I think you've gotten a lot of good advice in this thread. The only thing I'd add is that if you are getting into linux with the goal of ultimately finding a job as a linux systems administrator, you should eventually work toward learning the command line and you should ultimately end up using either fedora or debian (or both). Getting started with ubuntu or one of the other easier to use distros is probably the best plan because there is nothing worse than trying to learn both a new operating system and a new screen reader at the same time. That is a very difficult task. So starting off with whatever is easiest is probably your best bet. I'm guessing that would be ubuntu but opinions may vary. Anyway, probably the best linux related item you can put on a resume is knowledge of Red Hat and/or fedora. Second would be debian. Being able to use Thunderbird and Firefox in ubuntu might help a little but that's not really what employers are looking for. I was actually a web programmer before I got my current job. I felt that web programming was a dying profession so I bought a used computer, put linux on it, and taught myself network, database, and web server administration. I'd have included email administration if i'd had any sense. I was able to go into job interviews and let them connect to this server and I even gave some of the people who interviewed me accounts on my machine. ----- Original Message ----- From: "JP Jamous" <JP@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2010 5:10 PM Subject: Linux Introduction > Thank you all for your feedback. I have to say that this is a new area for > me that I am exploring. I don't mind the command prompts, but I prefer the > GUI, due to speed and ease of use. > > I am just wondering how much RAM and CPU power does Linux use? The servers > that I would eventually like to install Linux on are P3 Xeon processors > with > anywhere from 128MB of RAM up to 1GB. > > I am familiar with the history of Linux, but not the way it functions. I > am > going to follow your feedback and give it a test drive. I just asked the > above questions to be ahead of the game when I implement it. Thank you. > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >
