Hello all,

Definite newbie question. I really want to learn more about IT without going back to school. I have already bought some books and am reading them as I get a chance (Norton's New Inside the PC, Norton's Guide to Upgrading and Repairing PCs, the Hacking Exposed series, an A+ Certification guide book, and a Teach Yourself in 24 Hours book on TCP/IP). I also want to put a Linux OS (probably SuSE 8.0) on my system and learn as much as I can from others willing to share their knowledge (web sites such as this one).

I am really busy at work right now and I don't have much time to do all this stuff at once. I just wanted some suggestions from people that have already been through this on how best to go about this. I am especially interested in security and networks, but I figure I have to learn the inner workings of desktop PCs first.

Thanks in advance, and this is the most informational site I've found.