The only way to learn *nix is by doing *nix.
A book whetting one's appetite would be the classic by Neal Stephanson: In the Beginning was the Command Line.
TV shows are a waste of time, tech tv is for losers, or for guys who like looking at Morgan's boobs.
There are so many flavors of *nix and *BSD that are so easy to load and use, that any one incapable of jumping in and doing it is someone who ought to stay with the morons: AOL, Micro$oft, etc. Or maybe they just ought to die or something. Who needs 'em? I sure don't!
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The only way to learn *nix is by doing *nix. A book whetting one's appetite would be the classic by Neal Stephanson: In the Beginning was the Command Line. TV shows are a waste of time, tech tv is for losers, or for guys who like looking at Morgan's boobs. There are so many flavors of *nix and *BSD that are so easy to load and use, that any one incapable of jumping in and doing it is someone who ought to stay with the morons: AOL, Micro$oft, etc. Or maybe they just ought to die or something. Who needs 'em? I sure don't!
But we're all here, all of us *nix folks, some more frequently than others.
As to the larger issue of Red Hat being the next Redmond: all I can say is to hell with anybody who needs a gui!
Just give me *nix with a command line and I'll fucking make whatever the hell else I need.
And Debian is just about the friendliest environment to do that in, imho; but Red Hat is OK, too. I work OK in both to make my own stuff.