[ale] Best resources for learning Linux

[Jim Kinney]

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 need much drive space and a
1TB home user drive is really low cost. 
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.
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'  :-)
And come to meetings when you can. Post questions and ideas for
discussion on the mailing list. 
On Mon, 2016-03-28 at 14:22 -0400, Karenga Smith wrote:
> Thanks Mark appreciate the info! I sure will if I can figure out
> which group to attend and one that lines up with my schedule.
> 
> On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 1:48 PM, Mark Ulmer <mark at markulmer.com>
> wrote:
> > The obvious answer is join us for ale meetings each week and our
> > monthly
> > meetings. Ha ha.
> > 
> > Free Option
> > I often refer to http://networkingprogramming.com by Charles
> > Germany.
> > Cgermany77 has many YouTube videos on many technical topics.
> > 
> > Pay Option
> > Linux Academy https://linuxacademy.com is one I like and is $29 per
> > month. Very typical you can get a $10 off code.
> > 
> > Mark
> > 
> > On 3/28/2016 1:22 PM, Karenga Smith wrote:
> > > Hello guys thank you for your time and efforts for organizing
> > this group
> > > and accepting my request for membership. I've joined this group
> > looking
> > > to reconnect with my past NIX skill set. I used to be very
> > familiar and
> > > administer SGI systems and their version of Unix called IRIX. I
> > left
> > > that world long ago for LAN/WAN security. My goal now is to get
> > back
> > > into Linux for professional services. Any suggestions on great
> > courses
> > > self paced  online or live training resources?  I noticed some of
> > the
> > > specific vendor instructor led courses are $$$$$ e.g. Redhat.
> > What would
> > > be the equivalent of an MS MCSE in the Linux world? My long term
> > goal is
> > > to become an Openstack Jedi Master. My network and security
> > background
> > > and re learning Linux and Python should be very helpful toward
> > that end.
> > > Thanks for your help.
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Karenga Smith
> > > KPI NetworX
> > > ksmith at kpinetworx.com ksmith at kpinetworx.com>
> > > O 770.835.5574
> > > M 631.398.1339
> > >
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