Where do you go for help and news?

[David J Berube]

I'd strongly recommend Unix Power Tools - it's an excellent book 
covering a lot of *nix topics.

Take it easy,

David Berube
Berube Consulting
djberube at berubeconsulting.com
(603)-485-9622
http://www.berubeconsulting.com/

Matt Snell wrote:
> On 1/30/07, Paul Lussier <p.lussier at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> So, what sites to people here frequent?  What Linux-related RSS feeds,
>> blogs, help sites to people tune into to increase their knowledge?
>> What other suggestions are there for people new to Linux to reach for
>> when they need help understanding some of the more heady
>> sysadmin-related topics?
>>
> 
> I've only been using Linux for about a year.  I've personally learned a lot
> just by throwing myself into the whole mess.  Nothing beats just setting up
> a machine doing it.  Since that only gets you started, I found that the
> resources below help.
> 
> http://linuxreality.com/ - New User Podcast (terrific)
> 
> New Podcasts - either just getting started or new to me:
> 
> http://goinglinux.com
> http://thelip.net
> 
> I would also suggest some of the moderate to advanced user podcasts.  You
> can get an incomplete list at http://thelinuxlink.net/.
> 
> I check out the WFTL Lug when I have time:
> http://www.marcelgagne.com/wftl-lug.html
> 
> Monitoring DIGG for interesting articles is great but can be a little time
> consuming (a lot of garbage to sort through)
> 
> Start with Ubuntu and utilize its community.  The wiki is great and the IRC
> channel is friendlier than most.  Since it seems to be the Linux darling
> right now, there are a lot of blogs and articles that help get things done.
> 
> There's a decent online course over at http://linuxbasics.org.  You can 
> take
> it on your own and does enough to get you going.
> 
> I get a lot of ideas from http://howtoforge.com
> 
> Personally, I think that you making yourself available to answer questions
> would help a lot.  That's something that I'm missing and would treasure.  I
> don't personally know anyone with Linux experience, and think just watching
> a sysadmin do his job and asking questions would be an insanely useful way
> to learn.  (anyone need an apprentice?)
> 
> Hope that helps
> 
> 
> 
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