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[silencer230]

Hello, I'm a computer technician and I'm interested in learning Linux. I did some research about the different distributions last night decided to try Fedora. I downloaded the latest version of it and installed it onto a brand new machine in my office. Is there a website out there that I can use as a guide for all of the Linux commands. I know that if I wanted to I could just learn my way around the gui, but I want to REALLY learn Linux. I also want to be able to telnet into the machine so that I can access it remotely. How can I set that up? I installed Fedora with all of the default settings and didn't change anything.

[nujinini]

...Is there a website out there that I can use as a guide for all of the Linux commands.

Hello and welcome!

There are a lot. You might want to google some but here are few that I have in mind now...

Copying, moving, renaming, and removing files in Linux

Creating, copying, moving, and removing directories in Linux

The humble Linux cheat sheet

Enjoy!

EDIT: Here's another one..

Tips for Linux Explorers

[silencer230]

Thanks! What about telneting into the machine? I want to be able to access it remotely.

[devils casper]

Check linuxcommand.org too.

[Rubberman]

The Red Hat / Fedora web site has a lot of documentation (online and downloadable) that will help you learn about system and services configuration. Linux uses a program called xinetd (inetd in some older distributions as well as Unix) that listens for connection requests on known ports for things like ftp or telnet connections, and then starts the appropriate server process. There are configuration files in /etc/xinetd.d that allow you to enable, disable, and configure the various services that it supports. In any case, do read more before you do this, since if you do not "harden" your system and it is accessible on the internet (not behind a firewall), then it will not be long before your system is pwnd and used as a spammer or botnet controller.

Another good Linux documentation site is this: The Linux Documentation Project

Good luck, and enjoy. Please do post more specific questions as you have them on the forums here. There are a lot of people who can help you get up the learning ramp.