Frankly Sabir, I've never owned a car myself. But I've years of experience installing, testing both software and hardware systems for a good number of years. I merely attempted to choose an analogy which may have proven useful... as demonstrated guessing is a problem.
By the way, guessing your way through Linux/Unix is exactly not something you want to do. So while you are in college and whenever you are on vacation or otherwise on your own time it will be to your advantage to accept work either with that college's IT/MIS department as a work-study intern or something similar. Also make the time to acquire and expand your learning and skills with various areas of computer science and mathematics by using Linux apps and programming languages as your tools of exploration and study. You'll be better for that effort in the future. If your interest includes any of the life sciences, again the stronger your foundation in Linux/Unix tools within server/client environment or better -- a mastery of programming within and for both server and client environment -- your skills will blossom into solid and practical experience. The advantage you have which did not exist during my student days is that Linux can run from a laptop; also YDL currently can run within the PS3 and the YDL PowerStation, and older PowerPC based Macs. However during my high school and college years only large banks and large science research institutes could afford existing computer systems at that time, and those computers either occupied entire floors or entire buildings. The opportunity you have to cover many disciplines well is unprecedented. The challenge of meeting it, of course, is yours. Suggestion: Expand your knowledge base and discipline across related skills within Linux/Unix and you'll be surprised how relevant it will remain across time across various fields. Maintain a solid foundation with advanced mathematics and nearly any job will find such a foundation of value within it's context of function or business. Remember that very many of the most advanced (and most challenging/interesting) efforts in nearly any area of science and mathematics have little or no funding and therefore are or utilize open source software and hardware systems. For you, or me, getting experience is no longer just or only a matter of associating with professors or other specialists when they need a student or assistance awaiting when funding becomes available. Nowadays it is just a matter of finding a Linux open source project which matches one's interest and will reinforce or develop skills or discipline one desires -- join it, volunteer and progress from there. All the best... On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 5:12 PM, sabir abbassi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > thanks for the help i am not a car guy i have an interest in computers > thats all and i go to college! > > On Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 6:42 PM, Derick Centeno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Dear Sabir: >> >> Bill has a point which you should understand as you expand your learning >> in the Linux community. Understand that Linux, just like any other >> sharing of human interests will be rife with different opinions, >> strategies and even approaches.... > >
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