Hi All,

My Name is kanna from india,i am new to linux trying to crack a job as linux system administrator for doing so what are the softwares i have to install in my pc for practising?what the best books ? Can any one guide me?

First, Greetings and welcome kanna1986!

You mention your PC and ask what to load. What are you loading now? What Operating System do you run currently?
If Windows, install VirtualBox and download an ISO of the Linux Distro of choice, and install it in a virtual machine.

Reading, well there are a TON of documents that relate online, but if I could recommend one physical book it would be any of the Linux Bible series. The RedHat Bible is a good example. It can be a yer or three old and still be a good primer. They also come with a CD or DVD full of the softwares mentioned in the text.

Automation experience using bash shell and one of perl or python is also of value.
The core sysadmin skills do not change based upon the OS, they are management of resources, storage, network, users, printers, and time. Backup,recovery, and Disaster Recovery skills are key, and a high priority. Behind DR is security skill: which can be an entire career on it's own. For some reason Linux admins are also expected to be web wizards, so once you are good with the core skills consider a little work with Apache HTTPD and Apache Tomcat.

That could easily be about three years (or more) of study and training to master, but you can get a good start in a few weeks.
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I am in the U.S.A. and know nothing of the market in India, but the best experience to have for the U.S. market is RedHat. Rather than pay the license, I would run CentOS as it is binary compatible with RHEL and all of the same documentation applies. In other words, what you learn about one applies perfectly to the other with the exception of registration and the RHN. (RHN is $$$, CentOS network and repos are free and community supported.)

I hope that this helps you.

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Welcome.

I second what wpeckham has written above, especially about bash, perl, and python.

Most hosting services offer either either distros of the Red Hat family or of the Debian family or both. So, I'd recommend trying ones from each, eventually. Though for right now, I'd say start with one and would recommend jumping in with both feet and trying it on 'bare metal' as soon as you can. Of the ones to look at, CentOS is a good call but Fedora often includes early developments that wend their way eventually into CentOS and RHEL. What you are working with now in Fedora will be what you see later in CentOS and RHEL. Thus is a good one to start with in that family. In the Debian family, since it comes with a lot pre-configured, Linux Mint is very beginner friendly and can be used as a stepping stone for raw Debian (or Devuan).

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Hi.

Here's some good free starts: http://coewww.rutgers.edu/www1/linux...ute/index.html
http://www.tldp.org/LDP/sag/html/index.html
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...er-4175585997/
http://www.sc.edu/beaufort/library/p...es/bones.shtml
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...have fun!

lubuntu is always a good start, then devuan/debian. Also taking a look at kali linux later on to see which tools you might need to start learning.

Thank you all for the suggestions

I am having windows8 as my OS and i have downloaded VMware software. I am watching videos in you tube (https://youtu.be/_gCwCOhMcog)i am following the training given by the trainer in that video.If any one of you have other training videos kindly send me the links.

I now at the stage of installing linux ....as he said in the video i am going to download ubantu and install...

is it a good decision??

Best to start a new threads and\or look at existing... eg: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...er-4175585997/

Edit: whoops had two threads opened and crossed my wires???

Add: sounds good to me, practice makes perfect. If VMware give you problems try Virtualbox: https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/UserManual.html and\or other distros...