2012-05-30, 09:40 AM
You can use virtualbox to setup a local virtual test server. It's best to plan out what you want to learn. What do you want to learn? What's the goal you want to achieve?
Then research what you can find on it via google, documentation, etc and see how far you get.
Example.
I. You want to run a xbt tracker on your machine
1. You need to install the services and other related software
a. Install it from the repositories?when installing from the repos the dependecies(libraries) also get installed usually
b. Install it from source? If I need install it from source what other build packages(build-essential) do I need to install?and maybe need to install libraries manually?
2. Once I have it installed what do I need to configure? configuration file? firewall?
a. find configuration file and make needed changes?
b. configure the firewall
3. Start up the service and see if it properly starts without any error.
a. test if it works: does it work on the server locally? does it work from another machine?
b. etc.
and if I were you I wouldn't use webmin. You learn more by just using the command line.