You could hit advanced-to-GURU status in a month: http://www.tldp.org/guides.html
On Sun, 05 Jan 2003 20:31:31 -0700 Kevin Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We all start in the position you're in now. > > 6 months from now, you'll be helping other people out too. > > In the mean time, just post a public "This is Cool" when you find something > neat. Linux is a big topic. We all have areas we know and areas we don't > know. I like seeing messages about nifty stuff, even when I can't > immediately use it. Sometimes it's valuable later. For Example: > > Scott Zuk posted something about rsync backups a few months back, and I'll > be checking into it in the next few weeks. > Marcel posted an AccPac on Suse link in the Spring. I might need to check > that out in the next few months. > Aaron is in my list with some Konqi Stuff, and PGP as well. > Lots of people posted LTSP stuff, and most of it I've kept as well, though I > have no immediate need. > > There's some simple stuff that I should be up to speed on, but I'm not. If > you bring it up, we'll both learn. SSH would be a great example. I don't > need to know anything about it right now, but really, I should know > something about it. For now, I need it for the IPcop boxes I use as > firewalls in some places. I check the checkbox, and it works. That's all I > need to know. But I'd be curious to read about it when someone else brings > it up. For now, I don't need it, so I don't really care, even if I should. > > Kev. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dave Bourassa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 6:47 PM > Subject: Re: (clug-talk) Simple questions ... > > > > Hi y'all. I want to thank every one that took the time to respond to my > > query. I've printed out the responses and will be going through them > > all trying different attacks on the problem. It's just the sort of > > helping hand or leg up I newbie needs. I'm going to continue to try to > > learn linux as I believe in it more than the "other" OS "choices" out > > there. As I am familiar enough with MS to actually teach it, I sort of > > expected Linux would not be too hard to learn, but I have to admit, it > > is taking longer than I expected. I am persistent, however, and with > > the encouragement and support of this group, I know I will succeed. > > > > Once again, thanx to all who took the time to reply. If there's > > anything I can do in return, let me know. I can, for example, burn > > copies of distro's for anyone in need. I have copies of Knoppix, 3.1, > > Red Hat 8.0 or Mandrake 8.2 and 9.0. I know I can't help much when it > > comes to running/installing/tweaking, but at least I can provide > > something if only in the way or ISO's on CD. > > -- > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Dave Bourassa at > > http://members.shaw.ca/djb.enterprises/ > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > "There are 10 kinds of people in the world. Those who > > understand binary and those who don't." > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > >
