Re: [tlug] easy ways to learn linux easily and quickly

[Josh Glover <jmglov@example.com>]

Quoth Luke Kearney (Thu 2002-10-24 09:33:23PM +0900):
> 
> OK so you want to learn to do stuff heh ? Well perhaps one of the things you
> might consider in addition to spending your hard earned \\\ at the book
> store is to get a bit practical about it. An installed workstation won't
> teach you all that much so think about setting yourself a project eg install
> samba and use it as a PDC on your home LAN,  once that works then hook up a
> printer to it and try to print from winblows.

Great advise thus far.

> go register with a free
> dynamic DNS provider then play with mail servers / web servers /ftp servers
> yadda yadda yah,

!!! DANGER WILL ROBINSON !!!

It is my firm belief that people who do not know what they are doing should
*never* run network servers outside of their home networks.

010/8 is a great place to play. Routable addresses are not.

After all, do you let your kids have the car at age 12 by themselves to learn
on public roads? Hell no! They would be a danger to themselves and everyone
else.

> build yourself a custom kernel and install it - word of
> warning try to research this a little before you start pulling the nuts and
> bolts out of your OS. Try learning to build things one at a time. As you go
> you will make mistakes and learning from those mistakes is what you will get
> you the experience you need to take on more interesting projects.

More good advise.

Luke makes a great point: learn by reading, understand by doing.


-- 
Josh Glover <jmglov@example.com>

Associate Systems Administrator
INCOGEN, Inc.
http://www.incogen.com/

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