SAM: Learning Linux System Administration

iroal

Great Idea !!

scottalanmiller

Great Idea !!

Thanks. Going to take a while to build up the content, but there are lots of people that have been asking for it. I think it will be well received.

hobbit666

@scottalanmiller said:

Choosing a Linux Distribution for Business

Question on this. Would you choose a distro that your not familiar with but know it will work and do the job for what you need?? i.e. FOG imaging server?

scottalanmiller

@hobbit666 said:

Question on this. Would you choose a distro that your not familiar with but know it will work and do the job for what you need?? i.e. FOG imaging server?

That is very common. I often recommend that you use the "distro of best choice for the project", but have company standards for when that is irrelevant.

To some degree, as a company grows, the value of "right for the project" compared to "standardized administration" begins to shift. So the real answer is "it depends".

And of course, within reason. I use CentOS, OpenSuse and Ubuntu pretty freely depending on the use case. If I am starting from scratch, I won't use Ubuntu, but the other two pretty freely. If a project calls for something really odd like Arch or Gentoo as what is recommended, I will generally look for one of the major OSes instead if possible. Nothing wrong with those, but OS sprawl needs to be limited as well.

scottalanmiller

Added: http://mangolassi.it/topic/7827/why-does-open-source-matter

hobbit666

@scottalanmiller said:

@hobbit666 said:

Question on this. Would you choose a distro that your not familiar with but know it will work and do the job for what you need?? i.e. FOG imaging server?

That is very common. I often recommend that you use the "distro of best choice for the project", but have company standards for when that is irrelevant.

To some degree, as a company grows, the value of "right for the project" compared to "standardized administration" begins to shift. So the real answer is "it depends".

And of course, within reason. I use CentOS, OpenSuse and Ubuntu pretty freely depending on the use case. If I am starting from scratch, I won't use Ubuntu, but the other two pretty freely. If a project calls for something really odd like Arch or Gentoo as what is recommended, I will generally look for one of the major OSes instead if possible. Nothing wrong with those, but OS sprawl needs to be limited as well.

All good advice thanks Scott, in my example I've managed to get FOG working and imaging in a test lab using a youtube tutorial with Kubuntu as the Distro. But can't replicate with CentOS which is my preferred Linux OS (Only because I've used it since v5)

scottalanmiller

@hobbit666 Kubuntu is a weird one because it is specifically not a server distro. Ubuntu is general purpose, desktop and server, but Kubuntu is a specifically KDE based Ubuntu modification. So only exists for desktop usage by intent.

scottalanmiller

Just added: http://mangolassi.it/topic/7828/what-is-unix

scottalanmiller

Added: http://mangolassi.it/topic/7829/why-learn-linux-systems-administration

scottalanmiller

Added: http://mangolassi.it/topic/7832/overview-of-the-red-hat-linux-ecosystem

Dashrender

I consider this thread so important that it should some how be featured.

JoeyJakubiak

Awesome @scottalanmiller ! This is exactly what I need to push my career in a better direction. Really looking forward to this.

scottalanmiller

Added: http://mangolassi.it/topic/7837/linux-architectural-variety

wrx7m

After reading the Linux architecture post, I was thinking, "I wish there were a good list of sites/resources for learning Linux." Didn't have to wait long. I only dabble in Linux and have setup some things like Cacti, Owncloud and others. I started on ZeroTier, but had to put that down to do some other things. I would love to become proficient enough with Linux to actually use it on my resume.