[TriLUG] Learing linux....good projects on my test box?

[Chad Thomsen]

>>That's an impressively diverse hardware list.

Thanks!  Do the the type of jobs I have had its the nature of the beast.
"My motto is expert at nothing, good at lots of stuff."


On 1/13/06, sholton at mindspring.com <sholton at mindspring.com> wrote:
>
> Chad Thomsen <chad.thomsen at gmail.com> writes:
> >I am a windows/as400/cisco/motorola  system admin who finally decided to
> >pick up linux and REALLY try and learn it.
>
> That's an impressively diverse hardware list.
>
> You might be interested in the "Linux From Scratch" series:
>    http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/
>
> If you're only interested in learing how to use Linux to do the
> kinds of things most people do with a Windows box, it's
> probably too low level.
>
> But if you're interested in things like:
> - what the bootloader really does
> - how the libraries and compilers affect the build environment.
> - cross-compiling for alternate hardware.
>
> it's worth looking into.
> One warning: you'll need to be comfortable on the command line. It's
> not for the strictly pointy-clicky types.
>
>
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> sholton at mindspring.com
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