Lucas Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 I am looking forward on learning Linux administration. I got some basic knowledge by administering some cPanel/WHM servers but I want to learn it further to be a Level I-III Linux System Administrator. I have been trying to install Gentoo several times step by step but haven't succeed. I was thinking maybe I should start with a graphic interface and then go ahead and once I know more basics/way the system runs I should retry trying to install Linux. Any suggestions? What is also a good book? I do a lot of SSH/cPanel/WHM/Apache/PHP/MySQL Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted March 22, 2008 Veteran Share Posted March 22, 2008 I got this book a couple of years ago. I got it by going to the local bookstore's Unix section and browsing several books that looked promising, then found one that started at my level (beginner) yet became advanced in the content. It covered the various aspects I was interested in in enough detail to interest me. The book(s) that best suit you might not be the ones that suit me, but that (or more precisely, an updated version of it) might be a book to start with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyro Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 do you want to handle Linux boxes (cpanel hosting etc) or you want to master Linux and make a good career out of it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsquirle Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 Download a normal linux server distro like CentOS and play a bit around with that. Start by using gui, then use the console. In the end you can retry installing Gentoo. Gentoo gave me a great insight of how Linux works under the hood, but I would never want to host a server on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmd3x Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 Filesystem Hierarchy Standard LEARN THIS. It explains the directory structure of Linux/Unix like operating systems. It is your friend ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h3xis Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 Gentoo? :ermm: It's pretty well known to not use this on servers. It's best to go with something like Debian, Slackware, or any of the Red Hat derivatives. I don't think you should start with the graphic interface. You need to learn the command line well enough to not use a GUI at all. I think graphic interfaces are unnecessary and I've been running various headless linux servers for years without one. I also don't think you need to find one book that covers everything you want to do. You should find a book on each one, although most Apache books tend to cover PHP/MySQL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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