On Sat, February 25, 2006 12:13 pm, Aaron S. Joyner wrote: > Chad Thomsen wrote: > >>In a few months my schedule is going to free itself up so I figued I >> would >>try and take the fast track to learning linux. I have a linux box at >> home, >>and one here at work. I am slowly incorporating linux based programs >> in my >>Windows/as400 centric network. I have been fumbling with it when I >> have time >>but have not dedicated much time to it lately because free time is at >> a >>premium right now. I would like to "really" learn linux so I thougth >> about >>Linux+. Is it a waste of time? If its not, what books do you >> recommend? >>Will it open any doors in the future if I have it on my resume. I >> figured >>it would not hurt. Any opinions or advice? >> >>Thanks! >> >>Chad >> >> > If you're just looking to learn the basics of Linux, I'd suggest > looking > over anything that covers the course material for the LPI 101 and 102 > exams, and if you do well with those the 200 series exams. These > comprise a good distribution agnostic knowledge of basic Linux skills. > Of course, you should approach it looking for ways to get things done, > and try to apply the things you learn along the way, otherwise you'll > be > another guy with a paper cert who doesn't really know how to apply any > of the multiple choice answers to something practical. :) > > Aaron S. Joyner
How timely this was just on digg. http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/lpi/index.html Matt P. -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
