Hi folks,

I'm totally new to this forum but not to Linux at all.

My Linux experiences reach back to the Nineties where you've to download the kernel (0.9.x) and four "A" series 1.44'' floppy discs by ftp from internet.

Since that time I'm a great fan of Linux and I'm using it on my job and in my spare time. After testing some distribution in my early Linux years I'm became fan and user of Debian since Woody and never repent the decission so far. Later then Ubuntu came up which I used for some commercial projects. ( But, deep in my heart I tend more over to Gentoo and Arch Linux. Because I'd realy like to understand what I'm doing and how it works. )

So much as background information about me.

Because I've come to age and it becomes more and more complicated to get a new job in IT when you lost the last one for waht reason ever I moved over as professional freelance a couple of years ago. So I had a chance to get a least shorter or longer projects.

But, more and more I noticed guys with Debian and Ubuntu know-how are being searched are very seldem while the sum of guys with RedHat oder SuSE knowledge seems to increase. Or let's say it in other words: are acquired by personnel agencies for their customer's projects.

So my question is:

How to get familar with RHEL asap? Please, remind my existing Linux skills desribed above. I.e. I mean where concepts and tools differ and not how to write bash or perl scripts, how to use vi or which service do I need for what purpose.

And, I'm not a classroom student who likes courses, teachers and frontal lessons. Much more I'm an autodidact and would who like to teach myself.

May I please you to keep this in mind when answering to my post? Great! Many thanks in advance!

Greetinx,

_moose_

Why not consider enrolling in one of the certified Red Hat online courses then?

Thanks for your reply, ferrari!

Yes, so I did. But, I think it's a little bite expensive - about 2.500 € / USD.

Isn't there a cheaper way more based on good books or getting the study material itself for self-study? Or is this the entrance fee everybody has to pay before getting into the Red Hat community?

I feel a little bit confused at the moment because of the height of the price which I've never ever had to pay in Debian/Ubuntu environment before.

Again, thanks in advance for any further answers!

Greetinx,

_moose_

Well, you can start by installing RHEL with an evaluation subscription. Then, perhaps some self study...

http://www.techexams.net/forums/lpi-...es-update.html

The tips and advice in this thread may also be of interest to you.

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Hi ferrari,

thanks for your second post which is most helpfull for me!

Exactly what I've been looking for but never found in such a compressed manner so far, especially the two links and there in the first one its first post.

You helped me a lot, really!

Greetinx,

_moose_

Wishing you all the best with your learning!