From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lo.gmane.org (lo.gmane.org [80.91.229.12]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1AFAC1A29E for ; Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:11:04 -0400 (EDT) Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NrLJE-0000Yr-Nr for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:11:00 +0100 Received: from ppp121-45-190-195.lns6.syd7.internode.on.net ([121.45.190.195]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:11:00 +0100 Received: from jason by ppp121-45-190-195.lns6.syd7.internode.on.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:11:00 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca From: Jason White Subject: Re: Linux Introduction Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:10:49 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <5C8594CADEB048AD8D64A59A0C614E54@math.wisc.edu> X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp121-45-190-195.lns6.syd7.internode.on.net X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test76 (Apr 2, 2001) Originator: jason@jdc.jasonjgw.net (Jason White) X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:11:04 -0000 John G. Heim wrote: >I think you've gotten a lot of good advice in this thread. The only thing >I'd add is that if you are getting into linux with the goal of ultimately >finding a job as a linux systems administrator, you should eventually work >toward learning the command line and you should ultimately end up using >either fedora or debian (or both). Knowing the shell very well is a prerequisite to being a competent and effective Linux user, and even more so for anyone who wants to administer systems for other people, professionally or otherwise. Speakup would be a good starting point, since it has very few dependencies and can run even when large parts of the system are unavailable - precisely the situations in which an administrator's skills are put to the test. I would suggest learning to use the shell and Linux tools as a user first, proceeding thereafter to acquire administrative skills.