Re: Linux Learning Resources
If you are looking to do much in the way of gaming I would look into PopOS by system76. basically a version of ubuntu with some extras for wine/gaming. On Thu, Aug 13, 2020 at 7:35 AM Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > I tend to buy classes when on sale cheap (5-10 bucks) from Udemy, lately > ansible, docker, k8s, and the material is usually really good. I've not > looked to see what sort of "beginner to linux" courses they have, but I'm > almost certain they have some, and I tend to trust their content. > > As said, there's always the tubes with plenty of user generated content, > at times better than what you get in higher education. > > Talking with someone recently trying to complete their masters degree from > a local community college needing some missing math classes, she found the > school edu material was mostly garbage, the video "classes" were terrible, > and mostly had to end up teaching herself how to do it off youtube. She > found not only her teacher selling and giving away better classes on > youtube and others, often far better than her school provided for the class > (calculus). I can only imagine how this is for anything directly > CS-related, values of any degrees seem about worthless these days, moreso > now post-covid when you can't even talk to a human. > > -mb > > > On Wed, Aug 12, 2020 at 4:56 PM AZ Pete via PLUG-discuss < > plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> After about a 10 year hiatus away from Linux I'm getting back into it for >> daily use. I've been playing around with Ubuntu (and Zorrin). When I was >> using Linux all those years ago it was mainly as command line against a >> remote server (no desktop). But, now I want to learn more about using Linux >> from a desktop user perspective for daily use. I'm looking for how to do >> stuff as a Linux user not so much administering the machine (although I >> understand there's some cross over). My main goal is to learn how to do >> tasks on the Linux desktop that I currently do on Windows as a user and a >> developer (I'm a SQL Server DBA). >> >> Googling for "How to do X in Linux" returns so many hits it's >> overwhelming (and time consuming). So, I thought I'd ask the group to get >> the good stuff directly. :) >> >> What recommendations can the group provide as far as learning resources? >> Websites, newsletters, blogs, daily usage tips, etc? >> Where do you guys go for this type of information? >> >> Any thoughts would be appreciated. >> >> Thanks, >> Peter >> >> >> --- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: Linux Learning Resources
I tend to buy classes when on sale cheap (5-10 bucks) from Udemy, lately ansible, docker, k8s, and the material is usually really good. I've not looked to see what sort of "beginner to linux" courses they have, but I'm almost certain they have some, and I tend to trust their content. As said, there's always the tubes with plenty of user generated content, at times better than what you get in higher education. Talking with someone recently trying to complete their masters degree from a local community college needing some missing math classes, she found the school edu material was mostly garbage, the video "classes" were terrible, and mostly had to end up teaching herself how to do it off youtube. She found not only her teacher selling and giving away better classes on youtube and others, often far better than her school provided for the class (calculus). I can only imagine how this is for anything directly CS-related, values of any degrees seem about worthless these days, moreso now post-covid when you can't even talk to a human. -mb On Wed, Aug 12, 2020 at 4:56 PM AZ Pete via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > Hi All, > > After about a 10 year hiatus away from Linux I'm getting back into it for > daily use. I've been playing around with Ubuntu (and Zorrin). When I was > using Linux all those years ago it was mainly as command line against a > remote server (no desktop). But, now I want to learn more about using Linux > from a desktop user perspective for daily use. I'm looking for how to do > stuff as a Linux user not so much administering the machine (although I > understand there's some cross over). My main goal is to learn how to do > tasks on the Linux desktop that I currently do on Windows as a user and a > developer (I'm a SQL Server DBA). > > Googling for "How to do X in Linux" returns so many hits it's overwhelming > (and time consuming). So, I thought I'd ask the group to get the good stuff > directly. :) > > What recommendations can the group provide as far as learning resources? > Websites, newsletters, blogs, daily usage tips, etc? > Where do you guys go for this type of information? > > Any thoughts would be appreciated. > > Thanks, > Peter > > > --- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: Linux Learning Resources
Go checkout Engineer Man on YouTube. He has a lot of good videos on beginning Linux admin stuff that I found helpful. On Wed, Aug 12, 2020, 16:56 AZ Pete via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > Hi All, > > After about a 10 year hiatus away from Linux I'm getting back into it for > daily use. I've been playing around with Ubuntu (and Zorrin). When I was > using Linux all those years ago it was mainly as command line against a > remote server (no desktop). But, now I want to learn more about using Linux > from a desktop user perspective for daily use. I'm looking for how to do > stuff as a Linux user not so much administering the machine (although I > understand there's some cross over). My main goal is to learn how to do > tasks on the Linux desktop that I currently do on Windows as a user and a > developer (I'm a SQL Server DBA). > > Googling for "How to do X in Linux" returns so many hits it's overwhelming > (and time consuming). So, I thought I'd ask the group to get the good stuff > directly. :) > > What recommendations can the group provide as far as learning resources? > Websites, newsletters, blogs, daily usage tips, etc? > Where do you guys go for this type of information? > > Any thoughts would be appreciated. > > Thanks, > Peter > > > --- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
