Hello Linux Community

[boricuakenpo]

Just wanted to say hello to everyone in this forum

I am new to Linux
I have tried to use it before but I am not really sure what I'm doing

I am trying to learn as much as I can about Linux because I want to get myself ready for the Linux Plus exam
I want to become certified in Linux hopefully this will create better job opportunities for me

I am from south florida hispanic
I am also a martial artist studying kenpo Karate

Currently working for a webhosting company

thank you all
Boricuakenpo

[MikeTbob]

Hello and Welcome to LFO. We're glad you could join us here and we hope you find lots of good info to help you get started.

[MASONTX]

Greetings! Glad you decided to join us.

[boricuakenpo]

Thank YOU
For welcoming me to the forum

MASONTX
MikeTbob

[PrinceSharma]

I am also a martial artist studying kenpo Karate

Currently working for a webhosting company

thank you all
Boricuakenpo

Heartiest welcome from another guy of Linux + Martial Arts combo .

P.S. : I mixed KickBoxing, TaeKwonDo, Boxing and free running

[boricuakenpo]

Thanks PrinceSharma

I currently only study kenpo but i have been looking at taking Hapkido or Wing Chun clases hoepfully i will be able to start one of the 2 this together with the kenpo

[ford]

hi there boricuakenpo, if you need any help with getting started just let us all know. are there any particular areas within GNU/Linux you would want to study first?

[boricuakenpo]

Thanks Ford
I will let you know
If you have any tutorials you can recommend for getting started let me know

Thx
BoricuaKenpo

[ford]

Well, I would highly recommend installing Slackware and following the Slackbook (which is at slackbook.org). Slackware is fairly old and fairly trusted. It also hasn't changed much over the years. Because of this, it serves as a rather generic Linux system. It's also very BSD-esque, and gives you a lot of general *nix knowledge.

The Linux+ exam is very Red Hat centric. As such, familiarizing yourself with Fedora/CentOS is a good start as well. You may want to go ahead and do a dual boot setup. Learn how to do things in Slackware and then try to do the same thing in CentOS or Fedora.

It's important to remember that every Linux system is different from the next one. Some have a lot of custom software and custom commands (Ubuntu, Red Hat). Other systems keep things fairly vanilla (Slackware, openSUSE).

[boricuakenpo]

Thanks Ford

I will get started on your recommendations
I have a couple of old towers in which I can Install ALL those systems to get started

I get to work on the Slackware and then work on the others

Thx again for your recommendations

BoricuaKenpo