Peter Cavender wrote:
> >Hi everybody!
> >
> >My name is Marvel Carvalho.
> >
> >I work in a company called Portway. We developed systems to HandHeld
> >and Palm platform , and also Sales Administration Systems to Intel
> >platform - with Delphi and Oracle.
> >
> >I'm interested in setting up a Linux station in our net NT.
> >We want it working as a PROXI server, FTP Server, internal e-mail Server.
> >
> >I need to learn how to do all of these things. I know that it can
> >take many time. Which is the best way to learn it? Courses / Books /
> >what else????
> >
> >I'll appreciate your opinion very much...
> >
> >I'm looking forward to hearing from you.
> >
> >Marvel Carvalho
> >Portway - Brazil - SP
>
> Hello Marvel-
>
> The best way to learn Linux is to get a computer and a Linux CD and
> install it, play with it, and read the documentation on the CD and on
> the internet. There are many good Linux distributions, but I am most
> familiar with and recommend RedHat. It is easy to install and has
> good documentation.
>
> http://www.redhat.com
>
> You can download Linux for free, but it is difficult for a beginner.
> You can buy $2 CDs of most popular Linux distributions from Linux
> Mall:
>
> http://www.linuxmall.com
>
> Each of these sites below contains much documentation.
>
> For ftp, there are two popular servers: wu-ftpd is more popular, and
> proftpd is newer and more flexible. (wu-ftpd comes with RedHat)
>
> http://www.wu-ftpd.org
> http://www.proftpd.org
>
> For mail, there is sendmail and qmail. I prefer qmail. Download the
> "Life with qmail" manual. (sendmail comes with RedHat)
>
> http://www.qmail.org
> http://www.sendmail.org
>
> For web serving, there is apache: (comes with RedHat)
> http://www.apache.org
>
> If you want a server as you described, a company in Canada, e-smith,
> has a nice Linux distribution that comes pre-configured to do what
> you need (and more).
>
> http://www.e-smith.net
>
> To learn about free software and the License for linux, visit the
> Free Software Foundation:
>
> http://www.fsf.org
>
> Books published by O'Reilly are the best Linux books.
>
> Good Luck!
> Peter
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