Hello guys!

[nujinini]

I'm a 47 year old male who wants to learn Linux. I have never been an intellectual guy nor have been really that computer literate. But somehow, I feel that learning Linux is one of the ways that I can spice up my senior years. I am now using a Fedora 10 on my Lenovo G430. just bought it last month. I partitioned it with xp and have used most of the hard disk as storage bin. I want to progress from being an ordinary user to as high as I could achieve, maybe who knows? A system administrator of sorts....

Hope I can achieve my dream, so help me God!

Thanks guys for listening and I look forward to learn from you all, God bless!

[oz]

Welcome to the forums... and best of luck with your dream!

[rokytnji]

Howdy and Welcome. It;s always a Good day when you learn something New.

[nujinini]

Howdy and Welcome. It;s always a Good day when you learn something New.

I agree. The discoveries and possibilities seems to be endless...

[nujinini]

Welcome to the forums... and best of luck with your dream!

thank you

[MikeTbob]

Hello and Welcome.
You are already a sysadmin, you got Linux installed right? You administer to it, correct?
1+1=sysadmin

[nujinini]

Hello and Welcome.
You are already a sysadmin, you got Linux installed right? You administer to it, correct?
1+1=sysadmin

Wow...I like the way it sounded... pretty good!...I guess your right hahaha. thanks... I am starting in the right foot...as a sysadmin...

[PastAsNew]

Howdy and Welcome. It;s always a Good day when you learn something New.

Maybe depends on what it is you learn. Wife run off with the milkman? Won the lottery but lost the ticket? Just being awkward

[nujinini]

Maybe depends on what it is you learn. Wife run off with the milkman? Won the lottery but lost the ticket? Just being awkward

I asked a friend who is really deep into linux, on how would be the best way to start learning. he didn't give me an answer. Maybe he's thinking that the best way to learn is to learn when i have opportunities to solve the issues I would encounter. True enough I encountered an issue yesterday morning and we were able to solve it through online "chat" consultation c/o pidgin. I realized that the experiential hands on approach works best for me. And honestly, if I can really learn good in the next few years, I might be able to use it for additional income... whatever.

[bigtomrodney]

I spent a long time trying to learn things about Linux. I did learn a lot, but throughout months of learning, you may find it is the occassional breakage that really gives you a lift and gets you going. That's when your hand is forced and you go outside your comfort zone

That said, if I was to give you three things to start with

• Remember not to run as root. I won't give you the lecture now but it is bad on many levels
• To help with number one, remember that your user doesn't define you. Not being root all the time is a good thing, and when you need it you can switch to root on demand
• If you fancy a bit of headscratching and getting your hands dirty with some command line experience and a generally good primer for programming check out The Advanced Bash Scripting Guide

That last guide is a lot to take on. It will give you headaches and sleepless nights so it might not be the best to read it end to end. Sometime you may have a task that seems repetitive or like a mouse and menus won't help. That's when you get to the command line.

But then again you can go a lifetime without opening the terminal! Good luck with your new hobby