Re: Certification

[Steven Pritchard <steve@silug.org>]

Ruth Wolfson said:
> Would going to these certification meetings teach me about Linux?  If so,
> you can count me in.  Or would I need to know stuff beforehand?

My guess is it would probably help to know some stuff ahead of time.
That's not to say that you wouldn't be welcome...  I just have to
wonder if it would be a good use of your time.

> I have been thinking of putting Linux on my old 486 to help me learn how to
> use Linux.  Is this feasible?

Of course.  If it has >8MB of RAM, even better.

> How steep is the learning curve for Linux?

Not too bad, and it's getting less steep all the time.  (That's
assuming you don't already have Unix experience...  If you do, Linux
is *easy*.)

As much as I dislike the series, you might want to take a look at
Linux for Dummies.  It was written by Jon "maddog" Hall, the Executive
Director of Linux International (and all-around nice guy).  It seems
to be a good introduction to Linux.

Steve
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