I would defiantly be interested in getting further Linux experience whether it would be through work experience or volunteering. For me that would be a awesome position to be in.
At my current role in the past I have been called a Open source evangelist, for setting up a Ubuntu server which was running samba and storing a archive of backups and windows drivers.
I also was told that Linux was rubbish and nobody or none of the big companies run it. I obviously had to hold my tongue at the time. So I had to continue my adventures with Linux outside of work or secretly on the sly :).
They run a SME server and the external support is handled by Linux IT but when the support side is taking a while to resolve I'm always approached and am expected to troubleshoot? I thought Linux was rubbish?
Why do I enjoy Linux as opposed to Microsoft and what generated the passion? For me at the time it was the unknown. I was introduced to Debian by Nick Chalk at Jamie's computers watching him do his thing in the cli intrigued me and that's when I first knew about Linux. I started using it setting up minimal installs for firewalls for him. That gave me basic exposure to disk partitioning, Aptitude, And basic Bash commands. Obviously at first I had the Microsoft way of thinking :) and thought that Windows was the only way of getting things down.
For me the appeal of Linux was the openness the ability to put older hardware to use and the power you get from using the cli. Also I get something I don't get when I use Windows and that is the feeling that I am learning something.
Career wise I would love to either start my own company and specialise in getting Linux solutions into smaller business. Or to basic get my knowledge as far as I can so that I can deploy and maintain basic servers.
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On 14 Feb 2013, at 17:47, jlk@??? wrote:
> On 2013-02-14 12:26, john lewis wrote:
>> On Thu, 14 Feb 2013 10:33:58 -0500
>> jlk@??? wrote:
>>
>>> I see a slightly different future for Linux. The desktop, for many,
>>> will disappear. The Chromebook is a V2.0 successor to the Network
>>> Computer. It's a computing device. Read you email: Open a browser
>>> tab for G-Mail. Edit a document/spread sheet/presentation: Open a
>>> browser tab for Google Docs/Sheets/Slides \
>>
>> that sort of thing will never replace a desktop computer for me and I
>> don't need mobile computing.
>
> I most likely will not replace the desktop for me either, but it can, and I think will replace the desktop for many that just want to read their e-mail and browse the web and I think there are a lot of people that only want a computer for those two tasks.
>
>>
>> I don't really like the look of the future of computing if it means
>> more and more touch devices and apps/data stored 'in the cloud' or
>> whatever.
>
> I agree with touch devices. The GF got an iPad mini for a Christmas present (not from me). She hates all the smeary fingerprints on it.
>
> Apps and into the cloud is currently 'just a trend', but I would add, a very strong trend. Yes there are a lot of arguments against using a cloud to store you personal data, but there are a lot of good sound arguments for it also.
>
>>
>> Our current systems should last out our (my wife and I) lifetimes and
>> we'll not need istuff or googlestuff or chromestuff.
>
> I'll need at least one h/w refresh. I don't like the iApple stuff. I like my freedom. There are alternatives to almost all Google services. Chromestuff can easily be avoided.
>
>>
>> I was in fact a bit horrified to read that my favourite browser is to
>> use chrome stuff in the near future, I quite like Opera the way it is
>> now. I can always put a hold on the current version though, at least I
>> have a choice ;-)
>
> Yes, I here that Opera is going to use V8 and WebKit.
>>
>> Yup! I am a luddite but at my age I'm entitled to be one.
>>
> At a few months short of official OAP status, I'm a bit of a Luddite also but change keeps getting shoved into my face. It's going to happen whether we like it or not.
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