Re: [CentOS] Slightly OT: How to learn UNIX

2008-03-07 Thread John R Pierce
Andreas Pedersen wrote: I'm also interested into learning more about other system as well, my question is what should I take a closer look in Solaris? Things like why people choose Solaris over Linux. we use Solaris and AIX for our large scale database servers. these often have 32 or more

Re: [CentOS] Slightly OT: How to learn UNIX

2008-03-07 Thread Les Mikesell
Christopher Chan wrote: I'm also interested into learning more about other system as well, my question is what should I take a closer look in Solaris? Things like why people choose Solaris over Linux. Solaris admins also have a different mentality and approach to things. I am afraid reasons

Re: [CentOS] Slightly OT: How to learn UNIX

2008-03-07 Thread Christopher Chan
Andreas Pedersen wrote: I'm also interested into learning more about other system as well, my question is what should I take a closer look in Solaris? Things like why people choose Solaris over Linux. Solaris admins also have a different mentality and approach to things. I am afraid reasons wh

Re: [CentOS] Slightly OT: How to learn UNIX

2008-03-07 Thread Les Mikesell
Andreas Pedersen wrote: I'm also interested into learning more about other system as well, my question is what should I take a closer look in Solaris? Things like why people choose Solaris over Linux. Solaris puts a lot of effort into maintaining backwards compatibility. With Linux, things as

Re: [CentOS] Slightly OT: How to learn UNIX

2008-03-07 Thread Andreas Pedersen
I'm also interested into learning more about other system as well, my question is what should I take a closer look in Solaris? Things like why people choose Solaris over Linux. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/list

Re: [CentOS] Slightly OT: How to learn UNIX

2008-03-06 Thread Stephen John Smoogen
On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 5:02 AM, Ugo Bellavance <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I was wondering what would be the best way to learn AIX, Solaris, or > HP-UX, for someone who knows Linux very well? Books? Courses? > Self-teaching in a home lab? > I found that the best way for me was

Re: [CentOS] Slightly OT: How to learn UNIX -- The Rosetta Stone for UNIX

2008-03-06 Thread Steven Vishoot
--- Vincent Knecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I was wondering what would be the best way to > learn AIX, Solaris, or > > HP-UX, for someone who knows Linux very well? > Books? Courses? > > Self-teaching in a home lab? > > Hello, > > here's an interesting resource, though

Re: [CentOS] Slightly OT: How to learn UNIX

2008-03-06 Thread John R Pierce
Ugo Bellavance wrote: Hi, I was wondering what would be the best way to learn AIX, Solaris, or HP-UX, for someone who knows Linux very well? Books? Courses? Self-teaching in a home lab? note that those three are /completely/ different from each other, especialyl when it comes to admin

Re: [CentOS] Slightly OT: How to learn UNIX -- The Rosetta Stone for UNIX

2008-03-06 Thread Vincent Knecht
> Hi, > > I was wondering what would be the best way to learn AIX, Solaris, or > HP-UX, for someone who knows Linux very well? Books? Courses? > Self-teaching in a home lab? Hello, here's an interesting resource, though more on the "surviving guide" side ;-) http://www.bhami.com/rosetta

Re: [CentOS] Slightly OT: How to learn UNIX

2008-03-06 Thread techlists
I'm a big proponent of self teaching. In the IT field, it's usually hard to get an employer to pay for training, so if one isn't willing to self teach, it's hard to advance. Use user reviews on Amazon to get feedback on what books are good for learning a specific operating system. There's no s

Re: [CentOS] Slightly OT: How to learn UNIX

2008-03-06 Thread Steve Huff
On Mar 6, 2008, at 7:02 AM, Ugo Bellavance wrote: I was wondering what would be the best way to learn AIX, Solaris, or HP-UX, for someone who knows Linux very well? Books? Courses? Self-teaching in a home lab? in addition to the other suggestions, i recommend a copy of Evi Nemeth's "U

Re: [CentOS] Slightly OT: How to learn UNIX

2008-03-06 Thread Christopher Chan
I recommend you installing OpenSolaris in a virtual or physical machine and build a labor environment. Yes. Buy study guides for Solaris certified System, Network and Security Administrator (for Solaris 10 boxes). OpenSolaris is released under an OSI approved license and pretty innovative.

Re: [CentOS] Slightly OT: How to learn UNIX

2008-03-06 Thread Simon Jolle
2008/3/6, Ugo Bellavance <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi, Hi Ugo > I was wondering what would be the best way to learn AIX, Solaris, or > HP-UX, for someone who knows Linux very well? Books? Courses? > Self-teaching in a home lab? > > Thanks, > > Ugo I recommend you installing OpenSolari

[CentOS] Slightly OT: How to learn UNIX

2008-03-06 Thread Ugo Bellavance
Hi, I was wondering what would be the best way to learn AIX, Solaris, or HP-UX, for someone who knows Linux very well? Books? Courses? Self-teaching in a home lab? Thanks, Ugo ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/ma