[ale] Best resources for learning Linux

[Karenga Smith]

Jim thank you I appreciate your candid and insightful post. I've been
messing with a Raspberry PI 2 running an ARM version of Ubuntu Mate it's a
little lite on features but for learning the basics very useful.

On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 5:47 PM, Jim Kinney <jkinney at jimkinney.us> wrote:

> 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.
> >
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> > Karenga Smith
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Karenga Smith
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