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Flint · 08-30-2008, 01:13 AM

I need something like Windows XP Weekend Crash Course; but to quickly cover the basics of Linux (specifically the Red Hat flavor). Any recommendations?

A former collegue of mine called me with a job opportunity at a new hospital that just opened about an hour from here. The vendor for the system I'd be running recently switched to Linux for the back-end of their new product, which I'm assuming they have installed here. If they haven't, then I won't ever be able to upgrade the system without (probably) hardware upgrades! But surely the vendor wouldn't sell them an obsolete system :::knock on wood:::

Anyway they're having an open house tomorrow where I'll get to meet the CIO. My friend told me the CIO said he'd interview me "on the spot" if I come out.

But, eventually, I will have to at least be able to fake my way through some Linux. This is a good opportunity for me to be panicked into learning something I need to know, either way.

08-30-2008, 01:13 AM	#1
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Crash Course in LINUX I need something like Windows XP Weekend Crash Course; but to quickly cover the basics of Linux (specifically the Red Hat flavor). Any recommendations? A former collegue of mine called me with a job opportunity at a new hospital that just opened about an hour from here. The vendor for the system I'd be running recently switched to Linux for the back-end of their new product, which I'm assuming they have installed here. If they haven't, then I won't ever be able to upgrade the system without (probably) hardware upgrades! But surely the vendor wouldn't sell them an obsolete system :::knock on wood::: Anyway they're having an open house tomorrow where I'll get to meet the CIO. My friend told me the CIO said he'd interview me "on the spot" if I come out. But, eventually, I will have to at least be able to fake my way through some Linux. This is a good opportunity for me to be panicked into learning something I need to know, either way. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**