Novice hacker - in need of advice

[novaperry]

I'm new this "hobby" of hacking, but i've had a interest for some years now and now finally i have bought some books and spending time learning about hacking. But its such a big subject i don't want to be looking or spending hours researching in the wrong place. I've bought a book on penetration testing and metasploit, but I'm not quite understanding what metasploit is. Is it a security software or is it a program to learn ruby or python! if one of the more advance users on this site can give me some accurate insight it would be much appreciated.

[lady__godiva]

1) On the top of this section you could easily see "Where to start hacking" thread. You should read that first

2) There's no point in asking a question that you could answer yourself with a simple Google search.

My advice: Metasploit is not the best starting point if you are new to this.

[proxx]

If you can't use a search engine you should start there, closed.
Nough with the skidgloves.