What Should be Included in a Linux Crash Course?

Posted by Cliff on Thursday September 2, 2004 @01:05AM from the an-intensive-penguin-education dept.

Olivier Van Acker asks: "Since I started working at my current job a year ago I've installed on average one (Gentoo) Linux machine a month. Included are developer desktop machines, development servers, router/firewall, web servers, video server, MPEG encoders, etc. (It's a platform for interactive television). Since I'm the only one who is able to maintain them I want to train two of my colleagues. I've got three days dedicated time, three computers to work with and they are both Linux/Open source newbies (A technician and a programmer). What should this crash course include, what is the best learning method and what resources are available online?" "My background: I'm a programmer, a systems engineer and I used to give IT training. I have been using Unix-based operating systems since 1995.

My list so far:

Linux system Installation

Software installation

General Linux system administration

Network administration

Web server configuration

Database administration

Video server administration

History of Unix and Linux

Philosophy of open source software"

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This should have been included in the FAQ by now by Tim_F · 2004-09-02 01:20 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Ask Slashdot is not a place to get advice on how to do your job. Use Google. Teach yourself. Whatever. Just don't Ask Slashdot. All it tells your employer is that you're lazy and stupid.