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Linux in the IT world - general support?
2015-12-21 22:06:45 Post No. 51986391
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Linux in the IT world - general support?
Anonymous
2015-12-21 22:06:45
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Hi,
I work for an IT company as a general support monkey. We're basically a Microsoft company, only some of the core services run on Linux boxes that typically we don't manage.
Myself I don't lobby for one OS or another. I like to suggest, different OS's suit different purposes, and sometimes simply different tastes.
I have experience with Windows and OS X (which I do like a lot.) But none really with Linux, that is to say, I've used it but not for longer than an hour at a time and never as a main OS.
I want to have a good knowledge of general computing. I accept I'll never be at the computer science level without doing a programming course or a degree.
I really feel like Linux is where it at when it comes to learning lower level operating system fundamentals. I feel any Windows super user could do my job, because it is made very easy for the public to get things done in Windows without technical understanding. I.E I think VERY few people in my office know what a kernel / shell / thread / memory dump / etc is. I only vaguely know myself.
But, to get to the point. I want to actually learn a Linux distro. What one would you recommend? I don't want to go with something like Ubuntu because I feel it won't give me the whole picture. I was thinking Debian myself?
Someone did suggest Arch to me but I see a lot of meme crap about it being a time sink and too 'bleeding edge'. I often hear RedHat is common in enterprise, but I feel Fedora is a bit bloaty (am I wrong there?)
I don't need to become a hardcore Linux user but rather just get up to scratch to a power user level to be able to get things done?
What are your experiences, /g/?
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