[olug] Today's recommendations for a beginner

[Lou Duchez]

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
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