Thank you for all of your replies - I will be installing *one* of the Linux's I have available and jumping in. I will also be checking out the link provided and re-educate myself on basic installation procedures (Like Firefox) so it can become my main machine. On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 7:36 AM, Stephen wrote: > welcome. To combine what the other two replies are telling you its to > decide what you want to do, and with the help of Google and some from > us when you get stuck just kind of jump in with both feet. > > I learned a great deal running a gentoo install from stage 1, and they > are really well documented. > > but there is no definitive read me and you know Linux source that i > have heard of. most of it is jumping in and breaking it looking at > what you broke and fixing it. > > On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 12:41 AM, Brandon Hoffman > wrote: > > Hello everyone, I recently just joined this group (like an hour ago) > because > > I was posting on a forum about wanting to learn Unix/Linux and a passerby > > who decided to be nosy recommended me to sign up. > > > > I would like to learn as much as I can and eventually get some > certificates > > for Linux and Unix (Windows-administration is way too easy.) What would > be > > the top three-five books recommended for reading? > > > > I did look on the website and learned about Maricopa's college and will > > probably go there for a degree eventually, but I perfer my own pace and > > practice. > > > > Thanks ahead of time, I look forward to reading more on all the Linux > > discussions. I live in the east valley and will probably start attending > the > > meetings as well! > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > > -- > A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from > rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. > > Stephen > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >