Douglas J. Hunley wrote: % % Forwarded from a newsgroup, but I'd like to know what you all think.. I've % copied the author. Please continue to copy on replies... % % ,--------------- Forwarded message (begin)
[snippage] % RH basically sets itself up, which is good. But having described what % I want to do I'd like to solicit feedback on which variety of Linux I % should try, and maybe specific "projects" that I could work on to get % a good, well-rounded view of Linux. I could use either an old laptop, % or P-133 in the corner from work. Thanks in advance for any ideas. My 2 shekels, worth whatcha paid for it... You might consider learning the standard sorts of admin tasks you have to perform on any OS, in no particular order: 1) Adding, deleting, modifying users 2) Adding, deleting, modifying disks and filesystems 3) Backing up and restoring files and filesystems using tar, cpio, and the dump/restore tool 4) Setting up a dial-up server 5) Setting up a mail server (Sendmail, Postfix, or Qmail) 6) Setting up a Web server (Apache), including setting up virtual hosts 7) Network configuration needs (configuring DNS, setting up DHCP, adding clients) 8) Firewall configuration using IPTables 9) Access restrictions using TCP Wrappers (/etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny) 10) Adding, removing, upgrading software using RPM and from source 11) Set up an FTP server that supports anonymous downloads, guest users, real users, and that allows blind uploads 12) Set up a Samba file server for Windows users 13) Set up a database server (using MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle) 14) Set up an IRC or other chat server This is hardly a comprehensive list, but it should give you projects to take on for the next couple of months if you are new to Linux. Kurt -- "His super power is to turn into a scotch terrier." _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users