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Good Morning!
first of all Congratulation to run a tremendous site, which help the needy and passionate people. I want to learn that but i cant find a right person.
Actually in our environment, we run Oracle Red-hat Linux 5.9.
I want to become a Linux administrator.
I have following experience of Oracle Red-hat Linux 5.9.

1. Linux Installation 5.9
2. Driver installation
3. IP Installation
4. How to set admin password
5. How to join domain
6. How to set system name
7. How to check system partition drives
8. How to access any specific folder
9. How to install specific software
10. How to off firewall

I would like to request the admin please, i want to do something new in Linux if anyone help me for learning...

My best wishes always with this side and specially for admin. you are really spread a right and useful information...


thanking you,
Best Regards,
Kamran Ali

Hello all.
I have been using Linux OS's of and on since 1996. I completely gave up on MS in 2006. I change out a hard drive in my PC and MS thought I should purchase a new site license, I did not agree with that train of thought.
I found that popping in a disk and getting Linux up and running was easy to the belief that "Nothing could be this easy". It really was. The learning curve was encountered when trying to make Linux Fly. I recommend that everyone new to Linux or anyone with a desire to do a bit more than e-mail, catalog some photos or music get your hands on a Linux command reference guide and learn the terminal. There is so much to understand and do With Free Open Source Software and there are so many ways to access, install and configure the available software. There are so many resources for help and trouble shooting all things Linux however, here's the caveat; I really had to learn how to ask the question to get an answer that worked for me. General question will get you general answers and rarely ever was the answer I sought found the hodgepodge of generalities found in forums or Google searches and the like. I learn to be very specific in my question and the answers were discerned with less difficulty. There are really answers or fixes for the questions I have had concerning Linux.

Hi all,

I'm a new Redhat Linux administrator. Recently one of my colleague told me our company is joining hands with other company, so i better learn Solaris asap. I have no clue whats Solaris is like. A quick google search on Solaris returned results like DTrace, ZFS, Zones etc... which I have no clue about.

My job as linux admin is to install/manage services like dhcp/dns/vsftpd/ftp/samba/nfs/openldap etc and some form of user/backup/log/package management. What does solaris is used for? Is Solaris also used like dhcp/dns and other services? Because there are little or no tutorials on web on solaris's dhcp/dns service etc. All i see is dtrace, zfs, zones etc.

So pls help me understand:
Can i download solaris-11.2 live cd, install in VirtualBox and get free updates.. say for 6 months/student trial.
If i get updates, learning how to install and manage services like dhcp/dns/vsftp etc in solaris is good enough to start with?
If i dont get free updates, and if i install OpenIndiana and learn the same stuff in it...is it same as working in solaris?
Both Redhat and Solaris are used for same job in companies. Difference is just the choice between stability and technical support. Right?
Many Thanks

I am totally unaware about linux;but I am suggested by my teachers to learn REDhat. i am not getting how to start;from where to get REDhat operating system;which book or online site to refer to;so that i can start learning REDHAT.
please as my question;give me a detailed answer.I really am naive at Linux.

Hi,
I work in a company where job security isnt too great at the moment, so I'd like to learn new things, the main one being Linux.

Talking to a tech guy at work he says the best bet to replicate an office environment would be Red Hat, so I would like to install Red Hat Linux Enterprise V7 but am finding it difficult to find an open source website offering a free download for it.
Does anyone have a particular website they get their Linux from at all please?

Also, excuse this very ignorant question, but I'd like to set up a server within my Vmware Workstation 10 environment, plus 3 desktops - would that need Linux Red Hat server plus Linus Red Hat desktop software?

If the above has already been answered then I will happily follow a thread that you could point me too please instead?

Thanks in anticipation,
Clank

I'm new to Linux, I want to master all of the lovely little details about what makes Linux tick, and how it ticks. I would love to know any suggestions of where I should start. I want to know how anything, the hardware, software, and firmware works. I am wanting to get into computer science, I'm very motivated and am willing to put in the time to learn and master Linux. I figure that Linux is a good of a place to start as any, seeing how there is a lot of source code to study and open source software to play around with.

Hi all,

Apologies if this is off-topic. I searched a while and couldn't find out whether or not the Newbie forum is strictly for technical questions or not.

I am new to Linux and have been using it the past 4 months or so. Currently I work in a support job as an MS technician. I'm mostly using it to advance my career. Management told me if I devote time to learning Linux to the point where I can do very basic maintenance tasks on the company Linux servers, and the ability to support our few Linux clients, I would be promoted to a senior support position.

One of the greater challenges so far is trying to figure out WHAT to focus on and how long to devote to it each day. I find that if I spend multiple hours/day trying to learn Linux (like 2-3 hours), I don't retain much of what I've learned. Conversely, if I don't spend enough time each day, I worry that I will not learn enough to become proficient in a reasonable amount of time. I sometimes start reading up on a Linux topic, for instance, how to send mail to users, and wonder if my time could be better spent learning another aspect. Then again, I feel like a lot of this basic knowledge can be built upon.

I'd like to become proficient enough to achieve this senior position in 1.5-2 years. Given my current job and personal responsibilities I am able to devote 1-2 hours of learning Linux each day.

In that amount of time, I've been learning new bash commands daily and practicing yum, tried setting up a web server, extracting/compiling software, messing around with inittab, cron jobs, etc. very basic things and building upon that.

Does this sound reasonable? I'd very much appreciate some pointers and to see if I am on the right track from a Linux community perspective.

Thanks.

I just bought a refurb computer at the recommendation of a forum member and now I need a manual. Which is the best online ebook to learn Linux for very very beginners! Like ' how to knock the computer on' beginners! A book that doesn't presume I know what a distro is! I'm joining the Linux community and very excited to steep myself in all things Linux but I need to start at the very beginning otherwise I'll end up getting disillusioned by the scale of the Linux dictionary.

Of course I am very Mac competant and not a complete computer unsavvy guy but I believe in order to really know something you have to go back to the basics. Please recommend a basic online books preferably in iBooks.

I look forward to driving you all crazy over the next six months with my ABC questions.


Thanks guys

Hi all

Im a major newbie when it comes to linux, so im hoping this problem is relatively simple.
Appologies if ive posted to the wrong section, im not quite sure if this is the right place but tbh i wasnt sure where the right section would be...

Im currently trying to install a deep learning package called Caffe (http://caffe.berkeleyvision.org/inst...#prerequisites) on my university's linux server (it is for a project in one of my classes, have my lecturers full knowledge and consent to do so)

Unfortunately caffe has quite a few dependencies and even worse i do not have root access so i cannot install them properly

Ive been told i have to find a way to install to local directories under my account but am not entirely sure how to go about this (spent alot of time googling with no luck)

Most of the prerequisites i need are on RPM (redhats package manager), so essentially i just need to know how to use RPM without root,

what command do i need to do this? using the website RPMFind i was able to locate some of the packages i need to install ( one of which can be found here http://www.rpmfind.net//linux/RPM/fe....fc23.src.html)
using info from this site, how would i go about using RPM, or is there a way to search RPM through the commandline?

the university is running redhat enterprise 6.6, if that makes a difference

Hello

As a learning experience, I want to jump from Windows 7 to Linux full time on my laptop. This isn't because of some antiWindows bullshit or because its free or anything like that. I just want to learn the ins and outs of Linux like I pretty much know on Windows.

I plan to go with Ubuntu. LTS or latest stable version? Thoughts?

First off, compatibility. I do need that all my hardware on my laptop be compatible. From shortcut keys to wifi. This is not a brand new laptop so there shouldn't be any problems. Its a Dell Vostro 1510.

Next, software. Basically on this laptop software I use in and out: uTorrent, Teamviewer, WMP, mIRC, Skype, vSphere Client, Microsoft Office......That's pretty much it IMO. Also Facebook and YouTube (Flash) are a must. I will run all this software in WINE. I don't want (most) of the Linux ports. Im not looking to replace programs I like and use daily. Just looking to replace the operating system.

Next, virtualization. Due to some things (like Office) cannot be ran in Linux, I use a VM. VMWare with its unity feature pretty much gives me what I want.

Next, streaming. I need to be able to stream media from a WS2012R2 to this Linux installation. Special setup?

Anything that is blowing over me, please mention.

Thank you