[aclug-L] Re: Suggestions?

["gLaNDix (Jesse Kaufman)" <glandix@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Feb 05, 2002 06:M pm, you wrote:
> I am also a Linux newbie.  I have only been using Linux since November.
>  I have been using it at home to do things that I did before with M$.
> As far as specific things I am wanting to know, I don't have that many.
>  Most of things I want to do is become more familiar with Linux.
> The Man pages and Info pages are sometimes helpful.  Also, there are
> some good books and tuturials that are available online.
>
> I too would like to take some Linux classes.  First, one that would help
> me become more famaliar with using Linux and its commands.

this is a little earlier than i wanted it to get out (mainly because of lack 
of information), but i'm keeping a fairly detailed archive of my Linux notes 
online...  my professor here at Hesston College (Bob, for anyone who's 
attended HC) has "hired" me to teach 15-20 minute "Linux Lessons" at the 
beginning of our Novell Service & Support course...  since we obviously have 
no official text book, i've been keeping the notes on my webpage 
(lloydix.2y.net/?Linux/ ... the last slash is important) so the other 
students in the class have a reference if Bob decides to use some on an 
exam...  granted, i make no claim of 100% accuracy, especially because when i 
write the lessons using my FreeBSD machine, but it's a start...  if some of 
the bigger "gurus" of the group wouldn't mind doing a quick look-over and 
provide some /constructive/ critizism, i'd be grateful...  

mind you, these lessons may be incredibly dull and "too-newbie" for you...  
the other students in the class have had absolutely no experience with Linux 
before, so I have to start with the basics...

> Some things I'm wanting to learn:
> 1) I previouly had my M$ computers networked together.  Now that one of
> them is running Linux I want to network it with my other M$ computers so
> that I can share printers and files.

check out www.samba.org ... SAMBA basically makes your Linux computer look 
like a WinNT computer on the workgroup, allowing you to access files as if 
they were shared on an NT computer...  I can't personally help out much, as 
I've barely used it... I wimped out and used some web-based config program 
that worked VERY easily...  I apologize, but I can't remember the name...  it 
was something like STAN or SNAP or something...  it was in Mandrake 8.1, so 
it very well might be in RH7.2

> might be able to do this using the cfdisk command.  I can't seem to get
> the cfdisk command to work or I just don't know how to use it.  Any
> suggestions.

sorry, can't help out here, as i haven't used cfdisk in quite some time....

good luck!  feel free to ask questions...  personally, i think ACLUG could 
use some more questions asked...  i've been a mailing-list regular for quite 
some time and have made it to a few mtgs (back in the "goerzen days"... 
unfortunately my current schedule conflicts with just about any meeting 
time)... I'm not an expert by any means, but i'm always monitoring the list 
to see if there are any questions i can help out with!

gLaNDix
(Jesse Kaufman)

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