Probably all the suggestions given are good starter classes. But I've been at this a long time (since using assembly language on punch cards) and I am more a beginner now than then. I never see anything on this board that looks like anything I'm interested in Linux, so just be careful some beginner class with a beginner teacher doesn't pigeon hole those eager to learn. My first taste of linux I was suggested a choice of Red Hat and SuSE. I bought a boxed SuSE Pro 6.1, and the books were/are priceless to me. It would have been fun to have a classroom group. But peer pressure also can close more paths than create them. I've explored most SuSE distros and now enjoy opensuse 13.2. Linux now has real time flavors for instrumentation. Linux runs on credit card size Raspberry Pi (for sale at Microsoft Store) to enormous server rooms. Of the dozens of programming languages opensuse can install, I still like Tcl/Tk. You can install the kernel sources and C language tools. You can also download the still improving Free Pascal Compiler and do some serious Linux programming with Unix oldies but goodies like "signals, message queues, semaphores." Free Pascal has a GUI IDE, but I can't figure those things out. Several years ago some gurus on AVR-freaks criticized my Linux terminal advocacy. Then Arduino makes their great "Uno" board running on a linux USB modem driver. By the time I can read and learn a little about the ttyACMx driver, Intel now has an Arduino "Edison" board with a real time OS. Linux is spawning computing like Minnesota mosquitoes in May. Chris Frederick wrote: > Anyone have any recommendations for training courses for beginners? > > Have a colleague of mine asking about a training course for Linux. > They aren't as technical as I am, and they would prefer a classroom > setting. I've recommended to have them just jump in and get their > feet wet, but they are pretty adamant that they want a training > classroom. Red Hat focus would be a plus. > > I've googled a bit, but all I seem to find are Admin courses, and most > require some familiarity or are cert based. Not really sure if that's > a good fit. Any advice would be great. > > Thanks. > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >