Thanks for the replies, I use Red Hat primarily because I have been looking at the RHCSA / RHCE materials and that is what I am comfortable using. I have used Debian and Ubuntu Server alot aswell but for the time being Red Hat is what I have stuck with.
I'm not a programmer I don't have the mentality and currently I would say the Linux side of things is more of a hobby / passion I work primarily supporting and maintaining Windoze boxes. Although I am teaching myself BASH scripting nothing to serious at the moment just building the foundation dabbling customising the shell, writing rsync scripts Nothing to fancy just basic level stuff. My lack of programming experience is holding me back in terms of understanding stuff like variables, functions, loops so it was suggested that I learnt Python to get a foundation?
Is this a good choice or should I stick with BASH scripting.
The small business / charity side appeals to me, I work for Jamie's computers I like the whole ethos of reuse and putting older hardware to good use. I would love to one day run my own enterprise that specialises in providing Open Source solutions to this sector.
As for areas of Internet myself I guess I enjoy the networking / Administration side of things. I have a few goals which I want to delve into further.
Apache web server
Samba file server (setup D/C)
Rsync and scheduling backups cron.
Proxy server
FTP server
Administration / user management
Firewall setting up IP tables
SElinux configuration
Media Server setup
KVM virtualisation
Unattended installations via kickstart
Those are the areas of interest for myself and areas I intend to work on. Would be kool to meet some of you guys and learn from the masters :)
On 19 Aug 2013, at 23:12, "Keith Edmunds" <kae@???> wrote:
> On Mon, 19 Aug 2013 20:35:22 +0100, bluechrome@??? said:
>
>> My interest is more in the way of providing Open Source solutions to
>> small business / Charity completely bypassing the Windows side from a
>> server perspective altogether.
>
> Why specifically small businesses and charities?
>
>> My distro of choice is Red Hat have been looking at the RHCSA materials
>> and I feel this is the path I wish to go down.
>
> Look at where you want to end up. Do you need RH qualifications to get
> there? Why is your choice of distro important? To whom is it important?
>
>> Sent from my iPhone
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> Are you sure you want to be Linux through and through?
>
> Start with the end point. You originally asked, "How do you start a career
> in Linux?", but you haven't said what you want to do. Program? Support?
> Consult? Sell? Evangelise? Describe (at least to yourself) in as much
> detail as you can how you want it to be. Then you can work out how to get
> there.
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