Want to learn a lot about Linux in general, run unstable Gentoo for a few years as your desktop, guaranteed to learn a lot. But even Gentoo has become somewhat easy to manage, not like how it was back in 2004 ;) -- Trevor
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 3:45 PM, Mark Holmquist <marktrac...@gmail.com>wrote: > > What skills do I need to be a good admin? > > ... > > Sent from my iPod > > Start by getting a decent email client. > > Learn to run the command line. Artfully. Don't force yourself to use it for > everything, there are legitimate uses of the GUI, but the command line > should be your friend. > > Know how to program, or at least script--look up some tutorials on BASH > scripting/Perl/Python. Even C programs can be useful every once in a while. > > If you're serious about being deft at setting up and administrating > servers, why not practice a lot? Buy some server time on EC2 or something, > then spend a few hours setting up and tearing down test servers. Or use your > neighbor's garbage PCs. Either way. > > If you want any help with Python or BASH, I'm here (off-list) for you. Hope > to hear from you! > > -- > Mark Holmquist > Student, Computer Science > University of Redlands > marktrac...@gmail.com > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > LinuxUsers@socallinux.org > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >
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