other study material....

jamesleecolemanjamesleecoleman Member Posts: 1,899 ■■■■■□□□□□
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Alright so I brought the Linux + book by Sybex like last week. I'm into the 5th chapter now and I'm having the hardest time trying to learn the material. Chapter one was alright because I know what parts of a computer are but the chapters after that aren't really telling me how to use the parameters with examples. I would go and try to type in a command suchs as ln with a parameter and wouldnt know how to work with a hardlink or symbolic link. So I would use the man command to try to read up on the command that I'm trying to use and nothing would help me with that. I do have the cd (not with me now because I'm at school) that came with the book. I've been going through the chapters that I've previously read just to make sure that I understand file permissions, vim, mkdir, and other stuff. I'm not trying to rush through things but I just would like to understand the material more clearly so does anyone have any other books in mind that would be more detailed in the material? I've tried to use wikipedia with some linux sites to help me but I couldn't find anything. Maybe I shoulda started with A+ icon_confused.gif
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  • vwtechvwtech Member Posts: 68 ■■□□□□□□□□
    I'm new to Linux also and I have used mostly Sybex in the pass but this time I bought "Linux+ 2005 In Depth". The book was cheaper at $39.99 vice $49.99. I spent about 5min with it before making the purchase-it was a good decision. You don't need a CD anyway cause the distro's are free for download. I feel that with this one book and the hands on experience I'll gain with Fedora7 (running it in vmware) I'll be fine.
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  • Daniel333Daniel333 Member Posts: 2,077 ■■■■■■□□□□
    A+ is a well recognized starting point for IT certification, and Linux+ supplements it well. You might be better off.

    What is your background in IT?
    -Daniel
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  • BeaverC32BeaverC32 Member Posts: 670 ■■■□□□□□□□
    I've tried to use wikipedia with some linux sites to help me but I couldn't find anything.
    You aren't looking in the right places then -- there is a ton of information out there to help new Linux users.

    Here are a few:
    http://tldp.org/
    http://www.linux-tutorial.info/
    http://learnlinux.tsf.org.za/courses/web-courses.html

    An excellent book geared towards Linux:
    http://www.amazon.com/Practical-Guide-Commands-Editors-Programming/dp/0131478230/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1200003701&sr=8-1
    MCSE 2003, MCSA 2003, LPIC-1, MCP, MCTS: Vista Config, MCTS: SQL Server 2005, CCNA, A+, Network+, Server+, Security+, Linux+, BSCS (Information Systems)
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  • supertechCETmasupertechCETma Member Posts: 377
    When I took the Linux+ exam back in the day... I found Steve Shah to be a great author. The book has been updated. You might give it a look.

    http://books.google.com/books?id=frXiMOVgOLgC&q=linux+administration&dq=linux+administration&pgis=1
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  • jamesleecolemanjamesleecoleman Member Posts: 1,899 ■■■■■□□□□□
    Daniel333 wrote:
    A+ is a well recognized starting point for IT certification, and Linux+ supplements it well. You might be better off.

    What is your background in IT?

    I was thinking of working on A+ and linux+ at the same time.
    I don't really have a background in IT. I'm in college now for Network Administration and I'm in my second semester. I did take CCNA semesters 1 and 2 in highschool around three years ago. I have built my own system, replaced parts in it, some laptop repair, some pc troubleshooting, windows and linux (suse and ubuntu) installation, and some networking.
    Booya!!
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  • SpeedySpeedy Member Posts: 2 ■□□□□□□□□□
    I haven't looked around a whole lot, but does anyone have any recommendations for practice exams for the Linux +?
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