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<div style="direction: ltr;font-family: Tahoma;color: #000000;font-size: 10pt;">I 100% agree with what Jim said! Trial and error on old hardware is how I got started working with Linux, and now I do it for a living.
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For me, it was Slackware on my old 486 in the 90s. From there, I moved on to SUSE and Red Hat. Some of the struggles of getting early versions working on old hardware were some of the best learning experiences... when you have a problem and no idea where
to begin to look for a clue, you start exploring the system in ways you wouldn't otherwise. These days, virtualization makes this a lot easier! If you break something, you don't have to spend the whole day and night putting the system back right again.<br>
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 28, 2016 4:47 PM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [ale] Best resources for learning Linux<br>
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<div>I can't encourage people enough to find a spare machine you can afford to break daily by testing out new things. A basic, cheap machine that supports a dual or even quad core with virtualization is a few hundred dollars. For testing containers, you don't
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<div>I come from the RHEL/CentOS/Fedora realm so I have particular way of looking at stuff. Their classes are REALLY expensive and will not fully prep before the test. They are really for a refresher of stuff already learned.</div>
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<div>Test different distros. Lots of docs all over on Ubuntu. Some of the user forums are OK. CentOS uses RHEL docs and all of those are in a single spot. Fedora is cutting edge yet very stable. They have their own docs. Don't use "rawhide" unless you have
really low blood pressure and the patience of a saint. Just sayin' :-)</div>
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<div>And come to meetings when you can. Post questions and ideas for discussion on the mailing list. </div>
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<div>On Mon, 2016-03-28 at 14:22 -0400, Karenga Smith wrote:</div>
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<blockquote type="cite">The obvious answer is join us for ale meetings each week and our monthly<br>
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Free Option<br>
I often refer to <a href="http://networkingprogramming.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">
http://networkingprogramming.com</a> by Charles Germany.<br>
Cgermany77 has many YouTube videos on many technical topics.<br>
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Linux Academy <a href="https://linuxacademy.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">
https://linuxacademy.com</a> is one I like and is $29 per<br>
month. Very typical you can get a $10 off code.<br>
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On 3/28/2016 1:22 PM, Karenga Smith wrote:<br>
> Hello guys thank you for your time and efforts for organizing this group<br>
> and accepting my request for membership. I've joined this group looking<br>
> to reconnect with my past NIX skill set. I used to be very familiar and<br>
> administer SGI systems and their version of Unix called IRIX. I left<br>
> that world long ago for LAN/WAN security. My goal now is to get back<br>
> into Linux for professional services. Any suggestions on great courses<br>
> self paced online or live training resources? I noticed some of the<br>
> specific vendor instructor led courses are $$$$$ e.g. Redhat. What would<br>
> be the equivalent of an MS MCSE in the Linux world? My long term goal is<br>
> to become an Openstack Jedi Master. My network and security background<br>
> and re learning Linux and Python should be very helpful toward that end.<br>
> Thanks for your help.<br>
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