Comments on: Linux admin vs Microsoft Windows admin

By: Robert

Robert — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 03:50:40 +0000

This age old debate should be put to bed. I have seen Linux admins get on a Windows machine and find themselves lost in trying to configure Exchange. Let’s face it, there are NO OTHER options available in comparison to Exchange Server. Zimbra is still in it’s infancy and unless they get up and get moving on development Exchange will be leaps and bounds ahead in the Enterprise collaboration world.

Active Directory provides granular control over end users in comparison to Linux. If you want to lock down a Linux machine you have to basically write a ton of scripts and figure out how you are going to get that all to work. Windows has far better Enterprise support than Linux at this point in time.

For those that think Windows admins are stupid are merely idiots themselves. I have met some brilliant Windows admins and in turn met some retarded Linux admins. Put this issue to bed and move on. I am a pro Linux user but understand it’s limitations in the Enterprise world.

I can’t sum this up any better than what I once read:

“Linux is only free if your time is worthless”

By: Kye

Kye — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 05:45:36 +0000

Stop acting like people care about that.

By: Nothing changes

Nothing changes — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 23:08:51 +0000

The superiority complex is here again.

By: garyc

garyc — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 21:34:34 +0000

100% agree

for me the key point is “They have knowledge of different technologies”, as an IT consultant I can advise my client to the best technology that suits his business. Most Microsoft resellers I find have *limited* IT knowlege in general, with linux you tend to have to “learn the basics” eg rdns/dns/smtp/fetchmail/postfix/assp etc etc and not “point and click” autoconfigure crap, and with so many things in life, once you learn the underlying concept your skills are transferable.

Sometimes (where no other options exists) I advise clients to use Windows Server, but generally I use linux.

By: amrit

amrit — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 12:11:21 +0000

You are absolutely right my dear.

For windows administrators Learning Linux administration is like learning breathing on a planet without oxygen.

By: kashif

kashif — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 10:40:49 +0000

pls send me
– the discuss b/v microsoft v/s linux-redhat

By: Dhaval

Dhaval — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 05:42:16 +0000

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. :)

By: dfu

dfu — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 19:47:43 +0000

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.

By: mb

mb — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 23:48:31 +0000

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.

By: pal

pal — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:31:37 +0000

this is nice blog..any one can tell abour mandriva linux???

By: rsys

rsys — Fri, 09 May 2008 08:25:27 +0000

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.

By: Winter

Winter — Thu, 08 May 2008 22:38:25 +0000

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.

By: Funtime

Funtime — Thu, 08 May 2008 16:11:24 +0000

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.

By: Vasudeva

Vasudeva — Thu, 08 May 2008 14:51:51 +0000

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

By: Anoop Alias

Anoop Alias — Thu, 08 May 2008 13:33:20 +0000

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

By: Prajapati KC

Prajapati KC — Thu, 08 May 2008 07:08:19 +0000

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

By: Jerry

Jerry — Thu, 08 May 2008 02:24:01 +0000

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!

By: Cuetzpallin

Cuetzpallin — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:20:51 +0000

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.

By: Vijay

Vijay — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:22:00 +0000

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

By: test

test — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:50:22 +0000

every os is fine if u r a linux admin u cant get rid from window and vice versa