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

["Luke Kearney" <lukek@example.com>]

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

L


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "n" <yeehi@example.com>
> To: <tlug-digest@example.com>
> Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 10:54 PM
> Subject: [tlug] easy ways to learn linux easily and quickly
>
>
> I have been trying to use linux for a long time and have attempted
sometimes a
> bit half heartedly several ways of getting more linux power, e.g. Basic
Linux
> Tutorial, Buying a Text book, looking at the on line resources, posting
> questions to news groups etc. I have not stuck with many of these. It is
> interesting to me why I give up on them. I don't know but it is because of
> something like this:
>
> I want to go from a to z in linux.
> I try.
> I fail because before I can go to z I have to do m.
> So I try and do m.
> I fail, because, before I can do m I have to do h.
> I try h.
> I fail, because before I can do h I have to do d
>
> I think you get the picture.
> It is not simply that though. If I try and go through a book I encounter
> different problems. eg, the distro and the book don't match, or I end up
with
> a screen different from the book.
>
> Anyway, what I would like to hear is ways to get big improvements but I am
a
> bit faint hearted. I don't want to attempt difficult things yet. Once I am
> able to do some easy things I might want to try something a bit tougher.
>
> Please give me a clue! I am not able to do much.
>
> neil macphee
>
>
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