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Hi all :
I don't want to remain a Linux nitwit for the rest of my
life , so I am
looking at getting RHCE certified , perhaps using RHCT as
a
springboard. I don't have the money right now to afford
the
expensive tuition fees , so I am looking for a Red Hat 8
book
to buy that I can use to develop a high degree of 'real
world'
competency in Linux , an can also
be used to effectively prepare
for the RH exams.
My problem is that most of these 'highly recommended'
books seem to focus on graphical desktops rather than on
the good
old-fashioned command line. They also seem to
assume that Linux machines are all installed the same way
with the same packages. A classic example
is an old
RHCE Sybex book I have that yarns on about the 'Linuxconf'
tool for configuring network cards
, when most of my clients'
machines out there don't even have Linuxconf installed
because it is not a default
package.
What I need is a complete Red Hat 8 book that shows you
how to
solve real world problems and how to perform the same
relevant
tasks on the command line by
editing files as well as how to use
the GUI. I need a book that does
not assume that I am already
a Linux genius and that I should know what to do with
a tarball
installation once I have unzipped
all of the files.
Out of all the people on this list that have forked out
their hard earned
cash to kill another tree for furthering their education ,
can any of you
recommend a Red Hat Linux book or range of books that I can purchase
that teaches both command line and 'GUI' Linux from
scratch , and takes
you right up to guru level in an
orderly and sequential fashion ?
( An ebook or an ecourse would also be useful
)
Regards , Jason
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