Windows <---> Linux: you dummy
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@FATeknollogee said:
Say you're a Windows guy..
You'd like to learn some Linux...for doing File Servers, Storage boxes, some enterprise stuff etc...
CentOS | Debian | Ubuntu | Gentoo....
Is there an easy/simple place to get your feet wet? aka "Linux for Dummies"
Just don't ask me to switch my desktop, that stays on Windows 10
VirtualBox is a good place to start tinkering with all of them.
I'm most comfortable with the Ubuntu branches, but some of the other guys here like Redhat / CentOS for that type of stuff.
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Using a Linux desktop is actually quite pointless anyway. You'd learn nothing about Linux itself other than it showing how much more capable it is as a Windows replacement. A Linux desktop is a wonderful thing (typing from one right now) but will do essentially nothing to teach you about Linux itself. Just as normal Windows users learn nothing about Windows even though they use it every day.
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If you want to learn for business and career, CentOS is the place to start. Download CentOS 7, get a book because that has the best coverage of concepts, install in VirtualBox and go to town.
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@scottalanmiller said:
If you want to learn for business and career, CentOS is the place to start. Download CentOS 7, get a book because that has the best coverage of concepts, install in VirtualBox and go to town.
Any book recommendations?
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@FATeknollogee I've not personally purchased/read this one, but I've seen it referenced a lot:
http://www.amazon.com/Linux-System-Administration-Handbook-Edition/dp/0131480057
Also,
manis your friend...
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@FATeknollogee said:
@scottalanmiller said:
If you want to learn for business and career, CentOS is the place to start. Download CentOS 7, get a book because that has the best coverage of concepts, install in VirtualBox and go to town.
Any book recommendations?
Sadly no. It's been so long since I read one that my knowledge is totally out of date as to which ones would be good today.
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I started my venture in to Linux Administration when I moved into a new position a little over 2 years ago. The thing that helped me get a handle on things in the beginning was participating in the Linux Group in the Spiceworks community and using a lot of Google-foo. A lot of the questions you are going to need answered have already been asked/answered a few thousand times over somewhere within that group...
Youtube is also helpful. TheUrbanPenguin channel maintained by Andrew Mallett is exceedingly informative.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFFLP0dKesrKWccYscdAr9A
The resources listed on the right side of the screen from the BASH sub-reddit are also very helpful:
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@RamblingBiped said:
I started my venture in to Linux Administration when I moved into a new position a little over 2 years ago. The thing that helped me get a handle on things in the beginning was participating in the Linux Group in the Spiceworks community and using a lot of Google-foo. A lot of the questions you are going to need answered have already been asked/answered a few thousand times over somewhere within that group...
Youtube is also helpful. TheUrbanPenguin channel maintained by Andrew Malice(sp?) is exceedingly informative.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFFLP0dKesrKWccYscdAr9A
The resources listed on the right side of the screen from the BASH sub-reddit are also very helpful:
He just recently wrote a book too (Urban Penguin, I think it's Andrew Malet or Mallet)
This guy seems fairly knowledgeable also
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@RamblingBiped @johnhooks Thx for the links
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@johnhooks said:
@RamblingBiped said:
I started my venture in to Linux Administration when I moved into a new position a little over 2 years ago. The thing that helped me get a handle on things in the beginning was participating in the Linux Group in the Spiceworks community and using a lot of Google-foo. A lot of the questions you are going to need answered have already been asked/answered a few thousand times over somewhere within that group...
Youtube is also helpful. TheUrbanPenguin channel maintained by Andrew Malice(sp?) is exceedingly informative.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFFLP0dKesrKWccYscdAr9A
The resources listed on the right side of the screen from the BASH sub-reddit are also very helpful:
He just recently wrote a book too (Urban Penguin, I think it's Andrew Malet or Mallet)
This guy seems fairly knowledgeable also
Thanks, I fixed the spelling. Thanks for the heads up on his book as well, looks like it might be a decent reference.
