Starting Out

Ok ive heard it all before on how to start out to become a good programer and hacker but i still don't know what to start with. I'm taking classes at my school in programing and there pretty good like vb and c++ and im taking networking classes but the teachers don't know exactly what their talking about.

I was thinking of learning linux and unix but i'm not sure what a newbe should start out with, i've heard perl and html but i don't want to go on the wrong track and get lost. any advice would be very appreciated

It sounds to me like you are on the right track by taking networking classes and programming classes. Also drop by the library and pick up a few good books. Classes I am taking next semester include Windows 2000 server security, Unix Web Server, Advanced Web site design, CGI-Perl, and SQL. Not to mention more C++, and java. I also highly reccommend a peripherals class if you havent already taken one. I hope this gives you some ideas.

LiquidFlame.. it looks like you are on the right track.. if you are interested in linux then a great book to get is this one .. it covers basically everything including programming and networking with linux .. take care dude.. and good luck..

Since you already know Perl, I'd advise moving onto C/C++, in fact 'C++ : The Complete Reference' is an excellent book that I'd recommend without hesitation.

A good first-time Linux distro is SuSE 7.3. It's easy to install and detected all my hardware, including the weird stuff, and cleverly managed to detect all my partitions - all I had to do was swap the CDs when prompted (if only Windows was this simple!) :D

The Linux Bible is a good starting point for reading about Linux in general, then try picking up a more specialised book as you go along.

It's all part of the neverending learning process...