Linux Course, RH or Fedora

[Garrett85]

Most of the Linux courses I see are for RH or Fedora, my question is, will a course for one work for the other? Just how close are they? I currently have RH and Ubuntu on my system but I've had some problems with RH so I think I might try Fedora for my RH and Fedora based training courses. Please let me know if you think this will work just fine. Thanks.

[hunter_thom]

Fedora is the test environment for Red Hat.

If you want training, I'd suggest distro-agnostic training like LPI; but I guess it depends on what you really want out of it.

If you know distro-agnostic Linux fundamentals, then you are more prepared for both Red Hat and Ubuntu. But, if you want to know Red Hat inside and out, it might be best to pursue Red Hat training. But if you do so, and then want to know Ubuntu, you can but you will also find some things are quite different.

It all depends. I learned linux similarly to LPI (by learning linux itself, not learning a distro) and when I felt comfortable there, I jumped into Red Hat, and now I am extremely comfortable with Red Hat.

However, because I am distro-agnostic, I also know Ubuntu very well, as well as just about any distro out there. It becomes easy to move from one distro to another when you understand the fundamentals.

Hope I did not misunderstand your question.

[jayd512]

If you're just looking for a good distro to use for RH specific learning, then CentOS is your baby.
It's a direct clone of RHEL. Fedora is test bed for possible future RH implementation. That being said, there will be some fundamental differences.

[Garrett85]

If you're just looking for a good distro to use for RH specific learning, then CentOS is your baby.
It's a direct clone of RHEL. Fedora is test bed for possible future RH implementation. That being said, there will be some fundamental differences.

Thanks. Now this may be a dumb question but why would RH be the best choice for learning RH? I like Linux but what I want most is to learn what ever I need to learn to get a job in the field. Thanks again. Oh, were would I find a copy of CentOS?

[jayd512]

why would RH be the best choice for learning RH?

If I wanted to learn how to fix the engine in a Corvette, wouldn't I want a Corvette to learn with?

You can download a copy of CentOS from their site: centos.org/modules/tinycontent/index.php?id=30.

If you're just wanting to learn something quickly, though, I can only advise that you play around with it. Install a couple of different versions and start tinkering.
You could go for Slackware, Arch, CRUX or Gentoo for an experience where the system won't hold your hand... you gotta dig under the hood for most everything.
A minimal Debian install would teach you quite a few things, as well.

If you're looking for online info, just Google Linux tutorials and have a field day with the results!

[nujinini]

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