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Best Training in Linux Administration?

Posted by Cliff on from the fast-track-to-a-Linux-education dept.

Love to Learn Linux asks: "My company is making the move to Linux. I've been a Windows admin the last 5 years and have been asked to learn Linux. I've got some O'Reilly books but I need some hands on experience. My company will pay for any Linux training I choose. I'd prefer an online course to one of those 4 day classroom courses since I'd like to take my time and really learn it. So far, I've been recommended the Red Hat eLearning course and the O'Reilly Learning Lab. Would you recommend either of these over the other, or are there some better choices?"

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  1. 1st post = awesome by bprice20 · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I recommend installing a distro like fedora, debian, or slackware and just getting everyting to work... then you'll come up w/ other things to try, you learn as you go

  2. Re:Use it at home by BSDape · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Slackware is be the distro to begin with.

  3. It depends what you're working with by MysteriousMystery · · Score: 0, Redundant

    It depends on what you're working with, a lot of the suggestions on installing it at home and messing around are quite frankly more effective than taking any class, provided it is for desktop use only. If you plan to learn Apache, or various mail system administration look into formal training like what is offered by the Linux Professional Instute at http://www.LPI.org Red Hat offers nice training but in a lot of ways they teach skills that are related specificly to utilties used only or primarily by their distribution which can be a problem if you plan to use other products in the future.

  4. LFS is the best teacher out there by dsettanni · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Install a linux system at home (I prefer SlackWare), then perform an install of linux from scratch. I think its probably the best teacher out there as you actually see what components are getting installed on the system and get a little of the why. There will probably be some intricacies in whatever distro you pick but that will give you a very solid background. Also, pick up Unix power tools from somewhere - learning the tools inside that book is a better education then any class I ever took.

  5. Use Linux yourself daily by Tracy+Reed · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Run Linux at home and run your own personal mail server, web server, etc on it. That's how I got into Linux. It will teach you more faster than any official training.