Ah, it is indeed a beautiful Saturday night here in New Delhi.
There is some dissuasion going on with my old friend and I thought it is a good idea to share the same:
* Linux admin == smart people
* They learn quickly
* A typical Linux user is a power user and likes to run his/her own small server (DIY)
* They have knowledge of different technologies
* And most important - they can learn to run your Microsoft boxes in less time than it takes an MCSE to learn a single Linux task.
Do you agree or disagree with above statement(s)? Please add your thoughts in the comments...
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100% Agree ;)
well said my friend!
I’m proof of this concept :(
Windows is all about point and click. When you start to admin Leenux you are in the *alien world*. So many commands to remember…. I guess that makes all of you smarta** ;)
Linux admin = Editing text files + remembeing all commands
On a related note, I also challenge any Linux admin to tweak Exchange server; it is also a hard work unil u see sendmail config file. My first reaction for sendmail was WTF? my jaw just dropped wow!
Slowly I’m learning about postfix and now using control panel (plesk). Let us hope so I become good linux admin.
babai.
well, i agree at 100%.
note to arun-mcse:
i’m linux administrator for about 10 years now, my opinion is that is not so hard to learn all the commands, i guess if you play piano or guitar for the first time, it will be very hard to learn all the notes and the keys and etc. but after few months it will be as easy as to point-click in windows ;)
I totally agree ;)
BTW: A really nice blog! Just grabbed your RSS feed.
@arun-mcse,
just follow 0xAF suggestion :)
@matthias
Thanks for grabbing my feed :)
* They have knowledge of different technologies
This is key. A Unix admin will likely have experience with a wide range. (S)He will know about windows. Will probably be able to do some network debugging. Will probably know of several alternate solutions to a problem.
A Macintosh admin will have a bit of a subset of the above.
We all have to accommodate the 800 lb gorrilla of Windows. The Windows admin might never have seen anything except Windows. The difference between NT and XP will seem like a huge difference. When all you’ve ever used is a hammer, a screw will cause you all kinds of problems.
linux is nice os, its crazy software,no one suddenly attack in to this .
Thanks
Jinu Varghese
Nice post!
Sure.. going from Linux/*BSD to Windows is MORE EASY than viceversa.. i`m sure. that happend to me :). since 2001 i was using FreeBSD as my main desktop OS and a new job make me switch to windows. now i`m the admin of an entire AD domain since 1 year and was so easy to get the concept.
have you tried J Server 2007 – Lets you admin users and samba from windows point and click.
hi
everthing is very hard become eassy .last three year i used exchange server .every time i was thing how to get rid ms exchange server becaz of virus now am runnig qmail server very excellentas per me linux with qmail very smart
hi, im a solaris unix admin.
for about 2 years already im maintaining solaris os.
but now im searching for a windows job and finally i got 1.
gossh.. what a relief
Linux Admin admin just like good girl and bad girl – good girl go to heaven and bore to death, while bad girl go every where else and have fun.
LOL
every os is fine if u r a linux admin u cant get rid from window and vice versa
This is not true because
A linux user can run a lot of commands of microsoft but he can’t troubleshot the problem easily, he can run the commands by hit and trial methods , don’t know about the command what it does. according to me linux user can interact with microsoft but can never work on the server level.
On the other hand a microsoft user can work on the linux but in this condition is that he can work on the linux with GUI interface easily because he did,t know the commands.
So hows my views
I’m agree, I’m a slack user since 1997 and today for my work I use windows, isn’t difficult to switch from one to the other when I go from home to the office and vice versa.
I’m an MCSE and I was hired as a contractor with IBM to Admin a large Win2k3 domain. But it’s in the middle of many Unix/Linux servers of many and every flavor. I’m also admin to these servers with OS’s as old as early versions of Solaris to late versions of Red Hat Enterprise. Learning to use vi shows you how it started long before there ever was a mouse. But, I’ve used command line admin with all versions of Windows, so my learning curve is not so bad. There are no graphics or double clicks, just command line . . . not so hard!
Hi,
I am fully agree with you. linux admin can learn windows in very short span But, windows admin can’t
Linux admin = Smart
Thanks,
Prajapati
Well there is no point in administering anything less than GNU/Linux!
Hey buddy your feed is aggregated at http://gnusys.net/feeds/
And please try to use GNU/Linux instead of just Linux. (something like saying to yourselves everytime…GNU Operating system using the Linux kernel !)
And you have a really fantastic blog..Hats off Guru
This is really very good topic to discuss. I had started my IT career with NOVEL Netware in 1995 and switched over to Redhat Linux 5.2 from 1998. Linux given me the lot of opportunities in my life. I was been to JAPAN for Deploying of Linux based Projects in 2001 and now I am in US again because of Linux (LAMP). From Linux I had acquired all Unix mail servers knowledge and also got the opportunity to work on Live UNIX mail servers (Sendmail, Postfix, Qmail, Intrastore mail server) and also Unix Antivirus servers Amavis. I even got a chance to work on Miracle Linux (Linux ready for Databse server). Hats off to the Linux World
When I was in HS, I took a UNIX class, and it was all about the SUN OS. I absolutely hated it, and therefore was uninterested in GNU/Linux. When I was in college, I got into a Linux class, and the instructor really helped me develop a love for it. We were working with RedHat 7 at the time, and I have now moved onto many different distros, and have settled (for now) on Ubuntu. It took me a few years, but I have moved to a complete GNU/Linux environment in my apartment. I have to run Windows at work, but I have installed Cygwin on my work machine, and still do most of my work through the command line.
Some of the most intelligent admins I have met to date have all been *nix admins, and would only work on Windows when they absolutely had to. I feel that Windows admins are very smart, in their specific field, but they are less likely to make the switch over to GNU/Linux because the entire architecture of the OS is different than Windows.
Hooray for Tux!! Great blog, I have been reading it for a little while now, and this is the first time I have posted a comment.
Perhaps because I don’t like to touch MS software, it’s all a bit annoying to me. I have to take my hat off to anyone that has taught themselves to be a windows server admin with AD and Exchange etc. Unless you have a place to look for the answers, it can be a real bother figuring out MS terminology and technology. They’re off in their own world.
OS nixes are easy to understand and use because: *There is documentation!*
Man I hope I never get a job at the evil empire.
I’m learn for my MCSE exam from my Ubuntu Box.. and and for me it much2 easier for me to learn all the MCSE stuff after I learn Linux, because it help me shape the mind set.
this is nice blog..any one can tell abour mandriva linux???
Im a windows admin by trade but I do have to support linux servers. Which is easier ? Neither , you still have to learn the relevant tools of the trade. What really seperates the men from the boys is systems programming. Anyone can learn a command line tool or batch/scripting language. I have nothing but contempt for the unix/linux camp that simply know ‘enough’ to get by.
Umm, isn’t it just easier to fake being a ‘good’ admin if you’re primarily around a windows environment? Either way, in order to be ‘good’, you still have to understand the underlying concepts of what you’re doing. If you don’t have those base skills, then you’re no good no matter what type of environment you’re in.
I hate Microsoft OS , Becoz it is not secure OS , and linux providing free support to us better than microsoft,
look at the video of ubuntu-beryl vs microsoft vista
at youtube.com
I am senior linux administrator from india , I love this os , by this os i have got many opportunities and jobs, without any more qualifications,
And still I am working and getting knowledge of
-Radius Server
-VLAN
-Mod_security
-iptables
-SeLinux
-pam-mysql
-Nagios
-FFMPEG
-MySQL Replication
-Squid
Still I have lot of things to learn. :)
pls send me
– the discuss b/v microsoft v/s linux-redhat
You are absolutely right my dear.
For windows administrators Learning Linux administration is like learning breathing on a planet without oxygen.