[olug] Today's recommendations for a beginner

[Kevin Murray]

This "Omaha-area native living in exile" is living in the original Google
Fiber city (Kansas City).

On Wed, Jun 7, 2023 at 5:26 AM Lou Duchez <lou at paprikash.com> wrote:

> Fully agreed about finding good LUGs, and I'm fond of this one.
>
> I happen live in Cleveland Ohio, or, for the purposes of this LUG, "the
> extremely eastern suburbs of Omaha".
>
>
> On 6/7/2023 2:09 AM, Steve Litt wrote:
> > Lou Duchez said on Tue, 6 Jun 2023 09:00:56 -0400
> >
> >> Sounds reasonable to me. Although, maybe we can recommend a
> >> curriculum. I would suggest learning to do these things, in this order:
> >>
> >> - Install Linux
> >>
> >> - Get used to the file system and associated commands
> >>
> >> - Create user accounts
> >>
> >> - Change user passwords
> >>
> >> - Install updates
> >>
> >> - Manage the firewall
> >>
> >> That's how I'd start; that's, what, a day or two of learning. But if
> >> you can learn to do those things, you'll be well on your way to
> >> running Linux effectively.
> > The preceding is how I learned Linux back in 1998 with Red Hat 5.0. The
> > "Install Linux" part is very substantial though. I installed and
> > reinstalled about 50 times in order to learn what installation choices
> > affected which config options. And learning config files (and GUI
> > config techniques) should be added to the list.
> >
> > After installing 50 times and doing some experimentation, I went to my
> > local LUG meeting and managed to appear credible. When choosing a LUG,
> > I think it's vital to choose one that's newbie friendly, not one where
> > a newbie question is treated with scorn. By the way, there's nothing
> > wrong with belonging to multiple LUGs. At one time I belonged to three
> > Orlando in-person LUGs. Today I'm on probably 30 LUG lists, and learn
> > from every one of them.
> >
> > SteveT
> >
> > Steve Litt
> > Autumn 2022 featured book: Thriving in Tough Times
> > http://www.troubleshooters.com/bookstore/thrive.htm
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