On Thu, Jan 16, 2003 at 08:15:28AM -0800, Kevin McConnell wrote: > Jason Dale <redhat@maxxess.co.za> wrote: > > 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. > > The book is called the book of experience. There are > no books that can provide real world experience. To further this point (and to echo a sentiment mentioned earlier): If you really want to learn, inside and out, how a Linux system works, build one without relying on a distribution to do it. Back in the 1.0 kernel days, I went through that exercise myself. Forget about package management, and don't plan on actually putting the result into production, since this really should be a throwaway experiment. Try to, with the help of another working system (by help, I mean the use of the compiler to help get the packages you need downloaded and compiled), bootstrap a machine without the aid of a distro. Make it do something "useful", like boot up to a hardware-accellerated graphical desktop, run a webserver, connect to a dial-up ISP, print something, etc. It really isn't that hard, but it *is* time-consuming the first time you do it (took me nearly two weeks to have a useful system the first time; I did the second in two days). Reading through /usr/src/linux/README should get you started, and /usr/src/linux/Documentation/Changes will give you an idea of the software you'll need before you're self-hosting. From poking around http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/, it would appear that they'll provide you with a good overview of the process as well. After you're done with that, THEN you're ready to learn (and appreciate) the Red Hat-specific things you'll need for passing the RHCE. (Spoken as a non-RHCE, btw, so take it with a grain of salt; sorry, Red Hat, but it's damned hard to justify $750 for something my resume already proves. Maybe if I can get an employer to fund it... ;-) -- Edward S. Marshall <esm@logic.net> http://esm.logic.net/ Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas. -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
