my 2c.
my recommendation is just to pick a popular distro and focus on
configuring services and applications. you should also endeavor to avoid
leaning on gui tools and wizards to configure things.
'learning' all the different distributions is pretty much pointless.
mastering what they have in common is far more important than mastering
their differences - as you can pick up the differences in no time if
youve got a solid foundation.
what they have in common being those services and applications
so perhaps set yourself or have someone set you some scenarios you
should master. i also wouldnt lean too hard on vms to create a lab.
linux runs on just about anything which provides more opportunity for
learning via breakage.
some examples might include...
- configure dhcp server with dns and samba, connect windows machines
effectively to that network
- configure squid and NAT for a local network
- configure apache with several virtualhosts, mysql and postgresql
with different php applications in different virtualhosts (a range of
forum softwares for example)
there are also lots of study guides for RHCE and similar. try all the
labs and challenges they present.
also, if you really want to learn linux you need to take a page out of
cortez's book by burning your ships and committing to the new world. by
that i mean format your computers (back up your data sure) and only run
linux. there is absolutely no substitute for full immersion.
Dean
On 22/09/10 17:26, Richard Ibbotson wrote:
On Wednesday 22 September 2010 07:53:01 Lee Isaacson wrote:
Oh... just about any...
http://distrowatch.com/
But, just about any version of Ubuntu or Kubuntu or Fedora or openSuSE
is easy to install and use. Easier than winduhs. You just need to
make sure you have enough RAM in your machine. A good graphics card
also helps. I like to use Nvidia.
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