Re: Windows to Linux

[j_post <j_post pacbell net>]

On Friday 31 January 2003 08:56 am, you wrote:
> I highly recommend this book (vendor neutral):
>
> LPI Linux Certification in a Nutshell
>  by Jeffrey Dean, Jeffery Dean
>
> Take a couple of weeks and read it very slowly.
> This will give you good, strong, and necessary skills to run
> Linux in a business environment.  There will be a HUGE learning
> curve for you.  You NEED to have the fundamental skills.
>
No doubt a good book--the reviewers rate it highly. But as I learned 
throughout my college career (and again in post-graduate classes) there is a 
*huge* difference between studying to learn and studying to pass the exams. 
If the original poster wants to learn Linux, as opposed to passing the 
certification exams, I'd recommend "Linux Administration Handbook", by Evi 
Nemeth, Garth Snyder and Trent Hein (Prentice Hall).

Please note that I am *not* trivializing in any way the effort or benefit of 
the certification exams, merely pointing out that there is a difference 
between passing an exam and having a thorough knowledge of a subject.

J