On Tue, 3 Jul 2001 23:17, George Abdo wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I am thinking of going into Linux/Unix in a more serious manner (leading to
> certification).
>
> Can you recommend reference books that are handy as a system admin
> reference. Also, for those who have done certification, would you recommend
> classroom training, or online/personal training?
>
> Thanks
>
> George
Hi,
Actually I got a lot out of the RHCE study guides (Mandrake's basic
architecture is still closely related).
The SAIR guides are a good start, I can't wait for the level 2 and level 3
books to come out (The Level 1's are a little basic)
Most of all the books that worked for me were the ones by O'Reilly
Runnig Linux and Network Administration are good basic groundings.
After that, they have books on just about any specific facet.
Most of the average books (Linux Unleashed, Linux Special Ed) were pretty
dismal
Another book I was fond of was Linux Servers 24x7...the level of information
in it varies (some of it was pretty crappy) but it had a good bit on DNS
Last but by no means least...never underestimate the fine work of the Linux
Documentation Project as well as the on-system documentation.
As far as training is concerned....I did the RHCE course and did the
exam....My main reason for doing the course was as a brish-up to see if there
was anything I'd missed in my reading binge - I did get something out of it,
manly from the instructors anecdotes.
Best training (for me at least) was self study. In those days I didn't have a
spare ethernet card, so I was using VMware to simulate two pc's and (4
sometimes but that really thrashed it) and ran through all the networking
possibilities and trying things.
I was considering doing RedHats online Perl course (to see how it was and
becasue I can never come up with ideas on what to write) but I got a job 6
months ago supporting win2000 so I'm currently studying the ways of the
dark-side (Can't bring myself to load it on my home network though)
Hope this helps
Andrew
