[clue] Need to CRAM!! (Website suggestions pls?)

[foo7775 at comcast.net]

Thanks Maddog, it is indeed the systems admin side, so your suggestions were definitely worthwhile. Much appreciated. 

Foo 

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon \"maddog\" Hall" <maddog at li.org> 
To: "CLUE's mailing list" <clue at cluedenver.org> 
Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2011 3:52:54 AM 
Subject: Re: [clue] Need to CRAM!! (Website suggestions pls?) 

Foo, 

You did not say if the "largely techincal" job was in systems 
administration or development. 

If the former, I would suggest going to the LPI website (www.lpi.org) 
and particularly starting on this page and look at the LPIC-1, LPIC-2 
and LPIC-3 pages: 

http://lpi.org/linux-certifications/programs/ 

You will find a list of course objectives under each of these. If you 
read them and can honestly say to yourself "yes, I know how to do that 
in Linux", then check off that objective and go to the next one. 

If you hesitate, then that is a sign that you probably need to "bone 
up". 

Here are some online manuals that can help: 

http://www.nongnu.org/lpi-manuals/ 

http://www.nongnu.org/lpi-manuals/manual/ 

some are a bit dated, but with the issue that you just have a short time 
to get ready and that this is a "largely technical" job, I would assume 
that these will probably help. 

Also, knowing the objectives helps you find what you need with Internet 
search. Google Search is your friend. 

Warmest regards, 

maddog 

On Sun, 2011-11-20 at 02:08 +0000, foo7775 at comcast.net wrote: 
> Hi guys, 
> 
> Over the last two or three years I've been much more a lurker on this list than a participant*, but I've finally run into a situation where I think that the most prudent course of action is to ask for help - I have a technical job interview early next week, & I *REALLY* want to "knock it out of the park" (so to speak) . The problem is that my job has pretty much kept me working on the WinDoze side of the fence for the last while, so I kind of need to "knock a bit of dust off" of my Linux knowledge. 
> 
> Background - I've been a "professional geek" for a number of years, so I'm (generally) comfortable with virtually all systems & networking terms/concepts , etc, it's just that my Linux is a tiny bit rusty. 
> 
> Is anyone out there able to recommend one or more (largely-technical) Linux-oriented websites that might help me in my efforts to do a "crash-course" refresher this weekend? I AM of course going to be getting "hands-on" as well, but in all honesty, I'd be grateful for any & all help. 
> 
> Thanks in advance, 
> 
> Foo 
> 
> * Mainly because my Linux skills seem to be somewhat... pedestrian compared to some of the "ninjas" that I've seen here... ;-) 
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