> 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?
any of the core languages are good to learn programming concepts, I'd suggest if going down the sysadmin route, Perl should be near the top of you list. and you might want to explore javascript via node.js … theres a lot of emerging stuff based on javascript that might make it a super useful language to low well, but don't start with it. beyond the simple stuff its quite a bit different in how its applied vs other languages.
for real programming tasks … good old c and c++ … if you can't solve a problem with c .. give up! … and if you working with linux you do need to know what this will do and why ./configure & make & make install :)
> Is this a good choice or should I stick with BASH scripting.
>
No .. Scripting and programming are different … Programming allows to to built complex stuff using more concrete structures and designs that let you treat the resulting program like a black box, then use scripts to link progs and data etc together to do magic
fyi … don't try to write programmes with scripts just because you can. Does not mean you should… IMHO its hard work!
> 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.
>
ditto : I just think do charity work for free! or beer:)
> 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 :)
>
We prefer to be Dr's … Masters are Evil!! - c u at a meet.
> On 19 Aug 2013, at 23:12, "Keith Edmunds" <kae@???> wrote:
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>> On Mon, 19 Aug 2013 20:35:22 +0100, bluechrome@??? said:
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>>> 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
>>
>> 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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