I am very familiar with NT I have completed my MCP + I and my MCSE. Now
don't get me wrong I now that UNIX is far superior to NT or anything that
Microsoft can write. That is why I want to now UNIX as well as NT. I have
recently been promoted to IT manager and want to bring UNIX into the shop to
run our Firewall. That is pretty hard to do if I have no clue hoe the system
works. Anyway I want to thank you for taking time to help me. I will
certainly pick up the books that you listed below, but wanted to ask if
there are any good site that I could look at on the web.
I want to thank you once again for all the help.
Troy
-----Original Message-----
From: Stephen F. Bosch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sunday, May 21, 2000 9:57 PM
Subject: Re: [expert] How do I install QuakeIII on a Linux box
>SGT_ROCK wrote:
>
>> I think my lack of Linux knowledge might be showing. Okay you got me I am
>> Win guy trying to escape the dark side and join the pure world of Linux.
I
>> have been working with Windows NT for seven years so I think by now I am
>> really brainwashed. Any good book or white papers that would help me
would
>> be greatly appreciated.
>
>Well, I gotta hand it to you. Get ready to use one of the finest
>operating systems going, my friend.
>
>I would strongly recommend purchasing a copy of Que's "Using Linux:
>Special Edition". It is very complete, reasonably current, and includes
>three different Linux distributions (Red Hat 6.0, Caldera OpenLinux 2.3,
>and Debian/GNU Linux 2.1). That's a good starting point.
>
>If you are used to working and administering NT then I think you would
>also benefit from a general introduction to Unix. Get "Unix System V
>Release 4: An Introduction" by Rosen, Rosinski, Farber and Host. Most
>(if not all) Linux distributions are SVR4- rather than BSD-based.
>
>The key things with Unix are getting comfortable using command-line
>tools and understanding how Unix filesystems work. If you were
>proficient with NT then you probably already are comfortable with the
>command line -- though once you learn some of the tricks with Unix,
>you'll wonder how you ever survived using NT.
>
>I didn't want to discourage you with my comments, but many people make
>the mistake of thinking that Unix is just like Windows, when... well,
>Unix and Windows are about as far apart as anything can get.
>
>Good luck to you.
>
>-Stephen-
>
