Is it just me, or are we getting doubles of some posts? (Not a complaint, just curiosity) Joe > -----Original Message----- > From: plug-discuss-admin@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > [mailto:plug-discuss-admin@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us]On Behalf Of > plug@arcticmail.com > Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2001 3:09 PM > To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > Subject: Re: Speaking of experience > > > > Find packages, install them, configure them, make them > work, maintain them, then add them to your resume. Say, > for example, qmail, qpage, hylafax, INN, NIS/NIS+, DNS, > sendmail, Apache, mod_ssl, PHP, MySQL, PostgreSQL. The > key is, all of these packages can run on (Linux|*BSD| > Solaris|AIX|HPUX) and going through the PITA of working > with them will naturally provide you with experience. > Also, buy some O'Reilly Unix books. sed/awk/perl/regular > expressions are all good things to know. > > Something else you could do is get a copy of Slowaris/i386 > (it's either no cost, low cost, or you just pay for the > media and shipping I _think_), install it, play with it, > make all of the above packages work on it, then add > Slowaris to your resume. > > I just don't know about the whole "certification" thing. > I have no certifications. People ask me how I learned > Unix, and I respond that I don't remember--how did you > learn to breathe? I just tell people "I do Unix stuff. > Try me for 30 days. If you're not satisfied with the > Unix stuff I do, I'll give you double your regular > expressions back." > > > D > > * On Sun, Feb 04, 2001 at 12:53:05PM -0700, Ronald Ellis wrote: > > Same old story, > > > > I am an 'in the trenches' NT admin who's been dying to get into Linux > > administration. My experience in Linux is reduced to what I can (and > > have) set up in my local home network. I am really looking to get into > > UNIX (any flavor), Linux adminstration. Problem is, at my current > > skill set in UNIX (basic user, backup, mundane administration skills, > > some scripting) I'm having trouble getting serious consideration for a > > move into a more robust OS. Of course at my salary level, it's almost > > too late to move over. > > > > Anyone have any idea how to get into that? Are there any certifications > > that would be valuable? Sun? RedHat? > > > > Suggestions? > > > > -Ron > > > > Ronaldellis@email.com > > > ________________________________________________ > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail > doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > Plug-discuss mailing list - Plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >