them,
>> break it and fix it. Reinstall it as many times as you need to get
>> comfortable with it. If you have a host with enough memory and CPU, get
>> VirtualBox and do all of this in a VM without giving up your primary
>> computer while you experiment.
>>
>> For getting started with CLI, my favorite book is:  Mark G. Sobell: A
>> Practical Guide to Linux Commands, Editors, and Shell Programming; Prentice
>> Hall, 2005, ISBN 0-13-147823-0
>>
>> Regardless of how you go about it I wish you well and hope you enjoy it. If
>> you have fun with it the rest will follow.
>>
>>
>
>
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