I agree Ken about the book part, my first computer was a TRS Basic 80 and I tought myself to program in Basic Currently I am learrning C+ and SQL, and I am going to attempt to do Linux packages. I donwloaded SUSE 10.0 about 3 months ago and have spent hours on trying to master it. I stll have a lot to learn with Linux, The client in question is a good friend of mine that I have know for over 20 years he knows my training is in Windows and I am still learning Linux in fact I told him thus much. I do not think I would install it on someones computer I do not know because as you pointed out I would not look too good and I agree with that at the current time. Once I learn Linux well I will install it on other computers. The primary reason I wanted to install Linux on his computer is because it is his sons and I know where his son goes on the net and he needs all the protection he can get. When I cleaned up his Dell running XP I was shocked by the amount of spyware over 10,000 diffrent entries adn the porn was out of this world. I felt Linux was the safer of the two since he refuses to stop, he lies to his dad of course, his dad has grounded him several times from the computer, and right now he told me not to set up a LAN until he can trust his son, so he has no internet on the Linux system. But if you read my reply to David you can see why I went off the side of the ship before it hit the burge. Ken Schneider wrote:
On Mon, 2005-12-19 at 22:53 -0600, Tasana Computers wrote:
The certification is in Windows, I am just getting into Linux. "pass myself" is not a misnomer. I have had several years training in Windows and hardware I am just reaching out to Linux and run it on both of my computers in dual boot and this person did not want to buy another OS and the 98SE was needing to be reinstalled, (beyond even the "restore" for 98,) and Linux was all I had. I do not appreciate what you implied by your comments and it should not have been uttered. You must remember that 99% of training is in Windows and when someone is reaching out to something new you don't cut their hand off. I would bet that you cause more problems in trying to teach then you solve. A good teacher never implies what you just did.
Then perhaps you should change your sig to read "Certified Windows Specialist" instead which would make more sense. I didn't mean to imply that you had -no- training, just very little in linux. Reaching out shows that you like what you see which is another less expensive choice to offer to potential customers. It just makes you look bad when people ask for your help on linux and seeing "Certified Computer Specialist" in you sig and not having an answer makes not only you look bad but linux as well. Stay with the list there are a great many people from all walks of life that can help in almost any problem that comes up. I have been using *nix for over 15 years but by no means does that make me an expert, I just happen to know more than some people that claim to be experts (not meaning you). It just takes experience which you cannot gain by reading a book. A book provides knowledge not experience.
-- Gregory D. Watts Poneyboy Certified Computer Specialist http://www.tasana.biz http://www.modestneeds.org