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  1. 03-09-2011 #1
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    New here; formerly a Dos/Windows "Power User"

    Hi.

    I'm new to the forum, coming from a strong DOS/OS2/Windows background as a 'power user' and system administrator since the late '80s.

    I have a certain 'comfort level' with Windows just from sheer repitition of having dealt with it for so long. I can do anything with a laptop or PC; I can take a server out of the box and go from bare metal to a fully functional AD controller or exchange server without even breaking a sweat. It's not that I'm a genius by any stretch of the imagination, it's that I've working with it day after day for 20+ years.

    I want to get to that same comfort level with Linux. Hopefully, in considerably less than 20 years.

    My Linux experience (so far) is that a few times over the years I've taken a spare PC and whatever distro was handy and installed it and gotten to a (more or less) working desktop. Big whoop - it doesn't exactly take a member of Mensa to do that. But I've never really gotten under the hood or did anything productive with it. Now I'm looking to really sink my teeth into it.
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    With your background? And with your passion? I'd say you can be a Linux Jedi Master in no time!

    Welcome to the forums!

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    Welcome!

    The first thing you will want to do is take all of that knowledge and experience with Windows and forget it while in Linux.

    Start slowly with an easier distro, and work your way into the harder ones while learning a little bit along the way.

    IMO (and I am sure most people will recommend Ubuntu), start with Fedora. It uses RPMs for package management (same as RedHat), and it is bleeding edge (so things could and do break, but it gives you experience with fixing things).

    Anyway, you will be building your own LFS or Gentoo in no time!

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    Quote Originally Posted by gruven View Post
    The first thing you will want to do is take all of that knowledge and experience with Windows and forget it while in Linux.
    I wouldn't recommend forgetting it; that could be a bit inconvenient when working with Windows but don't expect it to have any relevance

    Quote Originally Posted by gruven View Post
    Start slowly with an easier distro, and work your way into the harder ones while learning a little bit along the way.

    IMO (and I am sure most people will recommend Ubuntu), start with Fedora. It uses RPMs for package management (same as RedHat), and it is bleeding edge (so things could and do break, but it gives you experience with fixing things).

    Anyway, you will be building your own LFS or Gentoo in no time!
    As you seem to want corporate relevant knowledge, I was going to suggest CentOS which is basically RHEL re-branded and re-compiled, however Fedora, which will be similar will most likely give you far more problems to fix.

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    The gurus had said all . I'd just welcome you.
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    Yes Welcome. I have found a few DOS concepts do carry over to the Linux CLI but Linux takes things to much further extremes; very powerful. Windows knowledge isn't entirely useless either (or WINE couldn't function as it does) but don't try to use it to solve a Linux problem; the graphical interfaces have almost nothing in common under the hood.

    I also agree with running CentOS for the most relevant knowledge to a corporate environment.
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    Quote Originally Posted by elija View Post
    As you seem to want corporate relevant knowledge, I was going to suggest CentOS which is basically RHEL re-branded and re-compiled, however Fedora, which will be similar will most likely give you far more problems to fix.
    Actually, unless I run in to some sort of showstopper, I've pretty much decided to go with Scientific Linux. Five reasons:

    1. It's free, as in "Free Beer". I don't want to spend any of my money (yet) on this.
    2. It's got a cool name.
    3. It's basically re-branded RHEL just like CentOS but with a much cooler name. At the enterprise and OEM levels, RHEL and SuSE seem to be where the demand is.
    4. It's free.
    5. Their target audience seems to be the scientific/engineering crowd aiming for usage on technical workstations, right up my alley.
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    Welcome to the forums. You bring a lot of experience with you, and should be able to adjust quickly.
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    Welcome & Best wishes!

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