Honing skills
 

Now i created a proper partition and installed Linux Mint 12....so can anyone please tell me how to master my Linux skills in all ways like programming,command line etc....coz i have an intermediate skills like i know basic commands with options and their usage and also shell & Perl programming...:D

Thank You

From an administration point of view I would recomend killing LM and move onto something that will force you to work out much of the configuration. You can start with Debian Squeeze then move to Testing. Then check out Slackware or Arch then Geentoo ...... LFS....

Other than that I would recomend allot of reading...... Linux in a Nutshell series. The Command Line.. William E. Shcotts....

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Its an enormous subject; you'll need to focus. You could try http://www.linuxhomenetworking.com/

Honing skills in shell scripting, you can learn from here: http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/index.html

If it is possible for you, then stick only to Linux OS permanently. If you will dual boot with Windows OS then you're not likely to leave your comfort zone.
Install an easy linux whichever you want in real partitions.
Learn Filesystems, Explore every filesystems. Learn shell scripting. Install linux from scratch. Linux is all about community, if you see any problem that need to be addressed, then go for it. :)

Thanks a lot GUYS for our precious suggestion i will master my Linux skill to the core no matter how hard it feels because am a programming freak :)

10 things to know: http://tathagata.wikidot.com/10-thin...or-programmers

Personally, my favourite learning resource is the IBM developerWorks site. I based a Linux intro for my colleagues at work on a lot of the Linux articles on that site.